Top Shelf Mexican Food & Cantina

underwhelming

This place is sinking fast. Got there at 11:00 to watch A NFC playoff game. The Manager took 10 minutes to figure out how to turn the sound down. The bar was filthy from the night before.
I had to go to the restroom to get paper towels and clean where I was sitting. Finally did get a drink. The bad thing is the management and owners do not care. This is the Peoria Store not Greenway

Order anything with the jalapeño cream cheese! The salsa is amazing too! The ambiance is a bit dated but the food totally makes up for it!

This was the worst service I have ever had anywhere. My family should have just walked out it took over 1 hr to get our food out (a family of 5) we complained to manager and she said I’m sorry I only have two cooks tonight. When the food came one meal was not even there. one meal was the wrong meal. The third meal was messed up. But to be nice the gave us 10% off that was a whole $ 4.86 off what a joke. I will be never eating there again. We spent over 50 dollars. The only good part was the waiter was very nice and you could tell he felt really bad.

If the personalities of the place could be excused this place would get more stars but the undeniable fact is the arrogance of the staff makes it impossible to enjoy this restaurant. The food is great no doubts there but if you aren’t ordering it for take out you might as well go to Del Taco down a little bit for all the trouble it is to eat there. They do have NFL Sunday Ticket for football but they only have 8 TVs there and they arranged so that for some you have to sit in a booth. Half your party won’t be able to see the game you came there to see. You’re better off going to an actual sports bar than to see the Giants playing the Panthers at this poorly arranged and attended joke of a restaurant.

I’ve lived rather close to Top Shelf for about 20 years — never ate there… until now. Wow, the green chili chimichanga is hands-​down THE BEST I have had ever! I thought it was a fluke so to make sure I ate there 3 more times (take out as well) and yep, the Chimi is the best. Shredded beef tacos are excellent as well.
Dated décor but it’s all about the flavor — and Top Shelf delivers.
I try to be stingy with my 5 stars but hey, Top Shelf deserves this one.

We had a few problems with this place that just made it a «no I would never go back or recommend it» type of situation. We sat in the booth area of the bar so we could watch the game. Ordered beer and sodas and the beer took ten or more minutes to come out. The waitress asked if he wanted a water while waiting for the beer, he said yes. Five minutes later he got the beer but never any water. We ordered the mini chimi platter and asked for half chicken and half beef. Two plates were brought for a total of 16. We called the waitress over since the manager (the manager tried to give it to the table in front of us) had brought it out to make sure this was only one order. She said yes so we canceled the entrée we ordered, we didn’t expect such a big appetizer. The mini chimis were average at best. We order guacamole and never got it. We were going to order desert but the waitress dropped the check saying how she fixed the mistake with the second chimi plate. We were confused at first since we didn’t know there was a mistake since we asked about the appetizers before we started. Guess it was a mistake and our order was wrong on top of it since one plate was beef and one was chicken. We never got the the guacamole and was charged too.
Honestly, I was just annoyed the service was bad and slow. They obviously didn’t know what was going on. Since we tried to make sure they didn’t make a mistake before eating, I don’t feel great full they didn’t charge us for it as the waitress tried to make it as a favor. But I guess in a place that can’t get people what they ordered and understand when a mistake is made when it is point blank pointed out.
There was rips in cushions and over all the place wasn’t well maintained. For a place that is called top shelf it prices were the only thing that matched.

The food is wonderful here. One of my top 10 favorite Mexican food restaurants. I highly recommend it. Chimis are awesome here. So are the margaritas!

Pretty standard run of the mill Tex Mex style Mexican food. I ate the shredded beef Chimi. Tasted Solid good beef. Also ate the Chicken fajitas. Not bad. Not amazing. But solid. Salsa on table was a typical mixed canned tomato with fresh onion a chili salsa. Not my favorite but didn’t taste bad. My beer was NICE AND BIG. Prices were not cheap but not outrageous.
In the end there is a sea of Mexican food in the Phoenix area. Are there better places out there? Of course. Are there worse. Of course.
Waitress was nice. Place was clean and the Air Conditioner in the middle of 105 degree day was cool. Overall a solid place to eat. But don’t expect anything groundbreaking.

Sorry but I’ve had better burritos at Filiberto’s at half the price and twice the size. $ 14 for a Burrito the size of a mini taco. You gotta be kidding me. The $ 7.60 Macho Margarita should be called Watered Down Fruity Margarita. The complimentary chips were so thin they break into little pieces as soon as you touch them. Very very disappointing. However I did like their salsa and the service was excellent.

