First experience was a bit off but we were seated and got served quickly, it was not busy at all so it was great. The food was really good just not the rice, as it had some seasoning over the top added to it which isn't that authentic in Mexican food. Everything else was so delicious. Customer service and waiter was awesome and nice. Clean and beautiful decorations. The avocado looked bad. read more

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I mean it was ight not fully reach my expectations, I had a waiter named Ryan he was pretty chill good customer service beside that everything was solid. read more

Plum Loco - Mexican Near Me - Idaho Falls, Idaho

Eaten here since high school.. always a good experience with def favorites on the menu. Don't expect to move here from elsewhere and put down the menu. IF loves Plum Loco (Mi Casa) and hopes it will be around for a long time. Service staff is friendly and sees to your needs throughout your meal. Perfect setting for lunch or dinner. read more

We went to Plum Loco for the first time Friday and had an amazing experience! The staff were very friendly and did a great job surviving us. The food was good, loved the taste and was affordable. Highly recommended this place to take your whole family too. Will definitely be coming back. read more

It was fine. No major complaints but I wouldn't go here again because there are better Mexican food places in town. Service was good and waitress was friendly. read more

Moved to Idaho and have yet to find authentic Mexican food. (Mexican family from California - moved cuz politics) The flour tortillas for street tacos, stale and oddly tasting. Nachos were tostadas with bean and cheese on top, odd. Soggy chicken tacos, my toddlers enjoyed their chicken nuggets. I will not be back, bland and not that great read more

I have been eating here for over 20 years and while they aren't the fanciest nor the best over all, they have a few items that really are outstanding. My favorites are the shredded beef tacos and cheese enchiladas. They deep fry the corn tortillas lightly before making the tacos which makes a fantastic texture and flavor. Their cheese enchiladas use cheddar for the filling and the sauce is very tasty. The rice and beans are also good and I like that they serve their slightly spicy salsa in a squeeze bottle so there is no double dipping. One might say that this food is a little more Americanized Mexican and that would probably be true, but it's still good and worth eating! read more

I have eaten Mexican food all over the country and this is by far the worst food I have ever eaten. All our plates smelled like moldy cheese, the meat was very suspect and looked boiled on the fajita plate. I ordered dip and it looked like microwaved milk in a bowl. The pico I paid for was store bought salsa in a small bowl, I was told that was the best they had. I paid $73 for food I wouldn't feed someone else's dog. The carpet in the entry way was black and disgusting. The service was also very lacking but the quality and the dirty smell was over the top. I was literally overwhelmed by the smell of fermented moldy cheese the entire time. read more

First time eating here with some good friends. They talked this restaurant up and I am always willing to give it a try. The restaurant lighting is dark but not a bad option for me as I kinda liked it. Quiet and peaceful so that was a plus. Waitress was very nice but didn't really know the bar menu very well when ask a couple questions. We ordered fajitas which came out good in there own way. They were different than I had ever had before let's say that! Would I go back? Yes. For one more try and try something different. Not bad but not my favorite so far. I will try them again and hopefully this place blows me away as I really want to like Plum Loco. Give it a try. Worth the visit. read more

Growing up in Idaho Falls this place was the best mexican restaurant around for so many years. They always had the best chips and salsa but the mucho nachos is what I always loved ordering. For dinner I loved the crispy chicken tacos and so many other items on the menu. This place has changed owners so many times that each time the owner has changed the quality of food has changed as well. Folks this is not the best mexican in idaho falls anymore! read more

