I love this place--if you look up "local gem" in the dictionary, this is the place that should pop up. The food is great (fish tostadas are my favorite), the chips and salsa are wonderful (and good salsa is the currency imo), and it has the most delectable hibiscus mezcal margaritas If you've not been here, why??? read more

Pancho & Lefty's - Hibiscus mezcal margarita - Mexican Near Me - Stow, Ohio

I love the seafood burrito with the Tampico sauce. Amazing! Friendly staff, cozy atmosphere, amazing food, super clean.

Always consistent fresh high quality food! Great margaritas! Owners are present and care about your dining experience.

Love going there, the owner Julie is so nice. Great food, hands down best chips & salsa around.

Love this place. The food is great and the service and owner are always welcoming. I mostly get take out and have tried most things on the menu. I would highly recommend ordering from here. read more

Amazing food, such a great place to grab a bite to eat. A solid 10/10 experience, nice waiters, and loved the atmosphere. They had Christmas decorations that looked so cute. I loved the queso and company :) read more

Cute little restaurant in Cuyahoga Falls. By the entrance is a small bar and dining area is off to the left. Festive decor and tables. Intimately light at dinner time, the place has a friendly vibe as did our server, who appeared just the right amount of times. The food was delicious. They brought chips and fresh salsa gratis to each table - not always available these days at Tex Mex/Mexican restaurants. I loved the Pollo con Crema - what a delicious sauce and tender chicken. Friends had fajitas and taco salad. All dishes were nicely plated and tasty. I'd definitely eat there again. read more

Pancho & Lefty's - Pollo con crema - Mexican Near Me - Stow, Ohio

I LOVE this place! The food is so delicious and the portions are huge. We went for lunch and I still brought half of my meal home. Our waitress Sarah was amazing; she was so attentive and SO pleasant! The atmosphere is pleasant and not cheesy. read more

Stopped in at Pancho & Lefty's for a quick dinner after stopping at Fawn & Fancy for the Yelp Elite Event. P&L is located in a free standing building on Kent Road just West of Darrow Road in Stow. Parking is in the back and side with a patio and the entrance in the front. Once you get inside there is a small bar and a medium sized dining room, in which the tables have been spread apart and plexiglass partitions have been added. The room is dim and the decor features some pops of brighter colors, overall relaxed and nice. The menu is extensive and takes a bit of a different approach then many Mexican restaurants, I ordered one of my favorites the Chile Rellenos dinner. Service was good. The chips and salsa were average at best, with the chips cold and over seasoned, the salsa was a bit bland and could have used a hit of heat to wake it up. The rellenos dinner came out with everything covered by cheese. The peppers were underwhelming, with too much batter and not enough cheese in the middle and no spice at all. The refried beans and rice were good . Overall a decent meal, but nothing memorable or craveable. Pancho & Lefty's seems like a cool place, always like to support independent restaurants. The set up is nice and they seem to take their own approach to the food. Unfortunately for my tastes the food was just decent, I wish they would be a little more daring and flavorful. Of course your results may vary. read more

See all

I wanted to start off saying that the staff was very friendly, and the place is clean. As for the food, it's Mexican in name only. It's closer to Tex-Mex food. Monterey-Jack cheese isn't Mexican, and the rice and beans could use more flavor. It's ok for American style Mexican. The portions seemed small for the price as well. read more

Love this place. Food is always good and the staff is always friendly. Nice quiet little place to eat. Love the ambience. read more

Pancho & Lefty's - Grandma monies platter - Mexican Near Me - Stow, Ohio

See all

The best. Mexican Restaurant in stow. We are there weekly, food, service,quantity,price are top of the line Cleanliness is always top as well as the owner and his wife.waitresses are Excellant especially young blond Kent univ student that has been there for the past two years. She deserves a raise!ll read more

I wasn't crazy about this place. Tasted kind of bland. Felt like the tacos needed an extra something. I got the grilled / blackened white fish tacos which is kind of spicy and dry tasting. Apparently the fries beans have milk in them so they gave me black beans. Rice and chips tasted good, although my sister didn't care for the chips. The atmosphere is a little off since it's such a small place, the bar is small, the tables are small, I don't think they had any music playing or outdoor seating. I could probably live without this place. Also my sister was telling me this isn't a mexican owned business, I'm not quite sure, but gives me mixed feelings. read more

Pancho & Lefty's - Fish tacos with sides it came with - Mexican Near Me - Stow, Ohio

See all

4% credit card fee. Negra Modelo was nice and cold. Food was ok. Salsa and chips not as good as they usually are. read more

Pancho & Lefty's - 4 percent credit card fee tacked on. :( - Mexican Near Me - Stow, Ohio

