Real De Minas

The food has always been great however the service is terrible. Unfortunately they are under staffed so the employees they do have are running around like chickens with their heads cut off. If you’re looking for a quick meal DO NOT come here because it will be take you a while.

Giving this restaurant a one start was hard enough, the food and service was so poor that I only gave it this star to write the review. My friends and I decided to come here for dinner for a change of pace for authentic Mexican food, but that was the wrong choice for many reasons. To start off two of our friends were already there and had finished the chips and salsa. When my friend and I arrived they never wanted to bring us more chips and salsa. We had to ask a numerous amount of times just for stale chips and boring salsa. They also brought out a «fishey tasting coleslaw salsa» that was really unappetizing.
On to the dinner portion, I got the three cheese enchilada plate and my food was cold. The cheese was not even melted. I also ordered a side of guacamole and never got it. After flagging down the waiter for a good five minutes, he brought me out fake guacamole. Like seriously «authentic Mexican» the guacomole is better from the grocery store. I barely ate any of it, very unappetizing and just not worth the price.
On to the checks, the server put the gratuity on one check even though he gave us all individual checks like we had asked. My friend asked him about it and he made it a big ordeal it didn’t need to be. Then he finally gave up on the argument and just split the gratuity to everyones check.
Overall far below average experience. If you want good Mexican don’t come here, anywhere that passes off stale chips, fake guacamole, fishy salsa, and cold food should not be a restaurant in business. Not to mention the service is just as bad as the food.

This is a fairly classic Mexican restaurant. The seafood is expensive but the rest of the menu is very reasonable. We find the Pollo poblano to be exceptional. The tacos, enchiladas, rellenos and tamales are all good.
I think the warm bean dip that comes before dinner is quite tasty. Sometimes they have a spicy slaw which is also good.
The service is fine but not exceptional. The bussing staff does not know much English but they are warm and helpful.

This is not good Mexican food. This is straight gringo food and you don’t see any Mexican’s up in here eating the food. It is bad. The food is bland, soggy, and just plan nasty. My husband couldn’t even get past the first bite.
I had the chimichanga and it was soggy. The great chili tasted like canned Stoke’s green chili.- just not impressive at all.

I don’t know what has happened to this place but the management seems to have gone to shit. The front of the house is messed up, the back is messed up. Let me explain; I had to make lunch for myself on Mother’s day because we made the mistake of going to this restaurant along with every other idiot in the area for lunch. We got there at 12:30 for lunch, we left at 3:00 PM. The first problem was that we had 5 people, instead of 4 like we had originally thought and because of this the stupid girls at the front didn’t know what to do. It took them a half an hour before they finally resolved to offer us a 4 person booth with a chair at the end.
We took it, because by 1:15 we were tired of waiting to be seated. So, we all squeezed into a booth and put in our order — the waitress gave us a good 20 min to decide what we wanted. Good thing we didn’t need a drink or anything…
2:20 rolls around, we still don’t have our food. Everyone at the table talks about getting up and leaving. My husband had to leave for work by 2:30. 2:25 comes, and I get up from the table and go to the front to ask how many more tables that came in after us we are going to have to watch eat before we get our food. My bad — the food finally arrives at 2:30, well, all of the entrees except for mine which was the day’s special.
Now I’ll admit, I’ve never worked in a restaurant… but I’m pretty certain that specials of the day are usually prepped in advance so they should take the least amount of time to get together. Especially since it was steak and lobster (neither of these items should be cooked for very long). When I got my entrée, 10 minutes after my husband had already left it is so overcooked the steak is basically beef jerky and the lobster would probably bounce had I dropped it.
Now, I’m all about making allowances for places when I know they are busy. But, we had several larger booths open up while we were waiting in the same area we were sat and we had to ask to move 3 times before we were allowed to by the staff. The first two times we were told that they wanted to save the booths for parties bigger than ours — because we weren’t 6 we were 5. The real bur in my ass was watching those other booths we had asked to move to get their order in, get their food and actually leave before we even got another refill.
Compounding all the frustration of being in a place that was overly packed — the waitress didn’t bring us a high chair for our child so I had to go hunt one down. Nor did she come by and ask if she could get us anything while we waited so I had a impatient, hungry 1 year old to deal with this entire time. I think it’s safe to say that we will NEVER eat at this location again. It’s too bad, but I just can’t deal with no food and shitty service. This is where I draw the line…

Super, Awesome food. Great service!!! Excellent Michelada’s. I’ve been looking for these drinks for a while! I would recommend to anyone any day! Down side no Marachis or Karaōke! If they get this at this location, it will be my go to spot for a long time!

Delicious chips, salsa & bean dip to start the meal.
I tried a carnitas torta. For $ 7.99 it is a huge meal that I should have saved half of (I didn’t though). It came on bolilo bread, which is a Mexican sandwich roll. It had a generous helping of carnitas, avocado, onion, cheese, mayonnaise, lettuce and tomatoes. The tomatoes were underripe, which is why 4 stars and not 5.
The waitress was friendly and came back to refill water and chips and salsa multiple times throughout the meal.
They have a large menu and there is ample seating as well as parking right next to and behind.

