Cantina Margaritas Mexican Grill - Stanley

Stanley, 117 N Broadway St, Stanley, WI 54768, United States | ★ 4.3 (177 Review)

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Welcome to Cantina Margaritas Mexican Grill - Stanley, your local spot for authentic Mexican flavors right here in Stanley, WI. At our restaurant, we’re passionate about serving delightful dishes and creating a fun, inviting atmosphere. Enjoy our signature margaritas, savor the taste of authentic Mexican cuisine, and don’t miss out on our weeknight specials designed to please every palate. Since opening, we’ve been dedicated to bringing the vibrant flavors and a lively gathering place to our community. We invite you to drop by any day of the week for our special offers: Margarita Mondays, Taco Tuesdays, Enchiladas and Tropical Margarita Wednesdays, Thirsty Thursdays, and Mojito Fridays. Join us to enjoy great food, drinks, and company

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Joshua

★ 5

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Rodney Calkins

★ 4

It wasn't busy when we went. It was 6 of us all after work. And it took a while to get our food but the cook did come out and apologized to us and gave us some free dessert to make up for it. If in the area I would probably go back. I would give them another chance and see if it is any different

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Joyce Toman

★ 5

Great delicious food and timely service! Highly recommend! They really care about making their customers happy.

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Kora Spymonkey

★ 4

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Kimberly Clifton

★ 5

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Christa Rucker

★ 4

The birria tacos are absolutely amazing! Street tacos are also a favorite. They changed the cheese dip and now it’s legit just melted cheese with no seasoning/ taste. Go back to the old school cheese!

Otherwise service is always great, and the owner is super friendly

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Kris Claflin

★ 2

Stopped in for lunch today, took at least 10 min before anyone came to the table, ordered a soda and a beer, got the beer no soda. Salsa has no flavor, tasted like tomato sauce with onions and cilantro in it. Ordered cheese dip, beef nachos and steak fajitas. Food came, no cheese dip. Fajitas were full of Mexican flavor, beef nachos had no flavor at all. Waiter never once came back to check on us to see how the food was or if we needed anything and there were no patrons in the place. Definitely would not recommend at all

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Riley Lucas

★ 5

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Kaitlin

★ 5

Best restaurant around! The food was amazing and the music was fun. My kids loved it too!

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Marci Avila

★ 5

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Hepler Michael

★ 5

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Stevie Staats

★ 5

The vibe is super chill, the staff is friendly, and it just feels good being there. Whether I’m grabbing a quick bite or sitting down for a full dinner, it’s always a great experience.
If you love good Mexican food, definitely check it out—you’ll probably catch me there too!

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Renee Myers

★ 5

Really great food, service, and atmosphere. Good size portions and great price.

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leonda faanes

★ 5

Nice decor and music. The food and service was great. Will definitely be back

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Travis

★ 5

Went here for the first time. Excellent service, great food and reasonable. Will definitely come back and highly recommend

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Mad Simp

★ 4

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Pko Sosa

★ 1

Food is to expensive 5 dollars for a taco ?

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Wayland Johns

★ 5

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Stanley Dentistry

★ 5

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Denail Easter

★ 5

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Diana Aguilar

★ 1

Pésimo servicio

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Diane Oliver

★ 4

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Loretta Womack

★ 5

Amazing food. Big portions. Waitress was very nice. Inside restaurant was clean. Would recommend to friends and family.

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Erick Womack

★ 5

The food is delicious! Elva was a very sweet hostess....

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BDJ

★ 5

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Marcia DeLuca

★ 5

The food and service was outstanding. Stanley is lucky to have this wonderful restaurant.

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Scott Duley

★ 5

Food was delicious and great service I didn.

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The Lucky Wisconsin Gambler

★ 5

Good food and friendly staff

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Vicky Lopez

★ 4

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Cairn Clark

★ 5

My favorite Mexican food in Wisconsin. We stop here every time we're driving through. The corn tortillas are incredible and the carnitas is my favorite entree.

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Jose and Vicky Lopez

★ 4

Delicious food. Friendly staff. I was honestly surprised to see a place that served Mexican food and not just American style tacos in a really small town in the middle of Wisconsin (and not really close to any major city). We stopped there on a road trip and we were very pleasantly surprised. The waitress was so kind that she gave us a free order of sopapillas as well. Muchísimas gracias de la familia que vino desde Maryland con nuestros amigos locales.