Go there every week, for the last couple months. Service just gets worst and worst. We sat down with my boyfriends parents, who arrived before us. And it took the waitress 30 minutes to even realize we were there and order our drinks. When she arrived, you could just tell she hated her job and didn’t want to be there. An hour goes by and finally our food came out, while all of us have been done with our drinks for quite some time now. I’m sorry but this restaurant goes down hill every single time we go there. By now we haven’t even gone in for 2 – 3 weeks now. They need more HAPPY servers and another cook or something.

This is my favorite place for Mexican food and have been going here for years. I usually order the same thing, so haven’t tried everything on the menu. I don’t know why, but the newer Top Shelf in Peoria just doesn’t taste the same. The lunch menu is very reasonable and there’s always coupons to be found in the flyers in the mail… although I think the prices are reasonable.

Not sure why they don’t have at least a 4 star rating. They have some of the best Mexican food around. I personally give them 5 stars!!!

Ugh. Highly overpriced. $ 14 for one small burro? No. Service was great, beer was cold. Food… meh. I’d rather eat elsewhere. Won’t be back.

First time here. So close to our home we will be back. Very friendly. Great atmosphere. Food was nothing spectacular but not gross either. Drinks had a generous pour.

Been coming here for years, but never have had the unbelievable service we had today. Amazing waitress. Extremely friendly. Had a great time and the food was excellent

The food is average at best, as is the service. It is not overpriced for what you are served but if you love authentic Mexican food you might be disappointed if you find yourself here. After having eaten here 5 or so times in the past year, if I could give it 2.25 stars I would just to be nice.
I imagine there may be a loyal group of people who would argue with me considering the large crowd that turns up for this place every Friday & Saturday night, but I have to be honest when I say I have never received anything that was delicious. I can say, however, that what I ate was edible, did not cause me to be ill and I have always left feeling full. I believe that having a 2^nd glass of wine helps. A lot.
My husband and I meet friends here for dinner from time to time who love to come here because it is their routine. They well are known by the servers and are always treated well as a result. I would never consider coming here other than to meet our friends who are very comfortable dining here.

Service was very good and I would go back for the lounge area. However I think the prices are a little high. I appreciated the lite menu with calories listed and ordered off of that. My lite dinner came with some delicious chilled sliced cantaloupe for the fruit side, but the salad was not very green. The salad had big white hunks of iceberg lettuce that I did not care to eat. My boyfriend got the chicken fundito and it was good. I would come back to try again because the salsas and service were very good, and maybe the salad side with the lite menu choices will get better.

I ONLY put stars on this review because I was with my friend who posted her bad review of this place and she checked 0 stars which made her review be on the back page and putting stars hopefully will allow this review to be read.
I feel this review should be seen by anyone wanting to eat here. This is the exact review that won’t show up unless you go to the last pages!
«Hands down the WORST service I’ve ever had today! A few friends went in after a baby shower to have lunch and not only did the waitress get over half of the orders wrong, she blamed US for ordering wrong! I’m sorry, but I dine out quite frequently and I know how to order.
So after the waitress had argued with us for the third time, we walked out. WITHOUT having eaten any food. Now get this, 15 min later the police showed up at my door, with my young son and niece watching, and accused us of stealing alcoholic beverages!!!
Our waitress should know that my husband nor I ordered ANYTHING alcoholic! They threatened to arrest my husband because he didn’t know the names of the friends of friends who were there that didn’t pay for said alcohol. This is absurd! And embarrassing when my neighbors are inquiring as to why the police are at my home!
Save yourself some grief and skip this place!!! Valle Luna is just down the street & their food is amazing!!»

Stopped here to get some carry out food for the super bowl. Seated ourselves at the bar. Bartender came over and greeted us within a few minutes.
We placed our order and decided to try one of their new prickly pear margaritas. They came with sugar on the rim instead of salt. I questioned the bartender about it since I really had wanted salt. She offered to get a new glass with salt instead. The drink was delicious! Definitely will come back for that.
We wondered out on the patio while we waited. Overall atmosphere was nice. In addition to the patio and bar area, there seemed to be two other dining areas. One that had three large tv screens.
We ordered a burrito with red and green sauce. Beef tacos with a side of rice, and a tostado dinner from the lite menu. Got our food within a reasonable amount of time, finished our yummy margaritas and headed home for the big kick-​off.
Everything was packaged well and looked delicious. The burrito was huge with plenty of sauce. The beef tacos were good and came with a generous helping of rice. I liked that they offered a variety of choices under their lite menu options. The tostada I ordered was topped with shredded chicken, lettuce, tomato and black olive. It came with a salad and three large wedges of cataloupe. There was also a bag with tortilla chips and salsa. The chips were good. The salsa was okay. Would have preferred a hotter salsa.
Overall, good food and plenty of it! Will go there again.