I have been here a few times. The food is always good and service great. The server even let us order Horchata once ,even though it was not on the menu. Free refills. Yes please! I usually get the Molcajete which can be enough food for a few days. The free chips and salsa is really good too. The salsa has a little spice which makes it perfecto! One thing to be aware of: there is a service fee added to the bill. I paid in cash, so it wasn't a credit card fee, and I didn't see any signage mentioning it ahead of time. Just something to keep in mind when you visit. read more

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We received are drinks when we first sat down then the guy came and took are order. My partner already finished 1 glass of tea and got the refill before when food was brought but my glass remained empty after food came all the way to my partner finishing his food. Me on other hand not having Drink didn't not eat much the chips where hard and the chicken was chewy. This use to be my favorite Mexican restaurant but not after today. Service and food quality has went down drastically read more

Either takes 2 hours to get your food or it's ready in 5 minutes, usually lukewarm in either instance. Cheap quality ingredients, but in a convenient location for a lot of students so that is why they do well. read more

Deliciousness!! This is the Arroz con Cameron D Pollo , with chicken. I got no mushrooms . I didn't know what I wanted and the server recommended this based on a photo I showed him. Amazing The ambience is great too ! read more

Great food! My daughter LOVED the cheese dip! Good selection of lunch items. Although they do charge for spicy salsa.

The food and service was truly amazing. I love this restaurant. Their margaritas are awesome

Obsessed with this place!!! My roommates and I used to come here all the time since it was so close to our old apartment. Their enchiladas and nachos are outstanding. I typically get ground beef enchiladas or ground beef nachos. If you're looking for authentic Mexican food, this is the place to get it! The service is usually very good and the food comes out extremely fast. The only thing I'll say is their margaritas aren't the best, but they still hit the spot when you're really in the mood for one. I highly recommend this restaurant! read more

Monterrey Mexican Restaurant - Nachos with grilled chicken - Mexican Near Me - Cayce, South Carolina

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Let's start where our experience started, which was on their website. The website is horrible. Full of advertisements and especially for Etsy. Why... just WHY? Decided to still give it a try, so we called to ask our specific questions concerning the meals shown on their itty bitty tiny menu on the not-so-friendly webpage. Placed our order. Upon arriving we were greeted & asked to wait for another staff member to help us. 10-minutes later we were on our way. The staff member was nice. The food was ok. Nothing to brag about. Adequate portions with their prices being a little on the high side, but with inflation hitting every industry in 2022 that was a little expected. We don't expect to add this to our list of restaurants to frequent. read more

Do not eat here! We found a hair floating in our margarita. Ordered a quesadilla supreme and the ground beef was raw. Absolutely disgusting read more

Monterrey Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Cayce, South Carolina

Absolutely loveee this place! Very nice staff and the food is always good. I get the Pollo Fundido definitely recommend!!! Ordering food to go is also nice as its ready very quickly and they also include chips and salsa! Definitely recommend :) read more

The food was so good! Too bad I can't say the same about our server. He consistently pressured us to order when we clearly weren't ready and said so. A guest requested their food to go and had to leave. The waiter forgot so when the food came, handed me a box to plate the food. Not my job, not my job. I could go on, just know TERRIBLE service, GREAT food. You decide. read more

I eat here weekly. Great food, friendly staff, fast service and really reasonable prices. Great place to eat and it's clean. Never had a problem read more

I had to have my 1-2 month fix for an el burro de la Roqueta at Monterrey's on Knox Abbott Dr in Cayce. It was excellent as usual. The Roqueta is pork (my favorite) or chicken cooked in beer with some cheese sauce and pico di gallo on top. I get a extra order of pico di gallo and pour it on top. I always request (eccentric me) the plate and food to be very hot. It then tastes so much better as the flavors are blended. My favorite!!! Warning! I only get this and cannot judge their other food. read more

Monterrey Mexican Restaurant - Burro de la Requeta - Mexican Near Me - Cayce, South Carolina

