Los Dos Molinos

My boyfriend and I had such a positive experience yesterday (5÷19÷16) at lunch. We got to the restaurant right before they closed (not knowing they closed early) and the owner insisted we stay and eat, he even cooked our food himself. There was another customer there who is a regular and he talked with us and was talking to and entertaining our 4 month old son. When we got up to leave the owner informed us that the other gentleman paid for our lunch. It definitely was not expected and we were very grateful. It’s one of our favorite restaurants to go to and after that experience it will be one we continue to frequent!
We will definitely be paying it forward.

Food was not that good.
Staff was not that friendly.
And I guess it’s NEW Mexican Mexican food?
And for the love of God, don’t ask for mild sauce. You would have thought I asked for baby tigers blood.

I just didn’t really «get» this place. The service was really good but I ordered a chicken taco and a bean and cheese burrito and they both had zero flavor or spice. I must have ordered the wrong things

Rating: Excellent
Greater was prompt and pleasant. Waiter was on top of everything and his recommendation was on point. Drinks where never low. Food was exceptional. Checked on by the manager. I really could not recommend one change to my experience. Really top notch.
And this during the lunch rush, where there was clearly several other large groups.
This will be on my heavy rotation list for sure.

The food here is amazing and very spicy:) not for the faint of heart. The green chili pork stew is incredible and the meat melts in your mouth. Had a skinny margarita on the rocks and it was spot on, not disgustingly sweet like most places.
Docked one star because service kinda sucks and is slow.

We visited here from Austin, Texas for spring training on the recommendation of a few locals who I trust very much.
Los Dos Molinos is the real deal. We experienced amazing food and great service. Over four days, we actually came here twice. This food isn’t for the faint of heart — like true New Mexican cuisine it has a little bit of a kick, but it’s precise and intentional. We’re looking forward to next year’s spring training so we can hit up Los Dos Molinos a few more times.

Why haven’t I eaten here before? We were checking in on the construction of new station 203 right next door and decided to grab some lunch. Now, I like some spicy food — really spicy and this hit the spot! Omg the red salsa is freaking killer!!! I had the lunch special, shrimp enchiladas with green sauce and they were excellent. The service was great and I will absolutely return! Definitely an authentic Mexican joint I’ll have to introduce to my hubby.

Ok. Let’s start here: Los Dos Molinos’ specialties are New Mexican dishes. New Mexican, as in «from the state of New Mexico.» Heavy on the chiles, fairly spicy, and very flavorful. Really good stuff! But, if you go expecting Mexican food (whatever «Mexican food» means to you), you’ll probably leave disappointed.
The carne adovada is what we (I) always go back for. It is always fork tender, moist, and SPICY. I typically order the adovada ribs entrée and always take ½ home. It’s a lot of food and we never pass up the opportunity to order a sopapilla for dessert. We also really like the green chile stew.
We’ve always received friendly and efficient service at this Los Dos location. When they’re busy, the kitchen bogs down a bit, but the ticket times never seem to get too long. They keep the chip bowls full and the drinks coming while we wait. That’s enough to keep us happy!

I LOVE the food here! Unless you order shrimp. the last two times I did it was only cooked on one side. Seriously the one side was still clear silver raw shrimp. And the other time not one shrimp of the dozen or so in the dish had been cleaned! Huge black veins down the back of each one. Both meals were not even tasted! just tossed right in the garbage. Other than that it’s my favorite Mexican food in town.

This restaurant has quite possibly the worst service we’ve ever experienced. We arrived about 6pm (early by usually Saturday night dining times) and were seated immediately. The place was about ¾ full. It was 10 minutes before our drink order was taken and another 20 before anyone bothered to take our meal order. 25 minutes later, just as my patience was at it’s end, our food arrived. Both our orders were wrong. When we stopped a server to tell them they took the food away and promised replacements immediately. 10 minutes later as we were getting up to leave the food arrived. My husband said his #6 burro was good but the chicken in my chimichanga was dry and devoid of flavor. The severs never offered a second round of drinks until we were ready to leave. We will not be back.

