What I've learned in Milwaukee is if a "Mexican" place's most popular item is chicken wings don't even bother. Prices are absolutely insane for food that tasted homemade in the worst way possible. Service was poor. Don't waste your time read more

Best hot wings in town! The fries are a little to be desired, but their drinks make up for it. The service is great and the prices are decent. read more

Always a vibe with great food and drinkssssss!! They got good deals that i definitely want to check out toooo! It's super cute inside and they always my favorite songs! read more

Food was delicious had the wings and loved them slushie was good and strong service 7/10

Mango's 10/10!! Love the food, hookah, and our bartender he was so fine and gave us good drinks read more

Mangos Cafe - I loved mangos S/O bartender Q he had me and my girls lit we had sm fun he also fine and his drinks are good af - Tacos Near Me - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Mangos is it's own vibe and it can change depending on when you're in but I've always had a good experience here. The staff are friendly and are good about getting your orders right. I've had tacos a couple of times and they've always been decent. Milwaukee has a lot of taco spots so there's a lot to compare to. We did their bottomless mimosa brunch a few weekends ago and the bartender was as attentive towards the end when it was packed as when we started and it was empty. They have a dj that comes in for the brunch and a nice brunch menu! read more

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I ordered through GrubHub and Mango's gave my order to someone else before the driver got there, so GrubHub called to let me know that they had to cancel my order, due to the circumstance. Okay, fine. Could have been an honest mistake. I put my order through again, and the same thing happened. It's on the restaurant now. Please stop giving peoples' food away. read more

Is this a dance club or restaurant? Music was way too loud. Lighting made my guacamole look like diarrhea. Sandwich was a sloppy mess. I will say the waitress/bartender was delightful. read more

Bar tender was very rude on giving us our Oder on what we paid for and was willing to pay extra for he was ignoring us women and it was very upsetting we still didn't receive what we paid extra for read more

Q was great and accommodating. I would highly recommend this place. The drinks were great and the vegan tacos were perfect.

Straight Garbage. And they cheated me on my order. I ordered a bunch of food and they "forgot " to add and promised but never accommodated. No more for me. Ever. And their wings too big also. read more

Decided to try out Mangos Cafe with a couple of my friends. We went during the weekday around 5:30 pm, we did make it to the happy which ends at 6pm, but the bartender/host let us know about the Wings specials. Around this time it is not that busy, but it seemed like around 6:45 ish to 7:30 ish people started to come in and it got busy. All three of us got the wings basket, 6 wings with fries. We all got the same flavor Jamaican Jerk since they suggested that was the go to wing flavor everyone gets. The wings were awesome, along with the sauce! The sauce was no overly powerful, it was sweet, yet a subtle hint of spice. The sauce is definitely worth the try with the wings. The sauce was not thick or thin, it was a medium thickness and was not messy at all to eat which was great. The fries came to us hot, crispy and fresh. The fries were wonderful, golden brown and salted perfectly well. There was no excessive oil in our basket even with the fries being fresh and hot. We all like spicy food, but we were looking for flavor. The wings were not dry at all, which was wonderful. I know that sometimes someone gets a bad batch of dry wings, but all three of our baskets were perfect. They have a limited selection of beer and majority of their cocktails are Rum based, hence their theme and restaurant name. They do have other liquor also, but if you wanted something different from a rum cocktail you can always go to another establishment, I mean you're there for the Rum and food. Overall I would come to Mangos Cafe, when I am craving their wings and their rum cocktails. read more

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The food was amazing and the drink the GM was a good host shoutout to him place was like I was on the board walk of the beach read more

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This is such a hidden gem in the city. Anything you order is going to be delicious. Try it all. I'm currently working my way through the menu. read more

