A friend recommended this spot since we were visiting this area for a quick day trip for tattoos. It was DELICIOUS! They did have drink specials too. My margarita was a little on the weak side, but for $2.50 there were no complaints. My only problem was that I forgot my to go box! read more

San Marcos Mexican Restaurant - Shrimp & bacon dish! YUM!! - Mexican Near Me - Mayodan, North Carolina

Easily the best Mexican restaurant in the area and we've tried them all! The food is always super consistent, great, and so is the service. Sometimes we go once a month, sometimes twice a week, and it's always the same quality. SO happy to have a great reliable restaurant in an area without a lot of options. read more

One of our favorite Mexican joints and we eat here almost weekly when we come up to Mayodan to hit Wally World. Food is always fresh and service is solid. They tend to run a little slow from the kitchen but when it comes out it's always hot. The trio dip is a good starter and my daughter loves the pollo feliz! read more

Seated immediately. GREAT SERVICE! On my way to Roanoke, VA and needed a quick meal. Great food. I highly recommend The nachos Sante Fe. Tender medium cooked steak, grilled chicken, fresh guac and sourcream. Base of refried beans and topped with cheese dip... read more

This was our second time eating here. Food and service were both good each time. We are only in town until May, but will probably be back before we leave. read more

Ate here for lunch on Sunday and definitely not what I expected. This location has been here for many years so I assumed it must be good. They were not busy but it took 30 minutes to get my son's tacos. My chicken fajitas came when he was done eating. Both of our meals were extremely hot and extremely burned. My meal came with beans and lettuce which appeared as I was boxing up my food. I literally took 1 bite and asked for a to go box. I just can't eat burnt chicken. The waiter was very nice and apologized which is the reason for 2 stars instead of 1. read more

San Marcos Mexican Restaurant - Chicken Fahitas - Mexican Near Me - Mayodan, North Carolina

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I Visited San Marcos last night, for the first time in several years. The salsa was fair, Chip were COLD. I ordered Pollo Sinaloa with rice and beans. The serving of chicken topped with grilled vegetables was TINY. When my plate a arrived I thought they forgot the chicken. It was a very small, thin piece of chicken, topped with barely enough grilled vegetables to hide it. The grilled vegetables were very good, just not many of them!! Plenty of rice and beans... Service was average. read more

Al pastor quesadilla and queso were both great. Service was good too. Recommend and hope to come back.

I had planned on visiting sooner however Covid and schedule has prevented it. My previous review was based on a terrible experience where most folks around us were sending food back. The most recent visit gave me faith that restaurant owners do pay attention. WOW, what a impressive improvement. The salsa was one of the best I've tasted, street tacos and the burritos were delicious. Most important, service....our waiter was very attentive and paid attention to every detail. If you haven't visited San Marcos lately, it's time for another try. Oh, and get the BIG beer. read more

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Amazing food! Service is hit or miss! Would come here again, queso is great! Salsa is good.

Wasn't that good we order some tacos and flat things I forgot what they are called I'm not sure if I didn't order correct but the food wasn't good and we spent around $95 there read more

It was a bad night all the way around. Many dishes were sent back. Manager was asked to come Our table. He stated he cook was not there and had others filling in. He should have shut down and saved the money. It has been good in the past. I'm not sure about returning. We left hungry that night. read more

Good morning , First I have been going to San Marcos since they opened. And I have lived in this area for over 22 years. It has been our regular restaurant when we are running late to get home and wanted something good to eat from work or a sporting event. My wife was getting home late last night and picked up dinner for us. She order the the pollo Sinaloa and I ordered the super burrito. Her first bite she took she literally spit it out into her napkin. It was a big bite of chicken gristle. Which can happen. Then she cut another bite and the chicken had a rubbery spongey texture. She look at me and said. I can't eat this. I had not taken a bite of mine yet. I said we could share mine. We both took bites of my super burrito and it was absolutely un edible. The chicken had strange texture. The bacon was undercooked the shrimp were rubbery. And it had absolutely no flavor. I have never taken back food to a restaurant. I just usually throw it away and chalk it up to the restaurant is having a bad night . We drive back to the restaurant and quietly explain the situation as we did not want to make a scene. We asked for a refund. The manager said they could refund my wife pollo Sinaloa but it looked like I had eaten more of my super burrito which I couldn't because it is un edible. It was very disappointing and after all these years eating at San Marcos. I will be finding a New Mexican restaurant. I would not recommend eating there to anyone. read more

Coming back from Martinsville and found this very tasty and friendly restaurant. Very traditional looking restaurant with fun colors and flair around the place. Had some great Mexican food. Got the ground beef burrito and enchiladas. Very good, solid food. Chips and Salsa were good. Not amazing but very solid. Warm chips would be better but you can't get everything you want! Great family atmosphere with friendly staff. read more

San Marcos is one of my absolute favorite Mexican restaurants! Street tacos are fantastic, you can't go wrong with any of their options.