Finally found a great Mexican restaurant! So many choices on the menu we will have to come back to try them all! The food was awesome!

We were really hungry for Mexican and tried this due to its convenient location that particular day. We were so disappointed! We like medium spicy and I would classify their food as medium hot to hot, enough that I couldn’t enjoy their flavors. From the salsa that contained chunks of hot peppers, to their sauces, it was more than I could continue to eat. I can’t think of any other Mexican restaurant that put us off as much as this did, and we’ve enjoyed many a Mexican spot. As with salt (you can put more on your food but not take it out) too much heat is plain lousy cooking. Pass.

Spectacular food and service. My family and I came here on a snowy day when it was a little slow and we engaged in conversation with the manager. He was so nice! Our food came out quickly, it was freshly prepared, and everything was spicy and delicious. I do think however one of the beer dispensers is leaking air because when I ordered it, my beer was flat and not very fizzy. The bartender obliged and got me a new beer, so all was well. We will be coming back here regularly for our Mexican food fix!

I am always impressed with good food, well prepared. The service was excellent and the margaritas were fabulous. Highly recommend the queso dip! Their house salsa was delicious and I had the veggie enchiladas while hubby had chicken tortilla soup. BUT they wrapped my enchiladas in flour tortillas which I didn’t love. The spinach vegetable stuffing wasn’t delicious because it was overcooked and bland. The rice and beans were amazing, however. Hubbys soup was terrific and tasty. Overall, good, not the best.

Good: The food overall, the salsa, bean dip, service
Mediocre: the chips
Bad: the margaritas!
Great chicken mole. Good price.
But one of the worst margaritas ever. I can’t stand when they give you a Marg list without any prices added. Well now I know why… It’s because they super over-​charge for them. Terrible house Marg, low end tequila, too much sour mix, and almost $ 9 a pop! Special margs much better flavor, but you pay for it. Still not great IMO.
I’m spoiled by Maria’s in Santa Fe. Best maragaritas on earth!
Overall, a 3-​star experience. Probably would go elsewhere next time, although the chicken was good.

We have been here once before. It was fantastic. Great prices, great service.
Today we Came in for «Happy Hour» and the entire Happy Hour menu has been changed.
Less choices, higher prices.
Lot’s of choices on the menu. Spicy salsa.
BEWARE — they start charging after the first round of chips.

This is our favorite Mexican food restaurant — their poem green chili is wonderful and service is ALWAYS great!!!

Food is always consistent in flavor and taste. A large variety of mexican food from all over Mexico.
Recipes are very traditional and ingredients used are of ok quality. Ask the waiter or waitress to recommend something and venture to a new dish.

My boyfriend and I come to Real De Mina’s weekly, sometimes twice a week. We love the food, the feel, the waitstaff is always friendly and fast. We are avid Mexican food eaters and this is one of our regular go-to’s. I LOVE the bean dip and the seafood dip they offer alongside their salsa with the chips they give you when you sit down, they rotate it and they’re both absolutely amazing.

Oh wow what a find! Authentic décor and very friendly staff. Meal starts with chips and their housemade black bean dip and salsa. Both very tasty with the perfect blend of spice. Lots of vegetarian options. My husband loved his shrimp fajitas, and I really liked my soft chili relleno. Definitely worth the drive!

We were told this was the most authentic & delicious Mexican food in the South Denver area. Chips were really good (tasted like fresh tostada shells) and salsa was fine (reminded me of chunky red enchilada sauce). Service was prompt & nice and they corrected an error in my order quickly.
Kids quesadilla is tiny… two small triangles. Hubby got the chicken & steak fajitas & thought they were all right. I got the steak fajita burrito & the steak was really greasy without a bunch of flavor.
Prices were high… two adult meals, an iced tea & fountain drink, and two kids meals was over $ 50.
It wasn’t awful but it wasn’t worth the drive from Littleton so we won’t be back.

I love the fact that they rotate their 2^nd salsa selection with their chips.
I also love great Mexican food and alcohol consisting of other tasty ingredients to make them appear to be less alcoholic, so this is a great spot for both!
The food is great on a regular basis, and I’ll keep being a repeat customer at this particular location because they’ve never failed to provide anything.

Mehhhh… The food here is just alright… My family and I come here for Mexican food b/​c it’s just so close and convenient to our house. but I think in the future, it’ll be worth it to drive a little further to a better Mexican Restaurant…
I do enjoy the salsa and bean dip that comes with the chips… and nothing we ordered was terrible. but I loveeeee Mexican food and I want to fully enjoy it.
I’ve tried the steak burrito, chicken burrito, and steak fajitas here. All were pretty average… portion sizes are pretty good… the price is definitely lower than most Mexican places…
The service was a little slow. which I didn’t understand. b/​c it wasn’t busy at all. but the staff was very nice. :)