Dos Caminos

Came here for a snack food and drinks where great waiter’s where very helpful with making menu choices. People place for a small group or date night.

One of the worst Mexican food I’ve ever and I do love Mexican food!!! Drinks are good.

Came here again the other day for lunch saw the hostess Natalie in the front who confirmed my reservation on open table and took me and my friend to our table. She told me that she recommends i get a burrito as it is very tasty. I love great foods from different cultures. She sat me down and came back on several occasions as she walked by to say how is everything. She is a very friendly hostess. My waiter Kevin was a really cool guy he was friendly and on task and always checked as well to make sure everything is ok i highly recommend this place and hope everyone has a great time like i did.

I’ve visited this restaurant three times now. I really enjoyed my meal the first two times — the surf and turf taco is great and I like their grapefruit margarita.
My most recent trip was quite underwhelming. We had to wait 10 – 15 minutes to be seated, despite having a reservation. I ordered the steak medium and received the most rare steak I’ve ever seen. I don’t typical send food back, but it was far too rare for my taste. It took about 10 minutes to find a waiter — everyone else was almost finished with their meal at this point. When the waiter came back, he asked if we were interested in another drink. I asked for the pineapple cocktail, but he wasn’t sure which drink I wanted. He brought back a menu and then disappeared for 10 minutes. When he finally came back and I ordered the drink, he said they were out of pineapple juice. Not sure if I’ll be back after this experience. I was very disappointed by the service, and my meal was underwhelming.

Food — 4 stars; service — 1 star
My husband and I had a late lunch here on a Saturday. While we were sat immediately, it took a long time for someone to take our order. After ordering, the guacamole and chips (excellent) came quickly, but we awaited at least 25 minutes to get the margaritas we ordered to drink while eating them. Chicken taquitos and empanadas were delicious, but we were never checked on or offered additional drinks. We waited a long time for our check.

Was just here with my mom! OMG! Might be my new home!
I loved the way we were able to be accommodated even though we did not have a reservation! The food was amazing! I loved how traditional Mexican dishes were transformed into these amazing healthy dishes, while still keeping those Mexican flavors and colors in the dish! The server for the night was able to describe every ingredient on the plate. It was amazing how much I learned about beans that night. The manager Rasheen was very welcoming and walked over to our table a couple of times to make sure we were enjoying the food. I loved his enthusiasm with the restaurant! Everyone who works there seemed pretty happy! It is so hard to come across places like this in NYC! Thank you DOS CAMINOS!!!

Every time I have visited this restaurant, I’ve had great service, a wonderful atmosphere, and most importantly: delicious food! It seems that no matter what I order, be it steak tacos or an enchilada dish, I’m always throughly satisfied with the flavor.
AND DON’T GET ME STARTED ON THEIR GUAC! From the first time I had it, I knew no other guacamole could ever compare. Luckily I was able to find their recipe on their website! Since then I’ve made it for all my friends and we all just can’t get enough. I love, love, love this place and try to come as often as I’m in the city.

Last time I was here was thanks to a «BR Guest Hospitality Groupe» (ie. the people who own the Dos Caminos franchise) gift certificate that I won from a media holiday party I had attended.
I brought my boyfriend and we had dinner and drinks here… thankfully we had more drinks than dinner. We were also both thankful for the Unilocal Check-​in frozen Prickly Pear treats. The overall décor and ambience here is dim, sexy and quite nice. Much nicer than the locations on Park Ave or Soho.
The food across all Dos Caminos’ locations always remains consistent… consistently disappointing that is. Then again, no one likes the food here if they’re actually looking for authentic Mexican food (or has good taste in food… yeah, I said it). Dos Caminos’ cuisine is more like a fusion of slightly Latin things with anything else they can fuse it with.
Dos Caminos also makes the WORST mac and cheese I’ve ever had. It’s seriously underwhelming and bad in all ways. The one food item that I WILL rave about here is their Queso Fundido Chorizo dip. Then again, how do you mess up anything with melted cheese, seasonings and chorizo? (Well…throw in wheel-​shaped pasta and they manage to destroy chorizo mac n’ cheese, but yeaaahhhh…).
Last time here I also decided to celebrate my boyfriend’s half-​birthday (bwahaha!!!) and much to his surprise, they brought over warm chocolate chip cookies with lit-​up candles and we all sang him ‘Happy Birthday’. Poor guy. I’m a trip, lol — but we got cookies and they were the best thing we consumed here after the cheesy dip.
I think this is the nicest of the NY Dos Caminos locations — the downstairs part at least. If you absolutely must go eat at one of these locations (with all the amazing options to be had in the best culinary city in the world) — then I guess this one would be eat.
If it’s a weekend, definitely make a reservation and get the Queso Fundido dip. Here’s another tip: You can as for more free warm tortillas to consume the dip with. They only give you like 3 and that isn’t enough, lol.

