Garcias Mexican Restaurant
4210 S Arizona Ave, Chandler, AZ, 85248
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Address :
4210 S Arizona Ave
Chandler, AZ, 85248 - Phone (480) 802-5973
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Opening Hours
- Mon :11:00 am - 8:00pm
Specialities
- Takes Reservations : Yes
Delivery : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Lunch, Dinner
Parking : Private Lot
Bike Parking : Yes
Wheelchair Accessible : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Ambience : Casual
Noise Level : Average
Alcohol : Full Bar
Outdoor Seating : Yes
Wi-Fi : No
Has TV : Yes
Waiter Service : Yes
Caters : Yes
Categories
Mexican Cuisine
If you enjoy Taco Tuesday, then you have officially fallen in love with the Mexican Food. The main grain of Mexican cuisine is maize. Also known as corn, maize is grown for the past 9000 years after the crop was discovered by the people in Mayan civilization. Mexican empire flourished when they started growing beans, tomatoes, chili pepper, sweet potato and cactus. Till this date these ingredients are used in cooking authentic Mexican dishes and drinks.
Great use of spices, fresh chili pepper dishes like fajitas, tortilla chips, corn chips, salsa, chimichangas, burritos, nachos and quesadillas are invented in America. But when you are looking for authentic Mexican food then you must find a restaurant in the city that serves Rajas con Queso, Garbanzo in a Guajillo Chile Sauce, Pork Filled Chiles Rellenos, Chiles en Nogada, Molcajete Salsa, Pico de Gallo and Frijoles de la Olla. An eye-opening fact – Mexican don't like their food hot. They use fresh chili and other spices to create a flavor that lingers in your mouth.
Mexican food is great for those who are Gluten Intolerant as they use Corn instead of wheat in most of their dishes. Also, you can easily find many beans based Mexican dishes. Another dish which didn't get similar glory as tacos or nachos is the Mexican hot chocolate. If you love something hot on a chilly day, then go for Mexican Hot Chocolate. On merry days, you can enjoy the authentic Mexican Drinks like Tequila, Mezcal, Tecuí, Sotol, Bacanora, Charanda, Posh O Pox, Puebla and Pulque. Mexican Cuisine is for people who enjoy strong drinks and hearty meals.
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Cruz B.
Great food. Good place for happy hour with specials 7days a week. I definitely recommend this place
(5)Angelica H.
Never coming back! Ever!!! Enough said. They should have good servers on Friday nights!! I wouldn't give them any stars! Always ask for a good waiter cause service is bad. Everytime we come here its bad! Server was so frustrated with us like it's my fault I didn't get steak in my burrito or my fiance didn't get his rice. He ordered a chicken bowl and he got chicken soup. And waiter telling me I never said "steak". Wow, my guy was like, she said steak. Instead, he should of said, I apologize for that etc..but not even that. I'm over this place! Worst experience and if I even get offered a free meal, I wouldn't even go back for that. They care more about comping your food then take these horrible servers off the floor. Btw, the manager said" its a hit or miss sometimes on fridays"..Wow! If I was a manager I would never say that to customers. I was craving mexican burrito and ended up ordering fish. Night totally ruined! Honestly, don't know how they are still in business. You complain to the Manager, but you can see that they don't care about the problem or are going to make changes. I had to ask for the Manager "Twice". Unbelievable experience!!
(1)Paige G.
