El Maguey

Stopped here enroute to Denver for a quick lunch stop. The server was very prompt in serving us. We had the taco salad, chimichunga, enchilada, and tamale from the lunch menu. Everything was good.

All I can say is fantastic! Great service with a smile! Great tasting food. Great atmosphere. Almost like being in Mexico.

The food here is fantastic and the service is superb. The people here are so super nice. I love the atmosphere. The meals are a bit on the expensive side but you get a lot of food.

Mediocre Mexican food… The place was clean. Fajitas was mostly onion, not a lot of the meats. Beans were good. Our ticket came and we were over charged. Our group was large each persons ticket was a least overcharged by $ 3.00. That was a disappointing… Double check your total!

Great service and damn good food made quickly. The margarita was a bit weak for the price. I had the carnitas plate and it rocked. I highly recommend this joint

Very close to I-​80. Great place to stop when driving across Nebraska. Service was good and food was very tasty.

Average. If you are in a hurry passing through and no time to find another place, this one will do. Food was average, but staff was very helpful and friendly.

Wish I could offer insight on more than one menu item, but when they make such a good beef chimichanga, why would I order something else?
Service is always quick at lunch, too!

I have yet to have a bad meal or service at El Maguey… the fajita taco salad, the chimichanga del Maguey and the .99 cent margaritas on Fridays are some of my favorites. The service has always been outstanding and the value of what you get for what you pay is fantastic. I like to eat and I’ve never left El Maguey hungry. Definitely our favorite Mexican restaurant in Kearney

I normally try to eat something interesting when traveling long distances. Normally Mexican food fits that bill. I guess I have been lucky until now as most of the Mexican restaurants I have tried were good, family run, and provided great food made with pride. I did not find this to be true at El Miguey. The relleno I had was made with a substandard chile to begin with; so the resulting relleno was poor. I did not expect Hatch Chile’s but I certainly did not expect an inedible relleno either. My wife’s steak fajitas were over cooked and dry. Her flour tortillas were heated on an oily grill which left grill grit on them in addition to being oily. The veggies were destroyed as well. Either it was a bad day in the kitchen or they just don’t care how the food is prepared. It would have been better if we had eaten at Taco Bell in spite of the mediocre food?

Just had dinner there, passing through on our way home from our charity tour across the country,…
I was born in San Bernardino, CA, and grew up near Los Angeles, and go to Mexico on a regular basis, so I DO know Mexican food. In California, I wouldn’t go to this restaurant. I’m used to more flavor in the enchilada and relleno sauce.
But for being tired and hungry in the middle of Nebraska, this dinner made me very happy. The Nachos De Maguey were VERY good, with lots of beef and chicken.
If I come back to Kearney, I’ll come back to El Meguey.

Great service, and the food had a very unique original flavor. The taco salad is truly a taco salad with overtones of celentro and lime. Worth your time.

Adequate, fast, and not overly priced. We ordered the special (two combination plates, with the second one 50% off), and spent $ 20 (including a generous tip).
Service was quick and staff was friendly.
The food was pretty boring, though. Granted, I’m a little bit of a Mexican food «snob», after living in the southwest for 20 years.

We have lunch here, maybe once per month. Always good Mex chow, and they gladly grill fresh jalapenos, as requested. Today.same. Just right service. Thanks folks. Well done again.

The food was average and the service was less than average. I was just passing through, but if I lived nearby, I wouldn’t return. (unless every other Mexican place was worse).

We had a very pleasant dinner at El Maguey. Service was friendly and skillful. The food was prepared for the Great Plains palate, with seasoning levels rather low. However, I enjoyed the chicken/​steak fajitas, and my companion liked her taco salad. She also liked the chocochimi for dessert — very rich and chocolatey. They have a drive-​through, making call-​ahead take-​out very easy.

Love this place! Taco salad’s are the best in town and margaritas are cheap and delicious! Always like to take my family here when they visit from out of town.

Great stop on our trip on I-​80 for a quick, yummy Mexican lunch. Service was great, they were prompt and friendly. Food came out in less than ten minutes. Lunch portions were perfectly sized, we both ate everything on our plates! Would stop here again for sure if traveling through. P. s. Husband didn’t like the cheese dip/​he thought it was too watery. I liked it:)

Hands down the best Mexican joint in town. Best Mexican I’ve ever had? No, not by a long shot, but I’ve been to numerous places in Arizona and Mexico so it’s kind of hard to compare. However, everything I’ve had here is fantastic. The food is great, the prices are great, and the portions are great. Definitely worth a stop!

We frequently stop for the night in Kearney as it is about halfway between our home and our family in the Midwest. On our most recent trip we decided to look for a Mexican restaurant when we got into town and found El Maguay, thank goodness! We will absolutely make this part of our stay from now on. The service was fast and friendly and the food was so good from the soups to the salads and the tacos. Their refried beans were tasty and the pre-​meal salsa/​chips were excellent. Our deserts (churros, tres leche cake, and fried ice cream) were muy delicioso as well. And, joy of joys, we were there on a Wednesday so we were able to enjoy 89¢ margaritas. EIGHTY-​NINE CENT MARGARITAS!!! What better way to erase the trials of a day spent on I-​80 across Nebraska?