Just moved to the area and looking for a good Mexican restaurant. We came in before dinner time and had the manager take care of us all by himself. He was so kind even opening the door for us on our way out! The drinks were also delicious! We will definitely be back! read more

This is our place for mex and margs. Good food and service all around. All of the food served hot and fresh.

We didnt like the food. The place was dead. When we realized they had received a health score of 49, we felt SICK. POTENTIALLY DEADLY HEALTH VIOLATIONS. read more

Good beef plates. Clean establishment and good customer service. Local area near hospital.

So first time back since they re-opened under new ownership. It looks great inside to start with. Cheese dip was great just needed to be hotter. Same thing on beef nachos. Just wasn't as hot as I was expecting coming out of the kitchen. Also I ordered unsweet tea and with Splenda but they either didn't have it or understand what I wanted exactly. ended up getting sweet tea and it was fine. GF got a chicken quesadillas and black beans and rice and loved it read more

I really wanted to love this place because it's less than 5 min away from my house, but unfortunately, I am disappointed. I came here around lunch time for some takeout and decided to try the Maria's Sampler which came with a bunch of different stuff so I could try most of it. The sampler comes with 3 flautas, 1 cheese quesadilla, 3 beef sopes, 6 wings and cheese & salsa dip for $15.99. It seemed like a great deal and lots of food which in fact, it was. Unfortunately, they messed up my order. Although it said on the menu the sampler came with 6 wings, they forgot about it so I had to come back for them. When I was finally home with everything I was supposed to get the food was already cold, but I don't it would've tasted any better if it was just made. Everything was bland, and soggy. Service was okay. I got my order fixed quick and the lady I talked to was nice. Unfortunately, I won't be coming back to Maria's. ESPAÑOL Tenía muchas ganas de que me gustara este lugar porque está a menos de 5 minutos de mi casa, pero desafortunadamente, me decepcionó. Vine aquí a la hora del almuerzo para comer algo para llevar y decidí probar el Maria's Sampler que venía con un montón de cosas diferentes para poder probar la mayor parte. La muestra viene con 3 flautas, 1 quesadilla de queso, 3 sopes de res, 6 alitas y queso y salsa por $ 15,99. Parecía una gran cantidad y mucha comida, que de hecho lo fue. Desafortunadamente, arruinaron mi pedido. Aunque decía en el menú que la muestra venía con 6 alas, se olvidaron de ella, así que tuve que volver por ellas. Cuando finalmente llegué a casa con todo lo que se suponía que debía conseguir, la comida ya estaba fría, pero no creo que hubiera sabido mejor si estuviera recién hecha. Todo estaba suave y empapado. El servicio estuvo bien. Arreglaron mi pedido rápido y la señora con la que hablé fue amable. Desafortunadamente, no volveré a María. read more

Maria's Tex Mex - Menu - Tex-Mex Near Me - Dacula, Georgia

Our server was really friendly - too friendly. I like when service is attentive, polite and prompt, but there is a point when they've lingered far too long, joining in on what should be your own personal meal/date/discussion. The meal was ALL appearances, little substance. A colorful and artfully-arranged salad that did not taste good at all. Dry, overdone salmon, giant, awkward pieces of jicama and mango, and hardly any greens. There were only a handful of other patrons when we went it, but it was painfully quiet and every little noise echoed and bounced around. Halfway through our meal thankfully somebody turned on some quiet music. There are far too many other Mexican restaurant options in the Dacula and Buford area, so I don't expect we'd return here. read more

Maria's Tex Mex - Tex-Mex Near Me - Dacula, Georgia

Service was fine. Waitress was attentive and I had everything I needed. The problem was the food. I ordered a tamale dish . The sauce was ok but the tamales tasted like they were many days ago. They were tough and hard and tasted old. I picked around and ate the parts not dried out and old tasting. I had the 8.99 cheese dip which was good . Just expensive . The meal was $30.00 for one with tip . They were doing music bingo which was fun , but there was a tiny crowd on a Wednesday night. I'm sure it is better on the weekends. I however will not be back. My third try over the last 18 months and it is still mediocre at best . Better Mexican food choices abound in the area. read more

We LOVE this place! This is the second time we've eaten here and it was even better than the first time. The service was great! The food was hot and fresh! Everything we ordered was right! Their regular Guac and Mango Guac is SO yummy! We ordered fajitas and the steak was my husband's favorite and the chicken mine! Both were hot, seasoned well and the portions were great! I wished I had some pictures but we ate everything and ordered more to go!! Jackie I think was the name of our server. She was so great!!! read more