OH BOY!!...where to start with this place. I wouldn't reccommend this place/location to my worst enemy, it was that bad of an experience. Came here last Sunday with my mom for lunch...we were some of the first people to arrive at 11am when they opened. There was one table of about 5 people sitting behind us, they ahd already ordered their food, but were complaining about not getting re-fills in a timely manner (again it was not busy at all). We sat down and ordered diet coke and water...server tells me you wont want the diet its not tasting good today fromt eh machine. I said okay and took a water also. 15 minutes later brings us over our drinks (i get no water, i got the diet coke she just told me was not good), keep in mind the table behind us hasnt even received their re-fills yet that they ordered 10 minutes before us. Finally get to the food order...i knew it wasnt going to be good when the server didnt write down our order, just tried to memorize it. Server asks me how i want my skirt steak cooked...i said extra-well...she thens says okay it will take about an extra 20 minutes or so to cook your steak...i said no problem as we were not in any hurry. Literally 10 minutes later out food comes...my moms is great, mine ohhhhh boy...my steak was ALIVE, i cut into it and it started bleeding and juicing all over my other food. I also got refried beans but asked for black beans. The whole thing was a mess and i knew when i saw our food come out that fast she didnt put the order in correct. Didnt even bother to offer to make another one, just took it from the table. I didnt eat any of my meal at all. Luckily, when i got the bill, all i had to pay for was my mom's meal, but still what a horrible, nasty, unprofessional and gross experience! DO NOT GO HERE...YUCK!
(1)Ken C.
I think this is the worst service I have ever had at a restaurant. We were with a group of about 30 on the patio and the server never came back to take orders, I ended up going to the bar. Dirty dishes and glasses piled up so bad there was no room on any of the tables. Requested to have stuff cleaned up a couple of times, nothing happened. I will never come back.
(1)Melissa S.
Terribly disappointed that the service has gotten so bad, we will no longer be making this our preferred family night out place. Took a friend here and the kids a few weeks ago to show this friend "our place" we love so much. Waiter was absolutely horrible. No drink refills, sat part of our fajitas in front us of for 15 minutes before he returned with our kids food! Then finally returned with one kids plate. Had to go back for other. We were still missing toppings and tortillas for fajitas and had to sit there for another 25 minutes with no silverware no tortillas and no toppings just staring at sizzling plate of meat! When the waiter finally returned and I let him know how rude that was, he decided not to return to refill drinks and to let heaping piles of plates stack up and to not even return to give us the bill. So after waiting another 45 minutes we decide we are going to leave and tell the hostess that we will pay the manager. The manager implied that this happens all the time with this guy , gave us our meal for free. And let us know that this guy will be on corrective action, which by the way they're not supposed to tell customers but okay thanks. Fast forward to my husband and I actually taking the kids there again thinking that was just one bad experience, and they sat us in a section right by Mr. wonderful waiter. I made sure to let the hostess know we did not want him serving us again as he was horrible to us last time. So we get to wait for another waiter for about 15 minutes Who suffers from resting b face and acts like it's a task to wait on us. Meanwhile Mr. wonderful waiter And his bus boy friend are walking by and laughing and staring The entire duration of our meal. As were walking by the hostess counter on our way out, mr. wonderful is in a gossip corner with them and actually turns to me and says have a nice day and laughs. We will not be returning and apparently manager did nothing with this guy the first time.
(1)Troy H.
Food was ok. They obviously had their B team wait staff on tonight. Rude, ignored us for stretches at a time, and we seemed more of an inconvenience then a paying customer. Will be a long time before I am willing to try this place again.
(2)Sarah P.
We have tried this restaurant a few times. Unfortunately one time was when all my relatives were visiting. I had been to the Garcia's in Phoenix years ago and had great memories, so I expected it to be great. It was a big disappointment. Our enchilada sauce tasted like barbecue sauce. Everyone in our party was very disappointed in the food, and my husband and I paid for it, so it must've been really bad for them to complain about free food! We tried again and the food was so bad tasting I couldn't even eat it. And I'm a really hungry girl who loves Mexican food! Too bad it's not like the old Garcia's I remember since it's 2 min from our house. I wouldn't chance it again, though.
(1)Brent H.
