Fast food quality for restaurant price. I got chicken enchiladas. The chicken was dry and unflavorful and they just smothered it in sauce and cheese. They gave barely any rice and beans and it cost twice as much as the prices I saw on yelp. Also, I got it to go and they served it on a paper plate which seems strange. Honestly a bad experience. I will not go back. read more

Maria's Mexican Restaurant - Chicken enchiladas - Mexican Near Me - Great Falls, Montana

My only real problem with this place is the pricing. $32 for one fella to get a soda, queso and entree. They charge $3 for chips and salsa which every other Mexican joint hands out for free. No loss leaders here I guess. The queso was not even hot enough, it was coagulating before I got to even dip a chip in it. My entree was very good though, with generous portions. All in all, "eh". read more

Very good selection of Mexican food. It was very tasty and fast. Had great service from the staff. I will definitely try this again

If I could rate it 0 stars I would. This place has not only the blandest mexican food I've ever eaten, but it's the most expensive mexican food I've ever had. The prices were ridiculous. I will say that the service was good. read more

We stopped here coming into town and it was a fair meal. The menu is a lot smaller than the standard Mexican restaurant as they don't offer the normal staples like fajitas and nachos. It's mostly burritos and enchiladas. The tortilla chips were served with two salsas, one regular and once spicy, but they were both pretty bland. The tortilla chips themselves were pretty basic. I ordered the Macho Burrito with pulled chicken and it was ok. You get a choice of beans or rice and I chose the beans. The beans and the burrito were also pretty bland and basic. They did give a nice sized portion. All in all, it was an ok experience and it did do the job in filling us up for a meal. read more

Maria's Mexican Restaurant - Macho Chicken Burrito - Mexican Near Me - Great Falls, Montana

horrible food and the service is terrible!!! the waitress is rude and arrogant !! I hated that place so much ! tasteless food and so expensive they throw things at you without explaining extra charges go to Taco Bell ! that's way more authentic than that garbage! read more

Have eaten at Maria's many times over the years at her numerous previous locations. She has finally found a worthy nest for her quality offerings. This was our first meal at her new digs, and the food, service, and facility were all greatly improved. I had the Enchilada Rancheros, an item not on the web menu. It was an open-faced enchilada on three tortillas and stuffed with beef and fresh veggies. Very, very good. Mi hermosa esposa had an enchilada and tostada plate. She was happy. See you again soon Maria. read more

Maria's Mexican Restaurant - Enchilada and Tostada plate. - Mexican Near Me - Great Falls, Montana

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Food was very dry and they charged extra for chips & salsa! That is mind blowing. I have been frequenting Mexican restaurants across the U.S. and globally for my whole life. I have never been charged extra for chips & salsa. Totally disgusted. Will never come back. Ambiance was ok. read more

Nice atmosphere and friendly waitress. Good variety on menu. Disappointed chips for chips and salsa were stale. Noticed that they had a abundance of pre-made chip baskets just sitting out on the counter. Would have liked them popped into microwave to freshen and warm. Hot salsa and mild salsa were served with them. Main entries were good. Left satisfied and will visit again. read more

Service was quick and friendly. Side of guacamole and chips with salsa was $10. Most restaurants offer chips and salsa for free. I wanted to order the carne asada but they don't marinade it. I went with a steak strip dish which was very average. Comparable to a poor fajita. Ambience is just a restaurant. It was clean enough. We were driving through the area and I wouldn't make the effort to stop again. read more

Decided to give Maria's a try. I order a combo plate with a taco, tamale and an enchilada. Mom ordered a macho burrito. The entrees were good, nice large portions, hot platters delivered to the table with a smile. We also ordered chips and salsa, the standard order comes with a hot and mild salsa. The hot had some kick to it and the mild had good flavor, just no substance to either - they were just really runny and needed more chunky veggies to them. The restaurant was clean, staff was wonderful, very friendly and quick to seat us and get refills for drinks. Overall a pleasant visit and may eat here again. read more

Service was mediocre. Drink orders were wrong. I ordered the mucho burrito with ground beef. I was surprised when it was so greasy and tasted like chili. Beans were decent. The big shocker.....we paid $6 for chips and salsa!! Who charges for C&S and doesn't mention that. We were asked if we wanted them but weren't informed there was a charge! We definitely won't return. read more

The best Mexican in great falls. Great food served with Great service! The street tacos and pazole are incredible. And the red salsa is amazing! Spicy Smokey delicious. Love this place read more

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Service was incredible, can't speak enough about how great each server was. Though the food was pretty disappointing. No spice or heat anywhere, we asked the server if they have any spicy sauces for the enchiladas and burritos (since the menu notes only mild sauce) and were told they have none. Food was very one note and not very tasty, I wish they'd include spices or hotter sauces read more

