We were in town for a military event and this was by far the best place we found to eat, highly recommend, great view, super flavorsome food, very authentic and great staff! Small side note, been using Yelp for 20 years but this is my last time using it today, they block VPN's and my family's security is more important than their corporate greed harvesting my IP. If you're visiting Alpena! Go to Pompeyos! Also, their copy shop had the most friendly folks, And the Base Staff are nuthin' short of miracle workers! Had to give a shout since there's no other way to do so. Peace, Prosperity, Healthy & Happiness to you all and praying for Democracy in America. De Oppresso Liber read more

Just ok. Not authentic whatsoever. But what can you expect so far north. Was clean inside and had fun interior though.

good food, generous portions. many varieties combination, even better if group share. awesome view of the lake if you get a booth at the side. looks like there's patio table when weather is nice outside. read more

Omg this place was so good!!! While visiting Alpena we stumbled upon Pompeyos and we were not disappointed. Our server was extremely friendly and helpful. The chips and salsa were delicious as was the homemade hot salsa. Hands down, the best homemade hot salsa that I've ever had. It was both spicy and flavorful. The atmosphere of this restaurant was relaxed. For dinner my daughter ordered the Mega Burrito, my son ordered the chicken fingers with fries, my husband ordered the Fajitas Combination, and I ordered the Nachos Pompeyos. Each of us thoroughly enjoyed our meals and would highly recommend them. Add to the delicious, flavorful dishes, the prices are very reasonable. We will definitely be back. read more

Pompeyos - Combination Fajitas - Mexican Near Me - Alpena, Michigan

We walked in and were seated immediately. The waitress came and took our drink orders and returned quickly with a nice cold beer and a water. My husband got a #6 from the combos and I ordered a seafood chimichanga not deep fried. It was full of seafood and a flavorful white cheese sauce. We both enjoyed the food and the wonderful service. We try to go here whenever in the area. read more

Pompeyos - Chimichanga (not deep fried upon request) - Mexican Near Me - Alpena, Michigan

The best Mexican food for 170miles then they are tied with El Cozumel in Flint. Great food and dessert. Fast friendly staff. Margaritas are amazing. read more

Fajitas are bland. Do they boil the meat because one would expect fajitas to be sizzling. Just limp, non seasoned gray beef, rubbery chicken. read more

The hotel clerk recommended this place for dinner. Really liked what we had: Queso-chorizo dip and Fried Tacos. Big portions, enough to split. Really nice staff and big restaurant with patio overlooking the Lake. Oh, and the margarita was delish, too. read more

Wonderful old style ambience. I enjoy the traditional style food that I can count on. Always have been given wonderful friendly service. read more

I love Mexican Food. REAL Mexican food... Taco Bell doesn't compare. So when I found this restaurant, I decided to go for it. I wasn't prepared for the quality of the food and staff! They were outstanding! The chips and salsa were fresh and my dinner was incredible! It's a family-owned and styled restaurant. The menu is full of divine dishes with descriptions that leave your mouth watering and your mind swimming with options. read more

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Very nice Mexican restaurant on the lake Huron shoreline in Alpena. For our first meal at this establishment we had the Fajita Taco Salad off the lunch specialty menu ($10.99) and the Al Pastor combo plate ($14.75) off of the main menu. The Fajita salad was quite tasty with the beef strips and grilled pepper/onions adding a nice twist to the traditional straight up beef taco salad that you get in most other Mexican restaurants. The Al Pastor combo, marinated pork strip with grilled onions and pineapples, was equally well made and tasty. Portion size was very generous , especially on the Al Pastor combo plate. Aside from the Entree's, the chips and salsa which are gratis with the meal, were excellent and a perfect complement to my house Margarita which was oh so good and went down very nicely while nibbling on the chips Relative to the restaurant itself, it is clean and bright with a lot of windows facing the lake offering expansive open views of Lake Huron. Nice! Another key attribute of this restaurant is that it also has outdoor patio dining that again offer up those amazing Lake Huron views with the added ambiance of eating outside and hearing the waves lapping as the back stop to your meal. This truly takes outdoor dining to another level and is something most restaurants can not match in this state, Very very nice! Lastly, this is a family run business with super friendly staff that adds to the overall positive dining experience we had here. Overall we were very pleased with our initial dining experience at Pompeyo's. Good food, large portions, friendly staff and those absolutely amazing views. What's not to Like, especially if you a fan of good Mexican food like I am. A business not to be missed if you are in the Alpena area. read more

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Visiting from out of state and one night we decided to order carryout and the chicken chimi and steak fajitas were bland, and I never thought it was possible to do a bad job with fried ice cream but they did it. Fried ice cream is a ball of vanilla ice cream, dipped in egg and rolled either in Corn Flakes, fried and served with honey or chocolate. Their "take" is ice cream, sprinkles in a fried tortilla shell. I surely this isn't the best Alpena has to offer because this was the absolute worst experience we ever had. read more

