Okay we went here after going to the miracle theater across the street. Now the service was slow, I ate like 2 1/2 helpings of free Salsa & Chips before we actually got our food. But let me tell you the food was Sooooooo Gooooood once we got it. Because I ate so much before my main course that after I finished the main course which was three Jerk Chicken Tacos.... I had the meat sweats + we had drinks too of course. Overall the food was delicious as well as the Salsa that came with the Chips. It has an upstairs dining room as well, and part of it is outside which was pretty cool. But like I said; The food & drinks was bomb, So you'll definitely be doing your stomach some justice. My only beef is that we waited along time for our food, but other than that it was a good food experience! read more

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I think this restaurant pays attention to their reviews. We went there on a Saturday evening for dinner, despite the negative reviews. THIS PLACE IS AWESOME! From the moment we walked in, we were greeted by the host and got seated very quickly. Our waiter (Adrian) cam to the table and greeted us and was very attentive to our questions . We asked what was the most popular dish and he honestly said....IM PRETTY NEW HERE AND I DONT HAVE MANY RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT I CAN GET SOMEONE TO COME OVER TO GIVE YOU SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.........he brought over the OWNER!!! The owner is a very nice man and YES, he made some good recommendations. WE got our food ordered and it took a lil while to come but was well worth it!! We had the Old Bay wings and Corn Ribs for appetizers (Both are VERY GOOD). For the main meal, we had beef quesadilla, Jerk chicken tacos and smoked beef birria tacos. Let me tell you .....GET THE SMOKED tacos!!!! The jerk chicken taco was very flavorful, but it was only chicken, sauce, and avocados. I was expecting a little more inside (onions, cabbage, etc.). The quesadilla came out covered in pico, cream, and cilantro. Looked more like a salad to me, lol. This restaurant is a very nice spot and the overall atmosphere is not bad at all. I would definitely recommend this place. Just don't come if your in a rush and hurry to eat. Sit back and enjoy...... read more

A fun spot with a rooftop! Unfortunately, we weren't able to enjoy the rooftop because it became very crowded by a large party. Nonetheless, we enjoyed the lower level. Happy Hour drinks prices were under $10, a steal! They offered HH bites but were limited on what was available. However, the menu was also under $10. Our waiter worked really hard as did the busboy, but sadly some of the food came out extremely late and some of the drinks were forgotten. And while this part of the service can be improved, I would say that their drinks and food were enjoyable. House Margarita: refreshing and delicious Chicken tacos: the flavor on the chicken was incredible Aside from the poor service, which we heard they are in the process of improving, I would visit again and see whether it's worth my continued support. read more

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First stop on our Cinco Demayo journey...Great place for out of the gate. Relaxed environment, with b p th adults and children. Full Bar, with broad choice of foods. Everything was fresh and absolutely delicious...our challenge was to keep some room in our stomachs to be able to eat and drink at the next few stops. We managed to beat the crown...we had reservations and was immediately seated upon arrival. They provide guacamole and chips (free) once seated...by the way it was absolutely delicious...clearly made in house and served warm. There was off street parking....However, it is DC a few blocks from Navy Yard...so if driving, pack your patience. Definitly calls for a repeat visit. BTW, the wings ...let me put it this way...I would drive there just to get an order of the wings. read more

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The food was amazing I ordered the fajita with jerk chicken 10/10 The service was amazing but it took us 2-3 times to keep asking for our drinks cause we waited a while but the ambiance was lit good just atmosphere and love the out door seating. read more