Awesome fresh Mexican food. Fun atmosphere and good location. Definitely get the tacos. You’ll be pleasantly surprised.
Bartender had an attitude but the drinks were great! Try to grapefruit margarita– there’s a muddled slices of grapefruit in it. Fun and tastey :)

I went to dos caminos on a Wednesday without a reservation. The first hostess was very dismissive and upon entering told my party of four that we would have to wait for 35 – 40 minutes and that she would text me when our table was ready. So we decided to wait and went to a few stores around the area to kill some time. We went back to check on our table, 40 minutes later and the hostess rudely told us that she thought the wait would be shorter and that she would text us when our table was ready. After waiting a total of an hour and 15 minutes I decided to approach the other hostess Sydney (I hope I got her name right), she was EXTREMELY professional and apologetic. She quickly called down stairs and we were seated two minutes later. She really changed the whole vibe of the restaurant and I thank her on behalf of my party!
Once we were seated we had the mild guacamole which was so fresh and delicious. I had the chicken tacos which were also very good with a spicy kick (which the waiter kindly warned me about). I had a spicy drink (I don’t remember the name) but it was tasty. Armando was our server and he was also great, and very attentive to my friends and I. With the exception of the first hostess, thank you all for your wonderful service !

After going to the Dos Caminos on Park Avenue I was disappointed with this location. The day I was there for lunch they did not have the item I was yearning to eat! When it came time for desert I tried something new on the menu. I was disappointed. The whole meal was overpriced.
The service was slow. The place filled up for lunch quickly. It was warm weather so the doors were open. I was annoyed by flies the whole meal. I was sitting inside!
Even though this location is more convenient I won’t return. I’ll go to Park Avenue for a quality meal.

Decent place to come and hangout with a group of friends. There is a bar on the first level with a few tables and a hostess. You can make a reservation so that you don’t have to wait to get seated as wait times here tend to be long especially in the peak evening hours.
Downstairs is where its all at, there is a coat check, a live DJ and a huge dining room with dim lighting to set the mood. There are also a few bars on the lower level just in case you want to have a drink or two while waiting to be seated.
Service here is top notch. We were checked upon very often and plates cleared and replaced as well as drinks filled.
Guacamole was really good with chips to dip in. So were the Margaritas from what I hear. You get a free shot with a Unilocal!check in! so dont forget to redeem that.
I should have ordered beer or Margarita, but I went with a pitcher of red sangria which was terrible and left me with a bad aftertaste for the whole evening, even after I left.
I ordered the Baja tacos, which were nothing to write home about, it was a rather small portion and quite tasteless.
I think that if I do comeback here it will be solely for the drinks, otherwise I would pass and seek something a bit better.

Way back when I used watch the Kardashians, I saw Scott and Kourtney dining at one of the NYC locations and I wanted to check it out. Fast forward a few years, I finally made it.
My ex colleague and I were looking for happy hours in the area and couldn’t find any good ones so we went to Dos Caminos. The bar was kind of packed and the happy hour specials were nearly over, so we decided to order some apps and regular priced drinks. She ordered tacos with rice and beans, I ordered the mini lobster tacos and a margarita. My tacos were on point! Seriously, they should super size those things, they’re way too small! I think she enjoyed her tacos, although she didn’t eat the tortilla shells and didn’t touch the rice — maybe not? I don’t know, but my app was everything, just too small.
I’m always hesitant about over priced Mexican eats. I’ll only dine at Dos Caminos if I feel like I want to splurge.

