Amazing food, family-friendly atmosphere, and great service from our server Karina. We love Monarca's and will continue to come back and recommend it to others! read more

I posted a review of this restaurant a couple of weeks ago. My review was not the best solely due to the repeated poor service. My girlfriend and I returned to give Monarca's another try since the food is really good. Oscar was our waiter. He explained he was new at the restaurant. He by far was exactly what the restaurant needed. He was meticulous, timely, and overall phenomenal. We got Frink refills without asking, more chips and salsa without asking, and our food came out hot and delicious. The food was the best. Service was the best. If the Owners replace some of their "dead wood" servers with higher quality staff such as Oscar, the place will excel again. I would not recommend as long as the owners keep up with their staff. Congratulations Monarca's. You are doing better. read more

Visiting from out of state and thought we'd give it a try. Food was good, drinks were good. Service was not great. Not sure our waitress would have checked on us if we had not asked someone else for more tortillas. We had fajitas. Had three small corn tortillas and asked for more since they were small. We were charged 3.00 for three more. I have never heard of that. Prices were high too. If you don't mind mediocre service and high prices, give it a try. read more

I went to eat there today for lunch and was not a fan, the food was bland, I ordered a shrimp quesadilla. They gave me less than a teaspoon of sour cream which covered one little piece of quesadilla. I asked the server for more she said ok. When I got the bill she charged me $1.50 for the sour cream and didn't tell me it was an extra charge. You should tell your guest about extra charges. I won't be going back. read more

everything was as expected we loved the margaritas and guacamole service was good thank you candy!

So good! Real authentic food! Great service, amazing for! Dont skip this restaurant, you don't know what you are kissing! We order the chorizo ,cheese dip, so good! We ordered a few of their bowls and a quesadilla and this pineapple, shrimp and chicken bowl, to die for. read more

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I hate to give this restaurant even one star!!! When we arrived, the place was slow and we requested to sit outside, big mistake.. We have never had what I would consider basic service and we waited over 10 minutes and never saw a server. Please remember the place was slow. We keep trying the place and every time we go there it seems to get worse.. not sure how that is possible?? Of the restaurants we frequent this place is the worst!!! We decided to stop at Mexico Lindo Restaurant right down the street from Monarca's.. We where seated and drinks ordered promptly. The food was very good and the service was great. Give it a try. I will never go back!!!! read more

First let me clarify, I review less than 10% of the places I dine. When an establishment impresses me I will post a review. If the establishment breaks a personal rule I will post a review. (I know I should post my personal rules, but mostly they are about customer service and etiquette, etc.) Secondly, I live to eat tacos. So much so that I seek out tacos at least three times a week in all my travels, if not more. So on with it! The Barbacoa tacos were amazing! Plenty of delicious, perfectly braised and seasoned meat, with a well balanced house made hot sauce. With that said... The salsa served with the chips left much to be desired and the ground beef crunchy taco was undrained and so watered down it collapsed as I picked it up, despite it being the first thing I ate. The service was great! The waitress was very attentive and pleasant. The interior decor as was the gorgeous sign were well thought out and the atmosphere was very pleasant, minus the contractor beating and drilling while I was trying to eat. So why such a low rating you ask? I only eat tacos and specifically asked for only tacos despite being guided to the meal with beans and rice. But, when the check arrived I was charged for the meal and up-charged for the Barbacoa at that. When I brought it to the nice young ladies attention, she promptly agreed to correct the tab. No harm you say. Until she returned to tell me, as a gentleman in the back instructed her to do, that they do not sell a-la-cart unless it is in addition to a meal entree! Bahahahaha! OK, never heard of that one! Or not in a Mexican joint should I say. Either way, a nice education over how Monarca's enforces their no a-la-cart without entree policy. Dilly dilly read more

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Our food was good, and the margs were great! Our server was kind and fun. We sat outside on the water, and it was a great spot!

