Mexican Amigos

This place is probably the worst Mexican place I’ve been too. The prices were a little too high for food that was way below average. I ordered the pork carnitas which I ate a little and ended up sending it back. It tasted like nothing, no seasoning or anything. I’ve had Mexican before and it was nothing like this, this place was frankly and embarrassment to the Mexican culture.

I have never done a one star review until now (edit: I have done one other 1star). This place is weak. Paid $ 51 dollars for two margaritas and a dinner plate.
First off the bartender had to read instructions on how to make a house margarita.
Second, the frozen margarita I ordered had ice cube chunks in it.
Third, the beef burrito I ordered came out in 3ish minutes which means they definitely did not cook it fresh (the taste of it backs that statement)
I am from Texas. I know Tex-​Mex. This is not it. I am on a work trip staying at the Westin across the street and did not have many choices, however, I would go to the Wendy’s next door before I go here again.

Food was really subpar. I had the enchiladas and it was literally TOUGH to eat. The enchiladas were drier than the Sonoran desert and I probably would have had an easier time trying to cut through an armadillo shell. My companions opted for the fajitas, and while their experience was better than mine, they still noted that it was subpar at best.
The only highlight of the meal was the dessert — the taco caramelized banana was neat.
It’s a massive restaurant and it was pretty much dead empty on a Wednesday night, so maybe that had something to do with the food quality. Service was quite pleasant at least.

Great food decent service in a cool ‘cantina’ atmosphere– very spacious!
They have everything from your basic nachos, 7 layer dip, tacos, burritos to more different things like chimichanga and etc. they have seafood options as well.
Be warned the spicy salsa is actually very spicy. It’s habenero based so opt that on the side if you like some heat but do not order your dish doused in it.
They also have a selection of alcoholic and nonalcoholic fruity drinks.
Would come here again, great for groups!

Lovely staff. The food is strictly ok though. Had veg burritos which were nice although would have loved if they were a little spicey. It needed more flavour.

This review is mainly for the food, i tried chicken fajitas and enchiladas both of them tasted awful and frozen, I wouldn’t try it ever again, over priced and low quality food. very disappointed !

Refused to give take out. If I stayed for dine in it was not a problem but no staff to do take out. makes no sense at all. If you have staff to make me something if I stay then just have them make it so I can go too. I don’t mind waiting but they said no. So then close down the place or serve equally. Not a fair service and if there is a place to make a formal complaint like a head office I will be making it. I go here often and it’s usually pleasant but this was not right.

We have walked by this place so many times on our way to munchies. Finally we made it a point of going here, after salivating at the food for this long. This place did not disappoint. Incredible food, staff here are amazing. The drinks were delicious, get the bulldog on special that day. We had the portobello fajitas and 9 layer dip. So damn good. Best Mexican food we’ve had. Our new go to! Awesome job to everyone at this place. Keep doing what you’re doing.

Stumbled onto this place after driving around in the rain in the North York area looking for somewhere to eat. Took a quick skim on Unilocal before deciding to go in. Better than expected. I’ve learned to always go in expecting the worst especially with Mexican food! Décor is standard and clean. Hostess/​waitress was not wearing too skimpy an outfit but I guess others would disagree. Hot pants and a tank top? Plus she was on the bit chubbier side so maybe not the best choice for this family-​oriented area.
No complimentary nachos and salsa like others have mentioned. Perhaps it was because we ordered the 9 — layer bean dip that the menu said it is a Fiesta in our mouths. Sorry not really a Fiesta but it was fine. We asked for hot sauce and sour cream. Without eh, with better. Nachos weren’t too stale.
I ordered the ground beef, chicken and chorizo chimichanga and my companion ordered the shrimp, short ribs and fish enchiladas. Both not bad. The guacamole that came with the chimichanga was quite fresh and tasty but needed a pinch of salt. Otherwise the chimichanga was stuffed and the meats inside were cooked well. A bit too much beans as I could barely finish ¹⁄₃^rd of it. The enchiladas were good. He ordered the green tomatillo sauce which I have to admit was well balanced and not overly tart. The deep fried fish was well cooked, shrimp was a bit rubbery while the ribs were dry. However with the overall flavours, not bad. I’d come back to try the other stuff on the menu! The sides we had were the refried beans, salad and rice. All not good but what do you really expect from the sides?
Service was good. We left stuffed but satisfied. A good go-​to option for Mexican if you are in this area. There really is nothing else. And to respond to a fellow Unilocaler, this is loads better than a Taco Bell.