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I'm on 8th Southeast (Capitol Hill S.E.), & I saw this interesting sign for a restaurant. I decided to pull up just to see what this spot was about!! So...LET'S GO!! . Where I am: @theflyingmexicanrestaurant . Location Reviewed: 514 8th St., S.E. Washington D.C. . Items Reviewed: STAMP!! Their Mexican Pizza ($14 with chihuahua cheese, chorizo, Fresno peppers, pico de gallo, crema, & cotija cheese). Crunchy, & meaty, with super fresh toppings!! STAMP!! Their Mocktail Drinks ($12 each for their Strawberry Mint Lemonade, & their Mexican't Margarita). Both refreshing, tasty, & wet!! STAMP!! Their Boneless Chicken ($7 each for 9 pieces, with their Mumbo Pineapple, & Sweet n Spicy Korean Chicken). The Korean joints were sweet with heat...STAMP!! The Mumbo jonts were mild & sweet LIKE THAT!! LIKE THAT! Their Sweet & Spicy Shrimp ($19 half a pound of grilled shrimp in their sweet n spicy sauce). Nicely seasoned, & plentiful!! STAMP!! Their Bone in Wings ($11 each with 6 wet Lemon Pepper Wings, & 6 Spicy Orange Wings). Crispy sweet orange wings, STAMP!! Lemony tasty lemon pepper wings, LIKE THAT! STAMP!! Their Fried Shrimp ($20 with 10 Buffalo sauces fried shrimp with ranch dressing). Lightly fried, well sauced, tasty!! STAMP!! Their Esquites ($12 grilled corn with chipotle mayo, cotija cheese, tajin, & cilantro). Fresh grilled corn, tasty, a great app! STAMP!! Their Queso Fundido ($20 with sizzling chihuahua cheese, tortilla chips, & chorizo). Cheesy, with that salted pork!! STAMP!! Their Corn Ribs ($12 sliced corn on the cob with tajin, cotija cheese, & chipotle mayo). Siced corn on the cob!! But good good!! Their Tacos STAMP!! Their Smash Burger Taco ($13.25 for 2 with pico, special sauce, lettuce, & cheese). A burger in a tortilla!! STAMP!! STAMP!! Their Oaxaca Pulled Pork Taco ($13.25 for 2 with marinated pork, onions, crispy cheese, & cilantro sauce). Well seasoned, cheesy, & smoky!! STAMP!! Their Fajita Shrimp Taco ($13.25 for 2 with onion peppers, & a mango salsa). Sweet, & spicy, fulfilling, & tasty!! STAMP!! Their Mexican Bananas Foster ($14 with fried plantains, caramel, Mexican chocolate, & strawberry cheesecake sauce). Warm, sweet, & delicious!! Customer Service: On Point. . Parking: Rough!! . Recommendations: Get anything i STAMPED!! . Accessibility: It's is wheelchair friendly, & it's differently abled persons friendly. 5 Stars=STAMP 4 1/2 Stars=LIKE THAT 4 Stars=DELICIOUS 3 Stars=DECENT 2 Stars=PASS 1 Star=NAH #Bigschlimsreviews read more

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Came here with a friend for Happy Hour (4pm to 7pm btw) and really enjoyed it! They have frozen Margaritas for $5 all day until Oct 31st. We have been sipping on those since we've been here. The service here is great. Wait staff is very attentive & kind (our server is Dan/ Daniel). The ambiance is pretty typical of a Mexican restaurant. But I do love the nod to Mexican professional wrestling (lucha libre). As a wrestling fan, I greatly appreciate it. We only ordered the Ceviche. My friend wasn't a fan but I did enjoy it a bit more. I think if it was less sweet (without tangerine in it), it would be awesome. It's walking distance from Eastern Market metro station so it would be ideal to go that route. I will likely come here again to explore thw menu. read more

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We visited The Flying Mexican on Tuesday evening for a taco Tuesday outing. We arrived at 5pm to a fairly empty restaurant. We were seated immediately at a small half booth in the front. There were only two servers and it took a long time to put in our drink order. We said we wanted tacos but she never came back, I had to flag her down. While we waited I noticed the small plates on our table had hair on them so we asked for new plates and when those came they had food stuck to them ... definitely not a good impression. My partner then ordered a double on the rocks the double came with no rocks and no lines and we never got to order. By 6:48 we made the decision to take our food to go and close out. We went with the shrimp fajita and jerk chicken tacos to go, both weee excellent buuuuuut probably would have been better in the restaurant! I would return for the tacos but be sure to order everything at once. They had a pretty extensive happy hour and the place gets packed! read more

The Flying Mexican - Mexican Near Me - Washington, DC, District of Columbia

Piss Poor service,manager is rude as well table came in after my party of 3 and got great service we waited extra long for food extra long to be seated and even longer fonsomeone to come back to us for out bill. food was a 4/10 a list of spots to not come back too! read more

We chose this restaurant because I love Mexican food and was starving after having a failed attempt for brunch at Matchbox. We waited forever for a place that had only 6 patrons in the entire place. The buffet was not a true buffet (in my opinion). However, The Flying Mexican was the saving grace. Our waiter was knowledgeable of the menu and his suggestio on point. The owner even came over to our table to see how we liked our meal read more

The food was amazing! My friend and I stopped in one random evening. The bartender and owner suggested a few things for us. We enjoyed it all! The queso was amazing! The drinks were tasty. The lighting was nice and low but enough to allow you to see everything. I would definitely go back again soon! read more

The Flying Mexican - Tacos and queso - Mexican Near Me - Washington, DC, District of Columbia