Went today, 3/15/23, and sat at the bar. Went on a friend's recommendation. Maybe they have table service, but apparently no bar service. Sat for several minutes with a person behind the bar who did several things, none related to us. We had enough with the "invisibility" thing. As we got up to leave, we suddenly were noticed. TOO LATE. Probably won't go back, as we don't want waste another Cape Coral bridge toll. capebridge toll read more

Ignacio was AMAZING! Stopped in for a quick lunch & margs. Service, food and atmosphere was exceptional. Will be back soon, especially for Ignacio! :) read more

So, we decided to give Monarca's one more shot- should have stayed home.. as has happened before, we were totally ignored for the first 20 minutes we were there, had to ask repeatedly from any waiter that would look our direction for service... incredible, but the VERY best part.. I ask to speak to the manager.. Julio asks me why.. again incredible.. manager comes over, apologies for the terrible service, says he will discount our bill, wants to make it right.. attached Is a pic of the bill.. he was so kind to discount a 72.00 bill by $1.36 Wow!!! I was impressed!!! Lol won't be back, Julio!!! read more

Monarca's - Mexican Near Me - Cape Coral, Florida

We just bought a house around the corner, so was hoping this place was good. Walked in and the smell was terrible, very musty. It was dark inside, the furniture is oddly huge. So dark and smelly are not a good start. The chips and salsa were good. The margarita and pina colada were good. My chicken entree was good, however the mushy weird frozen broccoli, cauliflower and carrots were an odd choice to put on the plate. Not Mexican and gross frozen veggies ruined the dish. The steak served with the fajitas was inedible, very rubbery. I won't be going back there, at least for food. Maybe a drink on the deck. read more

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Mediocre food and very slow service. Del mar tacos are very skimpy on the fish and the water tastes Nasty! They don't sell water bottles either. No regards at all for social distancing. To add insult to injury, my wife is a vegetarian and ordered a "grilled mushroom" taco. The mushrooms where mixed with several chunks of meat left over from the grill. For a restaurant that advertises a vegetarian section on their menu they are being very disrespectful to the Vegetarian/ vegan community. Once we brought up the issue to the waitress the restaurant's solution was to offer a free dessert which ended up being a store bought "tres leches" on a plastic container with a vacuum sealed lid. Not even home made ‍‍ read more

Food was great and our server Karina was wonderful! We had a mix of tacos and Enchiladas. read more

The food was just OK if I was Hispanic, I would not eat here The service was great. The place is beautiful.

I truly love it here but today we had the worse service ever from Karina L. we always ask for the margaritas special and 2 piña colada's the drinks they were not good, Our waitress only came two time to the table and on both time she was in a hurry. My son had a cheeseburger and didn't like it at all, my hubby had monarcas parrillada and it wasn't good like before and I had for dinner the mega fajita's and it was okay, I think the only plate that was good was the fried ice cream. We definitely always get an amazing service from Lauren and from now on we are only going to came when she is working read more

TLDR: it was okay. If this is the "best of Cape Coral" for Mexican food, there's not a really good Mexican place here. I'm from Texas. I have eaten at hundreds of Mexican and TexMex places in my 49 years. I prefer TexMex to "authentic" Mexican food. That said, I have a pretty high standard for Mexican food. Monarca's was nothing special. Overall, I think we are still looking for our Mexican food go-to here in the Cape. The good: -Service was friendly. We went at lunch, and the place was almost deserted. -Cheese dip was pretty decent. -Ambience was nice. Clean. The bad: -Food was very salty, especially the salsa, black beans, and rice. -Carne asada fajitas were okay, but the flour tortillas looked and tasted like they came out of a bag. -"Frozen" margarita wasn't very frozen. It was strong. -No good combo plates. -A little expensive. $22 for my fajitas. -No lunch menu. Made lunch pretty pricey. read more

Food & service was outstanding!! Cute place along the waterfront. Definitely a must try!! We will be back!