Not the most authentic place, even the menu was badly translated (I’m bilingual in English and Spanish, but my Spanish speaking friends actually got all confused with the menu). The food wasn’t bad, but I’ve had more memorable meals, and as some people have stated here: it’s not very authentic. Service wasn’t that great — it’s understandable if the waitress doesn’t speak Spanish, but at least don’t give my friends a dirty look if they don’t understand an item in the menu, especially when it’s because the menu is not translated properly (pretty much, they mixed up the Spanish words for «appetizers» and «entrées» — just write it in English if you’re not sure about the proper Spanish terms!).
Overall, it wasn’t that bad, but wouldn’t go back. There are definitely more authentic and friendlier Mexican restaurants in this city!

First impression: I thought the waitresses’ attire was more appropriate for hooters than family dining. Sunday dinner 7pm and though it wasn’t busy we had to wait to be seated.
Food
— I had the tacos. 3 vegetable tacos plus house salad, and two sides. I chose rice and beans. Tiny house salad! Never had green beans and cabbage in a taco before, but it wasn’t bad. $ 12
— My boyfriend had the chicken and chorizo mix chimichunga. His house salad was also a size for ants. He said it was good, very filling, but they didn’t do a good job on the deep frying as it wasn’t crispy. $ 15
Service
— not enough staff: the restaurant was not busy but it took a while to be seated and served.
— manager: brought us extra napkins and water but took it away when it realized we didn’t ask for it. Also didn’t even say thank you back after we paid.
If I came back I would order their vegetable chimichunga.

I arrived to Mexican Amigos around 9PM on a weekday and it wasn’t too busy nor noisy. The décor and atmosphere felt very authentic to Mexican culture unlike some Mexican restaurants I’ve been too. Also, the service was very nice and helpful. For example, I asked for some Sour Cream and our server gave us a whole bottle.
I ordered a Ground Beef Chimichanga which was definitely bigger than I expected and my friend ordered a Burrito. Their portion sizes are very generous and worth its costs, I couldn’t even finish my meal since I was full. The Ground Beef Chimichanga was delicious and very filling. Although, their house salad which came along with my Chimichanga did taste somewhat plain.
Overall, Mexican Amigos is a good Mexican restaurant and I would consider coming back to try their other filling and huge portion-​sized food items.

It was good, People say that the price is high. I don’t think so. Considering that they are well staffed, quality items and pretty cheap booze (5 coronitas for $ 13).
I’m pretty sure the plaza they are located in is prime retail and it has heavy competition around the same vicinity (dragon pearl, thai one, fox and the fiddle, wendy’s and me va me… etc). So with the competition and high lease of such an commercial place; it is very fairly priced. It definitely is not a fast food dive in like burritoboyz or other Mexican places. This is a proper restaurant with the right ambience that gives you that feeling of a vacation.
The enchilada I ordered was delicious but they toned it down on the spiciness. The free Nacho’s was a good gesture, however the dip was pretty awful until you mix it with the complimentary sour cream and chipotle sauce (then it becomes very yummy). I asked for 4 chilli’s but wasn’t really affected that much. I also tried a bit of the chimichanga, I definitely have had better, but the person who was with me is a novice to Mexican food and loved it and is dying to come back and introduce it to others.
i liked it, and if the place runs long enough. I would step in again.

Never had real authentic Mexican before so I can’t judge if this was. But I assumed it would be more flavorful then what I received. Portions were large and overall good quality, place was nice as were the servers. However, the food was, well, bland.
If I’m hungry and in the area I might give it another try, but it is not a place I would go out of my way to visit.

«Awful» pretty much sums this place up.
To start with, the servers were very unprofessional. A server started us off with drinks and then a few minutes later, another server would ask us our drinks. The same thing happened with ordering dinner AND with the bill. By the end of the night, we were served by three different severs.
Until I ate here, I didn’t know you could possibly mess up Nachos. There was so little cheese and there was some funky tasting beans on it with a giant blob of guacamole.
They used whole wheat dough for the chimichanga which was gross. The cheese in the chimichanga was «cheap» and «processed tasting» and there was a lack of chicken in it. It was also bland.
The place was not exactly the cleanest. There were three flies hovering around our table the whole evening (in the middle of winter). The entertainment was okay.
I do not recommend coming to this restaurant if you are interested in authentic Mexican food (or anything that tastes good). It is good place for groups though.

