Monte De Ray

Different décor, traditional Mexican music too. Good food, don’t now why but I asked for a avocado burger. A great burger and fantastic fries. 5 stars for the service.

Would recommend this place for good Mexican food. Also the cheese dip is as good as it gets.

Have been coming here for years with my family – one of the best Mexican restaurants I’ve been to! The service is great and the food is simple yet delicious. Would definitely recommend to anyone looking for good Mexican food!

Finally went here yesterday after months of eying this place on the way to Tanglewood Dog Park. To me, it did not stand unique in the sea of bland Americanized Mexican restaurants available to us in the triad. However, there were a couple bright spots which will make me return.
Chips and salsa were above average. Chips seemed housemade and the salsa was fresh tasting and very tasty. Ordered the chunky guacamole and it was not only delicious, but also a steal at $ 2 and change.
For lunch I made the mistake of getting the lunch size shrimp fajitas, which were just basically 2 kinda plain tacos. A bit disappointing because I was expecting sizzling veg and at least rice and beans. Sides are my favorite part of any dining experience so I was quite crestfallen, but the shrimp were tasty and very well cooked. I have a suspicion that this place cooks seafood well as my husband’s chipotle scallop dish was perfectly cooked as well, but in our opinion should have erred less on the BBQ/​ketchup side and more on the chipotle side as advertised.
So I think next time we will be much better prepared, I will def help myself to the full-​size dinner fajitas and we will wash this down with a pitcher of Dos Equis for $ 7.50, which is potentially the deal of the century!

Friday night we had to wait 5 minutes for a table for 6. They had 1 or 2 small booths available. The place was packed and loud. The salsa was ok. The chips were good. The food was really good except for the carne asada was cut so thin that when they fried the chimichanga it turned the end pieces of meat into leather. The portion sizes were average. The service was very good. They gave us a small free desert. I would recommend eating here.

We had lunch at today at Monte De Ray for the first time, and man, was it good! We started our meal like a couple picky customers and ordered freshly-​made guacamole. I don’t know if they usually squeeze their guac from a caulking tube or not, but too many times in NC in February that’s what you’re going to get, so we asked if they could make us some fresh and chunky guac without chilies. My bride can’t handle the heat, and there was a bowl of salsa in the table that would add the heat I need.
the server was polite and happy and brought us a small bowl that was filled with a mix of freshly chopped cilantro, onions and avocado dressed with just the right amount of lime juice. Well done!
We ordered Diet Coke but were informed that they served Diet Pepsi. Since we are both trying to avoid sugar when the server returned we confirmed that it was in fact diet. She assured us that it was, and later when she brought refills to the table I asked once again «Diet?» and she playfully said «That’s enough diet for you. This is regular Pepsi». My faced dropped and I said «Really?» and she laughed and said «No, it’s diet». From that point on every time she dropped by she asked «Can I refill your (fill in the blank)» that ranged from Mountain Dew, water, Dr Pepper, wine, but never «diet». She was a hoot and always brought the correct drink.
One important rule when ordering off a Mexican menu is to avoid anything with a number in its name. I laugh when I read comments about how authentic or unauthentic a Mexican restaurant is when some of the best French food I’ve ever enjoyed was in Mexico City! Monte De Ray’s food was fresh and delicious.
I noticed that right below the numbered lunch menu items they had a list of sever or so variations on the taco that can be ordered as part of a trio of tacos, including beef tongue, liver, etc. I had the al pastor (small, highly seasoned chunks of pork), the carnitas (roasted pork roast) and the babacoa (spicy beef bbq). They arrived at the table covered with a piece of aluminum foil and accompanied by a second plate with Mexican rice and refried beans and a THIRD plate holding a lime, a small bowl of a spicy and tasty sauce and a small bowl of chopped onions and cilantro. I uploaded a pic from my phone app if you are interested in seeing my plate. Note that these tacos are served in the style of Mexico, meaning that they are each served on two soft corn tortillas. I’m sure they would put them on a fried corn tortilla or in flour tortillas, but if that’s what you want you’ll need to ask when ordering.
In all it was an excellent meal and the service was as quick and pleasant as can be. Why four stars? Because four is great and I reserve a star for that place that knocks my socks off. My socks slid down a bit, but they remained on.

The food is amazing. Super fresh and reasonably priced. You def get a good bang for your buck! The margaritas are delicious too and they’re huge for less than $ 5! Everything they have is great — fajitas, nachos, tacos, anything. And the chips and salsa and free with a meal and I highly recommend the queso dip to go with them! Yummm! Not to mention the service is always great. Definitely go if you’re in the area!

My family used to eat here at least twice a month, the food is very good and service is normally very friendly. We happened to come in on a Sunday during lunch and they were very unprepared as the hostess was our server. We had quite a few errors with the orders and once they were supposed to be corrected and came back wrong a second time, we asked to speak to the manager. It was very frustrating that there were servers waking by us left and right but we waited forever to even get refills. Once we spoke with the manager, his attitude was so awful he might as well have rolled his eyes. He thought he was correcting us on what we ordered when he was not our server and the hostess didn’t write down our party of sevens order. Needless to say, the food quality can’t redeem a managers negative un-​concerning attitude. It was very unprofessional. We hate that it took away one of our Sunday dining options.

Excellent food, quick, friendly, and never had a problem here. The restaurant appears new — very clean. I would recommend to anyone.

Nice place… love the food!

Nice local Mexican food — fast service, good salsa, generous portions.

Very authentic. Excellent service

Margaritas are superb and usually on special. I always get the #9. Chicken Quesadilla, taco, rice and beans. Salsa is great not too spicy but has kick. Love their cheese. Friendly staff who most speak English. Barely time to eat a chip b4 ur meal is there. great prices!!!

This is your typical Mexican restaurant — huge menu, packed, and the food is fast. The food is solid but nothing special. They definitely do not try to be healthy or use fresh ingredients but good nonetheless. The fajitas are overcooked and the vegie selections isn’t great. I don’t eat meat but my husband says its hit or miss — sometimes the cuts of pork of good and sometimes not. Super nice wait staff — they always remember us. Pretty cheap too — as long as you don’t drink.

good service, straight forward mexican food.

Stopped in for lunch yesterday. There was no wait — plenty of seats available. The lunch menu is very affordable. $ 4.29 — $ 9.99. I ordered the chili relleno, taco, refrieds, and gauc salad. I only had time to enjoy a handful of the chips and salsa before my three plates arrived. All was very good and very hot. My water glasss never fell below half full. For desert they bring you a little whipped cream and strawberry tart. Total = 5.33 + 3.00 tip. Skipped dinner I was so full.