Always a great place to go when you don't want to travel to far for dinner. Service is always fast and Hot.. Friendly Staff Great update/remodel of the place A large selection to pick from!!! The Chicken/Cheese and Rice is always a hit I love the Paella.. they add cheese sauce now!!! Plenty of chips and Salsa )a bit too spicy for me. And a bowl of cheese dip!! read more

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Excellent food and fast service. The food has always been exactly what we ordered. The chimichangas are delicious!

This place never fails to have the best service and the best food !!! It was tough to decide which one to mention first!!! The serving staff is on top of all your refill needs or desire to have other items added to the table!! read more

If I want fast food experience, I'll go to Taco Bell. I don't like the new setup. I don't like the order counter. You lose the personal interaction with the wait staff. read more

We order takeout from Tequila's often. My wife is recovering from an illness so we are less likely to go dine in the restaurant. Tequila's is not fancy Mexican food, but we find it to be very consistent, fresh food that is always tasty. Never a bad experience and always ready when I get there to pick it up. The staff there is always super nice. Every order gets a healthy portion of nacho chips and salsa - and the salsa is a thin salsa the way I like it - not overly chunky. Tequila's is a clean place and when the wife recovers we will plan to go back to dining in. A staple in Columbia, IL. read more

You now have to order at counter which is fine, while the restaurant was clean I noticed there was not 1 thing hung on wall for decoration. I have eaten here many times, I always order the same thing and am never disappointed. The staff is friendly and feel the cost is acceptable read more

So disappointed..normally our go to for Mexican, but now they aren't a full service restaurant with complete wait service. We won't be going back. The Columbia Tequillas did the same thing a couple of years ago and I won't go there to eat in anymore there either. Sorry, but I'll go to taco bell or qdoba if I want to go to the counter to order my food and get my own drinks. read more

They raised the price of their Sunday buffet. Which is fine but the food should reflect the price. Majority of hot food was cold to Luke warm at best. Food was good, would have been much better if it was hot. Staff was great as always. read more

Party of 7 was seated immediately inside and the service was very speedy from chips, salsa, and water arriving. We had three separate checks, 2 pitchers of margaritas, and a variety of entrees (basically the same seven ingredients arranged differently). All were served within a reasonable time frame and generous portions. Margaritas are strong and everything tasted good except the chili relleno which was terrible--a greasy soggy not very tasty mess. The monster sized entrees are enough for a second meal the next day. read more

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Good food and service! We love the outdoor seating area! Sometimes they have music playing! Great place for fun on the weekends! read more

Tequila Mexican Restaurant - Margaritas and Queso! - Mexican Near Me - Waterloo, Illinois

Old faithful! This is our go to local Mexican restaurant. DRINKS: The Margs are not weak like some other chain restaurants. If you like them a little less sweet go with Cadillac and if you like flavored ask for strawberry banana on the rocks ( it's not on the menu but it's amazing.) The prices for drinks are no bad here, but if you're looking for a even better deal go on a Thursday for the pitcher special. APPS: Our faves AKA everyone's faves- cheese dip, guac, queso fundido. FOOD: Ben and I usually share a entree and a pitcher of margs here. Some of our faves are the fajita quesadilla steak, Guadalajara special, pollo loco, and steak street tacos. If we aren't sharing we like the burrito al carbon steak. We have pretty much had it all here and it doesn't disappoint. SERVICE: The food is always quick and hot. Service is good too. ENVIRONMENT: I like the Waterloo location because of the covered patio. Columbia has some seats outside now too, but I'm not sure if that is permanent. BRUNCH??? They have a brunch buffet on Sundays. read more

Tequila Mexican Restaurant - Margaritas - Mexican Near Me - Waterloo, Illinois

The food is good, I recommend the Paella. However, came here to say that Brett is awesome. He did a great job making sure all of our needs were met! read more

Everything went well. This is the best Mexican place ever. The food is so good and the service.

Stopped in on MLK day. The food was great and at a good price. The chips were fresh and hot. The salsa had great flavor with just the right spice and hotness. My son really enjoyed his Monster Steak Burrito. It must have been delicious because he tried to eat the whole thing, which is enormous. My husband said his Enchiladas Suprema was delicious too. And, I really enjoyed the flavor of my Chicken Chimichanga. The molted chocolate cake is good, but their flan is delicious! read more

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Good food at a decent price and the service was good too. There was nothing amazing over the top great but all the food was tasty and there was nothing wrong with anything we had, just a solid Mexican joint and a good bang for your buck. read more

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I saw the negative reviews, but I'd disagree. Maybe we got lucky, but we really enjoyed everything. Margaritas were great. The Pina Colada was great. The chips were great. I suppose the salsa was reminiscent of Casa Gallardo's (back in the day)....watered down and kinda "cheap", but still tasty enough, so I guess that would be the blemish for us. Fajitas for 2? Woulda been plenty for 4! So happy with how those turned out. Bonus....ask for the hot salsa. It's not outrageously hot, but it is very flavorful. And the waitstaff was great. Even the bathrooms were extremely nice. We really enjoyed ourselves today. Good job. read more

This restaurant has some pretty amazing food! I really enjoy the enchiladas they serve. It is very loud here anytime you come so be prepared for that but overall it's well worth every penny. read more