Came in with high hopes & was kind of disappointed. Our server was funny & friendly but didn't pass by to check on us after giving us our drinks & food. We needed extra napkins but had to make do w the one we had. The margarita tower is a waste of $30. Don't bother with it. We were so excited when he brought it out with 3 glasses filled as well but that was quickly crushed when we realized we could not taste any alcohol. Between three of us finishing it, neither of us left with even a slight buzz. The Mexican street tacos were good taste wise but there was hardly any meat when I ordered the Al Pastor tacos, which is ridiculous considering it was $14.00 for only 4 tacos. Definitely won't be back nor recommend. read more

Folks like most of the Monterrey Locations the Food is the Same and so are the Prices. Now this location has much better Service than the others and it is very easy to park and head back home. If you prefer an average Mexican meal with the Chips and Salsa this will satisfy your desire. read more

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This place is pretty good. I usually go here if i am in the mood for mexican and that rare for me. Service is pretty quick and its usually a clean place. The free chips they gave you are too thick for my taste but otherwise good food and pretty inexpensive i think compare to others. read more

WORST SERVICE EVER . One of the employees took it upon himself to tip himself after i tipped him nothing for shitty service . I complained to the owner and he claimed he couldn't do anything about it or fire the man for credit card fraud . If you work hard for your money and value it DO NOT EAT HERE because they are THIEVES and just decide that they can make their own tip after i wrote NO TIP on the receipt. read more

Extremely poor service. I walked in to see a woman at the front talking to I'm guessing an off duty coworker and his daughter. She looked at me and left to the back with said person. I stayed at the front for a good 10 minutes until a male waiter seated me. He literally threw the menus and silverware when I told him I was waiting for someone and left. 15 minutes later I had to flag him down to ask if he was my server to get my drink. Much later a waitress finally came with my drinks and to get my order of food. The place was not busy at all when I went, if it weren't for a friend meet up I would have left. Just observing and listening, and he servers were talking about the customers in Spanish, calling them derogatory names. If you'd like a tip from them maybe show a little more friendliness while serving them. San Jose and even Hola Mexico is much much more friendly. If I could give no stars I would. read more

Monterrey Mexican Restaurant - Taquitos Mexicanos - Mexican Near Me - Cayce, South Carolina

Great place to go for Mexican food at very reasonable prices. Friendly staff and great margaritas to. Small but comfortable atmosphere.

Monterrey is the go-to spot for lunch in the Vista. Drive there with your group; there is a parking lot! Group tables or singles get seated quickly. Food is fast, and delicious! Some in my party like spicy hot and some prefer as mild as possible. Very Mild (zero hot peppers) salsa and guac is available but you have to ask for it. Favorites: fajitas nachos, taco salad, lunch fajitas, Speedy Gonzales lunch combo (taco, enchilada, and rice or beans). Vegetarians: ask for no meat and substitute beans or rice instead of meat. I had taco salad without meat, plus rice. My aunt dropped her fork and asked if she could have another... the manager said "no!" followed with a smile and made her laugh. We love the atmosphere (clean, welcoming, perfect background music), and people here. This is only place my folks want to drive into downtown Columbia just to eat when they are visiting. read more

The starter dip with chips is great but has a kick to it. The cheese dip is excellent. The tostaquacs are super great and my all-time favorite meal here. read more

The Cayce Monterrey's looks like a good place to eat. We had lunch; fish tacos and a chicken Mole. One tea and one small margarita. $36. WTF? The Mole sauce tasted like salt - none of the subtle flavors it should have. Doubt were going back. Now the Mole Poblanos at Real Mexico off Bush River Road - that's the Real Deal. Oh yeah, the waiter could not have been any more less interested. Drinks never refilled and had to wait 10 minutes for the check. The old place sucked and this one does, too. read more

Monterrey Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Cayce, South Carolina

