The food was delicious and the service was excellent. We will definitely be going back!

Terrible. Came for lunch on a Friday and was seated right away. We were asked if we were ready to order as soon as we sat down. We were not ready so I had to ask the waiter to come back when I was. They were sitting rolling utensils with coworkers instead of checking on tables. I ordered the lunch special taco plate with steak. $3 upcharge for steak that is not listed on the menu. I understand rising costs but hidden charges are not fair to the customer. Put in the work and update your menus or have the staff notify customers when ordering. The food itself was awful. The "steak" was steak shaped but tasted like season-less low quality ground beef. The rice was flavorless. The beans were thin. The red and green salsas were okay, but did not do enough to mask the terrible food. The kid's quesadilla with fries was also a let down. The fries were cold and uncooked in the middle. They also overcharged for a drink because the menu lists the kids meal comes with a drink. This place is a huge absolutely never again for me. Poor service. Hidden charges. Terrible food. read more

San Marcos - Lunch specials - Mexican Near Me - Hastings, Michigan

As of 10/30/25 this is the best Mexican restaurant in the area. It's the most authentic food with a very cool atmosphere. Again for this area. I had the Enchiladas Locas which was decent. It came hot but wish it was with a little more sauce and little less salt. See picture. Love the oversized beers! read more

San Marcos - Mexican Near Me - Hastings, Michigan

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San Marcos is by far my favorite restaurant in the city of Hastings. In fact, probably in the state of michigan, I absolutely love their food and I feel that they make it better than most mexican restaurants.You will find their tamales are by far the best out of anywhere.I've tried along with the horchatta read more

This place was a great place to stop! The food was excellent, their cheese dip was great! The service was fast and friendly! This place is great for families as it's very relaxed! read more

Food delicious,,,service is great. Their menu has a lot a choices. I have never been disappointed by this restaurant. They are very friendly and attentive. If you had a bad experience by this restaurant,then you didn't want Mexican food. read more

Very nice restaurant. Decor was nice and service was quick. Salsa & chips were very good! We got a variety of food (not pictured) and everything was tasty! read more

San Marcos - Mexican Near Me - Hastings, Michigan

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Hands down the best Mexican food in Michigan! And this is coming from a Hispanic herself. Thank you for creating such authentic food, and experience in this town. Make sure to try the fajitas! read more

This is my favorite restaurant in Hastings. I've been coming here regularly for 5 years. The beer is great, big, cold and cheap. The chips are warm and crispy. The food authentic and overall the prices are fair. You won't go wrong with this place! read more

Had dinner to celebrate Grandpa's birthday. 5 adults, a toddler & an infant. Everyone's food was amazing! Service was very good. Will definitely come back. read more

AMAZING place for Mexican food, their service is amazing, their margaritas are great and their food is "finger licking good" their portions are great, you'll leave full . The ambiance is good even if they are packed. We will return for sure. read more

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The restaurant is right across the street from our hotel room, so we chose this Mexican restaurant to the west of city limits. The restaurant may seem pretty busy, granted we went on a Friday evening for dinner, but the service was friendly and fast. San Marcos is known for top-notch quality in their authentic cuisine from south of the border, and it sure didn't disappoint when our food came out from placement of order to the food on the table! As for the drinks, we ordered the Peach Margarita and the Pina Colada Daiquiri - both were made extremely well! My Burrito Marino tasted very wonderful, especially how they grilled the shrimp, onions and mushrooms into a warm flour tortilla. It's quite amazing how the taste and presentation of the burrito is number one quality! It's also a great option for those who, like me, don't eat beans. On the other hand, the Nacho supreme looks gigantic in size. Even though it tastes good according to my partner, there wasn't really to write home about. Even though some items are huge in portions for the dinner menu, I still strongly prefer San Marcos Mexican as a nice sit-down casual restaurant if you choose not to eat in downtown Hastings! read more

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I was so happy to find this place. The food was great -- I almost always go with a chimichanga -- and they make nice margaritas. I have always found the servers to be very friendly. The restaurant is very similar to other Mexican restaurants in its decor. In that regard it is a bit mundane, but this is a very minor criticism. I don't know when or if my travels will bring me back to Hastings, but I definitely plan to return to San Marcos. read more

The best Margarita I've had in years. Food is hot, quick, and delicious authentic Mexican. Service-dog friendly-felt very welcome. Fresh -made chips, salsa, and tortillas. Friendly service, lots of smiles! Def coming back read more

San Marcos - Charlie the Service dog as Harry Styles for Halloween - Mexican Near Me - Hastings, Michigan

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Typical Michigan Mexican food, it's good just the same old same. I eat here because it's better than the other Mexican place in town.

Always a wonderful experience all across the boards at San Marcos. Wonderful food and excellent margaritas!

