They need to fry their corn tortillas for tacos. Fresh don't buy those premade ones like Taco Bell that's tacky and I expect more from a Mexican restaurant. read more

Overall it has gotten much better over the last few years. Even the salsa tastes better. The service is always friendly, food quality has gotten better and the menu has some nice offerings. My wife loves the chimichangas and my son likes the atmosphere and music. I usually enjoy the fajitas, street tacos or the steak items. read more

In a world of restaurants closed on Mondays, Senor Pancho's offers dinner! The parking lot was a good size, and Monday wasn't terribly busy but still had a fair amount of other patrons. The waiter was very considerate and didn't hover over the table, even though it took us some time to get our orders together. The mini Changas were perfectly crunchy with well season meat. The dipping sauce accompanied them well, and in hindsight I wish I had kept it for my meal. The Tootsie Roll not only had a fun name, but more well seasoned meat and a good meat/lettuce ratio. Maybe could have used a little more cheese, and it does come with peppers (a surprise to me, who doesn't eat Mexican too often) but they were easy to remove. read more

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Stopped here before seeing fisheyes at thrive on a Friday night at 5. Plenty of seating available. Service was fast. The waitress we had was so kind and always had a smile on her face. Ambiance is typical of a Mexican restaurant, joyful. Food was great. I thought I snapped more photos but apparently I deleted them. We ordered a bunch of apps, chimichangas were my favorite. read more

Senor Panchos Thomaston - Baja Beer Battered Fish Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Thomaston, Connecticut

Have been going for years, have brought groups there, but my latest experience left me quite upset.. Sunday night, order my usual Quessida , when it comes I asked where the guacomole is, the bartender looks at owner as she tells me it doesn't come with guacomole, I say yes it does. I eat, get my bill and there is a charge of $2.00 for guacomole, I tell her I never got it and she looks at me like I am lying. Sitting 3 stools down from owner, she gets approval to change bill, got home and rechecked menu and it DOES come with guacomole. Will stay away for 3 months and try other places. Don't like be thought of as a "liar". just look at the plate. read more

As the only people seated on the outdoor patio, we were hopeful our lunch orders would be fairly prompt. Turned out our waiter was slow and very surly. Following a lengthy wait for the meal, the nachos were tasty but the tootsie-roll entree had raw, rubbery beef and was flavorless. The waiter was very rude when I complained about the quality of the meal. The whole ambiance was cold and indifferent. This restaurant is lacking in service, food quality and ambiance. read more

Excellent food service and environment. Love the table side guacamole! It was so fresh and there wasn't a dollop left. Lol. The front patio was so nice at sunset. Can't wait to go back read more

Senor Panchos Thomaston - Mexican Near Me - Thomaston, Connecticut

Came here for lunch and ordered the taco salad, which was absolutely delicious! Service was quick too. My only complaint is that I checked in on Yelp and was offered a coupon for 50% off an appetizer, and when I presented it to the waiter he refused it and said they didn't accept it. Disappointing when you get your hopes up like that, so I hope they take it off if they truly aren't offering it. read more

Senor Panchos Thomaston - Taco Salad - Mexican Near Me - Thomaston, Connecticut

OK Mexican restaurant in a small town. The drinks are okay for me. I like real quality tex-mex or full on Mexican and I find their margs to be either too strong or too syrup-y if they're flavored. Service is always very friendly but they are overpriced in my opinion for what they offer. I like their salsa, it's always fresh! And their chimmychongas are excellent. Sometimes they do weird things though like put peas in their burritos lmao. Why they do that I have no idea. I've been to a ton of Mexican restaurants and this one just doesn't speak to me like others have in the past. In addition I once ordered fish tacos from them and got the worst food poisoning of my freaking life. We go back to them because for the small spread out area it's the best around. But.... read more

Husband got fajitas which arrived Luke warm. My meal also was not hot. Service was good though.