I went today.Me and my mom order guacamole and the it's nasty.It had no flavor.It took way to long.the place smells stinky.The food no flavor.And way to expensive.I payed for almost 50$ for just 2 meals.The tortillas were so dry.Im never comeing back. read more

Went here for dinner tonight with the family. Waited to be greeted. Was pointed to a table where the booth had crumbs on the seats. Drink order was prompt but the server seemed disinterested in the fact that we might want to order a drink for our child. He returned to take our order (again not interested in whether we might want food for our child). Chips and salsa were delivered quickly but essentially dropped on the table before the waiter fled again. He brought our food out (we ordered the fajitas for 2), dropped them on the table barely giving us a chance to make space for the food. The fajitas were mediocre, the shrimp had a very fishy taste. The server never filled our drinks or checked on us after delivering the food. He rang out our check and was quick to ensure we signed the credit card receipt before disappearing without another word. Overall, subpar service, mediocre food, probably won't be back. read more

Are you a guacamole fan? Not so much? Either way, you've got to try the Guacamole Caesaro! I love guacamole but am often hesitant to order it after getting bad guacamole a time or two. This, however, was a great (vegetarian, if that matters to you) appetizer-for-dinner (with leftovers!). While the food is overall good, this is not the Monterrey with which you grew up if you're from the area. The menu and atmosphere is better than it was in the original, but the prices are still a little high for any restaurant in a shopping mall. read more

Monterrey Mexican Restaurant - My Guacamole Caesaro was almost half gone before I remembered to take a picture! - Mexican Near Me - Cayce, South Carolina

Food's ok. Service terrible. Feels like they'd rather not have any customers come in, it's weird.

Solid food. Solid service. I live in S. CA where we have really good Mexican food and this food could hang with most restaurants there. Had the carne asada combo and it came with roasted Serrano peppers! I will return next time in town. read more

I couldn't have been more surprised at how good Monterreys was. Our friends even had to go somewhere with us first before I'd try it. I have horrible memories of the old location, but this place was great. Service, menu (new items), food, and cleanliness. I had the street tacos with steak. My wife had toquitos. Can't rember our friends orders, but they are regulars and have several things they like. The street tacos were great. We will be back! read more

I've been here several times. It's super convenient to me and thought I'd start coming here instead of the Monterreys in the Vista ... and finally decided I won't come back here anymore/ The servers that work here in my opinion, act like they don't give a crap about their customers- I've only been in when the restaurant is not busy and still have to wait for service... and they seemed rushed and inconvenienced when they finally take your order. I won't be back. Food is ok. But don't ask for extra salsa without getting attitude. ThIs is for the unfortunate Cayce location. read more

My older bro decided on eating here for his grad lunch. Let's say the only good thing here was the unlimited chips, decanters of salsa, and huge beverage cups. I orders the enchilada lunch special with a chicken taco. After devouring a basket of chips and salsa you realize why its there...to hold you off until your food comes 30 mins later. I know it takes more time to cook for a party of 6 but seriously 30 minutes for basic Mexican food? My enchilada was basically a tortilla with ground beef and sauce. My taco was bland boiled chicken that appeared to be on a store bought hard taco shell...I was expecting a soft tortilla. My dad's quesidilla was pretty tasty though, but my mom's beef burrito did not look and taste appealing as well. To state it simply I have had way better. read more

I don't know which location we went to in Columbia, but I'll just add onto these reviews. NO. Eek, my first 1-star review. Chimichanga was miniscule and soggy, the sauces on top were really watery and flavorless, side of rice was overdone/mushy, and the chips/salsa you get in the beginning were nothing special. I must admit that my group was what you'd call a buncha campers, but it wasn't nice of our server to passive aggressively huff and puff as he passed by giving us the stinkeye. If this is the best Mexican-American food in Columbia, you're screwed. read more