This two star review is ONLY FOR THEIR SERVICE. I give their food 4 stars, however I cannot go any higher in my opinion because of their service. When I was a kid, I grew up on Garcias. It was on Alma School just north of Warner. It is a childhood favorite. When they closed, we didn't go to any other one for quite some time. About a year ago, we found out there is one by us here in south Chandler and were very excited!! Each and every time we come here, the service is just terrible. I don't understand. From today, we have been a total of 4 times in the past year. Every time, horrible service. The hostesses are not friendly. They are so bland and so unexcited about their job. You don't feel welcome. They always feel bored. Every server we have had doesn't listen to us, unfriendly, feel likes we are bugging them when we are just simply providing our drink order. Food has been wrong because they didn't listen. Slow. Cannot handle more than one table at a time and just really take away from the experience. It is really sad. No one is happy there and it is a poorly run restaurant. I do have to compliment their food. AMAZING food. BEST shrimp tacos. My Mom has been eating them for years. Generous chips and salsa, great on the refills and just overall good food. Their environment is very comfortable and very open. It is a fun place to be. Just a drab with their people. Most people would never come back. However, it is a place we enjoy so I am sure we will eat in again, however I think we will mostly just call in our order and do take out to avoid the bad service. I truly hope they see what is wrong and ramp up this place. It could be a lot better in this awesome part of town!
(2)Reggie L.
Just don't bring yourself to do it. There are better Mexican restaurants within 30 feet. Service is terrible. Good luck getting drunk refills, sides of anything, the check, silverware, or a drink delivered in under 20 minutes. The food is halfway decent but nothing to search out. With all of the other Mexican places around Chandler, just drive the extra 2 minutes and look for something better.
(2)Isaiah B.
Service and good were phenomenal. Anyone downplaying this place needs hit the the face with a monkey wrench. We are from ILLinois and came here on vacation. Loved it. Went to Agave in Flagstaff. That place was shit compared to here. Bottom line.
(5)Angela M.
So so so rude! I've actually never been here but I doubt I'll come here based off of the service I received on the phone. I accidentally placed an order for pick up here instead of a different location. When I realized my mistake, I called right away to cancel the order. When I called to cancel, the girl said "okay, we'll cancel that for you." And I said "oh thanks, don't you need any of my info?" She then said in a very snarky tone that they only received one online order so she already knows who I am so why would she need my info. I kind of chuckled because I couldn't believe how abruptly rude she was. I then said "oh, okay then...." And then she just hung up. What!!? Anyways, I go to the Garcia's in Mesa occasionally and the service there is so much better and friendlier. I would usually give one star based off of how rudely I was treated but I've never physically been to this location so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume not everyone is like that girl.
(3)A G.
Food not so good - waitress was nice and made it at least worth our time. We were there for a group bday party and they didn't even have it together in the back, a bday cake was brought in and they couldn't find it, their power went out on their credit machine so we had to wait even longer to leave to the next place we had to go. You would think they would have things in place for situations like this!! The manager was even there but didn't seem to know how to do things . , just overall disappointed .
(2)Teresa F.
Great food. Kitchen is not managed well. So much lack of attention to detail. Seats and floors were dirty. Watched the busser miss the silverware on the floor. A little grossed out.
(2)Maggie T.
Happy hour and quesadillas! Literally the best quesadillas I've ever had. Enough said! Thank you and good night!
(5)Jan S.
Oh...heck, no...never again! Went there on a Sunday afternoon around 1PM with my daughter. The family in front of us was seated quickly, and then they turned to us and said, "Would you like to sit in the bar? It's faster in there?" We quietly sat down, opened the menus and then said "What the H?????" We didn't go to Garcia's on a Sunday afternoon to SIT IN THE BAR and have FOOTBALL as our entertainment! We got up, told the hostess she made a very poor decision in asking us to sit there and we left. Did I mention that there were only about 4 tables with patrons at this time? I don't know what that was about but I can tell you it's the last time I'm going to Garcias!
(1)Meredith M.
BEST Pollo Fondidos, nowhere else can come close. The Cheese Crisp is also great. I can't say anything about how good the service or is (or any other entree) because I am always enjoying my Pollo Fondido!
(5)Ann W.
The first time we are here our waitress was rude but the food was amazing. Thank goodness we gave it another try because it's become our Friday night happy hour spot. Love that they give you a large portion of chips with salsa AND bean dip which is really good. They also have a FABULOUS skinny margarita and amazing fish tacos. We have never had a bad meal and thankfully that rude waitress is no longer there. Ask for Vince and you will get the best service. Portions are big enough to take home and to-go orders usually come with chips and dips too! This place is just easy and the outdoor patio is nice especially when a fire is lit in the fireplace.
