Los Mariachis

My bf and I are regulars here, at least 2 – 3 times a month. The food is excellent, service is decent. The salsa comes in tiny bowls, that could be better. Their prices are very reasonable, the beer is cold. The restaurant itself could be kept a bit cleaner however.

Ah, Los Mariachis, where the small stuff counts. I am one of those eaters who looks at the small stuff — from the health department’s chronically high 90s valuation about the sanitation of this Mexican casual diner that hangs on its front window to the speed of service to the temperature of its food. The scores, the smiles, the speed and the food all matter to me.
Los Mariachi scores well for local establishments on all counts. It is certainly better than the national fast food and casual restaurant chains — even if this small town could support a more big city Chipotle or Qdoba, in which I would typically rank a three for their pre-​fabricated servings. This place is a cut above.
This is one of my local restaurants that I have patronized over the years. It has been a Lebanon establishment for over 14 years.
My favorite dish is steak salad with guacamole.

After eating here, I got food poisoning so bad that I had to go to the emergency room. It was coming out both ends, and I was puking bile. I recovered after two days, two IV’s, five hospital-​strength doses of anti-​nausea medicine, and a 100.7 degree fever.
I know it was the food I ate here (the Gringa, probably the chorizo), because that was the only thing I ate that day that my family didn’t also eat.
Shortly before realizing the ER was necessary, my stepmother called the restaurant to let them know that I got sick from the chorizo. They just said that they had not heard from anyone else and they use it in a lot of stuff, but nothing about checking it or throwing it out to be safe.
I definitely won’t eat here again. If you do, just don’t order anything with chorizo, and you might be safe.

I am a very patient person, but service and our food took a very long time. They would barely bring any chips and the salsa was anything but sub-​par. They brought out our food staggered, which spanned over about 20 minutes. Then I was still waiting for my food and when it came out, it was awful. It is very difficult to find bad Mexican food but I found it here. Terrible.
But their margaritas were pretty good and they make them fairly strong.

If you’re in Lebanon, KY and like Mexican food — this place is great. I’d absolutely stop here again. The food was terrifice and the service was friendly and fast. They had some very unique dishes on the menu that I’d like to go back and try.

This seemed like it was going to be one of those run-​of-​the mill low-​quality Mexican restaurants that are suffocating America like the plague. I am happy to report that it was not! The menu looked the same as all of those other places, but the food was actually quite good. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had all sorts of great authentic Mexican, and this isn’t that, but the food was very tasty and fairly inexpensive. I would go there again. This is probably one of the better restaurants in town.