There is definitely better! This is an ordinary every day Mexican restaurant- The food is OK, not great. I ordered off of the lunch menu, a cheese steak burrito with side order of beans. This was OK, not great. it was delivered hot with lots of nacho cheese to the point of being gooey~ however, it was OK. The salsa was rather bland, mostly like tomato paste. I asked for a Corona beer - the waiter said they were warm?? but, they did have a nice cold Corona light! I've been told this is a place to go for a quick and affordable lunch?? The atmosphere is really not that great- Don't know if I would go back?? If you want good Mexican food search a little deeper! read more

I think the food is good and the drinks but drinks are a little pricey. The negative is service... they rarely greet u at the door and it takes forever to get check and most servers are rude. I would go more often if service was better. Go if u have the time read more

Before I warrant these four stars, let me first preface this review by saying that I really had a poor concept of what Mexican food was all about before moving to San Francisco. Still, for what you're paying (translation: not a lot), you get a giant steaming hot plate of deliciosity at Monterrey's. It's the quintessential meal out with a big group of friends for your average poor college kid. It's been awhile, but by the same standard I recall them making a pretty nice margarita, & they've got a wide variety of Mexican beers available, so be sure to designate a driver. read more

I hear about Monterrey all the time. How it's apparently the best mexican restaurant out there. So...to give a test, I gave it a try. Here's my honest opinion. Their chips and salsa are like any other mexican restaurant I've been too. Their chips tend to be a bit too salty. Their food seems higher priced than other places, but the food is the same quality. So price wise, I give it a 3 out of 10. Quality wise I say it's the same as the others. read more

I came in with friends at 8:45pm and they close at 9pm. The host was rushing us the whole time even though there were 8 other tables already seated. We sat down and he rushed our drink and food orders and made us all very uncomfortable. The food came out 4 minutes after ordering so what was the big deal?!? No professionalism AT ALL! If you don't like your job then QUIT! There are lots of people out there that will appreciate a paycheck. I will never return to this restaurant and will never recommend it to anyone. Very disappointed by that bad attitude of the staff. read more

Huge drinks, tasty salsa and cheese dip (if a little mild) and yummy chimichangas. This is your basic run of the mill American Mexican restaurant. They have all the things you would expect at Mexican restaurants in normal town USA. The drinks are enormous and fun for a laugh/selfie lol. Almost as big as your head. I had a good time here. The service was good. The food came out quickly enough. It was a Thursday night, and pretty slow, only two other tables besides mine. The chips were fresh and I enjoyed everything I ordered. I would visit again. read more

Recently moved to Columbia, my husband found this spot and fell in love and I have to agree, it's delicious. It's the kind of place that you try something and it's so good you want to try more things, but you want to get the same thing because it was so good lol. We like to sit at the bar wherever we go, it's a nice size, everyone is very nice. If your in the area I would give it a try! read more

A staple of Cayce. They're in a new and better location. Same great food and big-ass Pacificos!

I often frequent Mexican restaurants around Columbia with my friends, and we just left Monterrey's for a Saturday lunch. I have never experienced such rude service at a Mexican restaurant in my life. Our waiter was inattentive and disorganized, and we had to repeat our drink orders four or five times before he walked away to retrieve them. I asked him prior to ordering a pitcher of beer how much it would cost, at which point he told me $13. We waited 30 minutes to receive our checks, at which point he brought us our checks and dispersed them amongst our 7 person group. Moments after handing them out, he seemed to realize something was wrong and violently snatched the pieces of paper from the hands of my friends, rudely asserting that we needed to give them back to him. Rude. Another 15 minutes passed before he returned, handing out new checks to half the people at the table. The other half of my group had to wait an additional 10 minutes before he returned with their checks. He handed me my check, and it stated that my pitcher of beer was $16, so I politely asked him about it, and mentioned that he had previously told me it was $13. He spun around to a computer screen, typed something in, then looked at me and scooted to the side of the computer screen and said "look, see?" At which point I realized he wanted me to look at the computer screen. I said "I cannot are that far" and he said "it says it's $14 total with tax." At this point, I decided it was not worth pursuing, as he clearly had no interest in servicing us in a polite or respectful manner. Don't go here. read more