nice happy hour spot (4:30-6:30)half off wings and beer,that's what I order anyway,and friendly bartenders!

Glad they added this spot to the concrete jungle that is Monroeville. This mad mex is located in Miracle Mile shopping center, sandwiched between a bank and a TJ Maxx (I think?). I'm happy to have this here because most other options in that area are national chains at least this is a local chain. The food is similiar to their other locations. What stands out the most about this location is that they have a lot of outdoor seating. Some of it is under a covered area, so it's a little cooler than directly sitting in the sun with the other tables. THe shaded portion also has an open bar area that is shared between the outside and inside. This outdoor bar and seating is a rare treat in this sea of chain restaurants and gas stations. The tortilla chips are pretty good we tried them with a black bean dipping sauce (my favorite), regular salsa (okay), and a cheese sauce (not good, runny iwth a weird flavor). I order the burritto combo which came with a cup of tortilla soup (about average could have used some tomatoes on top and a bit more chips). I'll try the black bean soup next time. The burrito combo I tried came with a steak fajita burritto. It was good, but huge. Next time I think I'll tell them to lessen up on the rice and beans. The small amount of steak that was included was cooked well and tasty. I only ate about 1/3 of this thing because of my longstanding rule not to try to eat anything bigger than my head. The service was friendly and prompt. Overall a very good addition to the options here in monroeville. My business associate ordered the same burrito, but told them to skip the beans and rice and double the protein. I think this was a good choice. He also asked for tortillas in addition to just tortilla chips. This was also a good suggestion. He's obviously been here before. read more

Yet another solid jewel in the Mad Mex group. I love the Mahi Mahi salad and the beef fajitas. Great selection of beer on tap, including East End Brewing selections. read more

We returned, and I was again very happy with the experience. It was a rainy Monday night but they were packed, and there was a 30 minute wait, but we had not called ahead. The beer list was varied and interesting. The food, including appetizers like fried tofu, was excellent. I just had a bowl of soup and a kale salad and these did not disappoint. Waiter was very helpful and quick. All in all, another great experience here. read more

The food was fine, but the margaritas were by far the worst I have ever tasted. There was a strong taste of what I can only describe as plastic, possibly vinyl. I feel like either they substituted the cheapest Tequila on the planet, or their margarita mixer must have been leaking engine oil into the mix. In all fairness this may have been some sort of one-time disaster in margarita production. read more

We had lunch yesterday at Mad Mex. Since we were having one more nice day before the rain and cool weather set in, we chose MM for their patio seating. We split one of the lunch specials. I had the black bean soup and we shared (thank god) the massive Carnitas burrito with pork slow-roasted in garlic, cilantro, chipotles and Dos Equis. Fresh, roasted green chilis inside, blue cornbread, pico and sweet-n-sour slaw on the side. We each also had one of their Original Margaritas which was too tart for my liking. The black bean soup was only O.K. Many years ago TGIFridays used to have awesome black bean soup, but for some reason, they never put it on the menu. You had to know to order it. That became my gold standard for black bean soup. But I digress, if you have a craving for good black bean soup, forget about MM. Buy a can of Goya's version, heat it up, add some diced onions, a little shredded cheddar, and give it a splash of Sherry and you will have a much better black bean soup. The Carnitas burrito was massive, certainly more than enough for two people to share for lunch. At first we thought it was filled with mostly rice (well, actually it probably was), but we found enough pockets of the pork buried under the rice to satisfy us. I loved the blue cornbread, but my wife didn't, which worked for me cause I got to eat her share. We both loved the taste of the sweet-n-sour slaw. Service was a bit slow, and I had to ask twice to get a glass of water, but for a place of this price-point, service was adequate. Based our our limited sampling of their items, it's not really fair to generalize, but I have a hunch MM serves up quantity rather than quality. Pros: Decor, patio seating, inexpensive Cons: See above read more

I typically love Mad Mex. In fact my whole family loves their food and I've craved their big azz margaritas. However the service at the Monroeville location has been horrific the last three times I've gone. I'm a nice person and I'm never rude or unforgiving with waiters but twice I went and I've been ignored by the server the entire time I was there. I mean what should have been a half hour visit for drinks turned into almost two hours. The last time I went for a special occasion and the waiter got both my boyfriend's and my drinks wrong after making us wait twenty minutes at a low key time. He then got one of our main courses wrong by bringing the wrong meal and hardly apologized for it. I normally don't mind but when your spending 80 + bucks on a meal you expect decent service. While the food is four stars the service here just isn't worth it. I'd rather drive the extra half hour to go to a different location. read more

I won't be back to this location. I'm giving them a one star rating, but that's only because rating an establishment with zero stars isn't an option. Not only was the service slow, it was essentially non-existent. Our server was so inattentive that we had to refill our own drinks at the bar, and cash our checks out with the bartender (mind you we were seated in the restaurant portion of the facility and there were less than 10 other people there). Not to mention that they got our orders wrong and split our bills up incorrectly. They clearly don't care about customer service; therefore I don't care to give them any more of my money. Luckily Monroeville has plenty of other Mexican dining options. Take your patronage elsewhere. read more

3rd time here. I keep thinking I'm going to like it more than the last time. Eh....not so much. It's not terrible, but service is not great, the ladies' restroom was not clean (6 pm), the food was just so-so. I'm going to find that "great" Mexican restaurant yet! read more

Hip eclectic Southwestern cuisine that parallels the restaurants decor. I would recommend The Chimi.