Coming from the Southwest US, i wasn't expecting much and was pleasantly surprised!! The margaritas were excellent, the waitress made NO mistakes with memory order for 9 and the food was excellent. Good MX dishes with spicy adds at the table. read more

Food is awesome authentic ask for the roasted salsa with the chips. The birria tacos are delicious $$$

I give 5- stars food was great hot fresh and fast They were kinda busy so I was quite surprised. I tried a lot of food and everything was hot fresh and flavourful actually some of the best I have ever had if you want a good meal here you go. I would also like to add large portions too I'm a big guy and I hate too leave hungry and I didn't. Wait staff was great too read more

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This is an interesting place. Decor is nice and the setting is amazing. Right on the water. Service was also good. Beef chimichangas were ok but beef wasn't very flavorful. Chicken burrito was awesome and huge. I'll focus on chicken dishes in the future. read more

The food. It's always about the food. The food did not disappoint. It might have been the best Mexican food I ever had. The service was impeccable and delightful. No waiting. These two things made it a most enjoyable experience. The ambience was normal restaurant until you look out the window at one of our fresh-water northern seas, Lake Huron. Exclamation point, finish! read more

Not good. Visited the beach in Alpena, which was great. Thought we'd get takeout from this place since it was right there, and we had our dog with us. Greasy chips, flavorless salsa, burrito was not seasoned at all- tasted like tomato paste was the only sauce ingredient. read more

We had a really good experience here. We were staying in the beach motel next door for two nights and walked over for dinner on the first night. The margaritas are fantastic, the food was great, and our server, Danni, was amazing! She was bright, sunny, and funny, and at the same time efficient and quick. A little later in the evening I popped back in to see if the restaurant could give me a pack of matches and Juan, an employee, just handed me his own lighter. What a kind gesture! We returned the next night just for another margarita or two and Danni grabbed us up to serve us. We probably won't be in the area again but we sure recommend that you stop here for a meal. Hopefully, Danni will serve you! read more

Very high quality food, great atmosphere with outdoor seating. Food arrives to table in record time and very hot. Excellent service. I am sure to visit here at least once a year if not more. read more

Pompeyos - Chimichanga - Mexican Near Me - Alpena, Michigan

Really good food and decent margaritas! The staff have all been pleasant and helpful. The view from the restaurant is outstanding, and the decor is appealing. Can't go wrong eating here! read more

Beautiful building with a great patio. Views of the water from inside and outside. It has a park and beach right on front. Staff was friendly and we had great service! Our server was top notch. She gave us recommendations and even continued to check on us after we paid the bill. My shrimp cocktail was amazing and I highly recommend it. It was delicious and healthy!! My Husband's meat & cheese nachos were really good. The white queso was fresh and yummy. The chips were so good too! We will definitely come back here when we're in the area. read more

Pompeyos - Meat and cheese nachos - Mexican Near Me - Alpena, Michigan

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Food is excellent. Large portions. Fresh tasting. Red salsa is too mild for me but the salsa verde has a nice kick. Authentic style tortilla chips. Good choice of bottled beer and a few Mexican and local craft drafts. Nice location with screened patio facing Lake Huron. Looks like they're making the lakeside deck larger. I will definitely be back here again. read more

Pompeyos - Chips and salsa. Ones mild and one hot - Mexican Near Me - Alpena, Michigan

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Made a call to this restaurant on a rainy day last Friday and asked if we could bring a 6 pound puppy in a covered crate in a stroller onto the patio. There is a little cul-de-sac area that was covered and they said yes we could put her there -when we got there, they said no you could put her on the grass!! For Pete sakes, it was raining and she's a pup. No one was on the patio. It was freezing cold, and then another waitress came out and "look they just called I told them it would be OK because nobody's out here!"They started an argument and the other waitress refused to let us stay. You couldn't even see our dog we promptly left. I will not support an establishment like that when no one's on the patio it's raining, She was in a crate and wanting us to put her on the grass in the rain. No thank you!!! read more

This place was amazing! The food was delicious and came out hot and fast. With a party of 9 I was very impressed with the service and professionalism of our waitress. read more

Come to the area to visit my daughter. Stopped in in a lark. Great food and staff. It's always a good sign when your family says they're full. Stop in and have a bite. read more

Pompeyos - Mexican Near Me - Alpena, Michigan

Best around! Great service and views, we will be back next year on our way up and probably on the way down

We definitely enjoyed our lunch at Pompeyos! Great service. Authentic flavors. Fabulous guacamole and chips. Highly recommend. read more

