Me and my husband have been living trying the new menu at Los Banditos! I got the camarones ahogados and it was delicious! The shrimp here are always amazing! My husband got the birria tacos and he said they were incredible as well. The staff here are family at this point lol. Always good music and laughter in the air. If you're wanting a cozy, quick, delicious meal, come to Los banditos! read more

Los Bandidos - Camarones ahogados - Mexican Near Me - Colonial Heights, Virginia

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The food was delicious. The drinks were amazing if you like margaritas get the blue margarita it comes in a 32 ounce glass. All you need is one. The server was very attentive. If you ever have the opportunity to visit it is well worth it. read more

I only gave one star bc you can't give zero. When I tell you this food was actually disgusting it was. I ordered chicken enchiladas and chile relleno. Not them serving a PANCAKE with a chile and calling it chile relleno. Be serious. The chicken in the enchilada was crock pot shredded chicken with zero flavor and I'm pretty sure the tortillas were flour even tho they're supposed to be corn. Overall disgusting. And a bucket of chips for the table with half of the bucket being literal crumbs. Never ever again will this place get my business and to be honest I should've acted a fool and not paid a penny. OH, and what Mexican restaurant uses yellow cheese on stuff? read more

Los Bandidos - Now how is this cooked well done on both sides ??? Bc it's a pancake. The chile was never dipped. A lie! - Mexican Near Me - Colonial Heights, Virginia

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Friendly service and decent food. Nothing stood out as amazing, but it was overall good! The margarita was pretty strong and presented nicely. The menu is very large and got a little confusing with some of the combination options. I went with the chimichangas and they were good, but the plate was smothered in refried beans and the queso sauce on the plate was a little watery. read more

Los Bandidos - Chin - Mexican Near Me - Colonial Heights, Virginia

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Late lunch with coworkers after work. Location is clean as are the bathrooms (always a plus!). We had margaritas both blended and poured over ice with salt rims-- very good for the size & price. I ordered fajitas with chicken, steak & shrimp and it was served HOT and was plenty. Took the rest home for lunch the next day. The girls enjoyed their food as well, they ordered tacos and a quesadilla. We love GIOVANNI! He has been our served both times, is pleasant, professional and quick to return to the table with our drinks and everything in between. read more

I have come to this restaurant for ages everytime I come into town and it never disappoints! I love chorizo and the queso fundido and chori-pollo is always amazing! read more

Los Bandidos - Birria-licious! - Mexican Near Me - Colonial Heights, Virginia

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My friend and I stop to eat here. As soon we came in and asked for a table we were seated. The server was very good but did not speak much English. She was super sweet. Place is nice and has a lot of seating. As soon we sat down we receive chips and dips. The sauce taste ok the red was ok, no kick or much flavor. we got our pink lemonade and we're very sour.we order our food came out fast. I order Carne asada plate. It was ok beans might had been can, rice was ok. The guacamole didn't have flavor. I ate a little and left most of my plate. My friend order a burrito and told me it was ok. We both saw the Margaritas and most definitely are going back for the drinks. They look delicious, and according to the server they taste supper good. read more

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Everything was incredible. Food and service were A plus. Had to have two each of the margaritas. Highly recommend read more

Los Bandidos - Pollo Jalisco and Smoky pineapple margarita with a tajin rim and the caliente margarita. Everything was Amazing. - Mexican Near Me - Colonial Heights, Virginia

The service was quick and attentive. The food was amazing!! Each distinct ingredient brought together a tremendous dance of flavors. An absolute delight to eat! read more

Los Bandidos - El tierra del Mar The labd and the sea, basically like fajitas but with chicken, shrimp, scallops and fresh vegetables. - Mexican Near Me - Colonial Heights, Virginia

Upcharging to non Hispanic appearing persons. Service was bad and auto charged gratuity for small group of 2 read more