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Jasmine “Jazee” Parenteau

★ 5

They are the nicest people 😄 always kind and accommodating. If you are passing through STANLEY, WI. give this place a try !!!

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Mindy Christianson

★ 5

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Red Bone

★ 5

Awesome food! Margaritas were phenomenal!. So nice to finally have good food!

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Melissa

★ 5

Really good food and friendly staff!! Will be back.

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Vivian Helt

★ 4

We will be back. Very kind folks and delicious food.

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Kaylea High

★ 5

Absolutely love going here! The staff and food are equally amazing. 100% recommend

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DK Larkee

★ 5

Amazing food & service. Wait staff went out of their way to make sure everything was fine. Gotta go now, I'm heading for a food coma!!!

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hailey moen

★ 5

This is our new favorite Mexican restaurant! We love that it's so close to where we live. It is hard to find such delicious Mexican food without driving to eau Claire or Wausau! I should have taken a before picture but the food is just so amazing that unfortunately I didn't get a chance so y'all get an after picture of the beef fajitas I destroyed. I love that the staff are just so awesome, kind, and always on top of their tables. Also last time we were there we got complimentary little fried chips with chocolate sauce on them and it was the perfect little end to the meal(this time we got the fried ice cream) I hope next time to try the tres leches for desert but it was out this time. Definitely recommend this restaurant!

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John Smit

★ 5

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kitty degrote

★ 1

Food and margaritas was not good. We wouldn't be going back

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Christina Pirik

★ 5

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Larry Witt

★ 2

In 2023, we ate there, and the food was awesome. Now, in Feb 2024, we stopped in again after a movie at the theater. The food for both of us was lukewarm at best. For a Friday, there weren't many customers. I guess others know. Too bad. It's a nice atmosphere.

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Captain Buzzkill Loyason

★ 5

Stopped in randomly, staying the week in Thorp and searched for restaurants and found this one, wow did we score!!!
They brought chips and salsa to the table and I asked for another salsa with hot sauce. I was told they don’t have it, so the chef came out and said he was making a spicy salsa for me, 🤯 smoky spicy flavor.
All four of us were blown away by how good the food was, I wanted a chorizo burrito and again, cook came out to clarify what I wanted, and it was spot on!!!!
I will eat here every time I come through here!

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Dicky Richard

★ 5

This is seriously one of the best restaurant experiences I have ever had. The service was absolutely fantastic, and the food was even better. 10/10 recommend to everyone.

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Sara Allen

★ 5

Amazing food, amazing service!

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William Moericke

★ 5

Great atmosphere, great service, as well as delicious food! Absolutely worth the drive into Stanley!

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Heather Sternitzky

★ 5

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Jordan Miland

★ 2

I hate to do this, this used to be my favorite place to eat in town. This was only a few months after they opened and the quality of the food was excellent. My favorite part about this restaurant is that they have options for picky eaters. My wife loves Mexican food whereas I typically don’t because I don’t like beans, onions, peppers, etc.

But the past year or so we’ve been ordering less frequently. I don’t know why, but the quality has fallen off. I’m only writing this to create awareness incase the owner of the company goes over reviews. They’re definitely starting to slide. Will continue a few more times to see if at any point they get back to their initial quality. Seems to me initially they may have been more passionate about the new business venture, but now the quality of the service and food says that it’s becoming more mundane. Stanley in my opinion is a fairly competitive restaurant market. Pretty much every restaurant in town has good offerings, need to be at the top of your game here with so many places to choose from.

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Lynn Schneider

★ 5

Excellent service! Nice friendly workers! Prompt service and good tacos! I hope Stanley appreciates this cute place!

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Sarah Hazuga

★ 4

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Karis Albrecht

★ 1

$4.29/ea. We ordered takeout and this is what we got with our meal. This is two whole sides of queso?

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Isaac Byler

★ 1

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Paul Gingerich

★ 1

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Chris Marion

★ 4

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Cody Lewit

★ 2

My family and I ordered food. The food was soggy. The bartender is amazing. I just think that they had a bad cook that day and then we had a reorder our food and it was still soggy again and we live four blocks away so hopefully that chef is either replaced or sober's up 102$ bill is way too much in the second order was even wrong

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Hayli Mattes

★ 5

Ten of us showed up around 2pm and they got us a table and had provided chips and salsa immediately. We decided to get two pitchers of strawberry and original margaritas. We all got enough for each of us plus more for those wanting a refill. We also ordered queso dip, guacamole, and one quesadilla. It was all fast and delicious.

