The food at Pancho Villa was really good, but unfortunately the service completely took away from the experience. The staff was extremely rude while we were ordering and made us feel like we were inconveniencing them just by placing our order. To make matters worse, the wrong food was brought out, and the attitude we received when addressing it was disappointing. Mistakes happen, and we completely understand that, but how they're handled makes all the difference. The atmosphere was family friendly, music wasn't too loud and it was nice having a booth. The food itself was great, but the customer service definitely needs improvement. read more

Pancho Villa - ACP - Mexican Near Me - Lenoir, North Carolina

Great food and fast service always super nice employees. Definitely enjoyed eating here.

Been coming here for years and the service and food is always awesome. Can't go wrong with any dishes. I recommend the burritos and chimichangas. read more

Pancho Villa - Monster Wet Chile Verde Burrito - Mexican Near Me - Lenoir, North Carolina

A good go to place for good Mexican cuisine. Staff are always super friendly and the food is fresh and good portion sizes. You never leave hungry and you feel satisfied for the amount of food you paid for. Never a disappointment, therefore a loyal and returning customer. read more

No online menu!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Facebook profile required for takeout order!!!!!!!!!!! Please make menus available. read more

Same old Pancho! Good food! See you tomorrow!! If you are ordering for multiple people, be sure to ask for extra chips and salsa! They will gladly give it to you if you ask. Super nice people!! Very clean restaurant and a Lenoir staple. A great place to eat! read more

The food is good ,and the staff is very friendly. The restaurant is very clean and nice .I always bring some of my food home ,it is well portion. read more

Lunch at Pancho Villa's is excellent. The lunch menu has something for everyone and the prices are amazing. The food is very tasty. Service is quick and friendly. Best Mexican we've had in North Carolina. read more

I am agonizing how to write this. It's the same slapped together thoughtless circus plate of Mexican flavors that we all know and love. I saw a few glimpses of authenticity and real efforts and the staff was very accommodating for requests to. Craft my own concoction of flaming Mexi-melt magic. My less critical husband almost drowned himself in Queso dip so take out is in the future read more

Nice, Clean Restaurant with friendly owner and staff. The food is great and the service is excellent

The food is very good it is warm when it is serve to you and more than you can eat at a time . The staff is very friendly to everyone and so are the servers very helpful and they don't let your drink get empty and they are always bringing you things if you ask for it .Also the restaurant is always clean . read more

Very attentive, good service, good food, and family friendly. They also have reasonable prices.

Possibly the worst Mexican food I have ever had. Entrees flew out in 5 minutes which I questioned was the meat even cooked. The margaritas are ridiculous. A neon green slushy is more accurate. If you think this is good Mexican food you are sadly mistaken. Even the beans and rice were a mess. read more

Some of the best people in Caldwell County. Definitely where you'll find the best Mexican food. Super fast service with a smile. Greeted quickly. Food served perfectly. A great place to celebrate birthdays or any other occasions. As always, they'll see you tomorrow read more

Pancho Villa - Mexican Near Me - Lenoir, North Carolina

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So good staff is so friendly I would suggest an acpc I love it been eating there for years

While this is standard Tex-Mex fare, this restaurant is consistently better than others. The food is always fresh and very good. Check out their special burrito with chipotle ranch (I posted a pic several months ago) which isn't technically on their menu but it should be. It's so good! I've gotten several other entrees and I've never been disappointed. The chips are always extremely fresh, which is normally a toss up at other joints. The Pelusa Texana is also great. Their tomatillo sauce is excellent (other places make theirs green, Pancho Villa's is red). The California burrito is excellent and huge. Service is always great and the place is spotless. Definitely our go-to when we're in the area. read more

I'm working close to this restaurant and frequent it atleast once a week, the staff is nice and the menu is pretty similar to most Mexican restaurants. There's nothing that really stands out about this one but I enjoy the quick pace of the wait staff. As you sit down chips are coming in behind you and I usually order the special and I'm in and out quickly! I actually had a two chicken taco lunch special for $3! I felt like I was ripping them off so I dropped my first 100%+ tip. If your in the area try them out! read more

Pancho Villa - Enchiladas verde - Mexican Near Me - Lenoir, North Carolina

Hands down best Mexican restaurant in town! Huge portions for the money, friendly staff, fast service, always good food. We have been coming to this restraunt for years we've never sent food back or had any complaints. Sit And a Margarita with your meal! A++ read more

As someone pointed out below, this is a tex-mex place, so expect your dishes to be smothered with cheese. I ordered the ACP (mixed meat, beef, chicken, and shrimp) Texan. I should have known better than to order anything that says "Texan", because the plate was bigger than my head and everything was covered by cheese. The flavors were good and the meat were well-cooked, but I had to "rescue" my meat out of the cheese pond that they were sinking into. Needless to say half the plate went to waste. But if you like cheese, you will love this dish. I also had a frozen 12 oz peach margarita that was just so-so. It didn't taste like alot of alcohol but then again that made it refreshing. Service was quick and efficient. read more