Coming from California and being a mexican american, this place is sadly not serving authentic mexican food. I will say their chips were delicious. I had the burrito suiza... all I can say is false advertisement!!! What i was served was a tortilla with only meat drizzled with melted quezo dip and beans on the side. So disappointed with the food, I can't believe they call that a burrito. read more

This was, at most, okay. Not a lot of flavor in the food. I realize that places may tone down spiciness to appeal to more people, but they've toned it out completely. read more

Tequila Mexican Restaurant - Shrimp Fajitas - Mexican Near Me - Waterloo, Illinois

Thanks good eats and good service , the menu is large enough, just which they had pork chops Plus other cheese dips read more

Last night was girls night out. Monday through Wednesday 20 oz margaritas for $3.99 Heck yeah It never takes long after you sit down for chips and salsa to appear White cheese is extra but worth it My friend had a the veggie fajitas The smell and sizzle was just as good as the food I had the nachos Great drinks and dinner Must go place for girls night out Bonus I spent less than $20 read more

If you like Mexican food this is a good place to eat it sometimes the service isn't great so be prepared for that.

On Saturday night we tried a pitcher of the coconut margaritas --- SOOOO GOOOOD!! They mix tequila infused with coconut and a few other lovely things. The ingredients are very high quality so it doesn't taste like suntan lotion. Order the "nachos fajita" alongside. See the pics I posted. Mmmmmmm... read more

Tequila Mexican Restaurant - Nachos fajita. Very good! - Mexican Near Me - Waterloo, Illinois

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Food was fair. Restaurant was cute. I had 2 beef tacos. They were just ground beef with lettuce & cheese on the side. No taco seasoning at all. Salsa was bland not spicy at all. read more

Tequila Mexican Restaurant - Food was just ok. Restaurant was cute. - Mexican Near Me - Waterloo, Illinois

I have eaten at Teliquias before and really enjoyed it. Last night was not one of those times. We showed up at about 8:30 (they close at 10) and wanted to grab a snack. We ordered guacamole, 2 orders of cheese dipping sauce, and a burrito dinner to share. When the server found out that we were not all ordering a dinner, you could tell by the look on his face that he was writing us off. Sure enough, he dropped off the items we ordered, stopped off 30 seconds later to ask about the food and then disappeared. We did not see him again until he dropped off the check. He didn't stop by to check on us, didn't offer to refill our drinks, and didn't offer to refill the chips so that we could finish the food that we had ordered--you know the guacamole and cheese sauce that require chips to eat. The server simply vanished. This was, without a doubt the worst service I have ever had at a restaurant. You might want to consider one of their other locations. read more

I loved tequilas at one point. We even had our rehearsal dinner here. Since the new building it hasn't been good. Prices are $4 more. My son and I just ate there and it was $30. The buffet isn't the greatest but I love cheese sauce and they didn't have it this time. No direction. I'd say are time of going there is over. Inflation is high due to buying a 600k building for a 100k business. read more

Got there before the dinner rush so food arrived quickly. Everyone in the party got large portions of their desired dishes. I personally had the Monster Burrito (steak), and was very impressed. The service was pretty good. I plan on going again soon. read more

Never going back to this restaurant ever again after finding Casa Romero (old DQ) just down the road. Honestly I'm not sure how tequilas stays open with them as their immediate competition; their food is so much better, and their prices are super fair. In a nutshell tequilas food isn't very good, at best, and they always mess up a call in order for take out...always. Their workers at the front most of the time seem agitated/grumpy, sometimes making you feel like a inconvenience. Overall, the handful of times we gave this place a chance it was a very underwhelming experience. Thankfully there is another option in the same area, so I don't have to St. Louis for good Mexican food. read more

First time here, guess they were having a buffet cause it is Sunday and they are catching the post church crowed. Staff was friendly and restaurant was clean, especially the bathrooms which is a big plus. We decided to try the buffet and it was good. The guacamole was good. read more

This place sucks. I've had better service at McDonald's than I've had here. I ordered a monster chimichanga and there was a hair in my food, instead of apologizing and offering to discount my meal, they responded extremely rude and acted as though this incident was my fault. I hadn't even eaten three bites. The service was terrible and barely anyone spoke English, and I had to pay full price for a meal and then extra to fix their mistake that totally ruined my night out. I will not be returning, would give 0 stars if I could read more

Always great food! The best margaritas! But if you want quiet sit in the bar area, the restaurant is pretty noisy.

I have never posted a negative review. Waterloo Tequilas is worthy of my time. I consider myself a regular as I pickup food about 3 times a month from them. Unfortunately I am done. Today I placed a to go order and this is the 3rd time in a row my order has been wrong. I called to request a refund for the items I did not receive and they refused!! Not only was my order missing items, the tacos only had meat and lettuce, no cheese. I also inquired about this and the manager told me he forgot. I will never ever go back. Done. Regret I left a tip. read more

Been eating at Tequilas for years, excellent food, service has always been good as well. Can be busy at times but that's expected when the food is good. read more

I was in the area and decided to give Tequila's a try. The service was adequate. Fresh chips and salsa were average. I ordered the beef chimichanga and it came with the usual sides. I was a little disappointed in the size of the chimi. It was small and not very much to it. I guess this place is ok if it's the only mexican around. There was nothing about the experience or food that made me feel like I want to return. read more