Maria's Mexican Restaurant

406 South Ave, Springfield - 65806
223 reviews
Tex-Mex Mexican
(417) 831-9339

Good food, great service and great atmosphere. It's located in the perfect spot. Would definitely recommend and would dine again.

Picked up a catering order for a family dinner. The food was amazing! The service was fast and friendly! We will definitely eat there again.

Dont like this but....Saturday night thought we'd give it a try. Not busy at all so it wasn't bc of that. Queso was a weird gritty cheese substance. Asked and they said it's all they could get. Waitress hated us immediately. Just very poor service and drinks and food. Glad I got to try it but that's where it ends.

Ordered tacos de asada and got a burrito ??

Good food, friendly staff

Ok, I'm picky about salsa - in that it shouldn't be watery and shouldn't taste Italian - I mention that because their "salsa" taste like marinara sauce. I asked for spicy salsa instead and it tastes the same with a little spice in it. Not a fan.The PROs: wait time was very little for a Saturday night and the waitresses were sure running around taking care of everything. The waitress for our table was very sweet but service was lacking (see con's). Ambiance is fine for a bar/grill place, no frills.The CONs: drunks at the bar at 630pm on a Saturday and still getting served drinks. Waitress forgot my spicy salsa twice. She was slow getting second rounds of drinks out. Food was not very good, I ordered fish tacos (which was my first time ever ordering these, so take this for what it was), but with how people talk up fish tacos in general I thought I finally should try (I love fish, I love tacos, case closed) - these were subpar at best, the fish was bland, the sauces were ok but didn't bring anything exciting to the bite. The bartender seemed to just sit behind the bar while the waitresses did hosting, waitressing, and cleaning tables. The bartender is literally starring at people coming in but can't be bothered to take names down and act as a hostess?Overall: would not revisit and would have rated lower if it weren't for the fact that on a Saturday night we got a seat within 8 mins and the waitresses were at least nice even though running all over the place.

Food was awful. I should have known the second we tasted the salsa... Yikes. Who uses basil instead of cilantro in salsa? So, so bizarre. When our entrees came out, it looked like the beans and rice had been dished up a long time ago....a dry crust over the beans and dried out rice. My husband's carne asada also tasted suuuper old. Yuck! We were surprised by the really cheap quality of the flour tortillas. It was unexpected in the first place to receive flour tortillas for my fish tacos - typically these would have been corn tortillas. Didn't make sense. All that said, our server was very nice.

Allergy friendly. Taco salad the perfect balance of hearty and light. Good Mother's beer with a seasonal always on tap.

Doesn't understand vegan means no meat or cheese but has a vegan menu.

The food and service is pretty okay. But I will say the salsa taste like marinara with onions. It was weird. But the rest was pretty good