I live quite far away now, but I've been coming here since it was Mi Casa. In fact, I remember my whole 6th grade class coming here one day for lunch! I have a hard time rating this place because as a vegetarian, it is very difficult to eat here. There's very few items on the menu for vegetarians and the beans are made with lard, which cuts down those options even further. I usually have to get the cheese enchilada. It's made with quite a lot of cheese and a good enchilada sauce, by id really like it even more if it had some real Mexican queso crumbled on top. Same thing with the cheese enchilada. This is a Mexican restaurant, but instead of using the white queso, the restaurant uses cheddar cheese. I got jalapeño poppers today, and they are definitely not fresh by any means. I think they probably start out frozen?? So, for the food... I'd probably give a 1 as a vegetarian. However, the chips and salsa are THE BEST CHIPS AND SALSA I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE. I'm addicted. This is the real reason I come to this restaurant. In fact, the first day I was here, my mom came to the restaurant to get me their chips and salsa to eat at home! Also, you can buy a seasoning pack to take home, so you can make the salsa yourself. I was told they an even ship it to you!!! As far as these go, I'd give the restaurant a 5! So, that leaves us with an average of 3 stars! read more

A longtime favorite of ours. We love other Mexican places too, but Plum Loco is unique. No one else has chips, salsa, nachos, enchiladas and chimichangas as good as this restaurant. We had a bit of concern when it changed hands, but we are happy the new owners are working hard to maintain the same good service and quality of food as it has always been. read more

I rate Plum Loco five stars. First, I have nothing to report. In my opinion, Plum Loco ties Sadie's in New Mexico for best Mexican food in the US but is much cheaper. The restaurant is unusually clean. Service is efficient. That means it is fast and waiters/waitresses get orders correctly. I think it is rare to find any non-expensive restaurant during this economy that is adequately staffed. I believe the reason why this restaurant is exceptional is it is a family run business whose owners sincerely welcomes input from anyone. I, D.M. Boren, M.D., publicly declare myself the author of this review. I feel unusually qualified to write this review because I estimate dining at Plum Loco over 100 times since my first visit in 2017. I pledge my word of honor this review was not solicited, was written without any expectation of compensation, and is accurate to the best of my knowledge. read more

I love this place! The food is good and a good value. I'm from Phoenix and this tastes like home. I just love their food.

Service was ok, food was not. I think the best thing I had was my Pepsi. The carna asada had no seasoning. It was just an old, dry reheated piece of meat. For about the same price we can go down the road to Jalisco's and eat delicious Mexican food. read more

Last week my friend and I went to Plum Loco for lunch. I had been there once before for dinner and remember being satisfied, but not blown away. My experience last week was the same. We ordered the special--and for the life of me I can't remember what it was. Pork burrito something-or-other. It was tasty, but not memorable. Plum Loco feels a little dark and dated as far as their decor is concerned, but the service and food are both good. read more

My mother and I used to eat here EVERY FRIDAY. We LOVE this place. I usually get the cheese enchilada, and a coke. She gets buttered flour tortilla and a soft shell taco, I would recommend having the nachos. Refried beans smeared over chips, cheese and tomatoes. We put the peppers on the side or take off. We have been going since Mi Casa. The salsa... omg the salsa... so delicious! I live so far away now so will need to find out if they'll mail me the sauce mix (they offer it for sale). read more

I LOVE the food here! Especially the nachos. I've been coming here since it Mi Casa and aside from a very short period of time that the original owner wasn't the one running it the food has consistently been great! As far as service goes overall it's pretty good. I believe they recently got new and better servers. The food usually comes quick and is nice and hot. I highly recommend the nacho mucho or the el conquistador. read more

Plum Loco - Medium nacho mucho light on the jalapeños - Mexican Near Me - Idaho Falls, Idaho

Absolutely zero seasoning on anything. Even the guacamole seemed to be squeezed out of a Costco bag. Carne Asada was tough and again, no seasoning. read more

Consistently the best mexican food in Idaho Falls. Their staff is the best and the food is great with fair prices.