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Stephanie J Kennedy

★ 4

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Rolando Villanueva

★ 5

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Barbara Hudson

★ 1

Didn't get the hard taco that I wanted. Requested a veggie taco. They used fajita veggies which I've had at other places and they are usually very good. This was not!! No flavor in the taco or the rice or beans. The waiter was very nice.

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Steve Kahl

★ 4

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Amy Murphy

★ 2

when I first started coming here the food was great. now the quality is down and alot of items are overly salty. I have to say not a great experience. also, the servers were not friendly. it used to be great

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Kaiya Korn

★ 1

I ordered thru DoorDash it said at least 20 minutes for it to ready. I came 10 minutes early and it was already sitting out cold. I got food poisoning as well.

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Katie Lafond

★ 5

Excellent fajitas! Staff was so welcoming and helpful! will be stopping in every time through Stanley Wi.

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Myrna Mcroberts

★ 5

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Susan Dunne

★ 5

wonderful

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Steven Jijón

★ 5

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Jon Hager

★ 5

Always a friendly atmosphere. Good food and great margaritas!

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Lexxis M

★ 5

Was so good! The staff was so nice too which just made the place stand out even more! Super quick service too!

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Brittany Story

★ 5

Food and staff were excellent.

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Jennifer

★ 5

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Jesse Salcido

★ 3

Tamales were subpar, and the salsa had very little flavor. That's unfortunate because the food is usually very good.

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Jason Meyer

★ 4

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Sue Sholes

★ 5

Great food and friendly staff, helpful with explaining menu options will come again

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Eric Hanson

★ 5

Good food

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Kevin Krall

★ 5

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Joe S.

★ 4

A small restaurant with a festive vibe. Food here is actually really good. I am a little concerned about the large menu. In my opinion, the menu should be simplified which makes viewing and choosing what you want much easier. The overall service is really good. My recent visit their the restaurant was running short staffed. But the staff that were there were working their tail’s off and got food out on time. I made sure I showed my gratitude with a generous tip.

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greg yadro

★ 4

Good food in a small town. Really liked the colorful decor.

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Eric Pilgrim

★ 5

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Brad Van Ert

★ 4

1st time visitor. Very good food

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Pete B

★ 2

Taco salad was more like a taco soup. Very Midwestern Mexican style food if you like that.

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Lorna Stuttgen

★ 5

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Dan Cleveland

★ 5

Good food reasonably priced. The staff is very friendly and helpful.

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Jennifer Winger

★ 5

Friendly staff and food came out quickly.

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Glen Roeder

★ 5

Sshhhh!!! If you keep telling everyone how great this place is, it's going to be impossible to get a table! The food and service are better than every other restaurant of its kind, and this is one our favorite places to go, but if we let everyone know that, people are going to start traveling here to visit this excellent place! So, let's just keep this between us.

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Jeff Violet

★ 5

This was a great treat. All of the served food for our family came out with good timing. The food tasted great and was authentic Mexican taste and quality. Fully satisfied with this restaurant and will return again.

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Candice Grunseth

★ 5

Delicious food and margaritas with friends!

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Cody Smith

★ 5

Great place great food friendly staff an workers

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Luke Whitesell

★ 5

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Randall Wolf

★ 5

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James McCoy

★ 5

This town had nothing thank God for this Cantina.

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Penny Pattee

★ 5

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Stacey Prazuch

★ 5

Great food dine in and take out!

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Keith Martin

★ 4

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Jazmin Gensrich

★ 5

Food wasn't bad for a small town. Service was excellent! Atmosphere was worth it all!!

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Howard Anderson

★ 5

Great food and service

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nancy mueller

★ 5

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Hannah Anglemyer

★ 5

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Margaret Gruzebeck

★ 3

I would've given a higher score. Out of four meals. Mine was cold steak tuff. Forgot part of order.

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B H

★ 5

Extremely delicious food. Great atmosphere & employees are very courteous & professional. Highly recommend everyone try it out.