Never had a bad meal or bad time here. The food is always fresh and served piping hot. The owner and staff are great. They also have room for private parties and events. Their drinks are great. read more

Ordered door dash three times since the covid restaurant shutdown and every time it has been exceptional! I've had the tequila lime barbecue wings, the sauce is awesome! The chimichangas are amazing as always, and tonight I tried the queso flameado appetizer, it was out of this world! Delicious chorizo! Generous portion sizes, very accommodating with special requests, And you even get chips and salsa with to go orders which is nice. Thank you!! read more

Love the enchiladas. Great drinks. Owner and staff where friendly. No complaints and I would recommend

Food is always good and the staff are very friendly. They told me I couldn't take the leftover tortilla chips home unless I paid for them. Really?!! Otherwise I give them five stars. read more

Came here on a random Thursday or Friday to have a quick catch up dinner with a friend. We each ordered a drink (only I got carded because I look like I'm 12 even though I'm older than she is) and they, kind of sucked. We each had gotten something simple; she ordered a house margarita and I ordered one of their spicy jalapeño drinks. My drink was WAY too sweet to even notice the jalapeños (which also made it impossible to drink) and hers was just subpar. The food was also just, blah. Some kind of food you can get at any sort of chain Mexican restaurant. The 3 stars are for the layout, and the ambience. The restaurant is spacious, you're not cramped, there's two dining rooms and outside seating. It looks amazing and allows you to have a great conversation without worrying if you're carrying over to the next table. Prolly won't be back. read more

As a lifelong and devout follower of everything Senior Panco's, it's almost always been not about "if" I'm going to eat there, but "which one" am I going to eat at! We started at the one in Brookfield probably 20 or 30 years ago and between then and now have probably had no less than 5 or 6 other "regular" Pancho's spots. Up until last week, our current spot was the Prospect location which we love, but it's also 20 minutes away and involves driving across i84 in Waterbury which we try to avoid like the plague. We actually DID give this location a try when it first opened a few years ago, but it was still new and the place was packed butts to nuts and honestly, we didn't enjoy ourselves. The food was as good as always, but the atmosphere and service were a bit north of dicey. Again, a brand new location which I get, but it was enough to keep us away for a long while. After driving by the place a bunch of times and noticing that things seemed to have "calmed down" a bit, we decided to pull the trigger over the weekend and give it a shot again. More of a "soft" trigger pull as it was definitely a take out night. Called in the order right around 5 pm on a Saturday and was told about 20 minutes, GREAT START! The location is about 10 minutes away so we headed out in 10 hoping to time it perfectly. Walked in the front door and were greeted right away and told our food just came out. WINNING! Now again, we were taking out so hard to comment on the dine-in experience at this point. But I will say that the place seemed MUCH quieter and much cozier than our initial visit. And the outdoor patio looked pretty awesome. It wasn't packed, but there was a fair amount of tables and everyone looked happy. Next time, we'll sit down. As for the food? As good as always if not better. We mixed it up with a few different entrees included the Grande Combo (my lifelong jam), Street Tacos and a Tootsie Burrito. Everything tasted amazing and fresh and about as good as we could have hoped for. Price was reasonable as well, pretty much a slam dunk overall. Also, the owner Guadalupe is one of the nicest guys I've ever met. I see that the Ceviche' restaurant in Middlebury has converted to a Pancho's recently, so we may try that too. But at this point, Thomaston is our go-to for that Mexican food craving that we seem to get about 4 times a week. read more

This place is not a real original Mexican restaurant. It was my first time here and we left disappointed. I ordered chicken fajitas, amount of food was good but extremely salty. My husband ordered beef fajitas. When you order beef you expect beef not corn beef. He couldn't eat them. $15 for a plate of corn beef fajitas is ridiculous. Feel bad for the gringos that go eat there and don't know what Mexican food is. Service was okay. read more

Came here again and decided to dine in and sit at the bar. Everything amazing, frozen margarita=perfect. Queso=perfect and CHURROS?!?!?! 11/10 read more

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We drive 40 minutes to eat here at least once a month. Great food and service. Best Mexican food in the state! Great bar specials and salsa! Delicious Margaritas! read more