This was great! This is firmly on the Tex Mex side of the things, and the menu is different from what you'd expect from a typical Mexican joint. For example, there are a lot of appetizers on the menu, burgers, and wraps in addition to the fare you'd expect. My boyfriend had one of the combo platters with rice, beans, a burrito, an enchilada, and a tamale. All were tasty. My meal, though, was even better. I had the pollo con crema. It was a mountain of chicken with grilled vegetables in a creamy sauce. We also enjoyed the seasoned chips and queso dip to start. Normally I find white cheese dip bland, but I appreciated the addition of green chilies here. We shared a pitcher of pomegranate margaritas, and I appreciated that they didn't taste overly sweet with artificial mix. All-in-all, I will definitely return to Pancho & Lefty's to try some of their other dishes. read more

Great ambiance, great service, great food, seasonal outside dining They make great margaritas!! read more

Excellent Mexican restaurant in Stow! The menu offers a variety of food for everyone. Fast service, and the food is tasty. I'veaten here several times over the last three years and have enjoyed the restaurant and the food every time. Even with COVID-19, they have done a great job adapting, and their pickup service has been excellent. Every order, no matter the size (two meals or six), has been correct and still hot when I pick up my order. read more

I moved to Cleveland area two years ago from Las Vegas and have been searching for good Mexican food. Finally found it at Pancho and Leftys. I got the street tacos and they were so damn good. My husband loved his enchiladas. Margaritas delicious. We're about a 30 minute drive from this place and will gladly make the drive. Came in on a Friday night and it was super busy but we got seated quickly and service was attentive. read more

Tonight was very busy so it might not have been the beat night for an initial visit. The margaritas were great with lots of delicious flavors to choose from. The food may have been under a heat lamp for a while because it "died"....weird crust film on certain things and dried up sopas. read more

Went there for my birthday and as always food was really good! Loved the fried ice cream they give you on your birthday! Naturally I forgot to take pics I was too busy stuffing my face lol. read more

Food was horrible, service wasn't any better. I'll never go here again!!!! Ambiance was ok very small restaurant. read more

Pancho & Lefty's - How it was prepared - Mexican Near Me - Stow, Ohio

See all

Heard about this place a few years ago, and I am sorry to say it took me so long to eat here. The food was moderately priced, and it was very tasty. The portions are large as you would expect and my wife said the margaritas were very good. They have a lot of flavors for the margaritas. My wife had raspberry, and blackberry. read more

Pancho & Lefty's - Mexican Pizza lunch menu - Mexican Near Me - Stow, Ohio

We love this little Mexican restaurant. The chips and queso are to die for. I don't know what they put on their chips but they are my favorite anywhere. The decor is welcoming and fun. And they have the best margaritas. I want to give a shout out to our waitress, Melina. She was on top of things and checked on us several times. She was great!! read more

I am so torn. I love the location, people, and atmosphere, but the food isn't that good...it has zero flavor. I keep giving it chances, and probably won't stop going because it's so close to my home, but there's better Mexican in Stow. read more

Look, I was skeptical. Good Mexican food in Stow, OH? Yeah, unlikely. But I was wrong. I was so wrong. Pacho & Lefty's is, frankly, some of the best Mexican food I've ever had. It beats out big-city food on the East Coast & even in Texas. Pancho & Lefty's knows Mexican food. Theirs is authentic - & delicious. I went with the tacos - three for just $10, including rice & beans on the side - & couldn't decide which to choose. They all sounded good, but then again, if done incorrectly, they all could've been bad. I've had some not-so-good tacos in my time. But I settled on two pork al pastor tacos (pork with pineapple) & one chorizo, & I hoped for the best. I needn't have worried. Truly, these are the best tacos I think I've ever had, & I eat/make a lot of tacos. They were juicy & flavorful, not greasy, & the corn tortillas were thick & soft, but sturdy enough to keep from falling apart when I picked them up. Needless to say, I inhaled them. Don't eat too much of the chips & salsa, tempting though it may be (& delicious though they are). You're going to want to leave plenty of room for your main course! You're almost guaranteed to leave full & happy. read more

Pancho & Lefty's - Chorizo tacos - amazing! - Mexican Near Me - Stow, Ohio

Food was excellent. Order was to go and was perfect. Chip and Salsa good Tamales excellent Enchiladas fabulous- kid friendly Fiesta ranch amazing Cannot wait til patio opens. read more

Take out Review - easy order process, plethora of sauces, could have used some refinement. We ordered the appetizer sampler and a shredded beef burrito and it was more than enough for 2 people with burrito left over. Spice on the chips couldn't be identified and wasn't enjoyable... the salsa had no spice or flavor to save the chips. The appetizers held up well to the 5 mile trip home and were till warm. Guacamole was flavorful and the cheese whiz... was.. well... whiz. The burrito was hard to cut even with our steak knives and the tablespoon of shredded lettuce and diced tomato was disappointing. I would order take out again... and ask them to leave off the chips... and add lettuce and tomato... but would definitely return. read more

