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Lucy’s Mexican Restaurant

4.2 (49 reviews)
ModerateMexican
Open 8:00 am - 3:00 pm

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Chimichanga
Liz S.

We love Lucy's!!! Tamales are the best. My chimichanga was yummerz!!! Shrimp salad was good as well. Guacamole is a winner!!! Like their new location.

Laura C.

Best Mexican food in joplin! Service was also great! They were so nice and the restaurant was very clean!

Carne Asada Chimichanga
Sheshanna P.

Overall: Lucy's serves up good Mexican food at great prices with great service too! Food: 4 Quesadilla: You can choose from any of the meats that they have. We got it with carne asada. It's a little small, but it was filling enough with the rice and beans. Chimichanga: Again, you can choose any tule of meat. We got it with carne asada. This was a little different from the chimichangas that I had on the west coast. It was smaller, less deep fried, and used a queso, but it was still pretty good. The queso was especially nice. I just wished it was crispier like the ones of the west coast! Lunch Enchilada Plate: Two enchiladas come with the meat of your choice and red or green sauce. I got it with red sauce. It needs a little more sauce in my opinion. California Burrito: This is not a typical California burrito with French fries in it, but it was still very tasty and it was HUGE. The carne asada is super tasty. It taste chargrilled, and it has a nice crisp on the outside. Service: 5 The servers at this restaurant are super nice and very polite. Ambiance: 3 Lucy's is a sit down restaurant, but it isn't as fancy as some of the other ones in town. It is still good for a quick lunch or dinner.

Second visit Huevos con Chorizo
Gregory G.

Since I'm in town for such a short time and these two visits were two days apart, this is two visits in one review. This restaurant doesn't look like much from the outside, so don't judge the book by it's cover. On our first visit my sister had the Enfrioladas y huevo which looked good, smelled good and tasted good, especially with the tomatillo salsa on it. Since this is one of the few places in town with a breakfast burrito (con chorizo), that's what I ordered - chorizo, scrambled eggs, cheese, rice, beans and potatoes. A good burrito made even better by the tomatillo salsa I put on it. I walked full and happy! No fruit punch Jarritos so I ordered strawberry instead - good enough visit to warrant a second visit two days later. ::: Our second visit, my sister ordered the Huevos con chorizo plate. Well, second verse same as the first - looked, smelled and tasted good! Topped off with the tomatillo salsa once again. I ordered something that caught my eye the first time, the Pambazos. The taste was absolutely outstanding. The Mexican bread (roll or hoagie bun of some sort) was covered in a "special red sauce" (I'm assuming an ancho chili sauce but maybe not), which by itself tasted about as good as anything else on its own. I would buy those covered rolls to eat at home or make a Mexican-style sub sandwich out of it. The chorizo, potatoes, lettuce, sour cream and queso fresco was nice in flavor and contrast. My only complaint is there's no wrap on it so when you try to pick it up, you lose a third of the filling. I set it back on my plate, opened it up, put some tomatillo salsa on it and then ate it with a fork. The flavor is an A+, having such a loose sandwich without a paper wrap all around it so you don't lose the filling is an F. I LOVE the Pambazos, it just needs better preparation/presentation. They need to bottle their tomatillos salsa and sell it, it's good stuff. I'll probably get back here one more time before I leave town and I'm torn between the great flavor of the Pambazos or the ease of eating of the breakfast burrito.

They love their customers!

We highly recommend Lucy's Mexican Restaurant!! We had a blast!!! If you get this server you know he LOVES his customers! We were laughing so much!! We hadn't had good authentic Mexican food since we moved from Texas. Lucy's gave us exactly what we were missing! The food was FANTASTIC! The atmosphere had us feeling like we were back home! The address we found in google maps was different and wrong. We had to find the address on Facebook. It was worth the extra effort to find their location! Go and see for yourself! So good!

Kimiko M.

Driving through Joplin, we weren't interested in any of the chain restaurants. Because of great Yelp reviews, we decided to give this place a chance. Yum! The guacamole was made fresh and was absolutely delicious! I had a sampler that had a steak taco, tamale, small enchilada and beef taco - amazing flavor! My husband and daughter loved the Carne Asada. Loved it so much, we will be back for Chorizo and Eggs before we hit the road tomorrow!

Guacamole. Excellent and freshly made.

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4 years ago

Great food I had the traditional breakfast burrito and it was awesome. First time I ate there. I can't wait to try something else

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3 years ago

Food was good and very warm. Tortillas were Leo""also very nice and warm. Good tortilla chips and salsa. Food arrived quickly.

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Stale disgusting chips... salsa from last week. Plates of food pathetic. Come on it's not hard to cook decent mexican food.

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5 years ago

Awesome menu variety and food flavour, good service. They even gave a free Thanksgiving dinner

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Awesome Carnitas. Family establishment. Don't expect the chips and salsa. Very traditional fare.

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Great place for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Real Mexican food served hot! Real friendly service!

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Their street tacos (grilled chicken) were so good. Super small place but good and cheap. Definitely recommend. Salsa was really good too.

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First time coming here since they moved from the rundown plaza. This place is great. Enough said. Service is good. Food is awesomedelicous.

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