Pleasantly surprised with this Mexican Restaurant. Burrito Mexicano was massive and tasted fantastic. Chicken fajitas and ACP all satisfied the rest of my family. Our waiter was fantastic! We will come back for dinner here. read more

I went to this place for the first time. I've lived in town for 4 years and never been. I give it four stars for what it is, a Mexican restaurant in a strip mall. Service was good, they refilled my drink like 20 times. I got the chimney-congas fried with chicken. It was very good with the cheese sauce they put on top. The free chips are what you would expect. I liked the thin restaurant style salsa. I hate chunky salsa. Wife got a chicken burrito and chicken enchilada. She didn't like it. They put some type of red sauce on top oh hers that did not go well with the meal. read more

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I stated working in Stoneville, NC in mid-December. When I found San Marcos I thought i had found an old friend as the food was very similar to what I had in Oklahoma. The food is good, but the customer service is sadly lacking. On 3/12/2024 @ 4:15 PM I stopped in and ordered three tamales. I drove home (40-minute drive one way) and planned to warm them up when I was ready to eat. So, when I did open the order, it was not mine. I immediately call and the manager (Dani? female) said she knew and was sorry. I was given three options. 1. I could drive the 40 minutes and get the correct order. 2. I could get them another day. 3. They could credit my card. one was out of the question, and I stated I was upset that now I had no dinner. They did not care. Nothing was offer for the inconvenience that their staff created. I will not be eating there again. read more

Great food and very professional. Manager and wait staff very friendly and welcoming. Food is authentic, fresh, great flavors. Just really cool people, great spot. read more

The food has always been good and I really like how fast they are especially with the amount of people in my family

Very good Mexican food. Service is wonderful. Restaurant is well managed. Strongly recommend.

Very accommodating, exceptionally nice decor, excellent food and service. Everyone was very polite and attentive; however, the prices were high for the area. Although the meal and service were excellent, $53 per couple is not competitive with other near by restaurants. The $6-8 draft beer prices serve as an example. Still I give four stars for the food and service. read more

My family went there for lunch. The food was was delicious. Everything was wonderfully seasoned and in good sized portions. The servers provided amazing service. This was our second visit and we will definitely be coming back! read more

We have been here a few times. Only once has the food actually been good. Tonight not so much. I had shrimp tacos and they were flavorless , and the soft shells were very stale tasting. My (adult) daughter ordered the beef and vegetable soup, which ended up not being available. Another soup was recommended and we didn't realize it was a seafood and fish soup. My daughter took one sip of the broth and said it had a horrible flavor. We put it to the edge of the table. After a while the server returned with no offer to get her something else or take it off the bill. Very poor customer service and do not plan to return. read more

Good lunch spot, quick service. Easy to get off highway and grab lunch and get back on the road. I would like to come and try it for dinner some time. Looks like it would be a place you could enjoy every meal. read more

One of our favorite stops on trips to NC. We know Mexican and this place is good. Great food and fast, friendly service.

Best Mexican in town. Try the super burrito.

Very good food and very reasonably priced lunch menu. Atmosphere is less than fancy but it is clean and comfortable. Good spit for a casual dinner or a fast sit down lunch. read more

This place is just terrible. It looked blah but I needed protein and thought, "You can't go wrong with beef fajitas." This place proved that you can most definitely go wrong. The full dinner order of Fajitas is about less than four ounces of scrap meat shredded so fine, I kid you not, they look like tiny worms. It was the funniest thing I ever saw. The bell peppers and onions that you throw away are cut nice and big as to cover the entire hotplate. The meat tasted OLD and freezer burned. Just totally disgusting. Do NOT go here. read more

I'm hooked on the Pollo Feliz (which I generally can't remember the name of and just call Merry Chicken, which the waiters tend to understand). We've ordered the tacos al carbon a couple of times and not been quite as impressed. It can tend to be a bit dry. The restaurant is decorated nicely and the staff will sing an odd and loud version of a birthday song to birthday people (good thing to know for an unsuspecting guest). We go there frequently, by our standards, and have never had a bad experience. read more

Awesome food and awesome service...honestly best Mexican food I've ever had.

Best Mexican restaurant in town! Me and my spouse eat here every week and have never had a bad experience. I love there food and service. I always recommend them to family and friends. read more

Ate dinner tonight, party of 5. Food was excellent. Had a vegetarian garden plate; others had fish dishes. And pitchers of beer. All enjoyed. Highly recommended. read more

Other Mexican restaurants have taco Tuesday $1 tacos. .. my wife called them by mistake we ordered 8 tacos and it cost her $24 ... are you kidding me? I will never eat here again, they're a rip off. .. again I will never eat here again, and I recommend Rio Grande or El Puente. .. again San Marcos is horrible. .... read more

We found a new favorite Mexican Restaurant tonight for dinner. From the moment we walked in we were greeted by hostess, she seated us , server greeted as soon as we were seated. The food was outstanding and the staff was very attentive to us. We will.certainly return to this great place! read more

This is best mexican in the county by far! Never had a bad experience here and the staff is friendly.

Manager would get more customers if he would let his customers use their WIFI. Went 1 block to McDonalds to work during lunch. Starbucks and Panera figured it out YEARS ago! Rick read more

I am hesitant to write a review as just a month ago I had a wonderful meal at San Marcos. However, this evening something was very wrong. Our plates came out hot but the food was cold. My Carnitas was hard and dry. The Black Beans had no flavor and looked dry from sitting out too long. My flour tortillas arrived cold and hard...and I sent the meal back. The manager stated their chef had recently left and a new one would be arriving tomorrow evening...and he was having to cook! Take it from someone who knows a little about customer service...don't try and cook anymore and if you don't have a chef...close for the evening. Better that...then throwing out all that food, as we were not the only table to send our meals back to the kitchen. The wait-staff was upset and scared as they were handling multiple complaints. Yet one young lady with short hair seemed to keep a smile on her face, was polite and handled the chaos with professionalism. Sorry to have to rate you like this considering I've had great meals there previously. Good luck! I'll try again in a few weeks! read more

No second chances. Amazingly the Carnitas pork was overcooked and dry. The beans were cold and tasteless. I sent the plate back as unacceptable and they returned it with some salsa verde that made it barely tolerable. The only positive was the clearly homemade corn tortillas. But... overall the place won't get a second chance to impress. read more