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Vickie Dohms

★ 5

Love this place right down the street from me great people

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Alex Whitmire

★ 4

Kind of expensive

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James Bates

★ 4

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Shasta Devereaux

★ 5

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Jessica Millen

★ 4

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Teresa Zoromski

★ 5

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Eric Daniels

★ 5

They have lots on the menu. I had the Flag enchiladas good sample of the different flavors.The Jalapeno Margarita was very tasty.

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Aurelia Pérez

★ 2

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Judith Lato

★ 5

Excellent Food and Great Service! Very Friendly!

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reid Lau

★ 5

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mary brinkman

★ 5

Good food, good service.. just what we wanted after a long drive! Happy to see this place in Stanley.

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Angie Mathison

★ 5

Very happy with the flavor of the food, the friendliness of the service and the prices. So glad to have a local Mexican food restaurant!

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Michelle Maier

★ 5

Great service & the food was amazing as usual

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Jeriame Czubakowski

★ 5

Food is really good and service was awesome

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nicole pettit

★ 5

Food is aswome and the staff are veru

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Shelly Auman

★ 4

Watch your bill, got charged for supper prices not lunch 😒

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Cody Elite Outdoors

★ 5

I loved the food. I'll definitely be back there again. The staff were very nice aswell (they deserve a raise) all in all a great experience and very nice restaurant

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Gina Chaplinski

★ 5

Food was delicious and staff was friendly. AWSOME margaritas

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Carol Petrick

★ 2

Need waiters to speak/understand English. Wanted a Miller Lite. He had no idea, pointed to a drink card. Printed so very tiny. Gave up and ordered a water. They also need to clean their water lines. Food was good.

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Tamyra Dircks

★ 4

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Joyce Kubesh

★ 5

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Louis Hazen

★ 1

I am an old truck driver and have eaten all over this country. Walked over and had one domestic beer and got a Shredded beef chimichanga to go cost me $20.chimichanga had lots of pieces of fat in it.Don't know how they got the rice to be so clumpy.The cold chips and salsa are store-bought.Threw most of it away.Used my cardTo pay And ask for a receipt they texted me A piece of paper With my phone number on it and the total amount nothing else.You decide

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Jamie Calkins

★ 5

The best Mexican food restaurant I've ever had very friendly people and staff.

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Lori Z

★ 5

Delicious food and drinks. The staff were awesome. It's not a very big place but is a lot like Casa Mexicana. Little bit of a language barrier because I don't speak Spanish but we were able to order what we wanted. Prices were good.. Definitely a place to revisit.

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Maria Corbin

★ 5

Great food, good prices, and wonderful margaritas!

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Paul Blaul

★ 3

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jesse bohnsack

★ 5

grate food and super service

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Mary Teeters

★ 5

Loved the food and drinks. The owners even came and asked how everything was..

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Kevin Hendrickson

★ 5

They have the best Long Island Ice tea in the area. Food is great, service is excellent. Thanks guys

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Lenevan Z

★ 5

Wonderful flavorful authentic Mexican food with a huge menu, including alcohol options like Margaritas. Highly recommend!

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Kathy Zakrzewicz

★ 2

Was not happy with the meal. The service was good though.

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Tina Auman

★ 5

AMAZING!!!The food was excellent!As were the Margaritas!The service was just as good!Very attentive wait staff!Will definitely be back!
5 stars for sure!

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John Anderson

★ 5

Food very good. Service excellent. Need to top the beer off a little better. They have a few TVs case there's a game on. Will stop in again.

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Randy Stromback

★ 5

Great food, great atmosphere.price was good worth a trip to Stanley

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Ronnee Bergen

★ 3

Good food, but can get very busy and crowded and noisy.

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Rachel Boehlke

★ 5

Great place to stop with friends, will be coming again!

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Patty Clark

★ 1

Fajita meal and burrito meal came out within minutes. Fajitas were not sizzling, the meat was flavorless and tasted off in both dishes. It's like they had it prepared in advance and microwaved it. Asked to send it back, walked out. Ugh.Cook said no one else had complained. I find that doubtful.

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Carl Waite

★ 5

Really good food great service 👍

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Martin Valencia

★ 5

Best Mexican restaurant great food good portions super nice decor and homemade food is delicious 10 star if I could

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Steve Johnson

★ 4

Food was good, as was the service. However, 2 of the 3 meals were not heated through. Middle was barely warm.

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Melissa Henderson

★ 5

Great food, friendly and attentive staff!

