If you're searching for the best Mexican food in Des Plaines, look no further than Los Azares…read moreMexican Grill. Their Mixed Fajitas are one of the best meals I've had--perfectly seasoned shrimp, steak, and chicken with fresh veggies, plus all the sides you could want. Everything tasted fresh and authentic. I'll definitely be back again soon!

Wow! This was a great experience!…read more This is one of the cleanest restaurants I've visited. Not just in Mexican dining. The food portions are generous and the flavor is fantastic. You can taste how fresh the ingredients are. We had the steak and shrimp fajitas (requested combo) and the mole enchiladas (also requested). The kitchen is accommodating to orders and staff is very friendly. Why did I take a pic of the shrimp? Look how well they butterflied the shrimp! So clean! Flavor and juiciness is on point! I have trouble finding finer dining with this attention to detail on the shrimp. Totally worth the value of the dish. We will definitely be back. Please support this great restaurant.

Came here for lunch on a weekday with a group. It was busy but had no problems getting a table…read more Service was prompt and helpful . Food was absolutely fantastic. Loved the quesabirria, pastor, tostadas . Table salsa was nice and a little chunky with some heat . I like having the bottles of red and green sauce handy as well. My own place for improvement is you can't order a small consome to go w one birria taco. The smallest option is 6 oz and cost the same as the taco. I like to mix and match my tacos and didn't want to get the whole dinner . Overall great authentic spot and I can't wait to come back

Food is pretty good! Service was attentive n very friendly…read more Small spot but huge in service and quality!

Great taco place! We like the steak tacos and the seasoned pork tacos! We also like the tortas…read more Always fresh and hot!

I came here based on yelp reviews and the location near O'Hare airport. We got a shredded chicken…read morequesadilla and shrimp and grilled chicken burrito. The complimentary chips and salsa were okay though the salsa was quite watery. The quesadilla was outstanding with a slightly grilled and smoky flavor that was wonderful. The burrito was good but no better than Chipotle. The dining room is basic, more like an elementary school cafeteria. Portions were reasonable and prices no bargain.

The portions were generous and the food delicious. The sopes were perfection. Just the right…read morebalance of crunch and dense. Burrito dinners were also excellent.

After dropping off my family at Ohare I wanted to eat breakfast and found Los Chapines Tortelleria…read moreand it was amazing. The desayuno chapin was delicious!! The breakfast was exactly what I ate growing up. The flavor was there! The service was great they were friendly and several options. Love finding new Guatemalan restaurants!

I was actually pretty impressed by this place! This is more of a 4.5 star review, but I can bump it…read moreup because maybe it was just a "bad night". If you are looking for a good ol Mexican place, this is the place for you! They do take reservations and are pretty sizable. We went on Saturday night which was a bit crazy. It was very crowded and we were concerned about the service. While the service was a little bit on the slower side and we were there for almost 90 minutes, all the food came out hot and delicious. I got the Enchiladas in Mole Sauce which was excellent. It also came with a soup or salad which was a nice surprise. I went with the black bean soup which was great! If there was any downside, my House Margarita tasted a little weird. I probably could have complained, but I kept with it. Pretty good size, but I think there was a little too much tequila in it! Either way, this place isn't inexpensive, but you do get quite a bit of food and everybody at my table enjoyed their meal. Sometimes thats enough! This is a great icon in this part of Chicago/Rosemont.

Oh, Maria's, Maria's, Maria's! What happened? Maria's has…read morealways been a go-to place, but I don't plan on going back anytime soon. We were seated pretty quickly. It was surprisingly not very busy. We got there a little later, but 9pm on a Saturday night? Seemed odd that it wasn't busier. The server didn't greet us for quite a while. She didn't initially bring us chips and salsa. We placed our order then later comes back to the table and says, "you don't want chips?" We told her that we did. (Maybe the busboy dropped the ball on that.) Now, I've been going there for years, and usually get the steak dinner. Last night, I wanted to try something different so I ordered the taco dinner. There were two meat choices...chicken and ground beef. I opted for the ground beef. What I received was a mushy mess!!! Mushy ground beef with potatoes mixed in, topped with cheese, lettuce and tomato with a side of rice and refried beans. I waited for the waitress to come back to ask her if perhaps she got my order wrong. I really just wanted some traditional tacos. But since it took her so long and I was hungry... I started to eat the tacos. I really tried to eat them, but I couldn't. When she finally came back, she explained that they only come "American style," and the only tacos that come with onion and cilantro are the pork tacos. Well, I wish I would've known. She didn't offer or ask if I would like something else. The tacos were a mushy mess and absent of flavor, and the rice and beans tasted like they came from the bottom of the barrel that was sitting out all day. Honestly, I've gotten better Mexican food from the "roach coach" back in the day when I worked in a factory. The lighting was also weird. It kept dimming and getting brighter. Dim, bright, dim, bright. It sort of bugs me to do this review because Maria's was always one of those place we loved going to....not anymore. P. S. We went for dinner there last month, and it was less than stellar as well.