I’ve never had traditional Mexican food before, but I thought it was pretty tasty! Went there for a lunch buffet so that I can try a bit of everything. It’s a brand new experience for me and it was a nice one. The waiter was really good… super attentive and on top of things.
My fav was the chocolate mole veal. Since it was a buffet, it was all you can scoop guac — yum!
The dessert at the buffet wasn’t Mexican (ice cream, chocolate mouse and custard flan), but it’s nice to end on a sweet note.
I almost forgot to mention. The sangria was refreshing too!

Great location. Great food. Attentive service. Friendly staff. Huge portions.
I spoke to three staff including the manager and they all say all their meat is halal.
(For the people who are sticklers about it, yes they serve alcohol and some pork. p. s. chorizo = pork sausages).
Me and my family-​of-​five went for my birthday on a Wednesday evening. That atmosphere is a very spacious and has lots of seating areas.
The staff was very friendly and attentive. They were very responsive and went and found out answers to our questions about the food very promptly. Anytime we needed something she went and got it right away.
We ordered chimichangas, enchiladas, flautas, a fajita dish and a 9 layer dip. The dishes were very plentiful. In fact I could only eat half of my enchilada. They also provided sides with each meal. In some cases you could pick two sides.
They gave us a bottle of chipotle sauce and a bottle of sour cream at no added cost to add to your dishes as you wish. They also gave us additional fajita wraps without charge. The food was very flavorful and tasty. I would say it’s very authentic. Nothing Americanized here!
We had the fried ice cream. One order gives you two huge scoops. It was my bday and they sang happy birthday, gave me something special and brought out sombreros for my whole family to wear. They took pics with our phones for us, so that was cool. Not many restaurants do something special on birthdays anymore.
My dad even left his hat there by accident. I went back 1 whole week later to see if they have it and they totally kept it the whole time.
p. s. there is no tip included in the bill as a previous reviewer claimed. I posted my reciept as proof.
Awesome food. Huge servings. Great friendly and attentive staff. Tasty food and great atmosphere!!!
GO HERE!!!

Greeted by a friendly hostess that made me and cousin feel like we had just entered Mexico which was nice since it was a freezing day in Toronto. As we were seated we noticed there was live mariachi duo playing table to table. The atmosphere was great! Drink order was taken pretty fast. We shared a bulldog (margarita with a corna in it) which both found it delicious and enough to share. We were served by two waiters which took quite awhile to take our orders. Our food took about hAlf hour. Tables near us who had come after us were served before us which was a little unsettling. We ordered chilli renanos and fish tacos. The chilli was a bit to spicy and everything else lacked a little flavor. Over all we had a fun time because of the atmosphere but wish the food tasted more authentic.

Came here for a team lunch with coworkers. Doesn’t seem like a place I’d go for dinner even though the interior is relatively nice and there’s a decent drinks menu. Had a great strawberry daiquiri which went well with my meal, the rest of my team got pitchers of beer — prices are comparable to any mid-​end resto. The only reason I’m giving it a three stars is not because the food wasn’t yummy — it was! I just thought the portions were way too big (#firstworldproblems) and that kind of took away from the experience because my entire team was falling into food comas after the meal.
We had nachos to start — and they were delicious! We got a large amongst 8 people, so they gave us two separate plates. The ‘chos were cheesy and crisp and went spectacularly with the guac.
For my main, I had the chimichanga. This is a Mexican dish that is basically tortilla stuffed with rice, black beans, shredded cheese, and your choice of meat (I decided on the chorizo, you can also get ground beef/​fish/​chicken/​shrimp)
The chimichanga stuffing was finished with shredded cabbage, guac, pico de gallo and salsa rojo — also served with a house salad I barely touched cuz the chimi itself.
.was enormous. I ate half of it and didn’t want to finish the rest — even though it was honestly one of the yummiest Mexican dishes I ever had.
So if you are ever around the area on a hungry weekday. by all means, c’mere and have yourself some hearty Mexican :)

My first impression of this place was how nice and clean the restaurant looked, I though this is the nicest Mexican restaurant I have been to. However, the food is not authentic! It is a cheap knock-​off.
They do not have any of the traditional Mexican dishes or drinks, I felt like if I were at a Taco Bell. I am very disappointed with the overall menu and sections even though they all may appear to look and sound like Mexican dishes they are not! This type of menu is a TexMex which is a fusion of Mexican and American cuisines. There is nothing wrong with that, it’s just that this restaurant claims to be Mexican. Overall the food was not bad it was well done and season correctly, it just was not authentic Mexican Food!
I was told at the end of my meal that there are more authentic dishes that this place does serve just not that day that I was there, which brings up the question why then do they claim to be a Mexican Restaurant?