Out of Miller lite & Chardonnay which was a bummer. I ordered sangria as a backup - so I haven't had sangria in a while but I wasn't expecting purple grape kool-aid... hubby got a different beer (dosequis) and was quite happy with it. Service is very good, attentive servers. Food came out quickly and was delicious. Pleasantly surprised they have lunch specials on a Saturday. Pop up, heated, private tents in the parking lot allowed for covid safe dining. Called & reserved ours one day in advance. All in all a good experience. Oh how we have missed eating out & feeling normalcy! We'll be back! read more

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Stopped in for dinner after a sporting event. The service was very good. They have a pretty large menu, a lot of the things you'd expect to find on a Mexican restaurant menu, but a few unique things as well. We split the shrimp chimichanga meal. They were tasty, but cut on a diagonal so some of the bites at the narrow end didn't really have any shrimp in them. Friends had chiles rellenos which looked great. read more

San Marcos - Mexican Near Me - Hastings, Michigan

alway fast and always taste so good. The servers are always nice and make sure you are taken care of. this is one of my favorite Mexican restaurants read more

Good food, reasonable prices. The atmosphere is cozy and quiet. The restaurant is clean and the staff are friendly.

Best Mexican dinning in the area without question. Great food and menu is second to none. A must if Mexican cuisine is to your liking.

This place has some nice Mexican food for a decent price. The salsa is very good. We've been here several times and have left pleased each time. The food sometimes seems a little bit too chain oriented but it's still tasty. read more

San Marcos - Beef Chicken Chimichanga (1) - Mexican Near Me - Hastings, Michigan

Service was fast and cheerful which is great when your hangry!:) The salsa was very good and the fajita dish was seasoned well and very satisfying. Great place to stop when hungry and in a rush. read more

San Marcos - Steak and chicken fajita - Mexican Near Me - Hastings, Michigan

The food is super yummy. The place is clean and the staff is friendly and helpful. The prices are comparable to most Mexican restaurants. We were seated immediately and the food was out very quickly on a Sunday afternoon. I didn't get pictures, I wasn't thinking about it. I ordered the burritos mexicanos and my husband got the fajita quesadilla with steak. Both were yummy. The portion size on the burrito was much smaller than the quesadilla of that matters to you. The margaritas are great but make sure you specify size... we didn't say small and they brought the big ones and they aren't cheap. We did drink them though! We will be back in to try some more of the menu. I recommend grabbing some great food soon if you're in the Hastings area. read more

They have the best pork street tacos. They are so good, I haven't eaten anything else there.

Excellent food, quick seating. The place is deceptively large. Though there were many cars parked along the side and back (only room for maybe 4 cars in front) the place had plenty of tables available. Many booths and also some tables. The menu is large and has all the usual Mexican foods. I have no idea what is "authentic" or "not authentic" -- whereas some who review Mexican restaurants claim to have this knowledge (tho, I doubt it.) The (free) chips and salsa were excellent. Chips were thin, crunchy, not salted. The salsa was slightly spicy, would likely appeal to all, and had chunks of tomato. The frozen house margaritas seemed large ( we ordered the small size), but probably consisted mostly of ice. Flavor was good, but did not seem to have much alcohol (if any). You won't get drunk on two of these. The shrimp fajita was great: $17 (a fair price) for many large shrimp, grilled (w/ grill marks) in an excellent brown sauce, plus the "trimmings" of rice, guacamole, beans, etc plus 3 (small) tortillas. There is no way you could wrap all the shrimp and other stuff into these 3 small tortillas. Not sure if you could ask for more tortillas, but they did not offer. Took home half of the shrimp dish, since this was a fairly large portion. The Pollo Barracho was also excellent: flat pounded chicken w/ other stuff (I didn't order this, so I can't recall the dish exactly). Also plenty large. The only quibble we had was that the lighting was so low. I could not read the menu without going over to the front window to get more light (it was still light out, but after 8PM). The restaurant really should invest in some at-table lighting for us folks who can't read small print without lots of light. Would be good if the tortillas were larger or if they offered more tortillas if you needed them for your dish. This is a very good Mexican restaurant. Highly recommend. read more

Food is great but not always consistent. In flavor.Service is quick and friendly.Clean and friendly, sometimes a little loud. Been eating here since they opened, at least a couple times a month. read more

My husband asked to go to dinner at a Mexican restaurant for Father's Day, this weekend. So, we decided on one that was down in Hastings, since my daughter's friend said this restaurant doesn't require masks and is 'laid back'. We drove there, and... They said only six people per table. I have five children, which makes us a family of seven, but it was FATHER'S day, 2pm, there were only three other tables in the restaurant with people at them. We hoped they wouldn't make it an issue. They said that we couldn't sit at the SAME table, but that they could seat us 'next to each other'. I wasn't happy - we're a household, not strangers - we rode in a car over, together. But we agreed, since the tables would be near... or so we thought. They then proceeded to seat my husband at a table some distance from the rest of us, ALONE. On Father's Day!! I was Peeved. Off. In capital letters. So I told him to just come over and sit with the rest of us. Immediately the waiter went and got management, who came waving papers from the CDC ('The Law', he said. 'Recommendations', I corrected, 'None of this has gone thru Congress, so therefore it's not a law'.) He insisted he would not let my husband sit with us. "It's like this isn't America, anymore!" I said. The man nodded vigorously. "No, it isn't! He can't stay at this table!" Scared little weasel. He lost our business, forever. So we drove to the next closest Mexican restaurant, which is in Caledonia. ((It was sort of on the way home, anyhow.)) My husband and I went in, hackles up. The little girl at the door asked how many, and I said, "I don't know if you can help us. We have five children and want to take Daddy out for lunch for Father's Day... so there's seven of us." "Come in! Come in, we can have you seated with no problem!!" she assured us, and said, "Go and get your children. We're pleased to have you!" She seated us, and asked how our day was going. I explained about the last place, and how it was so awful. "You won't have that here!" she declared. "Let me get chips and salsa for you... here are menus. You're fine, here." WHAT. A. DIFFERENCE!! All of the tension fell off our shoulders. They gave us so much food, it was a lot less expensive than the last time we'd driven out to San Marcos, and the man who waited on us was friendly and kind. ((Another group came in after ours - they had EIGHT people!)) We left full and relieved and happy and amazed at the difference. Left an enormous tip for their goodness to us. There are still pockets of patriots, out there. So our Father's Day was redeemed! But no thanks to San Marcos. Avoid this place, go to Real Arriero in Caledonia. read more