Nice spot and beautiful decor on the ceiling inside. Warm chips and salsa are offered when you sit…read more Kids Steak Quesadilla: good, but a few pieces of steal were tough for my son to chew. Nice that they give an ice cream dessert. Enchiladas: good portion, my son tried mole that was spread on top for the first time, he didn't like it, but it doesn't mean it wasn't good, just something new he didn't enjoy. Cactus taco: they made it right. Nice texture with the crispy beets on top. Fish taco: this was ok, it fell apart bc there were so many tomatoes on top the juice softened the corn tortilla. Salad: good but they didn't have many dressing options and the one that came with it didn't have much flavor to add. Overall, cute spot, price is a bit higher here. They have many seafood entrees, seems to be what many guests ordered so maybe thats popular here. Service was good. No issues and things came out timely.

While in town for a work seminar, the front desk assistant at my hotel recommended this place with…read morea personal rave review. So, I stopped in during the week, just after lunch time and found this little hole-in-the wall of a restaurant conveniently nestled in a shopping center next to the local Walmart. Even though I walked in and the restaurant was completely empty, the pure vibrancy of the decor and the cheerfulness of the staff encouraged me to stay. Not to mention that the aroma making its way out from the kitchen was absolutely mouth-watering. I took a seat at the bar while I perused the menu and was delighted in the simplicity of it. You know the food is about to be fire when the menu is simple and a restaurant focuses on what it does well. In addition to the excellent service, the food was absolutely phenomenal. I started off with some chips and salsa.... which was delightfully flavorful and perfectly crisp. Then, I had a bowl of the tortilla soup. Each spoonful was like deja vu. Each bite made me feel like I was in my grandmother's kitchen as a little girl all over again. The broth was perfectly seasoned and each bite came with a chunk of chicken and an assortment of veggies... truly perfecto! Once I was done with the appetizers, I made my decision to try two tacos from the menu. The first was a salmon taco--and it didn't TASTE FISHY. It was grilled to perfection and then paired with an unexpected yet delicious topping of crispy potato strings and chipotle aioli. I ate every bite of this. It was the perfect combination of crunch and flavor, I just couldn't get enough. Then I also ordered the carne asada a cabron taco. Simple, yet dynamically flavorful. I was so full at this point but took this one home to eat at a later time. Still as amazing as the day I ordered it i'm sure. While I neglected to have any desserts or margaritas here, I was assured that they are just as remarkable as anything else. I had a wonderful meal, excellent service and I greatly look forward to going back if i'm ever in the area again for work. 10/10 Highly recommend!!

What an Amazing find!!! Loved the friendly atmosphere!! The staff sang Happy Birthday to a 100 year…read moreold women !!! The special Brisket Birria was juicy and flavorful!! Can't beat a Margarita at Happy Hour! Wonderful stop for Awesome tacos and drinks before concert at AllState Arena! Thanks for making us feel right at home in your family owned business. The staff rocked!!! We will definitely be back!!

This was a to go order that I picked up since my parents live so close. I eat out a lot and visit a…read morelot of restaurants and this is the first time ever that I've been charged a $2 container fee??? Charge me something reasonable if u want but a $1 per container is ludicrous! Anyways, I ordered the quesadilla and a carnitas taco and beef taco. The quesadilla came in 3 pieces but were all stuck on top of each other so it wasn't packaged properly to go. The carnitas and beef tacos were kinda bland and just included a little lettuce and bits of tomato. Maybe the rest of the menu is better dining in but I wasn't impressed with the order to go. Although the owners mother who greeted me was very nice. So I'll give it another chance dining in since it's so close.