Terrible service, got my order wrong and acted like that was mine fault, and everything is bland.

Was at the restaurant last night with a few friends. I ordered a quesedea and in my food was a huge piece of glass!!! It was the bottom circle (base) of a glass bottle. The manager was called and he said sorry for the plastic you found...it was glass!!! Anyways will not eat here again. The Manager should not have lied. All of us felt it before we called them and it was glass. I wonder if I ate small pieces of glass which I didn't notice :( read more

If I could give zero stars, I would. I ordered the mahi mahi tacos and they were disgusting. I'm betting they were frozen. Could not eat them they were so bad. Seriously thought I was going to be ill when we left. My wife's experience was the same with a different meal. read more

We decided to try Mad Mex after hearing good things about it from out friends. We both love Mexican food, so I was all excited about it. When we arrived, we were informed that there was a 20 minute wait. No problem, but on the way outside, we noticed that there was a free table two-person table on the patio. I figured since it was 10 degrees outside and the patio was hardly warmer, they had decided not to seat people there. 20 minutes later, we got the text that our table was ready. And what do you know? It's that same table that had been available 20 minutes earlier. Not only did we have to wait 20 minutes for no reason, but we were placed at a table that was so cold that we couldn't even take our wool coats off. There are heaters in the ceiling on the patio, but they don't really make a difference at that temperature. Whatever. I imagine this is to encourage people to drink more. Soon after sitting down, we realized we had been placed next to a ~20-person party of high school teachers who were mostly intoxicated. They shouted and screamed at each other the entire time we were there. Our waitress was terrible. She took our order and that's about all she did that night. She walked past us many times without saying a thing. She didn't ask us how our food was until after we had eaten it. Also, I was surprised that the restaurant doesn't serve chips and salsa with the food. What kind of Mexican place doesn't do that?? So about the food . . . I was all pumped for some amazing Mexican/Southwest food after hearing such good things from my friends. Both of us ordered burritos, which the menu indicated were their top sellers. When we got the food, it was lukewarm. I assumed that like many Mexican food restaurants, the dish would come with some sort of side of rice or re-fried beans. However, both of us received a white plate with a white burrito on it and a small plop of pico on the side. There was also an extremely ugly orange stain on the top of my burrito that was made out of some kind of flavorless sauce that I assume was supposed to look like the restaurant's logo. That was it. Still trying to be positive, I assumed that they had just put all the sides inside the burrito. But then I cut into it and found that the whole thing was literally just beans, rice, meat and (I kid you not) about three bell pepper slices. My partner and I both agreed that there was a distinct lack of seasoning in our food. It just tasted like beans and rice and meat. I don't think they even know what cumin is. Best part is, we paid over $10 for each of our flavorless burritos. Next time you want a big burrito that actually tastes like something, please do yourself a favor and go to the Chipotle across the street instead. It's actually cheaper and it tastes about 100 times better and you won't have to sit in a freezer next to drunk people while you eat. read more

I used to love going here for dinner---magic words...used to. I was there last week for dinner on a Saturday evening. The hostess was miserable, but the food was worse. I bought a burrito.... The chicken was burnt so much that it wasn't even edible. There was supposed to be a wing sauce inside but clearly they forgot it. My boyfriend also had burnt chicken--the very few pieces of chicken they even put in it. We didn't complain to the staff, because I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have changed anything. They just lost a couple customers, as we will not return! I would give this place 0 stars if I could. read more

Portions were above satisfactory. I'm a big dude, so the more food they put on my plate, the more I like the restaurant. If I can eat my fill and take some home, even better. They have a nice variety of food and drinks. I would definitely recommend to everyone in the area to at least try it once themselves before passing judgement. read more

I came to this restaurant cause I read some of the reviews, and it looked pretty good. Then when I got in the waitress was really nice, the only reason I gave the place a two star, but the food was horrible. I got the chicken tacos and all it really tasted like was a bunch of bunch of vegetables. I thought I was the only one that didn't like my food my my whole family didn't like there food. I think we would have all been a lot happier at Taco Bell and, my wallet would have been a lot happier too. read more

We were hungry but were at the point of hanger so we went to the first place we saw on yelp. This was madmex, and we had been there before with terrible service over in the Philadelphia area so I was skeptical. Tim. Oh my god, Tim. He came to the table with our water in hand and had our drink order ready within seconds. I swear to you on my future children, our appetizer and our meal were ready faster than the millennium falcon getting to its destination. We had just started on our chips with an extra sampler salsa (GOD BLESS YOU TIM) when out came the most delicious quesadilla the world had ever seen. We had begun to wonder if Tim had also done the cooking because it was so phenomenal. We had our refills and asked for our wonderful chips and salsa to go. HE SAID YES AND ADDED FRESH CHIPS AND EXTRA SALSA. EXTRA SALSA. WITH A SMILE ON THAT ADORABLE FACE GOSH TIM LOOK AT YOU. Our only regret is that we didn't have more money to throw at Tim. read more