Delicious fresh appetizing food with a great presentation. The service is timely and staff are very friendly. The setting is quaint with a Mexican theme read more

Excellent food. I went with the simplest dish for lunch, the Speedy Gonzalez. Add the salsa they give you and it was great! Just enough food. I think they should salt their chips, but they were good too. Decided to try the guacamole. Yum! Just the right amount of lime! And the mango margarita was excellent. Love the glass and the sugar on the rim. Will be trying this place for dinner soon. read more

Maria's Tex Mex - Tex-Mex Near Me - Dacula, Georgia

The food was delicious. We were referred by a neighbor. We ordered the fajitas for two. Half shrimp and half beef brisket. Very flavorful. They are the best I have had. Monday through Friday they have specials for 899 from 11 to 3pm. read more

See all

Went for the Purple Xperience lawn show at the community center across the street and stopped in for a bite while the opening band played. They were very busy and could not seat us straight away and post Covid staffing issues were revealed but Jacky more than made up for it with her excellent service, energetic positive attitude and this "split" salad (2 of them!) to more than make up for it! We will be back (and don't even live close! =) read more

See all

We had Mothers Day dinner with our family of 11 and had a great time. The food was perfect and the staff was the best!! Special call out to Karen she was awesome! Thank you everyone at Maria's for a wonderful dinner and time with family! read more

I had a bad experience recently, I placed a to-go order for one burrito and one quesadilla. I waited for an hour and a half and they forgot my order. I asked for a refund and they said it would take three business days. They did not give me a paper receipt. A week later and I am still waiting for a refund. I don't think I will be returning. read more

Great food and I'm always surprised it's never crowded. Service is great too! Hidden gem

Darn! I really wanted to like this place since it's so close! I got takeout. My tacos were pretty salty. Brisket was dry. And my empanadas were really sad... More like "EMPTY-NADAs"... The chicken tortilla soup was pretty good though. Way more chicken than I was expecting. Maybe the dine-in experience will be different. Still might check it out. read more

Maria's Tex Mex - My sad "empty-nadas" - Tex-Mex Near Me - Dacula, Georgia

My husband and I had a wonderful time! The food was delicious! Ashlee our server at the restaurant on Auburn Road was awesome. She was very friendly and gave us super service. We will be going back again and again. Ruth H. read more

So I really wanted to not judge this restaurant by its 3.5 star overall rating and give it a chance, but unfortunately our experience was lackluster and disappointing. The food was bland and nothing to write home about. I tried the Maria's Big Burrito. It had chicken and steak with rice, beans, onions, bell peppers and cheese sauce. It was drizzled with chipotle BBQ sauce and was served with rice. For $11.99 it was a good portion; I ended up eating only half. The meats (chicken & steak) were a mix of dry, chewy pieces and better pieces. While the burrito had a ton of ingredients/filling, the overall taste was drowned by the rice and beans. One thing that I expected to be disappointed by but wasn't were the chips and salsa. The other reviews mentioned that the chips were old and stale. Our basket of chips seemed fresh and crunchy. The salsa was fresh and we could see the small chunks of fresh onion and cilantro. The service was ok. We were greeted promptly and our orders were taken pretty much as soon as we were ready. Other than that though, our server was difficult to find. While he did check on us, when he wasn't at our table he seemed to be gone. Ironically, there seemed to be 2-3 free waiters standing around talking. We will not come back despite the fact that this place is literally 2 minutes away from home... read more

Prices went way up plus they announced proudly on the new menu the they now charge for a second bowl of tortilla chips, even when I ordered an $8 (smaller bowl) of Queso? That kind of thinking just lost a frequent customer. I like the food, but really? read more