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Mama Bear

★ 2

Not very good. Food made me sick,way 2 much grease&the 'margaritas' were watered down&tiny. SUPER SWELTERING HOT IN THERE. The 2nd time we went 2 try it there was 12-14m8ns left 2 serve&we were turned away though we were gonna give it another shot. We will go 2 Casa Mexican in Chippewa,way better food&they never fail. Only reason I give 2 stars is bcuz the staff the 1st time was very nice.

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Steve M

★ 5

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Tabitha Ruiz

★ 4

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C M

★ 5

Delicious food and cute decor!

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Jeff Deutschlander

★ 5

Authentic Mexican restaurant in Stanley!

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Jamie Lynn Sonnentag

★ 5

Very delicious!! A similar menu to other Mexican restaurants with it’s own original flavor!!

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Ronald Schweitzer

★ 5

Very good food and drink.

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Ruth Rudolph

★ 5

Food was delicious. Nice atmosphere!

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Justin 1

★ 2

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Carlos Cruz

★ 5

Great food.
I highly recommend this restaurant.

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PartzladyMichelle Desmond

★ 1

The waiter was rude and did not let me even start my order before shutting me down. He was upset that after I received our drinks I asked for the white cheese. Rolled his eyes at me that I dare order from the chalk board the margarita special. How perfect, a sippy cup it comes in, wonder why, cannot put salt on the rim, have to put a lid on it. Nothing Authentic about this establishment, I lived in Chicagoland for 35 years and know what I am missing. My thoughts are overpriced Taco Bell.

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Sofia Hidrogo

★ 5

Great small Mexican restaurant 😋 food was delicious and the Margaritas 🍹 just perfect 🥰. I will not doubt stopping there again.

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Trish Chmelik

★ 5

We ate there again tonight after first finding it 3 days ago. Both were excellent experiences. Both times the food was delicious, the service attentive (the first time was on a Tuesday night and not very busy while tonight - Friday - it was packed), and the atmosphere casual and welcoming. So excited to have good Mexican dining close to home in rural WI. We already know it's our new favorite place to eat. You have to try their homemade chunky guacamole. Even my husband who has never liked guacamole is raving about it. And you can get containers of it to go! Edited to say: Yet another great dinner out here!!! They do not disappoint!!!

The alcohol drinks are a bit pricey, but we're not going for the drinks. Edited to say: they have drink specials and are starting Margarita specials on Wednesdays according their Facebook page.

Covid considerations: the staff wears masks. Obvious precautions are taken, such as eating utensils being given after being seated and they are in bags. We are fully vaccinated now so feel quite comfortable eating there. 6 foot distancing is not an option when the restaurant is full. I don't have any information about the quality of their ventilation system.

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Shirley Heath

★ 5

Chips and fresh salsa are very good. Shredded chicken is full of flavor and not dry. Will be back!

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Fawn Ackerman

★ 5

Amazing food and amazing service! Would recommend to everyone!

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Luis Morales

★ 5

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Lacey Chapek

★ 5

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Lisa Kaiser

★ 5

The food is Amazing!

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Bo Seng

★ 5

Amazing food, great service, would definitely recommend going for a good Mexican dish! Easily better than Canun

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Hope Lovell

★ 5

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Jon and Lauren Cody

★ 5

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Alizabeth Brunner

★ 4

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Christa Rucker

★ 5

Good food! Good customer service

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Main Street Hair Solutions

★ 5

Was more than satisfied with my house margarita, chips n' salsa and shredded chicken quesadilla. Absolutely delicious and authentic. Grateful to have them as a local dining option.

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Tammy Stinson

★ 5

Great service! Was amazing food! Atmosphere was great!

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Cortney Vetterkind

★ 5

Very good food and drinks I look forward to visiting again.

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Chadwick Seets

★ 5

Awesome restaurant. The people we're very nice and respectful and the food was just amazing. Will definitely be going back

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Tony Mann

★ 4

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Ana Caballero

★ 5

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Why Me

★ 1

awful service

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apple soda

★ 1

if you’re not ready to open just say that

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Imani Sabri

★ 5

Good food, friendly staff! We loved it so much and I’m sure we’ll be there a lot!

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Joshua Joerger

★ 5

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Kyle Lorenz

★ 5

Delicious food and friendly service!

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Kenneth Schmidt

★ 5

Excellent food! So happy to have this restaurant in Stanley!

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Carol Stasila

★ 5

Wonderful food! Great atmosphere

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