(5)Bill B.
They have really expanded the menu since the last time we were here. Lots of tasty entrées for you to consider. I had a very hard time choosing. I must encourage you try and Electric Iced Tea, if you're into adult beverages. We enjoyed the Carne Asada Chimichanga & the Enchilada Trio.. DELICIOUS!
(4)Danielle C.
This restaurant hands down has the worst service of any restaurant I have ever been to in my life! We love the food and come here at least once a week but always on a day we have nothing else to do. Trust me your server will forget about you! If management worked on the service this place would be great!!! Until then, I would recommend going somewhere else.
(2)Kelsey L.
Amazing food and great happy hour prices. The bartenders are extremely friendly and the wait staff is very accommodating. The managers are also very approachable and check in on their customers occasionally to make sure their dining experience is great, which it always is. The bean dip is always delicious and the wait staff is always willing to bring more than enough chips, salsa, and dip to the table. The outside dining area is also a great area to sit at as well. I highly recommend sitting outside or in the bar area to anyone who wants great service and delicious food.
(5)Jimmy L.
Sunday night. Fairly busy, and there was a fun buzz goin' round the place. We were a party of five and seated fairly quickly. Chips were fairly decent, and 'twas nice that they give you decent amounts of salsa plus a giant dollop of refried beans to go with 'em. Drinks came promptly, and they took our food order. This is where the restaurant experience ENDS. LOL. Most of my group ordered entree's, and I ordered soup. Shouldn't be anything extraordinary about it. Food wait was at least 30-minutes!! I will give them these positive reinforcements - 1. Server was nice. 2. I ordered a tortilla soup, and it was hearty, and a good portion. I ordered extra avocado, and they gave me generous amounts. 3. The server came 'round and noticed that our drinks were empty (ONCE), but it sure as hell took him a long time to come back!!! Ambience had a fun vibe. Company was good. Service was horrible. Food was OK. Soup had too much of a tomato-ey base, but it was still OK. Wouldn't come back unless I had to, though.
(2)Sarah G.
The service was terrible-didn't get one drink refill, the steak was packaged-tasting, the cheese on my chicken burrito dish hardened because it wasn't even served hot...I just don't want to go on- it was that bad. We will never be back.
(1)Virginia B.
I am very pleased with the quality and quantity of the food. The chicken burrito was awesome. the chicken was like fresh homemade and tender. love the bean dip and salsa. The waiter was a very attentive. I would definitely go again.
(5)Bonnie S.
We had a terrible Wed. evening.. at this restaurant. We were here twice last year and enjoyed ourselves AND the food, enough to want to return. We are snowbirds here for a month, and wanted to take a friend out for dinner. First off... service was terrible, we sat out in the patio. She took our order for drinks first.... never came back for a long time... drinks came. Then waited FOR-EVER for her to come to our table to take our meal order..... had to catch her eye... she arrives to take our order for the food. It was cold outside, so we asked for the heater to be turned on... wasnt working... Meal came, sizzling fajita was not sizzling, all of us thought the meals were bland.... then comes in a miniature horse sized dog.... stretching out on the floor. Is this possible??? Hygiene people.... think. And the fork I had was tin and almost bent when I cut into my enchilada. I think it was from the gold rush days haha
(1)Liz L.
The food and service were perfectly fine, just nothing special.
(3)Brendan S.
I love Garcias. This location is great because there is never a wait and everyone is very nice. I always get the 3 combo plate for $12 with a chile relleno (they make the best rellenos), a pork burrito and chicken burrito. I eat the relleno while I am there and the other two burritos the next day. Its a ton of food for a very good price.
(5)Cameron S.