The feeling we had when we left, was MORE 3.5 stars!We did lunch yesterday, first visit to this location. There was only 2 sections seated, when we arrived and through our visit. 1 table with 3 people and a table with 6-8 men (who were sat and eating when we arrived). Based on the LACK of customers, our expectations were to have an attentive & refilling visit. That's where my SUBTRACTION came in at, the SERVICE. We ordered fountain drinks, when the waitress came. The drinks and food came out timely, fresh and good. It was the SERVICE afterwards. We WEREN'T checked on once, once we got our food. As I stated above, the restaurant was NOT busy, there were 2 other tables other than ours. Like, the waitress was OUT OF SIGHT 95%+ of the time we were there. Our fountain drinks weren't filled. We weren't asked how was our meal, if anything else was needed until AFTER we asked the male waiter for our to-go boxes. We had to flag down a male waiter we eventually seen servicing the table of the 6-8 guys, for a to-go box. We waited a bit, once we spotted our waitress at the kiosk to FLAG her, to get our ticket. At that point, my sister and I both were irritated, disappointed and just wanted to be about our day. The restaurant has potential but the waitress servicing follow-up and follow through was very POOR that visit. Which is disappointing, based on it was our first experience of the place. read more

Always a first choice for take out! Great food great people! Best part, it's in the neighborhood!

Not a good experience, was drinking water and never offered a refill, shrimp cocktail was too watery and service was very slow

Atmosphere is nice, but the food was a major disappointment. Chicken was super tough and the portions were small.

Had a disappointing meal here. The service was ok at first but our server seemed somewhat absent and my food came out wrong. This was my first visit here and I tried the street tacos ($12). You can choose from usuals like chicken and ground beef, or you can get a little more exotic/fancier with fish, shrimp and carnitas which is the route I went. I asked to make two on corn tortillas and one on flour. I also asked for no onion. I ended up with my three tacos covered in onions and they mixed up my tortillas. All of this could have been forgiven if the food was actually good. BUT, the carnitas was too fatty and the fish wasn't good. I didn't finish my food and will not be back. read more

This was my first time here. I don't know what it's like when it gets busy, but came here with friends around 6:30 pm on a Sunday, when it wasn't busy. Our waitress was nice, and the food was great. Chips and salsa were served to us when we sat down. read more

Maria's Tex Mex - Mexico asada. Thin steak with beans, rice, and fried tortillas - Tex-Mex Near Me - Dacula, Georgia

Drove by was hungry so I stopped in. Got the La Bandera enchiladas. Rice was ok, little bland. The best thing on the plate was the chicken sour cream enchiladas. The beef enchiladas was lacking sauce and flavor. The verde pork was bitter, seems like the tomatillos used were not ripe and had quite a bite. Service was fine, interior is nice. Food is just lack luster. read more

We got to go meals the first time. While waiting for the food, I chatted with another patron. She said, "We moved here a couple years ago and had a hard time finding good restaurants. This one is really good and they are the only Mexican restaurant we go to." After trying the meals, I can see why. The was excellent! I had the fajitas for one, read more

Geez some of these reviews are brutal!!! Well I'm not gonna trash the place, but at 5pm, the place was a ghost town. Our chips were stale and when we told the hostess she looked at us like we were crazy. So we continued to complain about it, until she bought us a new fresh batch and wouldn't you know that those new batch of chips were amazing! The food was ok, decor was Ok, margaritas was Ok... the waitress was cool and some dude who might have been the manager was on point as well! They have some work to do especially since it seems like there is a Mexican restaurant on every corner! Final grade: B**ty Call status ! read more

Love this place very local and cute lovely service and good food! Large variety of choices of food. Also lovely margaritas! read more

Maria's Tex Mex - Absolutely fabulous celebrated my birthday with this monster!! FRUIT MARG! - Tex-Mex Near Me - Dacula, Georgia

My family loves Maria's. The food is great and they have several things on their menu that you don't find at all the other Mexican restaurants around Atlanta. Our service is always great. The staff and owners are all very friendly and kind. Try the Chicharron De Queso it's sooo good! Great fresh salsa too. There are not many good restaurants in Dacula so we are thankful for Maria's!! read more

Where do I even begin with this place? Maria's is tucked away in the Publix shopping center of Auburn. The wife and I pulled into the parking lot around 5:30 ( dinner time ) and not a dingle car was in the parking lot. When we entered, we were the only people in there. The wait staff was at a booth in deep conversation..perhaps they were making bets as if someone would actually dine there tonight. The decor is eclectic,meaning it looks like they really couldn't decide on a theme,do they threw a bunch of stuff together in hopes it would look inviting. Its like if you slammed 3 or 4 lands of Epcot center together all into one. The menu prices seemed a tad high for what the establishment is. The menu was pretty limited as well. We ordered our food and were served chips that resembled blisters of cardboard that you were able to dip in a sauce that seemed like it expired in 2014. It took a while to get our food, which is weird since we were the only ones in there. Maybe the staff had a poker game going on in the kitchen, who knows. While we waited we were treated to the sounds of Abba on the speaker system, because hey, when you think Mexican food, you think of the sounds of Dancing Queen. Our food tasted like it was made by a bachelor that tore open some cheap ready made food and three it in a microwave for a minute or two. Our waitress never came to check on us ( must have been up in that poker game) and a different person gave us the check after we waited and waited and waited when our food was done. The whole time not one single other person walked in to dine. Maybe this place us a drug front, or a gambling front, who knows. I would highly suggest finding another place to eat if your hungry, but if you are brave enough to come, bring a sandwich with you. read more