This is one of my favorite local spots. I love when my server knows me and knows what I normally order. We went for dinner and there were many tables filled. My food and my drink was on point!!! I did notice that the surf and turf dip portion size is smaller though. read more

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Spent the night in town and wanted a good meal to get us through the evening. Non-descript store front in a strip mall but inside was cozy. We got there in time for the lunch menu ( 11 to 230). Warm chips and salsa and some kind of really tasty white sauce was promptly brought to our table. Loads of lunch specials, we both picked #22, 2 chicken enchiladas with salsa Verde and a beef tostada. We both got rice on the side but honestly one order would be enough for two to share. Their unsweetened ice tea was very refreshing and our waiter offered carry out refills as we left. I would have liked a bottle of hot sauce on the table to pep things up but I imagine they have been removed due to current events. The restaurant also was practicing social distancing with limited tables available for seating, paper menus, and hand sanitizer at the front door. read more

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Cash/Card accepted Restrooms available Free public parking Group Friendly Family friendly Adult beverages available Mexican Food/Cusine Came here during Memorial Day Weekend. A local Go-to spot for anyone near FT. Lee and surrounding areas. Los Bandidos has a reputation for fast, clean service. Whole area is kept clean. Food is amazing, my Bistec Cringo Platter came quick, and the steak was cooked to perfection. Finished off with dessert, Churro Cup Ice cream. A must try. Overall, had a wonderful experience with their friendly and attentative staff. Prices are exceptional also. read more

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The food over the years has either gotten tastless or the white cheese is too too spicy, the dining room is still quaint and pretty It's always been quick and fast service! read more

The food is good!!!!! The drinks are "knock you on your tail" good! My first visit was on a busy Friday night so I didn't review them but my second visit was mid-day. Our server didn't really say much outside of "what do you want to drink" "ready to order?" The food took longer to come out than the Friday night but it was great! I tried the Birriadilla and it was average and lacked seasoning and the birria umph so I had to get the Tapatío! My go to drink is the lambruscorita and it's 10/10 for me! The ambiance is cool. It feels warm and cozy in a way. read more

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Amazing great service and amazing community and very clean i would recommend this place to anyone

Stopped in for a late lunch while visiting a friend who recently moved to the area. Our food was delicious and my margarita was phenomenal! We'll definitely be back while in town. Our server was very friendly and the service was super fast. read more

Los Bandidos - CoronaRita - Mexican Near Me - Colonial Heights, Virginia

I came here with coworkers after an all day meeting at Ft. Lee as we were town for business. The restaurant is in a strip mall that angled away from the street so make sure you follow your map directions. We got seated right away but this is not to say the restaurant was empty, just that it is larger then it looks on the outside. The chips and salsa that came out were decent but nothing really to write home about as special. The menu had a ton of options and it made it hard to determine what you wanted to eat. There were lots of options that were inherently gluten free. I had narrowed down my options to 2 and then I had asked the waitress which she recommended the one I went with. I had the pineapple relleno. This is such a weird concept. There is no flour like a typical relleno but there was all of the insides like a relleno. It was sweet because of the pineapple and to me this threw off the dish. I do not think of Mexican food as sweet unless it is dessert. If I'm in the area I will be back but I will not be having this dish. read more

Los Bandidos - The cheese, sour cream, guacamole, Mexican rice and refried beans side that came with my pineapple relleno. - Mexican Near Me - Colonial Heights, Virginia

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Unbelievably Awful!! Yuk! , go to Food Lion buy a bag of Fajitas it's Much Better!! I never saw Fajitas that look like spaghetti. The waiter was a Total A%^Hole! Never, never never never never never will I go there or recommend it. They Spread the beans and rice real thin to make it look like you got a big plate of food. NOT GOOD!! read more

Ordered the Mar Y Tierra for takeout. From first glance it looked really good. The taste was really good could have added a little more salt and the rice was a tad overcooked but otherwise I was satisfied with the taste. The peppers were also cut into pretty big pieces which wasn't appealing. I would recommend this dish and would order it again! The service was great I was greeted as soon as I walked in the door and the ambiance was also nice. The place looked clean with nice decor and lighting. There was a nice crowd as well. read more