Hi, This is Dominic the food reviewer. Today I tried Mangos Cafe. It is located at 1682 N. Van Buren St, Milwaukee, WI. 53202. It started in 2010 on 16th and National then they moved to the current location near Brady St. I got to talk to one of the owners, Greg. He said him, and the other owner Frank wanted to open a place that was like a Florida college bar and restaurant, with an interesting twist on tacos. They also own and operate Juana Taco Company and Makk'n'Cheese. Greg told me he started out at Buffalo Wild wings and wanted to make better wings, so they opened their own place. Mangos has also been voted best tacos in Milwaukee twice at Taco fest. The decor is like an island tiki bar with tiki masks decorating the walls. They also have a DJ from 10pm to close. One of the cool things here is that they serve food all the way until bar close, you can pick up, get a delivery or eat in, all the way up to 2AM. They are open 11am-2am (bar close) 7 days a week. They marinate their wings up to 24 hours in Dominican seasoning. To eat, we tried the Triple Sampler which comes with 2 empanadas, half order of Jamaican Curds and a half order of Mango fries. This appetizer was very outstanding I thought. Then, we tried wings with all kinds of different sauces. We tried 2 baskets of Jack Daniels BBQ and Spicy parmesan wings. Then had a basket with Naked wings with the sauce on the side. For the sauces, we had Thai Chili, Caribbean Jerk, Hot and Honey, and their hottest sauce, Angry Chef. I thought the wings were very tender, and I thought the sauces had just the right amount of tang to them. My favorite sauce was the Angry Chef and the Thai Chili. My Dads favorite wings were the spicy parmesan wings. We had so much fun getting to try the Angry Chef sauce. The angry chef was pretty hot but it wasn't too bad, and it was very enjoyable with that nice kick. Next we tried something special. Its not on the menu yet, but it was their authentic taco with Avocado Cream Sauce, and a little Angry Chef hot sauce. I thought my taco was very home-made especially the corn tortilla, and I loved that hot sauce. It was all amazing. My Aunt also had a Tropical Mojito to drink too. I would definitely highly recommend checking this tiki bar and restaurant out because it is very decorative and fun inside, and these are some of the best wings you can have in Milwaukee. That taco was amazing too. read more

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Order chicken wings special & chicken empanadas. Chicken wings cooked/ fried with whole Feather still attached. Cook advised that's how they come. We just season them. Health dept knows. The cook offered some new chicken. No thanks. I am not coming back. This sh!t ain't right. I ain't trying to be sick. - read more

Amazing service and food! The steak breakfast bagel was sooo good and their brunch was great! Mimosas, breakfast potties and the honey drizzled pastries?! Every one with us loved their food. read more

Some great wings and drinks you don't wanna miss out on when in Milwaukee! Make a quick stop here and enjoy music, maybe some sports of the tv and enjoy a place the locals eat and drink in! The service was nice and funny and informative about Milwaukee and their food and drink menu! Go visit asap read more

Vibes are *okay* and prices are terrible Went there, got a burrito, 2 tacos, loaded fries, and two drinks and spend over 70 dollars, The food is so mediocre, and the drinks are oversized and aren't the strongest. If you are coming just to drink and have fun, that's great, but if you are coming for food, don't waste your time unless you are already drunk and not looking for great flavor. The food is all over the place in terms of flavor and will leave you unsatisfied. read more

Last Night I Was Kicked Out And Falsely Accused Of Leaving The Restaurant...I Went Into Mangos Cafe March 10th 2024 To Order Some Takeout..The Bartender Was Noticeably Drunk But I Didn't To Much Care Because They Are Allowed To Drink...She Continued To Mess Up My Order Asking Me 3 Times Before Even Putting It In...Finally She Did So I Sat Patiently Waiting For My Order..I Noticed Over Time A Large Order Sat In The Window But I Didn't Think It Was Mines Because It Was For Dine In...I Went To The Bathroom Came Back And Sat In The Same Exact Spot...So After 45 Minutes The Barback Asked Did I Order Food And What My Food Was And Long Behold My Food Was The Food Sitting In the Window For Dine In...At This Time The Bartender Told The Cooks To Bag My Food For Takeout But I Told Her I Didn't Want It Anymore Or Gave Her The Option To Remake It Because It Was Just Sitting There Getting Cold...At This Time The Other Bartender Walked Up And Made A Huge Scene Yelling Saying "He's Not Tryna Pay For His Food" And Started To Instruct The Security Guard To Kick Me Out...She Then Goes On To Say She Thought That I Left Which Then I Ask The Guard Did I Leave And He Informed Her I Didn't...Overshadowing The Fact That She Was In The Wrong...The Other Bartender Didn't Know The Full Situation Before She Came Over Being Disrespectful For No Reason...Mangos Cafe Need To Be Shut Down For How They Treat People I've Heard The Horror Stories I Just Didn't Expect It To Happen To Me read more

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Let's just say this, Tacos & Turntables Tuesdays is amazing with an awesome Dj that plays the best Urban and Latin music. They have $2 tacos, appetizers , and margaritas from 5-7 pm. Wing Wednesday is another great night to be there with great deals. The bartender Freddy that is normally there on Tuesday nights is a super cool dude, always down to play a round or 3 of dice. If you can't make it in those night , I urge you to go in to try the mango fries with pulled pork. They cost around $10 and it is enough to feed two people. Trust me you won't regret it! This is a fun bar to go to during the week to listen to good music, eat good food, or watch the game. But make sure you get in early on Tuesday &Wednesday, seating at the bar is very limited! Another tip, they only have street parking and it's usually tough to get a close spot. read more