Pompeyos - Dining area - Mexican Near Me - Alpena, Michigan

Let's start with the good. Chips and salsa. Queso. Steak chimichanga. Now the less than desirable portion ...Hostess "Kitaira" was rude when I arrived at host stand following sign to wait to be seated. Asked what my to go order was. I responded I was hoping to dine in. Was the patio available. Shot down and not nicely. Zero customer service. She proceeded to seat me at a dirty table. I inquired, letting her know I thought it was dirty. Only to be informed it was in fact clean. I went ahead and sat down but I wiped up the bits and pieces on the table and when my server came I requested a clean table. For the rest of the night I got dirty looks from the hostess. Clean table amid Covid apparently makes you a target. The wait time was over the top. I truly believe they should've managed expectations, that they had seated a really large group therefore the kitchen was swamped. My food took over half an hour. I ate all my chips and salsa and my entire drink (which I miles slowly) and still waited 10+ minutes for my food. I upgraded one item on sampled from chicken to steak. Server said it would be $2-2.5. They charged me $5. Not impressed. Rose my server was nice enough but was likely new. Very meal, didn't know menu well when I asked for recommendations. Only thing she could recommend was "anything fajita". Might return for to go food. Unless that's handled thru hostess. read more

Pompeyos - Mexican Near Me - Alpena, Michigan

We were on our way to the Mackinaw Bridge from Tulsa Oklahoma. Tulsa is ground zero for superb Mexican food! We drove by Pompeyos thinking "Mexican food in northern Michigan? Get real!" But oh my goodness, it was WONDERFUL! The guacamole was over the top! The salsa was truly great as well. All the food or party of four ordered was every bit as good as anything we could have gotten at home. We had the privilege of being served by a delightful Hispanic girl, Carmen. Her sass and laugh made our visit even more memorable than just the foods alone. This is 100% worth coming to Alpena for! read more

Pompeyos - The dining area is impeccably clean! - Mexican Near Me - Alpena, Michigan

This is the best around. No doubt. Prices are decent you receive good portions. I Will be back. I had the mixed fajitas hot fresh and tasty. read more

Excellent Michigan Mexican food! White cheese not yellow and tasty fresh salsa. Be sure to ask for the spicy salsa as well. Friendly service and a great view of the water! read more

Pompeyos - Cheese enchiladas and rice - Mexican Near Me - Alpena, Michigan

Not expected to have that good of Mexican food in the middle of up north Michigan. When everything else was closed this placed saved our night by being open! Super fast service, waitress was friendly, food was hot and delicious. Nachos half order were plenty for one person can't image how big the full side was. The white cheese sauce sealed it for me! read more

Pompeyos - Mexican Near Me - Alpena, Michigan

First of all let's get one thing straight: I am not from Alpena. In fact I have no clue why im here, but I am. I visited Pompeyos expecting the average Mexican food experience, but left with a sour taste in my mouth due to the service. I don't know if it was a low staffed night or if the staff was busy but every thing seemed to take 15 more minutes then most other restaurants. Time to seat us: 15 minutes, time to take our drink orders: 15 minutes, time to get drinks out: 15 minutes. We weren't ordering anything special, just a couple of cokes about some water. Food took 45 minutes to come out. After receiving the check it took yet another 20 minutes to take the check back. Overall im unimpressed with the quality of service. Food is better than average. Pompeyos Burrito is very good. Nice atmosphere by the lake. read more

Best guacamole ever!!! Everything was so good and Carmen was the best waitress! We will be back every time we come to Alpena! read more

When I'm in the mood for Mexican food, this is where I head to. They have the best homemade chips and salsa! Add in their queso cheese and I'm a happy girl. I love their shredded beef chimichangas. They have great fajitas. We receive great service and the food comes quickly and the view of the bay and the park is great. read more

We only came here because mangos had a line out the door. not the best food ever, but it's cheap and it fills you up. The cheese only nachos was really just a handful of chips with some melted shredded cheese. The chicken was a little chewy but otherwise fine. service was fast and 3 plates of food only cost us $20. I would probably eat here again, just get something else read more

Pompeyos - Mexican Near Me - Alpena, Michigan

This is the Mexican place to go to in Alpena- service was great!! Chips and salsa were fricken awesome. Michelada, good. And the rest of the food was good as well!! Also went in snow- but can't wait to do outdoor seating by the water! read more

Food was amazing I got one of the nachos and the plate was so huge I didn't even eat half of it. My husband got the taco salad and he enjoyed his food too. For how busy they were the service was quick and very nice. We will definitely be back! read more

Fast & friendly service, outstanding view from the patio area, prices were reasonable and the food was tasty! We stopped through on the way home from up north and were not disappointed. The food was quality, menu was the similar to a lot of Mexican places I've been too. Not a bad thing, but you know what your in for. Besides the view of Lake Huron, the best thing was the fact that the servers worked together. It really added to service. If a server walked by and it looked like you may need something, they checked on you! read more