Okay, now for my real review. It wasn’t very crowded when my coworkers and I came here one afternoon for lunch. Even so, we waited by the hostess stand for about 10 minutes waiting for someone to greet us and sit us down. We finally flagged someone down and got seated. After we were seated, it took another 15 minutes for the waiter to take our order. We also checked in within that time and got a free shot, which again, took forever to come.
Finally, half an hour after we ordered, our food finally came. First up was the guac. It was good, not great, but good. We also got the Mac & Chorizo dish. This was probably my favorite dish from the entire meal. It was a tad bit too oily/​greasy, but the mac, melted cheese and chorizo were delicious. For the main course, I ordered the carnitas tacos. These were gross. The tortilla was too thick and very bland. The carnitas were okay at best. We ordered dessert as well — blueberry shortcake that I shared with my coworkers. This was my second favorite dish. I’ve never had a dessert like this before.
Overall, food is probably 3 stars (just average), but the service deserves a 1 star. The 2 star rating is an average of the two, but if I did a weighted average, I would rate it more like a 1.7 star than a 2. Never coming back here or this chain again.

you can call it Americanized Mexican, but it’s also pretty damn good Americanized Mexican food. I’ve yet to have a bad meal here and the service is always excellent.
for an interesting spin on guac, try the one that has squash, apple, and chipotle in it. the standarthe tacos are always good, and the barbecue goat is amazing. on the rare occasions I actually do eat healthy, the chopped salad with a cumin vinaigrette is jawesome.
drinks are great too. there’s a Unilocal check-​in for a free shot, though it’s usually a frozen margarita shot and I’m not the hugest fan of those. the Gran Diablo cocktail and Durango margarita are just what I need when I want spicy flavors in my drank, what is often, and the tequila menu is rocking.
prices are pretty fair and there’s a ton of space. plus, they’re on Opentable.

It’s been quite a while since I’ve been back to this location I happen to stop by this week.
We had reservations but didn’t seem like we needed them upon arrival bar area upstairs was crowded the restaurant below was ok I forget how big this place is.
We headed downstairs & were seated right away once we got settled we decided to go with the Sangria for drinks we had both red & white, white is pretty good nice taste red is good as well a bit on the sweet side but not bad our choice for the night.
Appetizers we got the Bocadito Trio this comes with 2 pieces of chicken taquitos really good best of the plate nice & crunchy good chicken I liked the sauce it had On top the baja lobster tostaditas good but my lord these are tiny? U can inhale that & not even taste it! & the plantain empanadas pretty good nice twist to the empanada.
Main dishes I tried the Shrimp al Ajilllo now normally this dish is basically shrimp sauté in garlic but not here it does have garlic taste but it comes on top of like corn meal this along with a side of rice & beans ahh not terrible but not what I expected shrimp was good on top of the corn meal rice & beans ok.
My company had the Chicken Tacos, good tasting chicken a bit on the spicy side.
As for the place itself nice size with plenty of seating, very dimly lit downstairs.
Service was good, I still think the food here is a bit pricey for Mexican & portions are pretty small for what they charge you.
Gotta give them credit for fancying up the food but personally I think they should try to make things a bit less fancy & a bit more traditional.

Came with my friends recently, and experienced very terrible service.
We ordered tequila shots from the bartender and he literally poured tequila into glasses and handed them to us. No salt, no lime, and not even full shots. He might as well have thrown them in our faces.
We had dinner outside which was a nice atmosphere.
Service again left a lot to be desired. Our waiter was impossible to find most of the time and our meals took an incredibly long time to be delivered.
The only reason for 2 stars is that the food was delicious. I had the skirt steak which was cooked perfectly. We also loved the chips and guacamole, but unfortunately we would have loved to be offered more chips, as we had guac left and our server just took the dish.
Overall, expensive and not worth terrible service even for pretty good food.