Food was terrible!!! The carnitas were very very dry. The shrimp in garlic sauce was a disaster no flavor once so ever!!! We will never come back again!

I’m a fan. A Mexican restaurant I can take my in-​laws from New Mexico to without embarrassment. Yes, Los Dos Molinos does bring the heat, but they assist you by spice indications on the menu and by friendly help when ordering. My advice? Embrace the heat. Rules of thumb? The red salsa is hot. The green salsa is not. The green sauce is hot. The red sauce is not. I hope that’s clear :) Better ask your server if you’re truly adverse to spicy food.
I love the New Mexico influences: The random fried eggs. The quality red and green chile smothering every burrito and enchilada. The heat.
The kids menu is great, with a lot of choices. Some items seem a little expensive at first reading, but they are worth the price.
The restaurant itself is bright and colorful, but basic. A true hole in the wall. I drove right by it the first time I visited. It’s easy to see in the daylight, but it’s difficult to spot at night. Just trust Google if you’re arriving after dark. The prices are very reasonable and the service is very friendly and attentive.
A bonus: There’s a Unilocal deal for a free cheese crisp as of this date.

The food was really great! I came here with my family in law and they were really excited to show me the great food to Arizona have to offer. I ordered the enchilada plate with chicken. The only thing that really threw me off was the bone that I found on my plate. Other than that the flavors are great complex and spicy. I will definitely come back

I had possibly the worst Mexican meal that I’ve ever eaten here. I had been out furniture shopping with my roommate when we decided we were a bit peckish. After trying to decide what we wanted to eat while exploring the less-​than-​grandiose night-​time stylings of Mesa’s «Fiesta District», we settled on Mexican because of the need for slow-​cooked food and spice at a proper sit-​down restaurant. This was not that restaurant.
The menu is confusing and the waiter was really of no help. He had to read the menu himself to try to understand what was in the dishes we asked about. He also made mention that he had not tried the food (at least, the food we ended up ordering). Seeing no Carne Asada offerings on the menu, we chose two dishes with the Machaca Beef. I had the «Chef’s Special: Stuffed Sopapillas-​Two sopapillas stuffed with your choice of meat, served with rice/​beans, enchilada style Christmas $ 12.95» My roomie got the Machaca Beef in another iteration that’s not even worth remembering. We were actually quite hungry so we started in on the chips and salsa that were brought to the table. Red sauce — too hot (and I like it pretty hot). Green sauce — too hot. To remedy the situation, I asked if we could order a side of queso dip. This really confused the waiter (apparently, a hot cup of cheese to dip tortilla chips in was unfathomable at this Mexican restaurant). What we were brought was a strange greasy flour tortilla chip nacho platter with an unidentifiable warm green sauce in the middle. Bland food service cheese on greasy flour tortilla chips (which were more like soft crackers) did not inspire us for the impending meal (and they call this an «appetizer»).
Long story short, everything we ordered was a complete misfire. The Machaca Beef was not so much spicy (as advertised on the menu with an asterisk to indicate «spicy New Mexican chili»), as it was so salty as to be nearly inedible. The rice and beans were flavorless and bland. The pictures posted on Unilocal don’t look like what we were served. Beans were dry… no sauce. We didn’t come close to finishing our plates. We ate just enough to kill some nagging hunger pangs and then pushed the rest aside. I don’t know how you can screw up simple Mexican staples such as rice, beans, and a tortilla stuffed with meat and covered with sauce… but they did a bang-​up job of robbing this meal of any possible flavor. Come to think of it, they kinda robbed me. I won’t be back and I can’t understand how this place gets an average of 4 stars on Unilocal.By any measure, the food here was horrid.

We went around 5PM on a Saturday and enjoyed everything we had. For $ 47 before tip, we had 2 beers, one huge margarita, the queso appetizer, 2 entrees, and an order of sopapillas with honey for dessert (a bargain!). The servers were working as a team so there was constantly someone checking up on us, they were very attentive.
The $ 5 queso dip is a steal for that price (also, this was the spiciest item we had, and everything was spicy, so that says something, be warned!).
The «medium» Kick Ass margarita was HUGE. My dining partner had the carne adovada chimichanga and I had the adovada chile relleno, both were very spicy but very delicious. The sweetness of the honey & sopapillas helped us cool our tastebuds to end our meal.
If you like spicy food and green chile, this is the place for you. If you do not like spicy food, do not go here (no one wants to hear about how it was too spicy for you if you have already been warned that they specialize in SPICY). We will be back!