Los Bandidos - Tierra y Mar - Mexican Near Me - Colonial Heights, Virginia

I make my way to Los Banditos all of the time. The environment is so welcoming and lots of Mexican inspired art work all around. When you walk in, you are quickly greeted and sent to a table. Once seated, you're going to be presented with some chips and salsa (red and white). The waitstaff is very nice and try really hard to make sure that you have a great experience. I normally get a burrito and my friends always get some tacos and beans and rice. I also like to try new things so I check out the specials of the day. I am not a fan of guacamole, but I see that the fresh made guacamole is SUPER popular. The staff uses fresh ingredients to make sure their freshly made guacamole is delicious and seasoned perfectly. I would recommend Los Banditos over most of the authentic Mexican food places in the area. read more

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Awesome food and drinks! The prices are amazing and the portions are huge. Starts with some tasty chips and salsa and a white sauce that is also really good. I usually get too filled up on chips and drinks to eat the rest of my meal, but hey, that's what leftovers are for, right?! I've been here a few times and all of their food has been excellent. Service is extremely prompt and the staff members are friendly. They're doing a great job taking extra safety precautions at this time. read more

Los Bandidos - Coronarita - Mexican Near Me - Colonial Heights, Virginia

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Love it here, great prices and food and really friendly, attentive staff. Perfect place to go while running errands

TLDR: service was standard, chips and salsas were standard, food was lacking flavor, birria was sad. Mexican food is my favorite cuisine so I eat it and make it at home often. This was truly the worst food I've received at a Mexican restaurant. I ordered the birria burrito for myself out of impulse instead of my usual go-to mexican order of burrito fajitas. The meat was bland, the cheese was mozzarella which is a poor choice in my opinion because its mild so it's not adding much flavor. The crispy cheese on the outside of the burrito was the only thing you could taste and that was giving a charred flavor. There was also rice and beans apparently in it which I couldn't taste but I could see them so they were for sure there. It was really bad, I didn't eat more than a few bites of it. My husband also ordered outside of his usual and got the birria quesadilla and this came with the consume that typically comes with birria tacos.... But whatever they're calling consome, I'm calling bs. This had to be water topped with cilantro and onion, dipped a fork in it and you could see it was very translucent and watery, there was the slightest red tint to what I'm confidently calling poorly seasoned water. The meat was obviously as bland as mine however his was more palatable than mine due to the lack of burnt cheese overpowering any other little flavor there was so we ended up sharing his. My son got a quesadilla kids meal, he's not hard to please, he ate it. I tried the rice that came with it to taste it on its own and it was not surprisingly unimpressive. It's unusual that my husband and I order similar dishes much less basically the same dish and this instance was incredibly disappointing. We've both enjoyed birria tacos from other restaurants closer to the Richmond area so to see it in colonial heights was exciting and having it offered in different variations seemed promising. It was not. Should be completely removed from the menu. I do believe they likely have better entrees but our experience was awful and I won't be returning, I'd rather have el caporal right across the street. Attaching a photo of the "consome" that came with the birria quesadilla because it was appalling. read more

Los Bandidos - Birriadilla - Mexican Near Me - Colonial Heights, Virginia

Forever my spot! This place will have a special place in my heart because it was what I could afford in college! For about $13 you will be full and have leftovers! The food always hits the spot! Flavorful and not expensive! They always have great drink specials too! Super fast! Got my food in 15 min all of it! Even got my friend who doesn't like Mexican food to eat here mad she loved it! If u are ever in the area and want a good spot go here! read more

Great food. Salsa and chips are top notch. My go to meal is Tierra y mar. Lunch menu is very affordable. Prices increase dramatically after that. Servers are normally very pleasant and responsive. read more