Pancho & Lefty's - Appetizer Sampler - Mexican Near Me - Stow, Ohio

See all

I love Pancho & Lefty's. I went here on National Margarita Day (which was also Margarita Monday for them). The margaritas kept flowing and the food was delicious. You have to wait a little while, but it's usually less time than they actually tell you initially. It was a little loud in there, but it was fine for me and my cousin. Service is also great, and they really stay on top of things, no matter how busy it is in the restaurant. It's a true Stow treasure. read more

Pancho & Lefty's - Had to celebrate National Margarita Day at Margarita Mondays. Regular marg on the rocks. Great price for a great marg - Mexican Near Me - Stow, Ohio

my son and I decided to give them one more chance as the food was not that great the 1st time. We had a great waitress who was attentive with the drinks and with son ordering Steak Taco's and wanting fry's rather than the rice and beans. Huge portions. I had ordered cheese and onion burrito and shredded beef which had a nice spice. I had requested double order of rice minus the beans. We will be back for sure. read more

Pancho & Lefty's - Mexican Near Me - Stow, Ohio

Will not be back. Went there today with my son for lunch, apparently they couldn't find a wait staff person because some woman had to ask us what we wanted to drink - she seemed like she was put out. Then they seated two other couples, while we waited. Bussed a table, and had what i think was a 12 year old bring us our beverages. Still never got waited on. And there was only ONE other table occupied at present! No acknowledgement, no explanation, just staff walking past and ignoring us. This is what happens when gringos run a Mexican restaurant. I'm going back to La Loma - real Mexican food run by Mexicans! read more

Most authentic mexican I've had in a while!These chips and salsa are to DIE FOR!! We got regular and coconut margaritas and they were delicious! I got the chicken con creama and the sauce came out a little thicker than I expected but was good nonetheless! Our waitress was super nice and friendly! Will definitely be coming back!! read more

Best authentic Mexican food around! Nice atmosphere, excellent service & tasty margaritas.

Pancho & Lefty's delivers consistent fresh quality. Small and friendly setting. P&L's delivers 5 stars on a mom & pop level, not a Fleming's or Red level, because the setting and prices are family owned casual dining experience. My family and I always look forward to lunches or dinners at Pancho & Lefty's. read more

Best taco salads around! Owners are super nice & food is great! Love their chips & salsa & friendly staff.

This is our go-to for Mexican night. Good portions and we love their salsa. Can be crowded but it's a fun mom and pop operation, so plan accordingly. Staff have always been attentive and friendly. read more

I used to love this place and have been going for years. Thought the other reviews about getting sick were bunk - that is until tonight... Ordered a shredded beef grande burrito and a couple hours after getting home I was projectile vomiting. I almost never feel this way and only ate one other thing all day. Very healthy person. Food poisoning I am sure of it. Frankly I am pissed. It's a work night and I just don't have the time to be awake and seeing dinner a second time tonight. I'm a busy corporate type guy and just can't. Near decade long patron - done. Heed the warnings of other reviews regarding sickness/food poisoning. I thought it was a joke or weak stomachs but it's no joke. I'd love to blame it on something or someplace else I really really would but I know what I've had today and can't escape fact. Now that it's out of me I feel just fine. Funny how the body gives you clues yeah? read more

My first time the wife's second. Service was great at the bar. Had a couple iced teas chips and salsa. The tequila lime chicken is great. Great spices and tender. The spices barbecued rib appetizer is tender and delicious. The queso fundido tasted good but almost immediately turned into a hard hunk of cheese. 'pretty sure that was not the correct kind of cheese to use in that dish. Anyway the prices are reasonable, the food was mostly great. Service excellent. We will be back. I recommend it. read more

One of the best Mexican places. Salsa is great and chips. Great portions. Very small place and cramped .

I crave the Mexican pizza with chorizo. Soooo delicious. The seasoning on the chips is great, too. read more

I have wanted to try P&L for so long but always forget about this little watering hole! I finally got to try it and felt very underwhelmed. The drinks were OK - I'm not one for a flavored fruity margarita, but if you are into it there appear to be a lot of options. The marg was a little sweet, under tequila-d, and not worth a second one, so I switched to some Mexican beer. The chips were seasoned, which usually would have excited me for being different, but they tasted burned and blah. The salsa also had little kick or flavor, I was le disappointed. The food was good - but not memorable. I had the tacos which were nice and large and stuffed. The quesadilla seemed a bit disappointing. All in all, its small and there is often a bit of a wait - and it is not worth it. For some OK food though, it is not a bad option. read more