Some of the best customer service I've ever had! We called with a complaint about some missing items on an Uber Eats order. Their manager Isaiah got everything sorted out on their end immediately and sent one of his staff to deliver the food that got missed. The place was super bumpin' busy on the phone but they handled the situation like pros. The food is solid, Caribbean inspired menu with a lot of different tacos! It's not fancy but for the price, location and hours it's great. read more

Food wasn't what I expected for the price and quality.She had said there were more in the order and there wasn't.

I would've loved to have given this place a good review. I placed it on Uber eats delivery. I ordered 2 carnitas and a Caribbean taco, those were just alright. It would've helped tremendously if they would have added the sauce that was supposed to come with it. I didn't get sick however my girl had the avacado wrap, now she's been hiccuping for like 20 minutes already and she's already thrown up once. After throwing up she is still continuing to hiccup even more now. I don't get it at all. I'm hoping she's going to be okay ASAP read more

Amazing staff and service here! My friend has met some of the people that work here at some other location where they recommended we stop in sometime. We decided to go on a Saturday afternoon as a group and were welcomed in with open arms. The employees my friends had met still remembered them! The fish-bowl drinks were good but pretty sweet tasting. I personally don't really enjoy sweet drinks so I ended up drinking Corona to keep with the beach theme of the bar (haha). The ambiance of the bar is completely tiki themed which I thought was fun to go to on a dreary Saturday here in Wisconsin. Made us feel like we were ready to go on a vacation! read more

First off I have to say I gave it two stars for a reason. Food- 4 stars My friend and I each ordered 6 Thai chili wings and shared the mozzarella sticks and mangos chicken fries. The mozzarella sticks surprised me because I don't typically like wonton wrapper mozzarella sticks but they turned out to be really good. The cheese on top added a little extra to it which made it great! Plus they were 2$ so that was a deal. The wings were crispy and good, nothing extremely special but definitely yummy. The fries were good and the mango salsa was on point. A little pricey in my opinion overall the meal was good. As for drinks I tried the daiquiri which was good, a little Icey which diluted the flavor but good. The food lived up to the hype. As for the service it was pretty bad (hence the rating). Given that both my friend and I are servers ourselves, we tend to be pretty lenient when servers at other restaurants are busy or forget something. When we got there there were two other tables seated--fine we can wait a little bit. After them paying we finally ordered our drinks, which took another 15 minutes to make. when we received them we still hadn't gotten any water, which we asked for twice prior to. While we sipped some of the server's friends showed up so he got them drinks and talked to them. When I noticed him talking to them I noticed he had made extra of my friend and my drinks and was sipping them (Nice). It was obvious considering we had ordered the only blended drinks made within our 2.5 hours. Probably not a good move on his part to be drinking alcohol at 7pm while working. After thirty more minutes of waiting around, we finally ordered. Still at this point we were the only table besides the bar customers, all whom had eaten or were eating (& drinking) and watching the bucks game--so not really much to be taken care of in terms of customers. While we waited 2 more tables came in and sat and more people came to sit at the bar. We got our MOST food a little bit after. The server verified the type of wings my friend ordered and went and told the kitchen (my assumption is he forgot to write the flavor down and had to tell the kitchen since they had already made them). We still had not gotten water at this point. So we asked again! we started eating the food we had been given and about 5 minutes later another worker came in. Around this same time the servers' friends had also gotten their food--ironic considering they had been there for 45 minutes less than we had. At this point I didn't want to keep eating my food without any beverage so I went up to the bar and asked for water. Two minutes later we got it (finally) but my friend still had not received their wings. after about 15-20 minutes with our food the other server came to fill our waters so I told her we still hadn't gotten them so she went in back to grab them. Honestly in her 20 minutes there she had done more than the other server had the entire time. Anyway after about 5 minutes we were done and wanted some boxes so my friend stopped the original server (talking to another set of friends who came in) and asked for some. At this point we finally got our boxes and checks. Overall, They were nice I'll give them that but i shouldn't have asked 5 times and waited an hour for a glass of water. Not sure what the deal was but all I'm saying is I saw dude talking to his friends, eating their food and giving them free things more than I saw him doing anything else. read more