"OUTSTANDING" I can not say enough about how great of a place this is. We wanted someplace that could accommodate 100 people to celebrate our mothers 80th birthday. From the very begining our expectations were exceeded! They easily set us up with a private area downstairs, the whole staff got in on the act to make the surprise party a success. They all played a huge part! We were able to order off the menu so everyone got what they wanted. I was so impressed how fast they got the meals out. They had the room all decorated for us. Kids could be kids, and adults could be adults. Everyone had such a great time. The food was excellent! We would DEFINITELY recommend Plum Loco to everyone! You have to try it. Thanks to everyone at Plum Loco!!! Brad Chaffin read more

I eat here every other week and it has declined really fast, a to go order that they told me took 10 minutes had 1 out of 5 things right. No extra sauces, to go silverware was dirty due to the leaking to go container food was thrown together. $30 something dollars later for not what I ordered ed and was soupy to go containers of whatever. Always trying to support local sorry it had to be a bad choice. Using Taco Bell hot sauce is just not the same. read more

After ten years of patronizing Plum Loco I always thought it was a family restaurant, until now. The owner came to our table tonight when a two year old in our party was having a tantrum and told his mother that she needed to let him do whatever he wanted to get him to stop, "or else I'll lose customers!" Well you just lost 23 customers. If you have young children steer clear. The food is not good enough to be treated so rudely by the owner of all people. read more

Im from San Jose California and I went to this place inpart based on the review of the guy from Milpitas. I do not know where u eat in California, but this place was terrible in comparison to ACTUAL authentic Mexican food. BLAND! DID I SAY BLAND? Because I meant BLAND! I was so hungry when I got there from driving all day. Right from the start I knew there was trouble....no mexican staff, no mexican customers. The chips were not authentic, the salsa is just encilada sause with cyanne in a TUBE???? Bizar! The nachos....are u listening Milpitas guy, were very large...but no flavor! The enciladas were just odd, rice tasted boiled and my margurita was bland too...wheres the lime& tequilla????? Este no beunno!!!!!! Im sorry but the waitress was a crank too...you work for tips right???? Be attentive! I also visited your web-site, 30 years serving authentic mexican dishes??? Have the owners ever eaten authentic mexican food???? Or do the think Taco Bell is actually mexican food too??? Which BTW has more FLAVOR! If your meat and potatoes kinda person who does not like spices...you have found your place to 'live on the edge" lol! If you crave authentic ethnic cuisine when you dine, your gonna be pissed you spent the money....like me! read more

While visiting the area from VA the need to get my Enchilada fix on was beating me about the head and shoulders. Googled Mexican cuisine and boom I'm on my way to Plum Loco. Not disappointed and recommend due to combination of service (Carmen), enchiladas and margaritas. Small, quaint and ready to serve. Great combination. read more

If I could leave zero stars I would. We came in around 12:30 and there was no one at the host stand to sit us. Eventually one of the owners sat us at a dirty table. It took a while for him to get us menus and water. The server took forever to get to us to take our order- which is fine. I get that they were probably experiencing a lunch rush but we couldn't tell because we were sat in a separate part of the restaurant that only had two tables. I really wouldn't have minded the slow service because I've been in that same position before and know how hard it is. The food finally arrived and it was -to put it nicely- just gross. I ordered a small chicken chimichanga. It was completely smothered with sour cream, the chicken on the inside was dry and tasted frozen and overall just didn't taste right. When the server came back to give us our check nearly 30 minutes later, I told her what I thought of it and asked if I could get it taken off the bill. She said we couldn't because it had already been touched which is absolutely ridiculous. How could I know if the food is bad without taking a bite?? Overall, this was a really terrible experience and I can't recommend going to another place more. I must add that the owners are both white and most likely don't have much knowledge when it comes to Mexican cuisine, which is probably why it was disgusting. read more

We love Plum Loco! We've never had a bad meal there and the chips and salsa are amazing!

