El Maguey Mexican Restaurant

This is one of my regular spots for lunch hour during the week. I usually go on Fridays around 1pm and get served quickly with plenty of time to eat and catch up with coworkers and still have time to get back before our hour lunch is up.
My favorite is the chicken nachos. Everything tastes fresh. Big portions. The complementary salsa is very tastey.
The waitstaff is friendly and efficient. The lunch prices are great as well.
Very impressive for a chain.

Oh man. I love El maguey. Specifically the one in ofallon. And I always get the same thing: fajita mix nachos, the half order. It comes with chips, queso, beef, chicken, shrimp, onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. This location just doesn’t make it very tasty. I dont know why, or how you can really mess that up, but the last three times I have been here, it has been old, and cold tasting. The service has been very lacking, the soda always tastes flat… Just a very disappointing experience. Gotta find a new Mexican place out this way.

Outstanding everything! Food, service, price, cleanliness. I travel a lot and have had authentic Mexican food all over the country. This is definitely one of the best I’ve had. It’s too bad a few judgmental and overly picky people have to try and ruin the reputation of a great restaurant. I highly suggest this place!

Went on Cinco de Mayo and they didn’t have their liquor license. Luckily it was lunch time so it didn’t matter. Unfortunately they thought no one was going to show up since they couldn’t serve alcohol and severely under staffed. Only 3 servers for the WHOLE restaurant!!! It was a hot mess to say the least, but our food came to our table correctly and the staff was very friendly.

My favorite Mexican restaurant in the St. Louis area! Chips are always great, and I highly recommend the chicken taco salad. It’s delicious
This certain location is the newest El Maguey location in St. Louis (from what I believe) and the interior is nice.
Interior– 4.5÷5
Food– ⁵⁄₅
Service– ⁴⁄₅
OVERALL– ⁵⁄₅

Very friendly staff with great service. Had the fajita burrito and it came out loaded hot and delicious! Chips and salsa were good and the salsa had a nice heat to it! The beans and rice were good as well. This would if been a 3 star but I seen some weird rating which I didn’t get and it dropped their overall review which I thought was unfair. Place is nice and friendly with good food. Give it a go and leave a fair review.

Always solid. Friendly servers. Super kid friendly. Chips and salsa are super fresh. Margaritas are great. Personally, I think much better than than any other Mexican in the valley. Very fresh light shrimp options. Reasonable prices. It’s a family favorite.

Two words –STAY AWAY!
Server had an attitude as if he was doing us a big favor. My wife asked him a couple of questions and he became more irritated as each second passed. Food arrived and was gross. I ordered a combination plate that was served lukewarm and each item had the same greasy grainy tasteless beef filling. Food is an insult to Mexican cuisine. Food was worse than taco bell quality.

Always great food!

Nothing too special here but the food was good. Typical Americanized stuff. You could order by number and probably get the same #3 here as you do anywhere else. Nice looking place and appears clean — always a plus.
I had their signature dish which was a trio of shrimp enchiladas with cheese sauce over them and rice, guacamole & sour crème on the side. They presented a good enough looking plate that I snapped a picture to include with my review. The shrimp were nicely seasoned if a bit salty. The cheese sauce was your standard queso blanco. The rice had a good flavor and nice slivers of onion to punch it up a bit. All in all, it was good — not great — but good.
The dessert flan was also tasty if similar to flan I’ve had in any number of Mexican restaurants where you can order by number without looking at the menu. Again, good but nothing spectacular.
I suppose the best things that I can say about this restaurant are that it is clean, equivalent to most Mexican restaurants in the US and convenient to my house.

The food is decent but the management has much to be desired.
They will do whatever the can to avoid accepting a coupon. And don’t seem to care about their customers.
We had a $ 5 off with the purchase of two entrees. We ordered two entrees, a coke, and a beer that was on special. When it came time to pay our bill, we were told we could not use the coupon because the beer was a special. I asked if they would have honored the coupon if my husband had ordered water instead of beer and was told «yeah, sure».
We dined with another couple. They had a buy one get one entrée coupon. It too was not honored. The reason was because one of the meals (the less expensive one) was on special. Okay… It’s buy one, get one. Who cares if it is on special?
Before he swiped my card I said that I was very disappointed how this was being handled and that neither couple would be returning. He just shrugged his shoulders.
So it’s safe to say, with all of the other options for Mexican in the Valley there is no need to take your business to this location.

Found this on Unilocal when staying at Jellystone Park. Very nice staff & clean restaurant. Would give staff a 4 and the food a 3. Very good pitcher of margaritas. I had chicken fajitas which were slightly better than average. Husband had Rio Grande burrito. He said he’d rate it a 4. Kids had kids meals of chicken nuggets and cheese quesadilla both served with french fries. They were pretty typical and kids liked them. Server was very attentive and kid friendly. We would go back.

Never have been so mistreated by a restaurant. My daughter went in with a Gold Card Coupon we bought from my son at rockwood school district. They yelled at her when she tried to use it in front of everyon in the restaurant and refused to give her even $ 6.00 to honor the coupon because they said it didn’t apply although it is clearly stated on card that it does. We then got home and didn’t have tortillas with our $ 30 fajitas. When I called to complain and asked if I could pick up my 6 tortillas they said NOway you can only get 4 and if you want 2 more you have to pay. Are you kidding. I will never ever be back and would suggest all others to not go back. Very nice way to honor your customers and your community school district.

Excellent queso for dipping, a great chicken burrito, and superb service. I couldn’t have asked for more for my first time at this new location. I ordered my staple burrito and it had peppers in it, rice, cheese, chicken, and beans; slightly greasy too, in a good way. Not as fabulous as Iggy’s, but I was most certainly satisfied. I came out of here as stuffed as my burrito. Yum!