Top Shelf

Everything in the restaurant was awesome! The food was very tasteful & you can tell that everything was barely made. I’m coming back!

Ok food. 2 star due to bathroom smelling like a truck stop… easy fix tho

I give this place a SOLID four stars!!! The food is certainly GOOD, the chips and salsa are fresh and enjoyable and the service has always been quick and super friendly! We have been going to this location for a couple DECADES and we will continue to do so! In fact, we are headed to Top Shelf TONIGHT for dinner!!! Looking forward to a yummy meal!
I am left wondering if the bashers are related or friends of another Mexican restaurants in the area (one in particular right across the street) or other Mexican restaurants or restaurants in the area and surrounding area? It makes no sense to me to see so many bad reviews!!! Ignore the whiners and give this place a try!

Should be called Bottom Shelf! Top shelf margs were good, but the food was awful. I ordered a la cart seafood enchilada and I needed a saw to cut the tortilla and the sauce tasted fresh out of the Old El Paso can. My husband ordered an a la cart burro that tasted like school food. It was a huge tortilla (definitely not fresh) and flavorless ground beef. If you go, keep your expectations low. This restaurant needs help.

I’ve been here coming here since the place opened, although not nearly as much as I once did. I met a couple of clients today at Top Shelf, not my choice or I’d would of offered another suggestion.
I agree with the large majority of previous comments and highly agree that this place needs to be closed down, renovated, professionally cleaned and reopened under new management.

We moved to Peoria last year and were looking for a good Mexican sit down restaurant. We have tried this place 3 times so far, and I am underwhelmed. I transferred to San Diego for two years for work, and there is no shortage of good Mexican food there, so I wanted to give this place a chance by making multiple visits. On previous visits I considered their food ok. Not bad but not super good and the service was acceptable.
On our last visit about 2 weeks ago, we went in for a late dinner on a Monday night. We decided to sit on the patio After waiting for about 7 minutes (from when I started timing), we still were not greeted. There were two seats open at the bar, so we moved inside. It took the bartender a bit to greet us, but eventually we ordered some wine and the fajitas. We also asked for some pico de gallo for our chips at the same time. I thought the food took a little long to get there, but a horrible wait. The bartender disappeared for quite a while, and when we next saw her she was bringing us our food. Still no pico de gallo, and when I asked her expression made it clear that she had forgotten.
The topper was that the fajitas were not good. The chicken was dry and flavorful, and the veggies were soggy. Honestly, I’ve had much better fajitas at Chili’s. It’s sad because this place is literally around the corner from our house, however when you couple this experience with the fact their wine select consists of «house» wines, I don’t think I’ll be back anytime soon.

This place has gone down hill, use to be my go to place for some good Mexican food. Haven’t been in a while, so I decided to go today and wish I chose different waitress was great food was terrible/​horrible next time I’ll search for a food truck before I step one foot in this place again. Wish I can give it 0 stars but the waitress is the reason Top Shelf got 1 star from me. Hashtag GROSS

burrito was a little thicker than normal but still had s great taste. The atmosphere is great and the service was good. I’ll come back.

We went here for dinner tonight with a friend. I had the appetizer plate and an ice water with lemon. The water tastes terrible so I had to ask for an iced tea. The food was so bland that I had to add a ton of salt. Even with sour cream and guacamole, it was bland. That wasn’t the worst part… about 20 minutes after we got home, I threw up everything. My stomach just turned. I had Staph Food Poisoning last year from another restaurant so I knew right away what was happening. I won’t be eating there again or out for that matter anymore. Wish I would have read the reviews before going. I can’t believe they continue to make people sick and all of the bad reviews. I will be contacting the Health Dept.

No gluten free menu. Sauces all have flour in them. Waiter wasnt real sure if chips were all corn or a blend. Hot sauce very tasty. Prefer to stick with restaurants that choose to cater to gluten free rather than guessing.

We give it 3 ½ stars. Decent happy hour in the cantina that is kid friendly, which can be hard to find. Brian was our server and he was excellent. Average sonoran food that can border on a bit Taco Bell’ish. If it was 3 AM and I was writing this I’d rate it higher. We’ll come back for their margs (bomb) and their karaōke which we heard is hella fun.

Pretty ordinary except for the frozen margarita which was tasteless. The food is OK — nothing special although the red chili was good once I let it escape from an overly large, heavy flour tortilla. Chips are OK, salsa is dull. Service however was friendly and efficient (which is why I gave 3 stars instead of 2) Maybe they’re just inconsistent because a couple of months ago, I thought the food was pretty good, but after this week’s experience, I’ll start looking for better Mexican food in the neighborhood.

The only thing promising here was the fresh chips and salsa. Other than that the food isn’t that great. Had to request a soft shelled taco, otherwise it’d come in a tacobell/​del taco hard shell, not exactly mexican food. The shredded beef was plain. The green burro was wrapped in layers of tortilla which just made everything dry. Even the pork inside was very dry, though saucy in the burrito itself, the pork was dry, dunno what zapped all the moisture out. The only thing making it edible was the shredded beef, at least that was moist. The cheese enchelada was pretty much all cheese.

It always amazes me how a bad restaurant can be so popular. I have been to this Top Shelf and the one on Greenway unfortunately on several occasions. Usually it was for drinks with friends before going out. But I have had many bad items off the menu as well as many bad drinks.
I will keep it short and sweet: Terrible excuse for Mexican food. Terrible wait. Terrible service. High priced.
There isn’t anything positive I have to say about this place other than a lot of people really seem to like it.

If you’re wanting a good Mexican meal, don’t come here. If you want to meet up with friends and have drinks and a small bite, maybe come here. The chips and salsa are the best thing to eat! There is karaōke which is always fun!

Staff was friendly. Liked all
the tv’s at every table. Made watching the football game enjoyable. It took forever for our food to come out. When it did, we thought it was average at best.

Terrible quality food. Will never go back. Taco salad had water at the bottom making the shell mushy. Husband agreed that his meal was of low quality as well.

Nice atmosphere for lunch and dinner. Glad to see they are now open for breakfast on Sunday for football. Food is above average for the area, but the service is great. I would recommend eating here and sitting in Mallorys section.

Ridiculous to wait 20 minutes for soda and to order! Waitress busy sitting with friends on patio! Then blamed the cook because the food was delivered cold — she was again on the patio. Going from bad to worse fast! Try Los Compadres

This is a good neighborhood bar for am after written cocktail. Everyone is a regular, and the company is always pleasant. The margaritas aren’t bad, and the food is middle of the road. I go here to unwind in a bar where I know there won’t be any shenanigans or unruly crowds.