My husband and I had dinner here on Saturday evening. We were seated promptly and our server was attentive. My husband had Arroz Con Pollo which he enjoyed. I had the rice bowl with blackened chicken which I must say was out of this world. Toward the end of our meal, the restaurant started to get busy and we felt a bit rushed out. I deducted one star for this. However, this will not stop us from returning. read more

What a great place! Lupe has done a great job with the restaurant since taking it over. The mango salmon with dirty rice is out of this world! The cactus margarita is awesome. We are now regulars. Congratulations Lupe on a great job. read more

Senor Panchos Thomaston - Mexican Near Me - Thomaston, Connecticut

Stopped in last night for a quick bite, we typically grab take out from this location but decided to stay! Glad we did as the food & service was on point. From the busers to our server, Jenna, they kept checking in with us throughout our meal. Jenna provided great recommendations to my husband. Unlike other customers we had no problem using a Yelp coupon which was a nice treat after checking-in! read more

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The food wasn't as good as expected. The waitress tried to serve us someone else's order. Our bill was $33 but the charge on the credit card was $50.00. Apparently the the other tables bill. ??? There were only a few customers in the restaurant at the time. read more

First I want to say I've eaten here many times and the food and staff are always the best. However a dish I've ordered many times in the past was a failure. I ordered the Tex Mex burrito, my first bite was a hard piece of steak that hurt when I took a bite.I told the waitress and she apologized and was sympathetic. I took 3 more small bites eating less than 1/3 of it to find 2 more. I called the waitress over and sent it back without making a scene and said I wasn't paying for it.she acknowledged it and agreed. My fiancé asked for extra tortillas for the fajitas she ordered for me to share because my meal was bad and we didn't want to wait for another meal. The waitress immediately brought them over. Now to my issue, if I was the typical person and raised a fit over the burrito and asked I would have gotten the appetizer or something given as an apology. But because I was the nice guy I got charged for the extra tortillas. "Great customer service" Thank you to our waitress but the rest was awful and even though it was only $.75 it was the point they don't care about customer service. Going back may be a long time. I hope this was isolated because in the past this was an incredible place to dine. read more

The Mexican food is just decent and slightly over-priced. The meals are normally luke warm and I have experienced order confusion. This particular review is about a situation that my friend and I had encountered. We were seated in a large booth towards the back of the restaurant around 4:45 p.m. on a Saturday. We finished our meals, settled the bill (though we almost received someone else's) were talking, sipping water and literally were about to leave within 5-10 minutes. Suddenly the owner appeared and rather abruptly asked us to go since "things were getting busy and they needed our booth." I completely understand that it was a Saturday, but did not care for the way in which the situation had been handled. Basically, it was eat, pay your tab and depart "pronto", since you are no longer paying customers. Very awkward, indeed and we no longer feel welcome at this particular Senor Panchos. A shame. read more

Meal was ready for pickup on time. Good quality and good value. I would definitely go back.

Decent food & adequate drinks. Worst customer service I've ever encountered! bartender/owner was extremely rude and embarrassing! will never go back!!! read more