Another visit to our home away from home. Can’t believe how many years we have been coming here. The Red and Green Chile and frozen Margaritas keep us coming back.
I am not a fan of the «chain» restaurants, they cater to a different crowd. This is a place that is not for everyone, but as their slogan says, «Those that like it Hot!» This is the place for me.

Customer service was really good. Each employee was friendly to us. They made us feel welcome.
The restaurant itself is nothing fancy. Has some gaudy décor but it makes you feel like the food is going to be good. :). Sometime the best places are the little hole in a walls.
The first bowls of chips and salsa are free but the second are $ 1 each. The red and green salsa taste good and are spicy. Taste home made to me. I don’t typically like green salsa but I liked this one.
The cheese crisp was not crispy. I would suggest telling them you want it crispy so that they will cook it longer.
What I noticed is the spicy dishes taste good but the other items like tacos, tostada, rice, beans are bland.
Sister ordered combo #3 taco, tostada rice and beans. The meat in the taco was bland and mushy. Had a weird flavor. The rice tasted packaged. The whole beans had no seasoning.
I ordered Adovada Rib dinner. This was cooked well. Lots of flavor and spice. I got the same packaged tasting rice. My beans were in a red sauce that tasted like it was canned. The tortilla was very dry and hard.
Daughter ordered a beef and bean tostada. When she picked it up for a bite, she only had half a shell. We looked underneath the mound of beans and lettuce but the other half of the shell was missing!
I really wanted to like this place. Living in Mesa you’d think there would be better Mexican restaurants to choose from. This one is marked off my list.

Los Dos is absolutely other — worldly! There are no flavours like this that I have found in Canada. Of course, this is not surprising. This quaint establishment offers a straightforward menu with amazing tastes. Faves include Cheese Crisp — be sure to ask for sliced jalapeño and Adavada Ribs,
Be aware that Los Dos brings the heat and it is fabulous! You will need at least tres cerveza with your meal!
Service is always polite and accommodating. Meals arrive promptly.
I like how Los Dos honours the US Military — very cool!
I highly recommend this spot!

Still consistently stellar! If you’re in from out of town, I’m probably taking you here.
Along with anything Adovada, add their Green Chili Stew. Delicious

Some like it hot. but some like it not (me)
Yes, I can’t handle heat, but it doesn’t mean the food has to taste flavorless right?
Man, my wife and I were looking for good Mexican food for the second straight night in Arizona. This place was not, here’s why.
I ordered their Roasted Pork Tostada w/​taco, as it was one of the few mild items on the menu that the owner or manager did not feel to even care about, as he took my wife’s order (I forgot what she had) and then mine, he was like you can’t hang with the big boys? and his attitude was like ok, whatever and when I got my meal, the food tasted to me like ok, whatever. I mean, if the food doesn’t have spices, you should at least have season in it, as it was completely bland. Poor pork, it was roasted so well and the rest of the tostada and taco were done perfectly, but without seasoning (salt), it goes no where; it should not be allowed to walk outside, as it had no clothes on type of analogy.
They placed no care on their mild items and what’s sad is Bobby Flay likes them. On top of that, my wife’s dish had the spices, but even that, hers lacked seasoning as well.
This place we would not come to again and Bobby Flay, I don’t trust him anymore.
Oh yeah, the drinks were not that good. I had the Sangria Margarita, don’t let it fool you, it looked great and sounded great, but it tasted sour.
The wait staff were rude and they ignored our table a lot. I understand they were busy, but hello, we are here. do I need to set a trap for them to stand next to our table? like to be nice, super glue?
The waitress at the end accepted our gift card, but when it did not cover the whole amount, she acted like we couldn’t pay. what the heck? fool!
Thanks for the free Cheese Crisp, but man, it is just an unfolded cheese quesadilla.
Nothing special.