Tampico Bay University Side

Is not the best food I’ve ever had, but every time I’ve gone to Tampico I leave satisfied. Is not quite a Tex-​Mex restaurant but not quite authentic either, so somewhere in between.
My favorite is the buffalo quesadilla. The prices are very affordable, the décor is very cool and the staff is friendly. Tampico Bay is one of the oldest Mexican restaurants in Columbus and, as far as I know, is owned by a Mexican family. Every month they also host a «Hispanic Party/​Reunion» where hispanics, students from nearby and anyone else can join and share some food while learning about other cultures.
Overall is a nice place to try at least once.

Love this restaurant!!! The food is amazing and the service is great! Prices are amazing. Lunch menu has nothing over 8.99 on it. Most of it is 6.99. Stopped in from a trip from Texas and this place has the best homemade Mexican food! Highly recommended. Stop in and try if for yourself.

The building from outside looked neat just watch your step inside, lots of uneven floors and dirty restrooms. The staff was nice but it took forever to get our orders. If you are going to eat don’t even bother. Being Mexican I take my Mexican food seriously but honestly, I was better off at Taco Bell! With the food taking over an hour to come out to us you’d think they were making everything homemade… Nothing taste freshly made at all unless you are into Canned Refried Beans, Pre-​grated Kraft Mild Cheddar Cheese, Daisy Sour Crème, Mission Tortillas and also having tortillas cut up and fried to make «homemade» chips Yucky, yuck!
Oh and sadly, they also don’t have Horchata or Jamaica but they have Sweet Tea… seriously!
I don’t drink so I don’t know how the bar was but I did see the couches and lounging area they had and If you plan on staying there you might want to bring a black light and see what the seating looks like before sitting down to enjoy yourself.

Love this place!!! Great food, family owned & operated. Service is good, check it out for yourself!!!’

This place has a cool ambience both in the restaurant side and the bar/​club side. Food was fairly good and service was actually very nice. We went on a Saturday night to eat and then go to the dance/​bar side. Regular margarita was pretty good, strawberry margarita was too sweet but not bad. The set up in the bar area was actually pretty nice with big flat-​screen TVs playing music videos and the sound was good enough to dance to– except the place was a little too well-​lit and kind of empty. We stayed till 11, so I’m thinking it might get more busy later in the night. I would definitely go again.