We were looking for someplace a little different to take mom out for dinner. She hadn't had Mexican food since her honeymoon in New Mexico in 1980. So we figured, why not? As soon as we went in, I was put off by the cheesy decor full of flags and cactuses and stereotypically "Mexican" music. The only thing it lacked was cries of "Arriba! Arriba!" I had read complaints about poor service from customers who had used a Groupon. I figured it was worth a shot since we were going to pay full price on the meal, except for our app. Yelp had a 50% off app deal, so we used that for the guacamole. We had expected the fresh guac that they make in front of you for $8, because there is no other guac appetize. Imagine our surprise when they brought out a container of guac and charged $5.50 pre-discount. It seemed like they just gave us a side of guac because we used the coupon. This was confirmed when we later saw them making fresh tableside guacamole for another customer. LAME. Of our three meals, only one was decent. The burger was a soggy, greasy mess served on cheap white bread rolls. As far as the taco salad, "salad" typically implies green vegetables other than guacamole. It was the least salad-like salad I've ever seen, basically an open-faced burrito in that Mexican taco shell. Finally, the Santa Fe burrito was an impressive 15" burrito that could've been named "Sloppy Jose", but it was so freakin' good. Finally, my wife asked if they made "Skinny Margaritas, you know... low sugar." The waitress said that they did. Her first margarita tasted "like a regular one", so she ordered another and said it tasted sugary. I tried it. Nothing skinny about it. Disgusting, actually...which is why I stick with bottled Dos Equis. To keep it simple, she requested a shot of tequila in club soda instead of chancing another attempt at a "skinny" margarita. Perfect! At the end, it took over 20 minutes for our waitress to drop the check. Service was generally good, but our particular server was pretty unfriendly from the moment we ordered. We won't likely be back...hopefully mom won't have to wait another 36 years for Mexican food! read more

Chips were the best thing ever but when I got my taco IT WAS GREEN! But only the Shell and it was just dyed over all was a good experience

Always a great place to go. Good food. always friendly. Highly recommend giving it a try

Great place for a lot of different flavored margaritas and great selection of tacos also they have happy hour Monday through Thursday 3pm to 7pm $5 dollar house margaritas and $1 off all beers read more

This new restaurant in Thomaston is awesome. The location is very convenient to Route 8. The staff and owners are great. As far as the food, I always have different meals and am not displeased with any of the choices make. Don't bypass...check it out!!! read more

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The skinny - Food is OK Tex-Mex - if you are hungry, you can't go wrong. The burgers are a above average. Noise level and TV distractions abound. There are more TVs there than a production studio. I don't need to watch 3 flavours of sports (then again, it is better than watching The FOX Propaganda Network brought to you by a fellow Aussie ). You need to seat yourselves away from the speakers if you want to have a conversation with your fellow diners. Keep the TV in the friggin' bar, get rid of the Karaoke & band on Saturday. Good selection of brews on tap. Full bar. Menu prices are reasonable. The location was a "black hole" for failed restaurants, some good, some not so. Hopefully this joint will do better. The Senor Panchos in Monroe was/is pretty good, so we're hoping that Thomaston will get a decent place. read more

Had steak with peppers onions and cheese sauce tonight. Absolutely delicious!!! The atmosphere, people, and food make this place a very enjoyable evening out!! read more

Went last night for dinner. The service was excellent and the house margaritas were divine. The food was exceptional!! We will be going back. The tableside guacamole was worth it. Perfect noise level and it was nice to have the fireplace going. read more

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Food here is delicious but this is the second time I ordered soft tacos and explicitly requested NO CILANTRO. I asked at least 3 times with each order. I even heard the man who took my order tell the chef not to put any cilantro on anything, yet both times, when I got home I found a ton of cilantro all throughout the entire taco fillings. SO MUCH CILANTRO it seemed as if they deliberately added extra. There was so much of it that it took me 40 minutes to pick it all out, and by then the tacos were thoroughly cold and unappetizing. I don't know why they can't handle a simple request but they can't. I want my money back. read more

Had a groupon type thing. The food is okay. The beer list is okay, the margaritas are okay. The table side guacamole is very yummy!!! I'm just not easily impressed by the Mexican restaurants in CT. Not since visiting out west, I will say the most authentic & Best tacos I've gotten since I came back to CT was at a food truck by the Waterbury mall. read more

i ordered some build your own tacos with chicken... the chicken was pink and purple and had a weird taste, the next day i woke up with mild food poisonin... disappointed bc this is the first time ive had an issue with them. read more

Senor Pancho's, Thomaston is awesome! The service is great, and the food is delicious. The bartenders are very attentive. read more

Senor Panchos Thomaston - Mexican Near Me - Thomaston, Connecticut

This is my local Mexican restaurant and they have awesome Mexican food and appetizers. The drink special are good but individual drinks can be a bit pricey. Scott always takes good care of me and have never had a problem with his service. read more