Went during all day happy hour on Tuesday. Even on happy hour food is overpriced for mediocre offerings. Service at the bar was atrocious - one bartender was making drinks for the whole bar, the whole dining room, and taking orders from people at the bar. The chips and salsa were disgusting - the chips were soaked in oil and under-fried, and the salsa was warm and tasted like Ragu out of a jar. I would not return. Pretty sure Google reviews are being incentivized somehow because this is nowhere close to a 5 star experience. read more

Definitely 10/10! Both Nuvia and Bryan have excellent customer service, they are friendly and helpful! They gave excellent suggestions, and did not stir us in the wrong direction. The drinks were delicious and Bryan is innovative with his shots and mixes! The steak is amazing!! the music is good! Definitely will be back!! read more

The Flying Mexican - Drinks - Mexican Near Me - Washington, DC, District of Columbia

The food and service were absolutely amazing! Everything was fresh, flavorful, and prepared perfectly. The staff was attentive, friendly, and made the whole experience even better. I'll definitely be coming back--highly recommend checking them out! read more

From the beginning, the service experience was thoroughly horrible. It started when we walked into the restaurant. My wife and I stood at the host desk less than 5 feet away as the host played on his phone for a solid 5 minutes before he even looked up. Several employees came and went to the front desk but the host just stood there on his phone while no one helped us. Finally, he looked up and saw us and had the nerve to act surprised like he didn't see us there. At last we were seated. It was another at least 5 to 7 minutes after that before the server came by to even greet us, let alone get app and drink order. We did get water and chips served by the food runner or busser though. While looking at my menu, I found food squished on the inside. So I used my napkin to wipe it and asked a server walking by if they could grab me another napkin. He apologized and said he would. He passed by several times but never brought the napkin. I later asked our server as well, but he never brought one. I ended up having to take another roll up from a different table. When our server finally did come to take our order, we ordered the whole order since we had plenty of time to look at the menu. We got a total of 3 apps and two drinks, as well as two entrees. We clearly explained to the server we wanted the apps out first as appetizers. Several long minutes later, the drinks came out. Several longer minutes after that, the entrees came out with one of the apps (esquites). Can I say, those esquites were extremely salty. We couldn't even eat them. Thoroughly horrible. When asked where the other two apps were, we were told they would come soon. They finally came after we were completely done eating and ready to go. Like we both ordered another round of drinks but still no apps. Every time the server came to the table, we knew we wouldn't see him for at least 10 to 15 minutes. Without exaggerating, we spent far more of our disjoint experience waiting for service to happen than we did enjoying the visit and eating. The server at this point knew we were frustrated and offered to get the manager, to which we replied yes. The manager, whose name we later learned was Mike NEVER came! We waited for about 20 to 30 minutes. The server felt so bad he comped a solid half our bill and gave us complimentary tequila shots. While the atmosphere was pretty cool with the lamp covers being masks an overall nice ambiance, the service was HORRIBLE! The server seemed to just have too many tables, which left little time to take care of any of them well. And the manager was clearly too busy to think about customer service. In top of that, the food was just mediocre. We will NEVER come back here again. read more

Delicious, interesting take on Mexican food in a low key environment. Service was welcoming and friendly. Note- if you use the app to order, you will tip before you receive service. Good thing the service was good! read more

I order the taco plates through uber eats and the description said it came with nice and beans. Neither taco plate had rice or beans on them. No phone number to call this restaurant and ask about what happened read more

They need to update the hours on the Internet yesterday they which was Thursday. They closed at 10 o'clock because they didn't have any customers but on the website they say they stay open till midnight and then the kitchen was already That may be like 9 o'clock, the staff was clean up with dirty water and a nasty mop the floors was so stick!!!! I that for lunch time!!!! or call and see if they still open!!!! read more

Service and ambiance is great! I really loved the bartender. She was really good! Customer service was really good.

We waited over an hour of our food. Once it arrived some was cold. Poor young lady who was our server, hostess and busboy! She was so kind but over worked. Poor management and under staff. Enter at your own risk! read more

I had such high hopes for this place, but it looks like the curse of this location is catching up. Service today was horrible for some reason. The salsa that came with the chips was piping hot? Ordered the queso as an appetizer, but it came out 15 minutes after my wife's entree (who to be fair asked for it immediately) and was not good at all (chalky is the best word I can use). My entree came out about 10 minutes after everyone else's entree came out and they were about finished eating. I ordered the fried fish tacos, which were decent, but no where close to being worth $11 each ($22 for two). Server never bothered to check if I wanted a refill on my soda that sat empty for the duration of my meal. It's because of things like this that I absolutely hate places that automatically charge 20% tip. Where's the incentive to provide good service? Why should they get rewarded for horrible service? This place is crazy overpriced for what you get. I do not plan on returning which is sad as this place is so close to where I live. read more