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I love Mangos Cafe! They're always very nice, the music is good, and the TV is even good. I watch classics like Everybody Hates Chris with subtitles, and sports there. The best part is $2 select tacos til 4 on weekdays. On Fridays seafood tacos are cheaper, too. Such a good deal at a cool place! read more

A very cool looking place with very average place. From the outside this place looks more authentic and fun. The inside is very cute and fun as well but the food isn't very food. The veggie tacos have hardly any veggies & are tatertots inside of a flour tortilla. The nachos were decent just tasted like they were a mix of nacho cheese & avocado salad dressing mixed together i know i won't be back here but if you're into mexi American food this may be your beach! (Corona joke lol!) the mixed drinks look pretty good but I'm not a big fan of mixed drinks overall. Definitely more of a bar than a sit down restaurant read more

Horrible customer service. The heavy set hispanic lady behind the bar proceeded to ignore me for 15 minutes while I stood there. Even said, "excuse me" but she was too busy socializing with her co-workers and people she already served. Unbelievable I'll take my business elsewhere read more

Good food. Enjoyed Taco Tuesday!! Genuinely pleasant staff. Good overall vibe!! Highly recommend!!

The food arrived early & it was delivered hot and fresh! I got wings and beef empanadas, they were so good! I rarely do reviews, but this deserved a good review! read more

I really want to like this place due to food and initial vibe, but the service is horrible. Today I sat there for 15 minutes while the bartender did everything but acknowledge me. Not the first time it's happened. Another time I waited over an hour for food and only got it after repeatedly asking about it. Will not be back. read more

Staff very friendly. Food was AMAZING. Got the nachos and I couldnt get enough. Triple sampler was delicios too. My friend got the steak tacos and they were perfect read more

Horrible customer service!!!! We went there there was really no one in there and it took the waiter 20 minutes to come over. He didn't say sorry for the wait anything just bare you dining in. We ended up telling him no thanks we'd go to Casablanca for better service. read more

I usually don't complain when I go out places due to the fact that I am in the service industry myself but this has to be said. A friend and I went to this establishment to get some grub since it wasn't busy and we heard good things, we came and sat at a table and waited about 10 minutes while watching the (server/bartender) taking shots and talking to people at the bar. After that I went up to the bar and asked if we had to order there and our server asked where we were sitting EVEN THOUGH she clearly saw us seat ourselves from JUMP. She brings our menus and about 15 minutes of watching her and another bartender taking shots, touching all over each other and SERVING people who came in after us based off of them being friends she then takes our order. My friend and I just a few feet away from the bar watched the bartender go from making our drinks back and forth making her friends shots talking it up while our drinks sit and wait for about 7 minutes KEEP IN MIND we have not received water so my friend goes up to the bar ask for water and one bartender literally sends a Snapchat in the process of retrieving our waters. FINALLY we get our drinks we have ordered our food THIS WAS A 30-35 minute ordeal. We wait for our food and all of a sudden we hear the kitchen bell ring which implies our food is done IT RANG 3 times and the bartenders ignored every ring continuously conversing. 15 minutes later we get our food ITS ALL COLD didn't taste good we asked if our starter could get comped due to the experience they only comped HALF of it. Moral of the story is my friend and I were in rage about even having to pay for our food because it was all so awful. Tacos : 1 star Servers/bartenders: friendly BUT drunk and unprofessional Overall experience: WHACK Ps: We got there at 8:38pm didn't get drinks till 9pm didn't get food till 9:30 SO Wait time: WHACK major thumbs down read more

I live pretty close so I consider myself a frequent flyer! The Mango Habanero wings are my favorite. The sunday $2 menu is also pretty awesome! read more

I LOV LOVE this place for happy hour 4-7pm. The Mango salsa tacos are bomb and $2 during happy hour and $2 Coronas. Dim atmosphere and good music. Never crowded. My only complaint is we ordered chips n salsa and it tasted like store bought salsa? read more

Steak tacos = shredded beef. Avocado = avocado cream that tastes like salad dressing. Expensive compared to Bel-air for subpar product. Do not recommend. read more

Great tacos and super friendly people! Really great spice and really good balance. Right next door to Angelo's Piano bar and they let you bring the food over. Visit during happy hour! read more

Never been to the location on Van Buren but got veggie tacos at Brady Street Days from their mobile unit and they were out of this world ! Fresh! Fresh! Fresh! These were filled with fresh jalapeños, avocado and other delectable ingredients - just SO good! Excited to visit the restaurant for $2 taco Tuesday read more