Cinco de Mayo Restaurant & Bar

640 Center Point Way, Gaithersburg - 20878
114 reviews
Mexican
(240) 261-4349

I will keep the review simple. Place is average. Food while looks good is rather bland. My chicken fajitas came out sizzling hot which was great. I enjoyed the smoky flavor of the grilled chicken and vegetables so kudos on this. Chips nothing special. We didn’t have any alcohol so can’t comment on that. They brought us out water bit during the 2 hours we were there did not refill the water once. I asked for Salsa to try and embellish the flavor of my fajitas but the salsa never arrived. The other thing to know is there is not lunch menu on the weekends. To summarize, the food was ok and the service was ok.

This restaurant location and decor makes it seem super inviting. Don’t be deceived as we were, I found the food is lackluster and flavorless. First, when ordering, I noticed there was no taco salad on the menu. What Mexican restaurant doesn’t have taco salad? I found the chips to be tasteless and the salsa is thin red tasteless liquid with small chunks of onion in it. I opted for the chicken and avocado salad (as there was no taco salad). It arrived on a bed of iceberg lettuce, with minimal avocado and the chicken was minimally seasoned. The dressing was in packets and was on par with what I would expect from a minimally priced pizza joint. It was food, and the ingredients were fresh, but the quality of ingredients for the price……it wasn’t worth it at all. My significant other asked for a spicy sauce or some crushed red pepper to add spice to the flavorless food he had. The waitress said they had no pepper and offered a “hot sauce” for a charge. I’ve been to plenty of Mexican restaurants in the area and it has never been an issue to get some extra spicy sauce or salsa to add to a meal. After eating, found that the bathroom door handle is broken and it doesn’t lock, to turn on the sink you have to push down, which means after you wash with soap you have to touch the dirty sink again to rinse (very poorly thought out for a restaurant, and had I realized before, I would have suggested we go elsewhere). I sanitized again with sanitizer in my purse. I would skip this one, there are plenty of other options within walking distance.

I thought about this for a long time. Everything on the menu here is $15-20+ in price which left my jaw dropped. 4 chimichangas and a beer and I left with a $50 bill. They need $3 or $5 quick fresh tacos and the line would be out the door. The owner is going for a high end mexican vibe which is ok, but it won’t last very long. The small thing of guacamole they give you is $5 and it lacks salt and flavor.Would i go back here? No. Probably not. I felt that the prices and the quality of food didn’t match up very well. I recommend the hot dog place next door.

Worst place ever! The chips taste horrible! Like refried in crusted soap I almost called the cops on the chips! appetizers, and entree' arrived at the same time. Why? My friend' s rice was cold, steak was well done instead medium rare as requested and food was so so SALTY! We should have just ordered salt and drinks. The chimichangas were crispy and more SALTY. Lawd those chips were nasty. Never going back! Five guys will do just fine.

Don't not recommend go elsewhere! Seriously!!We decided not to cook today and eat out for dinner tonight. We had wanted to check this place out for a while since its grand opening.The food is not that great seriously you can get better Mexican food else where, the taste is bland and very washed out American style but worse. Service is a another joke with no punch line, yeah its that bad..all the waiter just hangout in the kitchen gossiping instead of actually working and attending to costumers (like they know the place is a .."fill in the words" .. and will closed down eventually "see photo you can see them just chit-chattering on the glass reflection might be hard to make it out but its there".. The chips and salsa is bad, well chips where okay but the salsa was on whole new level of terrible. Seriously it not that difficult to make salsa but I'm not sure what they where thinking but the salsa taste like stright up pizza sause. If I wanted pizza I would had gone to mod pizza next door (egh) I came for Mexican food not Italian. We had ordered the fajita with 3 meats(chicken,shrimp,steak), a taco kids meal and a chimichanga. When we received the our order (eventually...) I was bit surprised if I had received the correct plate thinking to myself out all the places (Mexican restaurants) I been to...who the hell thought of putting shredded pork on a fajita plate? Why idk but it was just god awful. My son refuse to eat his taco after first bite as it was just terrible. The chimichanga was just disgusting. Furthermore for what your paying in price out weighs the actually quality of food and service. The food is worst then just mediocre and its on it own level distastefulness.Might also add that there's no reason that the men's and women's should look like scene from NYC tunnels especially on a slow night with over staffed employee. Final thought go elsewhere, you'll definitely get better flavorful food at tacobell then here let alone baja fresh, Food here not fresh and is dry possibly defrosted in a microwave at some point and time....Update 3/24/22 avoid this place, my son got a stomach ach around midnight and worse throughout the night. We took him today to his pediatrician and was prescribed medication.My spouse also felt ill whom later began vomiting in the morning. I also felt stomach sick with slight plain. As of now no management has reached please advoid this place need to be shut down and evaluated over food saftey.

This is pretty good Mexican food. Nothing to write home about, but the service was good. The place gets really loud with all the hard surfaces and a reasonably full place.

We were so happy to finally find a place with their cheese dip! We’re originally from GA and can never find it. The food and service is good too! I can’t wait to try one of their drinks when I’m not pregnant. ?

Finally, some flavor! Not the same basic food. Yom

My husband and I stopped in for a drink before we went to see a movie at the theater across the street. We sat at the bar and had a Margarita with chips and salsa. Then menu looked very appealing but we had already eaten. I definitely want to return and try some of their dishes one day. Our bartender was very nice and served us quickly. We had a great first visit and we’ll definitely be back.

We did pick up via door dash and the food was absolutely terrible. Everything was soggy. The taco salad shell, quesadillas etc. Not only bad food but the 20min pickup time turned into an hour. 40mins waiting. No one really cared or wanted to help. Would not recommend.