We decided we would give this new place a try since we really haven't found that great casual Mexican place to have a meal at in Dacula. Unfortunately this is not the place. Too bad. Positive: Our server was amazing. She was sweet and engaging. Wanted us to have a happy experience. Did not catch her name, but she was the only one working. Negative: The host that greeted us tried to sit us at a booth with a dirty seat. The booth next to it had a crooked table that no one bothered to straighten. These little things count. Later I observed a gentleman come and wipe down the table we were supposed to sit at. He straightened the other table. Didn't bother to notice the sticky brown goo on the seat. No one bothered to ask us why we chose to move ourselves to a table when we had asked for a booth. That tells me they don't care. Food: The beans are ok. But I can open a can at home and have ok beans. Gotta do better with these. Chicken was dry and flavorless. Ground beef in the Tacos was awful. They didn't get eaten. The Tamale was way too much wrapper and not enough filling. But no one at these places makes a good Tamale. Drinks: Margarita was so weak I didn't finish it. I stopped halfway and switched to a bottle of beer. If they made killer margaritas, I'd come back and find something on the menu to eat. They didn't take the price off my bill either. Summary: They're in a tough location that isn't seen from the road. If they don't offer awesome food and killer drinks they won't make it. I hope they can get it together. read more

Alright guys... this is going to be a long one... My husband and I frequented this location before it turned into Maria's Tex Mex. I am sad to see "Tex Mex" as I am genuinely in love with REAL Mexican food. Starting off Victor, my friend, I think you need to figure out how to get better servers in the door. I know it's hard, but this is the only way to bring business up. The servers are slow and they are not attentive. Thank god for Victor coming to refill drinks and check on us because the girl never did. Mind you, it was 2pm and sloooowww. We must have been the only folks in the joint. The food is decent. I usually order a chimichanga or fajita nachos because I love things smothered in cheese. My husband orders the carnitas. My food is always OK, but My husband and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the carnitas. It's the best thing on the menu. The rice is always good. The beans are bland and dry at times. The salsa is great and the chips are thin. The flan is just god awful. I hate to say it, but it needs work. The timing of the food coming out is also slow. That needs to be adjusted. It's very slow. I recommend looking into more authentic Mexican cuisine for some items if you want to update the menu again. Ending comment is to give this place a try for the carnitas alone. The best in the area! We will return! read more

This is the second or third time to visit, typically Sunday's. Food was on point, service was on target. Denise(so?) took great care of us. Guacamole, queso, salsa, all good. Arroz con pollo, and fajita lunch special, well executed. Nice ambience... read more

They are truly nice people but when it comes to the restaurant most important thing is food. Their food was just simply bad.

Local Mexican restaurant recommended by a friend. Clean cantina feel, friendly staff, variety of unique and delicious menu items to choose from. We were warmly greeted by the staff upon our arrival and felt very comfortable during our meal. We had the freshly prepared "Maria's" Guacamole, Chicharron De Queso, and Brisket Burrito. Presentation was appealing and portions were satisfying. We will be back to sample more items from their delectable menu. read more

The food was much fresher than the "standard" Mexican restaurant. The cheese dip was excellent, as was our various food (soup, quesadilla, fajitas.) Server was very friendly and on top of things. Recommended! read more

I've been here twice so far and I REALLY enjoy the food and ambiance at Maria's. It's a cozy neighborhood restaurant close to home, the servers are very very nice and the food really is delicious and reasonably priced. Try the arroz con pollo and the chicken tortilla soup. Looking forward to trying more dishes next time I'm in the mood for a Mexican lunch. read more

See all

The best Mexican food I have eaten in years. I could taste a love for cooking in every entree. The servers where attentive and l could tell they where happy. The restaurant was clean and the atmosphere felt comfortable and relaxed. A great neighborhood spot where friends, family and colleagues can enjoy a great time out. read more