This is not authentic Mexican food at all. My fajita, steak and chicken burned and the meat al pastor ( chicken wth). Wasn't al Pastor at all. This people don't have idea what al pastor is. The service. This was the worst part, our waiter. Idk if he was on drugs, drunk or if he has some kind of problems but definitely he have issues read more

Not even close to authentic Mexican food. Not sure what they do with the vegetables but it's very cafeteria style. Beans I would bet come out of a can and dry corn tortillas probably from Publix and not home made. Beyond disappointed with the experience. read more

We ordered dinner pick up, since there is no phone order we tried online and when we picked up there was no drinks in the bag, went back and had to show I paid for soda and eventually got it. When we opened the bag there was no napkins or fork. Each dish was swimming in a soup of sauce. Guacamole had tons of lemon juice (?!) We gave up and warm up some leftovers. read more

My friend and I really enjoyed our lunch experience at this restaurant yesterday. We needed a good place to eat good food and have a meeting. Convenient location, plenty of parking, nicely decorated outside and inside, welcomed as we entered the restaurant, friendly server, delicious food, medium-priced, and clean dining room and men's restroom. read more

server Yvonne at the Cape Coral restaurant was great, very polite and friendly. Food is great as always, restaurant very clean. And was feels very welcoming. read more

If you have no taste buds, this is the place for you. Chips were hard, food was flavorless, and luke warm. Won't be back.

Karina was a fantastic waitress!! The food was delicious and we had such a great time!

The worst Mexican food ever. Enchiladas with a wet, hot, chunky red sauce. Black beans were unflavored. Tableside guacamole was so-so. Supposed to be a beef burrito, but there was none to be found read more

Really good. I had the Seafood Veracruz. Fish was very fresh and oh so tasty. Chips and salsa are freshly made and so yummy.

Karina was an amazing server and I would totally recommend for a good marg and great tacos

Un lugar maravilloso te tratan súper bonito y súper bien muy recomendado vengan y visiten súper lindo todo y la comida muy rica

Amazing food very good!!!! Every time we come in waiters and staff are personable always!!! read more

Monarca's - Amazing Carne Asada tacos!!!! - Mexican Near Me - Cape Coral, Florida

My pina colada was fantastic. Spouse's pineapple chorizo fajitas were great. Salsa and my tacos were only ok. Service was excellent. read more

Monarca's - Pina colada - Mexican Near Me - Cape Coral, Florida

Food is always great! Portions are generous. Everyone is so friendly - and Armando is the best!

I was calling since yesterday and no one answered the phone. So I had to go in person to make a reservation for Saturday. They said them took orders over the phone. I checkEd phone number and it was the same one that I had. I tried it tonight again and still it is a regular phone number and vm was full. read more

Never thought I'd say this, but too much food! It was very good Mexican , though. Suggest you share a plate.

We have been here several times and the first few times the food was delicious. Steak tacos were tender and flavorful. However the last few times, the steak has been tough and hardly even edible. I don't know if they have a new cook or what. But quality and taste has decreased and prices have increased. That's a bad combo. read more

This is one of the worst places I have ever been to. The food took 1 hour to come out. And when it did it was freezing and the service is terrible they kept asking us if we wanted drinks and did not focus on the food. The waiter was very bad and did not check up on us. Someone got the Mac and cheese and the waiter made it out like it was a nice thick noodle plate of Mac and cheese but it was just craft Mac and cheese and it was cold so we sent it back and when it came back it was doused in cheese and was basically soup!?!!!! do not RECOMMEND IT IS HORRIBLE DONT GO UNLESS You WANT DISSAPOINTMENT I might as well just have been punched in the face and then beaten to death with a metal rod! read more

Excellent quesadillas and the salsa (free) is the best around. Portions were very good size and even though they were busy our food came quickly. read more

I would NOT recommend this restaurant at all! Terrible customer service with lazy and rude employees. We had made reservations and arrived on time and were told it would be an additional 10 mins from the time of our reservation. We ended up waiting more than 30 mins while the hostess stood on her phone in another room and vaped all while avoiding the long line of customers waiting for their table. Finally, she came back and told her it would be another 30 mins before we could be seated, which would end up being more than an hour after our reservation was made for. She was incredibly rude and did not apologize once for the wait. There were numerous other parties that also had the same party and left without eating too. read more

Monarca's is our fav Mexican spot especially since you can boat up and dine. The margarita's and sangria are always amazing! The food never disappoints! We have loved everything we have tried. So fresh and delicious! The service is impeccable. Karina is our fav waitress. Very friendly and attentive to every need! Last but least the ambiance is truly authentic Mexico! Makes me feel like I am back in Cabo! Great music plays while you dine! If you haven't been please go! You will be a repeat customer for sure! Enjoy!! read more