I've been eating here for 25 years, and in 25 years my favorite dish (Green Chimi) is just as good as the first time I had it. Easily my favorite Mexican in town, the hot sauce is amazing, and the owner is a great guy. read more

Plum Loco, in my opinion, has the best Mexican food in town. I have been a frequent customer for many years and have hardly any complaints. I remember one time when I was little, I brought one of my toys, Splinter from the TMNT series. When we left I noticed my toy was missing. When we got home my dad called the restaurant. They found him and I got him back only without his Kimono. The service is decent. Waiters and waitresses are friendly but not overly outgoing, which is okay with me. I think it has to do with the laid back atmosphere which is a plus to any restaurant. The only complaint I would have to say is that sometimes they rush the food right out. I like to have my meal brought to me in a timely matter and not too soon or too late. The food is exceptional! I usually order the Spiced Beef Burro. And believe me it is spicy! The chips and the salsa can't be beat either. The owner of Plum Loco is a very nice guy named Curt. He has run the business for many years. At one point he gave ownership of the business to another person. A few years later Curt decided to buy it back. In Curt's words he claimed, "I was Plum Loco to give up this restaurant." And he was right. I'm glad he is the owner again. Always a pleasure to eat at PL. read more

LOVE LOVE LOVE the spicy ketchup! Goes great with the nachos! Also, enjoyed the mini burros enchilada style and deep fried. We come here on every visit to IF!! read more

Best mexican food around! I love the francisco and the chips and salsa are amazing!!!

First time here and I didn't know what to order. It was still in time frame for lunch menu. So, $8. For such good beef burrito and taco.

I specifically ordered my husband's with rice and bean, didn't get the beans. The tortilla soup was more like a chili. We were charged $7.50 for chips and salsa and never got the chips. For the amount we paid, it was not worth it! read more

We went in to have dinner and they had on their bulletin board a huge post about why you shouldn't use directv. I don't see how posting about another business like that has anything to do with the dining experience in the restaurant. Plum loco lost a customer and I will be telling all I know that business that can't support other area businesses doesn't deserve to get more customers. Went to pachangas instead and thoroughly enjoyed our meal. read more

We decided to try plum today for the first time and bottom line, we won't be returning. When we were seated the waitress brought us chips and a squeeze bottle (which I thought was for later on our food) then she took our drink orders. When she came back with our drinks I asked for salas and she gave me a weird look and said "it's there". The squeeze bottle is the salsa? Okay fine, let's try this... it tastes like NOTHING! It's ketchup with maybe some cumin or smoked paprika in it. Absolutely disgusting. We pretty much knew from just that, that this was going to suck. We ordered a shredded chicken nacho, green Chile burrito and cheese enchiladas. Basically, we knew we were eating food but it was all BLAND AND TASTELESS! No spice, no salt, no nothing! The people who say this is the "best Mexican in town" can't be trusted! I want to ask them all "can you taste?!". We even told the woman upfront that it wasn't good and bland. She offered no refund (which we didn't want) but wasn't even surprised lol don't go here, just spend a hell of a lot less and get Taco Bell. read more

Who puts canned red sauce on a green chile burrito? The beef was like it came out of a can of Campbell's beef stew and the "salsa" seems like a spiced version of the red sauce that was on my burrito! Not good, people. Not good. read more

The owner asked us to give our 2 year old whatever he wanted to stop him from crying because he was afraid of losing customers. Might as well be a bar then if don't want families to come. We were a party of 23 that used to come frequently. Word of advice. Stick to family values or you'll lose more in a predominately family friendly town. read more

terrible customer service! called to order a big catering order for my company and they thought i was a sales call so they kept hanging up on me and also insulted me ! i cannot believe their mentality! read more

The best Mexican food in IF for the past 30 years. Plumb Loco (Mi Casa) chips and salsa are the best.

No part of our visit here tonight went well. Our first bad sign should have been the "anti-DirectTV" billboard they had made near the entrance, which didn't appear to be relevant to their business at all. The woman at the register hardly acknowledged us when we came in, instead stood there chewing her gum with a blank look on her face. Our waters were spilled all over the floor near our table when the girl brought them and they cleaned up some but still left it quite wet. It took at least 20 if not 30 minutes for anyone to come take our order, although our waitress ultimately ended up being the only bright spot of the night. The food wasn't horrible but was very below average (and was made even worse by our experiences).Then when we went to pay the same gum chewing girl was there and helped several people that had come up after we did and was even going to go get someone an application for a job she wasn't even sure existed before we stopped her and asked if we could just pay so we could leave. Never going back. read more