Excellent place for a quick and filling lunch! Lunch specials are priced more than fair especially for the amount of food served! We thoroughly enjoyed our experience and we will be back! Good service quick and inexpensive lunch! Try it! read more

Went there for a late night meal and was sick the rest of the night. Not sure if it was because we came close to closing but regardless I should have gotten decent food. read more

I'm so pisssed! So apparently on their menu it says all bills over 100$ is a gratuity added on!! Our bill was close to 100$ but NOT over a hundred and they added the gratuity anyway!!!! That's FRAUD!! read more

Beautiful restaurant, super nice staff, wonderful very delicious tasting food. They give you both salsa and the white sauce with chips free. read more

Los Bandidos - Lunch Fajitas - Mexican Near Me - Colonial Heights, Virginia

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Shrimp tacos were delicious. Lots of shrimp. Pleasant fast service for dining in at lunch.

Busy place, decent food BUT got my takeout order wrong twice! Gave us someone else's to go... walk back to get right order AND they mess it up again... I bought fried ice cream and that's missing. So now I've walked there THREE times tonight for food! To their credit Edi was apologetic but I asked for a credit as I didn't want to walk there again but he couldn't do that??!? What place can't refund for ice cream? It was a long day didn't want to argue but travel tip if you order take out triple check they got your order correct! read more

This was our last night away from Kill Devil Hills after Hurricane Matthew. We knew we would be able to get back in, but I wanted to visit some of the Petersburg National Battlefield the next day before returning. We had planned to go to China Buffet until we found it was nearly $20. I guess that is reasonable for most people, but when you eat as little as we do, it is not a good deal. We punted and went to Los Bandidos in the same strip mall. We found another typical but decent Mexican place, gringo food for sure, but what you would expect and for what we wanted it was fine. Ms T often has a taco salad and liked hers fine. The beef is ground very fine and would make a good "loose-meat" sandwich like you find in the upper mid-west. I really did not want a big heavy meal and ordered eggs and chorizo. I didn't even order my usual chiles torreados. My eggs and chorizo were very good. Had nothing to handle leftovers and ended up just eating them all. Los B serves the same weird sweet, tangy salad dressing dip with the chips that we found at Santa Fe Grill in Suffolk. This led us to conclude that it is some kind of regional thing. I like to find regional things, but they are not all good. (Like provel cheese in St Louis, for example). Anyway, this was fine for what we ordered and it would be worth testing the menu further on carne verde or chile Colorado. read more

Los Bandidos - Huevos con Chorizo - Mexican Near Me - Colonial Heights, Virginia

I got the queso birria tacos , they were pretty good but the tortilla was soft and mushy needed some crunch to it , it was probably because I ordered delivery. It came with 3 tacos, consume, chips , salsa, and queso. The salsa tasted a little too much like tomato needs more flavour to it. The queso was good but who doesnt like cheese right. The consume was very delicious full of flavour. I also ordered an orchata which wasnt bad but it wasn't sweet enough for me. I would give it a 7/10. read more

The food was amazing, our wait time was a little bad but I believe it's because we have a large group, great customer service.

Minus 1 star for hair in my food. 3 bites in to my chimichanga I found a lovely hair in my cheese clinging effortlessly to my bite of chimichanga. My husband continued to eat and enjoy his meal. Mine was really good before hair. read more

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Went because of the good reviews but sadly the food isn't good at all and the place had a funny odor. Will not the going back

Two stars for the chips. The birria was not good, the broth was straight water with onions, the other food was pretty bland. I typically enjoy Mexican food but not this place. read more

The food and service is poor. DO NOT GO TO THIS ESTABLISHMENT. They charge 18% gratuity for 3 people's meal under what circumstances ? They try to play you and charging you $20 for gratuity for poor service. I feel robbed. If you own this establishment please provide me a rightful explanation because this does not make sense! read more

Went out with my husband on our anniversary for lunch. We had great food and they always have amazing service. We ate burritos and I tried their peach margarita for the first time and it was so good! read more