Patron Mexican Grill - Monroeville

I was hesitant as I don't like chains except for chi chis. Well the parking lot was not plowed and it was snow covered but as soon as I entered the restaurant I was seated and waited on. It only took a few minutes for my chimichanga that was huge and I ordered the lunch portion. The chips were hot and fresh and wait staff was delightful

When we first moved to Monroeville, we liked Patron better than any other Mexican place around. I'm sad to say it's gone downhill considerably. Hair in my food, slow service, kind of dirty. We probably won't return.

Okay for the first time, we stopped for drinks and a few appetizers on a Saturday afternoon. Being that we just stopped at the other Patron in East Liberty 2 weeks before, we expected the same here.We were mistaken.The booth floor where we were seated at was sticky.Menus were dirty. We should have left right away but, our guest we were meeting was already there and had already ordered so we stayed.Here is the review...The drink we ordered - the "Margrona" was supposed to come with sugar or salt on the rim of the and that was missing. Should have taken a picture.Chips presented were not warm like the chips we received in East Liberty every time they were filled a few weeks prior. The Salsa was not refilled. Queso was warm but runny. Wings were average. Microwave beans and rice I guess. Beef tacos were ok. Can't remember what our guest had.Our waitress was missing in action when we wanted to checkout. We had to search to find someone so we could be released to pay.Appetizers pictured were what you'd expect. Just something to go along with the drinks. Nothing earth shattering.We won't be back.Note: The East Liberty Patron on Highland in Pittsburgh was much cleaner and the drinks delivered were presented as pictured on the menu unlike this site.Hard skip.

Added 10.00 dollars to my credit card without my permission so be very vigilant And the food wasn't that good

My first visit here and I will definitely be back. The food was very good. I ordered the fajita goritas and it came with a side of rice, beans, and a smoky salsa. I also had a mango margarita paired with a Corona.The manager there is Marcos. He made me feel at home. I will definitely be back and try something else!

Staff is very nice, a very large menu! The atmosphere of the restaurant is also really nice as it's filled with many detailed older Mexican art! I got the lunch chimichanga with ground beef. It was very large! Felt like a dinner plate! It tasted very nice and would come back for more!

We came here for lunch after church. Everything tasted great but my daughter who loves cheese dip ate too much cheese dip here. It has small jalapeño pieces and is a little spicier than most Mexican restaurants. It did not sit well with her. Everything else though it was wonderful! Probably our fault as we should not have let her eat so much of it.Service was great!

Was in the mood for something different, so took the kiddo to Patron Mexican Grill to see how she'd like it. This is real Mexican food, not Taco Bell's version of it. We were seated quickly & drinks were also brought quickly. Since I was driving, I didn't treat myself to one of their margaritas, which made me sad, but I can't knock them for that.Kiddo ordered the nachos. It's an appetizer on the menu, but it was a pretty sizable order. I didn't get a picture of it because she dove into it right away. She opted for just cheese nachos, though there's a variety of nachos on the menu, including a "healthy" one.I got the Huevos Con Chorizo off the lunch menu. Chorizo isn't something easily found in western PA & I miss it from when we lived in south Texas. The order comes with refried beans, Mexican rice, three tortillas, and scrambled eggs mixed with chorizo (Mexican sausage). I also ordered a side of pico de gallo. A taco MUST have pico de gallo on it! I think it's a law.The food was SO good! OMG, I couldn't even eat it all, but I left stuffed and happy. I just wish the tortillas were bigger. There's too much food to stuff on those little tortillas (I turn everything into tacos or burritos). But it was all great, and I'll definitely go back (next time with someone else driving so I can enjoy a margarita!)

We ordered on Valentine's Day and the food was HORRIBLE! The enchilada tasted like it had store bought salsa in it and everything was soggy. I even got sick for a week after

Worst experience at a Mexican restaurant for lunch that I've probably ever had.If there's something wrong, I voice it and give the restaurant a chance to make it right. But when there is resistance to a simple request like a side of hot sauce, and I feel like I'm a bother when I myself also work in the restaurant industry and know how grueling the work and (some) customers can be... all bets are off. The gentleman with the white beard and a black hat on seems like he didn't wanna be bothered waiting on me at all. He was not friendly. The ingredients are basically the same as you would get from any other Mexican restaurant that looks just like this. However, the difference is that you can tell everything isunder seasoned. The beans are truly just right out of the can and so is the rice. There is nothing added to them to doctor it up at all.I asked the gentleman who sat me and seemed much nicer for some of the typical spicy hot sauce that these kind of restaurants typically have in the kitchen (beyond what they have on the tables). He said that he would have to charge me for it as a side and I told him that was OK, but then he seemed annoyed and just brought me back more habanero, hot sauce, like the one on the table already. I speak Spanish, so it's not like there was a misunderstanding. It is the holidays and I have no clue what's going on in this gentleman's life. Maybe he's going through a hard time in the last thing on his mind is burritos and hot sauce. However, from my point of view, I'm extremely underwhelmed. Nothing had flavor and even the rice looked a little old. I wanted to have a nice experience before going to the mall mid afternoon and doing some holiday shopping. I'm sure a lot of people will have a good general Mexican-American meal here before or after the mall. Maybe I caught them on a bad day.The place definitely needs a little bit of a clean and some TLC. You can tell they're a bit disorganized and unkempt.