I was really looking for some authentic Mexican, but because of time and location had to settle. I knew better but went in anyway. The restaurant was not busy but service was a little off. My wife and I were seated at a table too small for my children. We had a craving for margaritas and shared a pitcher. It was good. Nothing else was. The salsa was bland like ketchup and we asked for an extra Jalapeno and never got it. The "Flautas" rolled in flour tortillas were corn taquitos. The Green Chile Pork Chimi was filled with flavorless stew meat and was soggy. Had we not enjoyed our margaritas we probably would have not eaten and gone to Taco Bell. This is probably a good restaurant for Snow Birds with no palate, but for true Southwesterners it was horrible.
(2)Tammy S.
Awesome food every time we go. Great service. Best salsa than any place I've been! Love it!
(5)Martin W.
Food was good, service good, other reviews are harsh, food nothing to write home about but it's an 'american' Mexican and it delivers what you'd expect
(3)BlueJay W.
Garcia's is a festive little place inside a strip mall, neutral beige color outside but an explosion of Mexican colors inside. The amber-filtered lighting in the bar/counter area and booths/tables is a cozy contrast to the adjoining patio, which exudes with sunshine and a hanging decorative bulbs in the evening. I recommend the latter for a nice outdoorsy Fall meal and that you grab a table on a Friday Happy Hour as soon as you get there. I was told the patio could be really crowded and noisy when High School kids from nearby congregate after school. Greeters and waiters/waitresses were attentive and overall did a good service. Food is average to say the least; they get points for plate presentation but lacks a kick of Mexican flavors that i would normally find at Moreno's. Safe bet to order are the El Grande Fiesta which consists of flautas, chimis and cheese quesadillas, and the fajita quesadilla with chicken which i thought is a decent meal for a reasonable price. The house margarita is ok too but it is not unforgettable. We were there from 5-10 on a Friday and i was really pleased at the casual atmosphere on the patio. The food may not have won me over on my first visit but i'll definitely be giving it a try and be looking for a seat at the patio again.
(3)Mel M.
Nice staff and management
(4)Julie Y.
We were pleasantly surprised at how good our meal here was! Great Server, too...very attentive and even brought us a free dessert Fried Ice Cream because it was our first time there! Now that's how you should treat customers! We loved the chips and the bean dip. Their kids menu is awesome and had something to please each of my 3 picky eaters. I had the pollo fundido which was delicious and my husband had the fajita style chicken chimichanga and he loved it! We will definitely be back! The only reason I didn't give them all 5 stars was due to our table being old looking and very unstable (wobbly). This is really a minor thing, but nice furniture always adds to the ambience of a restaraunt. The most important things, the food and service, get very high marks from me!
(4)Nicole H.
Love Garcias..... I love going to Garcias. It is one of my favorite Mexican food restaurants in Arizona. They have great fajitas and a fantastic happy hour. The bean dip has slipped some, it used to be much tastier but it is still pretty good. Great margaritas and normally great service. The outside seating is also very nice. I would recommend Garcia's to anyone who wants good Mexican food! Update.... We just recently celebrated my sisters 30th birthday here. We came out for happy hour so we were able to deal with the whole family being there :) We requested outside patio because it was such a large group and we were interested in the happy hour. We had grandparents that "couldn't handle the heat" so they allowed us to eat inside and still get happy hour prices. The server and the manager were very attentive to all 21 needs that we had in attendance. They did such a fantastic job dealing with so many people and made the experience great. No ones food was sent back it was all correct and everyone enjoyed themselves.
(5)Mike H.
Went here a few months ago and it wasn't too bad. Good enough to get me to go back again today. Wish it hadn't been though. Today I ordered the shrimp tacos and it was a 3 on a 10 scale. That was the good part. Everything else tasted BAD, EVERYTHING. My wife wasn't pleased with her Cheese enchilada either. The service was ok and the staff was pleasant but we definitely won't be back.
(1)Tyler M.
So I went with a friend and right off the bat our waiter seemed preoccupied with something else. Not sure what it was, but it wasn't us, the place wasn't even busy...ANYWAYS besides the service the food was great and the atmosphere was very... southwest? haha... Spanish? Haha, if you go to a Mexican food place you know what I'm talking about.
(3)Tom W.