Wonderful food / Excellent salsa and chips / Try it :) We tried this out for the first time and had lunch. Our service was quick. Glad we stopped read more

We were staying across the street so thought we would stop in. On the positive, service was great. Hubby and I both had a margarita which were meh. Hubby had a hot and spicy burrito which was huge and he thought was just ok. I had a san Marco's quesadilla which was fine but nothing special. Chips and salsa were good. read more

We waited for a decent Mexican restaurant in Hastings. We have always had very good food and service. Some of our favorite dishes are: Pollo Guanajuato (chicken breast topped with shrimp and cheese sauce) and for something spicier try the Spicy Pollo Chipolte (grilled chicken in Chipolte sauce). The fajitas and burritos are always a good option. Large portions. Dinner and drink specials every day. Check for happy hour specials ?3-6. read more

San Marcos - Margarona - Mexican Near Me - Hastings, Michigan

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Great service, reasonable pricing, and good food, and clean accomodations. What more could you ask for?

This was our first time here. Our first mistake was coming on Mothers Day. It took 45-50 minutes to get our food. Our second mistake was allowing them to seat us near the door. Every time someone came cold air would rush in an my wife would complain she was freezing. Once the food came it was pretty good. I had the Texas fajitas and they were good. My wife had chimichangas and a tamale. The chimichangas were lacking on sauce and the tamale left a lot to be desired. read more

San Marcos - Mexican Near Me - Hastings, Michigan

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Awesome flavor experience, this place has yet to disappoint! Love the tacos, wet burritos, the quesadillas, and nice salsa. read more

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The food is good, but we have been in here several times and the staff has been rude each time. It takes forever to get your drinks and they never come back to check on you until they bring the bill. read more

First time here. Good was good. Had a fajita quesadilla. It sure was packed full of meat. Salsa that they brought to the table was a little spicy. Cheese dip was good. I'd definitely eat here again. read more

Nice atmosphere, so so American-ized mexican food. 8 of us said where's the spice or flavors as we were eating. Portions are small. They should be embarrassed calling their mucho Grande burrito just that. Its smaller than most places regular sized burritos. We were hungry enough after our meals to ask for more chips and salsa. This was done by another waiter as ours disappeared after dropping off our food. Will give it another shot, but we're not sure we'll love it. Heard the Mexican Conecxion in town was better. We'll see. read more

We started going here years ago, when they first opened this restaurant and I swear it just keeps getting better and better. Their Double Texas fajitas are perfect for sharing, but you better have a big appetite because its always heaping with steak, chicken, shrimp, onions, peppers and tomatoes, perfectly seasoned and cooked. My husband always has to get an extra order of shells though, because between the meat and the rice and beans, and toppings that are served, there's just not enough room in the shells. Add a pitcher of margaritas, or their Lemonade Sangria, and a basket of warm tortilla chips, and...heaven. So good. Every. Single. Time! The salsa is always fresh and varies a bit on the spice level though, so have a big glass of water handy, just in case. Carmen might be the best server in the state, but thats just because she always greets her guests with warmth and sincerity. How she remembers our order, when we don't go there nearly as often as we'd like, I don't know. She really is amazing, always smiling and genuine. And her service is top notch. Thats not to say that the rest of the staff isn't amazing, but Carmen is just really special. We have never, and I mean never, had a single bad experience at this establishment over the years. The atmosphere is casual, but clean and ambient. The food is phenomenal. The prices are very good for the amount of delish food they serve. We always find an excuse to take family and friends there whenever they visit, because everyone always leaves feeling full and happy. Really great restaurant and if you like a bit of Mexican style food now and then, this is the place to go in the Hastings area. read more

Beats out mexican connexion any day of the week! But! Especially Thursday's! Discounted margaritas and fajitas! Woo! So good! A bit pricey for what I order. A friend of mine say his family eats really cheap on Sunday's with free kids meals and everyone is happy. read more

Great salsa, fresh ingredients and really good service. Plus the interior is very nicely done. I will be back!! read more