Seems a lot of reviews are kinda dated. I've eaten there a few times in 2015. It's an okay place. But seeing there's two other Mexican, and an El Salvadorian restaurant within a 2-mile radius, Pancho Villa's needs a bit of a wake up call. I'd give them 2 and a half stars, compared to 4 to 5 for their competitors in Lenoir. Got to round it off to 2, when adding-in Morganton Mexican, 10-miles away. Pancho Villa's is real close to home, and I was hoping they'd be my go-to Mexican restaurant. Out west, I found that a decent 'yardstick' to measure the quality of a Mexican restaurants' food, was their salsa, and Huevos Rancheros (Mexican style breakfast). Salsa there is like a blended purée of tomatoes and other stuff, as in canned other stuff. The Huevos Racheros was the worst I'd ever had. It was like scrambled eggs mixed with a can of kinda spiced-up Campbell's tomato soup, with some retried beans on the side. That was my first meal there, and it took me months to go back and give them another chance or two, before I gave some feedback on Yelp. I think they make some decent chicken quesadillas, a little greasy, but still almost more than a person can eat, and have a fair amount of vegetables. If you're like me, and equate too much cheese to bringing you back to when you were a kid, and tried to chew-up an entire Bazooka bubblegum pack, you'll love the overload of cheese there! I find the atmosphere there to be overall pretty drab, depressing and dark, although it's certainly spacious with the super high ceilings. Waitstaff has always seemed like they were either annoyed working there, or just didn't like Gringos. Usually smug, rarely even a half smile. I enjoy having an exchange with folks who work at restaurants -- but I've learned at Pancho Villa, you need to put in your order, and hope to at least get your drink topped off without having to flag the staff. Except, of course, the owner/manager, who is pleasant, jovial, and always says "see you tomorrow!" If only the staff acted like that... I just found out there's a Pancho Villas' in Granite, I'll have to check them out soon. I kinda eat on short notice -- that being said, and knowing there's 3 great competitors within 5 minutes distance, going to Granite Falls may take awhile! read more

The food was good but the service could have been better. The menu clearly says that if there is not an item on the menu- to just ask. Well my wife wanted a wet burrito with the sauce and cheese- then came out a dry burrito with lettuce and some white sauce. This was clearly not what she ordered. The waiter clearly could not speak English and did not understand the request of the order. It took three people to explain the order and get it clarified. The waiter takes the burrito back and simply wipes everything off and pours sauce on the burrito clearly not doing it over and the right way. The burrito was back on the table in like 90 seconds. This was so uncool. The only good thing was the prices are very reasonable with the food- BUT the service sucked big time. Be careful with what you order!!! read more

It always such a pleasure to dine at Pancho Villa. The food and service are far beyond what other Mexican restaurants offer in quality, portions and service. I always look forward to going! I m happy I live close by too!!! read more

I'm really happy with the Poncho Villa in Lenoir (I don't know about Hudson) because I love fajitas and it's the first mexican restaurant I've been do that doesn't make my belly upset after eating them. They also have things my kids and husband enjoy and they're super friendly. The prices are very affordable, too. I like that the restaurant is clean and everyone is always friendly. read more

Everytime my wife and I come to Lenoir, which is a few times a year, we end up here at least once. They have a friendly staff and decent food. It's a nice spot to meet up with some friends and have a few margaritas. I recommend. read more

Pancho Villa is the best restaurant in the area. I am not from this area so finding a good restaurant was such a perk to living in this small town. Their food is always hot and made when you order, the service is great, and the food is always fantastic. I would recommend Pancho Villa's wet burrito to anyone trying it for the first time. read more

Great Tex-Mex food. The service is always quick as in most tex-mex restaurants. The serving size is huge. I mostly got taco salads, which are amazing. The cheese dip is also pretty good (not as good as in Charlotte) Its a great value for your money. They serve the traditional chips and salsa for free. Parking can sometimes be a problem; they have additional parking in the back of the building, but its a little hike to get back there. read more

Authentic. They know how to spice it up if that's your bag , baby. It's a Mexican restaurant. What can you say? Five stars doesn't exist. They're all tacky even when they try to be more upscale. So why try? It's like trying to be a liberal Republican. Wtf? read more

Love the food and hospitality! Always a great experience when we eat there. My favorite is the Burrito Jalisco with green sauce.

This place has amazing food l. My personal favorite is the chicken acp it's amazing every time I get it. I highly recommend this restaurant it's amazing. And the waiters and the atmosphere is really great to read more

Not a bad place to go to for mexican - pretty standard fare. The service is great and there is ample parking

If you're looking for authentic Mexican food, don't eat here. If you're looking for Tex-Mex, this is the best place in town, it's priced well and is a great place to meet with friends. read more

Up till now I've always eatin' at Mi Carreta but Pancho Villa is much better. At Mi Carreta you are forever waiting for refills and someone to take your order. Plus you're packed in like sardines. Pancho Villa my glass never even got a chance to get empty. Not one but all the waiters filled my glass. The portions were generous also. I got the nacho special but after seeing and smelling the fajitas, I wish I had got those. I didn't think anything was swimming in cheese either like the other poster stated. I think it was just right. Also the nacho chips were fresh and not greasy so I think they're baked. Big bonus, I'm from Atlanta and there alot of chips are a tad greasy where they're fried. read more

This place is amazing!! A must try if you are in the area. The staff is friendly and service is fast. This was the best Mexican food I have had in a very long time. read more

Pancho Villa - This was all that was left after our meal. Warm chips, excellent service, great salsa. Everything was great. - Mexican Near Me - Lenoir, North Carolina

I lived in Arizona for over 30 years and really miss good Mexican food since we moved to Lenoir 7 years ago. Pancho Villa is Tex-Mex food as several reviewers have mentioned, but it is better than the other Mexican Restaurants in the area. The service has always been excellent, and the food is good. I always request a small bowl of their hot red chili salsa to mix with the regular mild salsa brought with the chips. It is hot enough that I prefer it mixed for dipping my corn chips. I also spoon some over the burritos or enchiladas I usually order. I order burritos "enchilada style" with red chili sauce or sometimes green if I order a chicken burrito. I never heard of a wet burrito until we moved here. read more

We had a party of 12 the service was amazing so fast and friendly Food was fantastic highly recommend

extremely rude service, not sanitary, burger was dried out, curly fries had strange white substance in the middle of them