Food is good. Service wasn't too good. Tables not cleaned quickly. The food that had fallen on the table by the prior customer was just quickly swept to the floor with a rag that didn't smell very good. Hard to get the server's attention. Server forgot to bring one drink and Served one beer in a cracked glass. Didn't have enough glasses to serve us. Only had small foam take out trays rather than larger ones. But... The food was good.
(2)Ellie S.
Great hard tacos!
(4)aaron t.
The free Chips and salsa were the best part of our meal. Ordered the tortilla soup and Pollo fundido and everything came out room temperature. Twice our server asked is if we would like more chips and salsa, twice we said YES and we never did get them. And dont sit on the patio, you will have to fight of the flies.
(2)Ginger M.
Ate here with kids on Valentine's Day. Service was excellent, food was fantastic! Kids enjoyed the fried ice cream dessert. My only tiny complaint was that it was a bit too warm in the restaurant, and there weren't any outdoor seats available. But it was busy due to the holiday, so no big deal. We will definitely be back soon!
(4)M L.
Happy hour is nice with half price apps and have price drafts, among other things. This is what the rating is based on. Without happy hour, drinks are too expensive. The fajitas are usually great but need more meat, less onions and peppers.
(4)Michael M.
Slow service, tacos were greasy, some of the food was served lukewarm!
(3)David Z.
WOW! We ordered 3 different entrees, and each was superb. The food was delicious and the portions generous. The service started out poorly, but improved greatly before we left. This is on our "Must Eat Here Again" list.
(4)Chris E.
Today we are trying Garcia's with the kids. Sign says they eat free. Got sat in a corner booth so we all could sit together. Chips were delivered quickly and drinks were Pepsi products. Chips and dips are tasty. Great bean dip. I had the pork fajitas and couldn't eat them all. Very tasty and lots of fixins. All 3 kids ate for free with only 2 adult meals. Our experience was great and we will be back again son.
(4)D T.
WOW!!! Thanks Garcia's!!! I hosted 42 people for a surprise party for my wife's 40th birthday and thanks to Garcia's excellent service and hospitality it was a total success. Michelle, the Restaurant Manager couldn't have been more accommodating. Having to deal with the stress of a surprise party was enough. But when I showed up the day of the party I was given personal service by server Wendy who helped me blow up balloons, hang banners and was there dedicated to my party the whole night. No one could quit talking about how good the service and food was. I can't begin to give Garcia's the appropriate recognition for making one of my wife's most important days as memorable as possible. AWWWEEESSSOOOMMEEE!!!!!!!!
(5)Andrew F.
Love this place! Garcia's is one of my favorite places to go for Mexican food. I can honestly say that I have never had a bad meal here. Fresh ingredients, hot and tasty food, decent service. To start off, we love their chips and salsa and bean dip. These items alone are worth the visit! Chips are served hot along with fresh salsa and a spicy bean dip that I think they make, and if they don't, it's still really good! The menu is pretty standard Mexican food items. I usually go for the Grande Burrito. It's made with fajita meats and veges. Comes with Charro beans and rice. Served with Guacamole and sour cream. The fajitas are excellent too.
(5)Kent A.
Alright, by looking at my rating of this place you may just write this place off. But I have to explain. I have been here twice and both times we had the same waiter, older gentleman with a southern accent. He is one of the best servers ever, very prompt, polite and earns his tip. Both times we noticed the place was curiously empty of patrons. The second time we went there was a banner out front that read "New Management", made me think it wasn't being ran well for awhile. Now to explain the rating. Both times we order their sampler plate, it comes with tacos, chimmichanga's, and something else. Anyways the first time after eating there I came home and puked at about 2 AM (we had dinner there). The second time the same thing happened, so I thought too much of a coincidence. Sorry Garcia's waiter, but I won't be back.
(2)Denise J.
I have eaten there about 5 times. The food was good, service was good also. The atmosphere is a family type, a little bit of noise, but not annoying. So all in all it was good for me and my family. It seems to be a good place to have a large group go for dinner and not have a 2 hr. wait.
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