Overall very fun restaurant!
PROS:
Good food — all the menu items we tried were great. Shrimp quesadilla was more like a pizza but very unique and flavorful. Their corn bread is pretty good as well. For $ 6 you get a huge portion enough to share with several people. My red snapper civeche for $ 12 was so-​so. Overly citrus tasting in my opinion. It overpowered the other flavors. All in all great meal though. The chips and 3 different salsas are AMAZING. I could have eaten only that and been satisfied. The rice and beans — YUM.
Service — fantastic. Our server was extremely knowledgeable and helpful in meal suggestions.
Drinks — on par. I ordered a spicy drink which was the perfect complement to the food. Not overpowering and with a hint of citrus.
Venue — really cool space. Outdoor seating, several bars, and HUGE downstairs area. Neat décor as well.
CONS:
Price was a bit much but of course it’s NYC.
Some of the foods we tried were so-​so, some great. I think it all just depends on what is ordered.

Dos Caminos has multiple locations throughout the city. It serves decent Mexican food, but it doesn’t have a lot of character (definitely not a hole-​in-​the-​wall Mexican joint), and seems to attract a lot of tourists.
I have gotten the Dos Caminos Chicken Cobb Salad ($ 15). It’s beautifully presented and very colorful. The plate includes tomato, avocado, chorizo, grilled corn, onion, cheese, and grilled chicken breast laid parallel over a bed of lettuce and tossed with cilantro-​basil vinaigrette. All the ingredients were fresh, but really can’t go wrong with a cobb salad.
I have also tried the Pollo Tacos ($ 16), which are served on warm corn tortillas with three salsas. The chicken is said to be marinated in citrus, but I couldn’t really taste it. The tortillas are filled with cheese (which is funny because authentic Mexican tacos would never have cheese), pinto beans, and salsa.
They have great outdoor seating, but if you are in the Midtown location with lots of traffic, I’d advise against seating outside.

My first foray into Mexican food in NYC. I was always skeptical of Mexican food after living in LA for 5 years, but this place wasn’t bad at all! First of all, it’s a huge restaurant. There is a large seating area on the sidewalk. Then you go inside and there is the first floor as well as the basement. Since it was balmy outside, we decided to sit in the basement, where the ambience was nice. However, it did feel like a chain restaurant (think PF Chang).
In any case, we ordered a traditional guacamole and chips. You get a great portion, along with three salsas of varying spiciness. Lots of chips too. This alone can fill you up.
Then we tried the chicken tacos, which were mildly spicy and really delicious. You get three per order. We also tried the pulled pork dish with plantains. It was pretty good, especially the plantains, but the pork itself wasn’t the softest pulled pork I had. It comes with tortillas, rice, and beans. Overall, still a very solid dish.
In terms of prices, it’s definitely on the pricier side for Mexican. However, you get a nice ambience and good portions.

Déjeuner familial un mardi midi. Les tacos sont sans intérêt, petits et chers! Quant aux pizzas des enfants, elles baignaient dans l’huile (quelle idée de prendre des pizzas dans un restaurant Mexicain me direz-​vous!). Seule la salade de mon épouse semblait à peu près correcte.
En plus de ça, l’attente pour le service nous a paru interminable, même si le serveur lui-​même était très sympathique et souriant.
Bref on n’y retournera pas pour déjeuner. Ca doit sûrement être mieux pour une Margarita d’afterwork, mais on n’a pas testé…

wir waren insgesamt 3x in diesem restaurant, Man nichts falsches bestehlen den alles steckt super! die Guacamole ist ein Muss!!!

Groß, laut, lecker! Der Laden ist riiiieesig und immer voll. Das Essen ist sehr lecker (unbedingt die wahnsinnige Guacamole probieren!) und die Preise in Ordnung.

Ein Mexikaner von vielen in New York! Aber ein sehr guter… Von außen recht unscheinbar — innen aber etwas «ganz besonderes». Sehr gutes Essen und super Service!