The only words I can think to start off with: Just wow. I didn't have high expectations when my…read morefamily and I stopped in. Situated in the far corner of a shopping complex, La Autentica Donita is pretty unassuming. Lined with colorful flags, plants, and string lights, the restaurant has a cute but vibrant atmosphere. Upon entering the party starts, with music blaring and drinks flowing, you know you're about to have a great experience when you see the happy faces of other guests. The drinks looked amazing, but we came here for the food. Recommended by staff was the ceviche & molcajetes -- they weren't kidding when they said those were good. We were so full when eating but kept going back for more as the flavor was addicting. The ceviche, made with tilapia, came out shaped like a fish -- an extremely cute way of plating that caught our attention inmediately. The flavor was amazing, not too fishy, perfectly paired with citrus, and minced small enough that we weren't left chewing our seafood for long. This paired perfectly with the accompanied chips, or if you're me, just eat it by the spoonful because it was that good and refreshing. The molcajete was....insane. You can't go wrong with flame grilled meat piled high in a stone bowl, but each piece had it's own flavor and was so delicious. Though served with homemade tortillas to make your own wrap, I couldn't stop myself from just grabbing the meat on its own. This was the first time I tried cactus as well, and to my surprise it had just as much flavor as the meat. The salsa that is poured on top of all the meat pools at the bottom of the molcajete after your meal, making for a great treat at the end with some rice. Speaking of rice, their rice is perfectly fluffy and has great flavor as well. I'm typically not a fan of beans but I couldn't stop eating the ones that accompanied our meal...how did they season everything so perfectly? I also ordered the enchiladas oaxaqueñas (mole), but ultimately was served the verdes. This wasn't a big deal for me and I didn't even bring this up since I devoured my plate anyway, but after reading a few reviews have found out that they often are out of the mole sauce and possibly just served me the green sauce for that reason. Something to be aware of in case you were set on trying their mole! All in all, this restaurant packs flavor, quality, and great service. Staff was always attentive and I wish I lived closer to try more items.

The food was really good! Great and friendly service. We will definitely be going backread more

Excellent Circuses, service was good, we had reservations so was seated promptly…read more Food was good but overpriced. Drinks were smaller than expected for that price. The decor was second to none Asians the Bar and restaurant area had nice wall decoration and ceilings had dahlias hanging - nice touch. First time visitor should say that so wait staff may recommend items. This menu, we were told was fairly new so if you been here before, the menus are also in this review. Cheers!

Food: 4 stars Service: 2 stars…read more My husband and I made a reservation for 6:30 on a Friday night for the Patio. This restaurant is downtown Mount Prospect along the Metra tracks. They have a nice sized outdoor seating area. The inside also looked cute. We were excited to see that they had a singer. At first he sang mostly Spanish songs but then switched to various songs and genres. He was very good. I'm not sure if he's a regular performer there or not though as this was our first time. We were seated and looked over the menu. We ordered chips and salsa (great chips and salsa btw). Then we ordered Dahlia margaritas. Chips and salsa came out quickly. Then we waited and waited and waited for our drinks. I saw a guy walking around with 2 not very appealing looking margaritas. He unsuccessfully attempted to deliver them to multiple tables, then finally came to our table and said "2 traditional margaritas" and we said no, we ordered Dahlia margaritas and he goes "Oh ya these are Dahlia margaritas." I looked at the margaritas and they had no salt and just looked meh. We kind of hesitated and he was like with no salt? And we were said no, we said salt. So we sent them back. Guys, I NEVER send things back...ever. Then we waited some more and finally the correct drinks were brought to us. We ordered our food, shrimp tacos and steak tacos. Then we were just chatting and we realized it had been awhile since we ordered. It was busy so we kind of just shrugged it off. Then our server came over and apologized that it was taking so long and said it should be out soon. We waited and waited and waited. We noticed that no one else around us seemed to be having delayed service. Then some girl who looked about 18 came over and apologized for the wait and asked if she could get us anything.... I wanted to say our food, but I did not. No joke, we waited 45 minutes for our tacos. All that was offered was a "sorry for the delay". When our food came we had to ask for silverware and then also ordered another round of margaritas (also side note the Dahlia Margarita is just meh and not worth the higher price). Our margaritas took 15 minutes. We were almost done with our dinner by the time they arrived. The shrimp tacos were really good minus the crazy amount of oil that dripped out while eating them. I held them sideways to try to drain as much out as I could. My husband enjoyed his steak tacos. Over $100 for 4 margaritas and 2 taco meals. Which is the standard nowadays. I will say the only reason we will not be returning is because of the service and the fact that they didn't seem to care that the service was so poor. Otherwise this would be a new favorite place of ours.

The service and food is consistently A+. Staff deserves a raise. If you haven't been to this…read morerestaurant or location, you sleepin.. wake up. Authentic Mexican food that's not spicy or salty, just made with love and flavor. My goal here is to try everything on the menu I had Tostadas, The Camerons, Belly Bowl, Birria, Al pastor tacos etc. Worth every dollar & tip. Thx Place sitting in the back on a uphill street curb so don't miss your turn.

More of a 3.5 and that's because of the horchata. The horchata was sweet and creamy but it had a…read moreslight chalky aftertaste that I could not get pass. I ordered online for pickup and burrito with double rice, elote and horchata. I should have not assumed they had silverware in the bag and checked my order. I got back to my hotel and there was no double rice and no fork. I couldn't go back because they would be closed by then. The burrito was solid and full which I enjoyed. The elote was just okay could have used more of the cheese. Looks like a decent place to dine in but it had a very terrible smell when I went it. Overall it feed me but not the most satisfying job of that.