Absolutely HORRIBLE food and service!!!!! NEVER will return!!! Enchiladas had a horrible burnt taste and portions were so tiny. So much oil coming out of the quesadilla, I could have fried another meal with it!! Waitress just laughed. Waitress messed up all of the orders, which in the end, we ended up one dinner short. The waitress said "she" was going to pay for the missing plate from our ticket...the one we DIDN'T RECEIVE!!!! Plus...they charge a surcharge for using a credit card!! Completely amazing! read more

Amazing Mexican food! I'm from California and I was worried about not being able to find delicious and authentic Mexican food but Maria's is perfect! But just some advice, don't order through GrubHub they took 1.5 hours to deliver, even though the food was ready within 10 minutes. read more

The food is awesome and the wait people are phenomenal.I was so relaxed it felt like you were welcomed all around fantastic experience

Great food, good service and affordable. We will definitely come back when we are in town.

Good food, good service, and above all, consistency. Over the years, we could always count on Maria's for a solid meal. Just could not always find where she was serving it. Hope this new home lasts for many years. read more

Always good service, great tasting food at a good value. The staff is very friendly and attentive.

New location is much more convenient. Overall the food is nothing over the top even with coming here and trying something new each time. Unfortunately with being understaffed the service is where my 3 stars comes in. I see them trying desperately to serve and take care of everyone, but customers do get forgotten about. The past 2 times I've been in after getting seated I've waited 15+ minutes to order with people being seated after me getting service and food ordered before they ask for mine. I do believe it will improve, but it will be awhile before I come back and see. read more

After several reviews of this restaurant as the most authentic mexican place in Great Falls, we decided to give it a try. My "go to" meal if on the menu is Mole. It gives me a sense of how well they understand mexican cuisine. As soon as the plate was put down I could tell something was off. The menu said "boneless chicken cooked in a sweet spicy mexican sauce". I have experienced both dark chocolate mole (a little spicier) and the peanut butter mole (a little sweeter). This was neither. It was small strips of chicken breast (I imagine what they put in the enchilada) in a tomato broth. There was no flavor to the broth but it was red, so I assumed tomato. Mole sauce is typically thicker and coats the chicken. We asked and while the servers were new and weren't really sure about the dish, one told us that the cook ran out of the mole sauce and used another. This is what was really frustrating. If you were out of the sauce, let me know so I can pick another menu item. Don't try to pass off broth as a mole sauce and insult my intelligence as a diner. read more

Found a rock in my food after I bit into it. Called to let them know and they answered and put the phone down and walked away before I could say hello. Poor poor poor will not suggest this place and will never go back read more

This is the best Mexican food in Great Falls. I wasn't expecting much, but I am so happy I came here. It is attached to a bar, but one section is sort of separated and family friendly. The decor is basic, but everything is spotless and clean. The service was really good. The waitress was friendly and checked on us several times. I had a Mucho Burrito and my husband had the enchiladas. Both tasted great. It was fresh and hot. I will definitely be back here soon! read more

Maria's Mexican Restaurant - Mucho Burrito - Mexican Near Me - Great Falls, Montana

DO NOT order the Carne Asada! It is the toughest, blandest, non-authentic "shoe leather" quality meat I have ever tasted...or tried to. Real Carne Asada is marinated to tenderize and infuse flavor to the meat, then grilled or seared to impart a charred flavor. Maria's was only treated with a little salt and was so tough that it was hard to even cut through. When I questioned the cook, she said "that's how I do it in Montana - I have done this for 25 + years and never had a complaint." No offer of any compensation for $40 worth of inedible food. Since when does a Mexican restaurant charge for a few chips and watered-down, tomato-pasty salsa? Such a disappointment and waste of money. Never again. read more

As a Southern Californians, my family and I KNOW what good authentic Mexican food is. This isn't it. - Chips are store-bought and stale, reheated many times. - Salsa is watery and weak and served in soup bowls and small ramekins. - Shredded chicken tacos were served on store-bought shells and literally had no seasonings and were served with hot, wilted lettuce that made me gag. - Shredded beef taquitos had a weird smell/taste... like old meat that had been burned, maybe the oil they cooked it in was old too. - The refried beans were served looking like they had sat under a lamp for at least an hour and the rice was tasteless, dry and crunchy. I'm so sorry Great Falls if this is what you believe authentic Mexican Food tastes like, truly. read more

Overpriced, bland, and poor service! Never go here, you would get more for your money from Taco Bell.

Very nice find! The salsa came in mild and hot, delicious! Very tasty food, fresh ingredients. Amazing guacamole!!

Maria's Mexican restaurant was a disappointment in their new location. Waiter offered chips and dip as is generally the custom free in Mexican restaurants but after they came and we seen the small portion of chips like a half a cup or a cup for three dollars and 4 ounces of sauce picante sauce for one dollar we refused it and send it back. The waitress confused my order as a specified a beef Chile Rellano and it was delivered with no beef at all. Soupy refried beans, tasteless rice. The beef enchilada had maybe one tablespoon on ground meat. This is a one and done for us. My partner had to stop at Taco John s to finish his lunch as his was too small to call a lunch. This was recently and at the new location. read more

The fajitas were great! Wonderful place to get lunch. Not crowed and noisy and my drink never went empty.

Been here several times now. Food and service are consistently good. Great bar drinks since the bar is right there. Margaritas very good. I'll keep coming back. read more

Ok I don't normally write reviews because I'm LAZY AF and a picture speaks a thousand words but I got too excited when the food arrived that I ate it before taking a picture.... Came here with friends and we are all glad we FINALLY found the closest Mexican restaurant that reminds us of home! We had 2 from Cali, 2 from Navada and 1 from New Mexico and all over us loved this place! The decor was classic hole in the wall deco with ponchos and sombreros and the staff was very friendly and funny. The location gives you a nice downtown vibe as long as you don't leave the little strip. Parking is free after 5pm so it's a great spot for dinner and drinks at the bar in the back. They don't skimp on portions here when you order a plate with rice and beans it is full. If your food comes with Guacamole it's a real scoop of guac not just a small dab of green goo that you think might be guacamole but it's to little to tell and you shamefully eat it because it cost you and extra $2. It all came out very fast and hot as... heck. The burritos in the back of the menu are HUUGE and definitely hard to finish in one sitting but so worth eating the next day. Everything tasted fresh and nothing was soggy, runny, crusty or felt like just some fast food chain unlike other restaurants here in GF. We will definitely be coming here again and next time I'll get a picture of the food before we destroy it lol. Highly recommend you give this place a shot and keep small family businesses like these thriving here in GF! To all the Cali people comparing this place to food back home... we are not even close to home we are bumped up to Canada not Mexico lol. Even so back home you wouldnt compare aldabertos or Jimboys chains to a family restaurant it's not the same food at all read more

Best Mexican in Great Falls. Chips are homemade daily. Waitress, Cindy, is the best!!! Highly recommend this place!

This place is delicious! Best Mexican restaurant in town, the enchiladas are to die for. Their red sauce is some of the best in the nation. Everyone is so nice, this is a great place! read more

Nothing special here. Food is pretty bland, salsa is weak, but the meal was filling. Filling for a while anyway; my brother got food poisoning and puked all night. Friendly service, though! read more

This is my go to Mexican restaurant. I'm originally from Southern California and my best friend is a Mexican so I KNOW my Mexican food. This place is highly recommended. Please keep an open mind though, the place is not very fancy but the food is amazing. read more

This was the worst food I have ever tried to eat. The staff was friendly but didn't wait on us in a timely manner. They served our chips broken cold and in a basket with no liner. The margaritas tasted as though they some kind of cleaner in them my chimichanga was burnt black! Do yourself a favor and Don't eat there!!!! read more

I ordered carne asada fries and they put maybe a half ounce scoop of carne asade on my fries. I paid 9.50 for fries And they wanted to charge me $6 for a bigger portion of carne asade. AND my fries were cold and the nacho cheese was so old. Maybe it's because I'm From california that has aldabertos and have carne asada fries for the same price but DRENCHED in carne asada, guacamole, sour cream, salsa and what ever else covering the whole tray of fries. I don't think I've ever been more dissapointed in a Mexican restaurant in my life and I will never come here again. This is the worst Mexican restaurant I've been too and a huge disgrace. They definetly lost a customer and I will let my family and friends know never to come here read more

Maria's Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Great Falls, Montana

Southern Californian approved Mexican restaurant. 5 stars.The best in Great Falls. If you like the most Authentic ver. of Mexican food, this is the place to eat. So amazed they have Carnitas(pork) taco. If you think Cafe Rio is the best Mexican....... Idk what to tell you. read more

The host was nice, but the waitress was unfriendly. The Chili con Queso was terrible... it was basketball-concession-stand canned liquid muck and it wasn't even hot. They charge $3 for chips and salsa, and it's the smallest basket of chips I've ever seen at a Mexican restaurant. The food was hot, tasty and plentiful, but it wasn't necessarily Mexican. The fajitas were mostly onions and the beef tasted like a roast that had been marinated in red wine. Not bad-tasting, but definitely did not taste like traditional fajita meat. The "Carnitas de Pork" (sic) was pulled pork that had been minced and crisped. Disappointing. They do not have fountain Coca-Cola or Dr. Pepper. Zero atmosphere, but the place was clean. The only "Mexican" decor was a giant taco-shaped pinata that had "Corona" printed across it. They have an upcharge for using your debit or credit card. A meal for two persons ended up costing us $54. read more