Don Pepe Mexican Restaurant

On a whim on Friday night we stopped at Don Pepe's Mexican restaurant in Dunnellon for dinner. You know going in it's a converted house so the weird configuration isn't a surprise - loaded with very stereotypical decorations. We were promptly seated and our drink orders taken. Pretty standard fare for the complimentary chips and salsa. The queso was nothing special but the service was very friendly. The chicken chimichangas were very good (well seasoned) and I wish you could hear the fajita sizzling in my picture and smell it. Wow! Very good flavors for the most part - in some ways, flavors that rival perennial favorites in Ocala.

By far the BEST mexican food I have ever had! even my husband who isnt a big mexican food eater, LOVES THIS PLACE! Always have great service, the servers are always laughing and joking with you making it the best experience! Food is always AMAZING and just melts in your mouth delicious! This is going to be the place we always stop now when were in town! The only thing to know is the seating is very tight, but other than that, its clean, great food, great drinks, and great atmosphere and service!!!

Had a great dinner the other evening in fact it was so good we grabbed a takeout lunch a few days later! They don't take reservations but we didn't wait too long to be seated in a former home turned into a Mexican Fiesta! We enjoyed good food, service and the Margaritas weren't too shabby, either!

Service real slow. Barely said two words to us and never smiled. Two other servers helped and were nicer. Food took half hour, when I inquired about our food it came out 60 seconds later, huh, how'd that happen? We had Fiatas for two, greasy meat seemed cooked hours ago. Next time we will try the other Mexican restaurant in town. There are no good restaurants in this town!

We love this place and go there every time we're in dunnellon. Always reliable and always good.

I was here last Saturday around 6, i ordered the "Mexican plate". I don't want to get into too much details, but I will say I didn't sleep that night because I was throwing up. And almost had to be taken to the hospital. That was my first time having food poisoning and I wouldn't wish it on anybody. If I could give this place a zero star I would.

Quite nearly the best! Great staff, service, ambiance, and FOOD!Our favorite; nothing comes close!

Excellent food!! Generous size drinks! Definitely would come back!!! Service...busy. Easy parking!

Mediocre food including nasty hair in your entree, and terrible service.Doors open 5pm, I went in when they opened to placeTo Go with family in the car. 5 other small groups came and got seated as I placed my order.40 minutes later when the waitress finally brought out the To Go bags, the original 5 tables plus 2 more tables and 1 later To Go already had their dinners, and one of the original 5 were literally finished and walking out the door.25 mile drive home and found out they missed an entire side item for my guest, and one entree had a long black hair laying across the entire enchilada. Only bad attitude and zero apologies from the waitress.Do not waste your time with this place.

We thought being a small quaint restaurant, the food might be authentic. We have vised multiple Mexican restaurants coast to coast. Service was great but my food was horrible! I ordered cheese enchiladas (can't mess that up) and a Chile relleno, cheese only ( I love cheese!!). Our food was a bit slow coming out but was hot. The cheese enchiladas consisted of only Queso cheese dip like for chips, not cheddar or any real cheese, and no enchilada sauce, with more Queso cheese poured on top. It was 1 big pile of gooey mush. It was hard to distinguish what was cheese or corn tortilla.Then the relleno arrived a bit later, same issue. It appeared to have been deep fried stuffed with gooey dip, not cheese. Generally, the Chile poblano pepper is battered and deep fried, not the relleno ( I hate eggs!). The pepper was so mushy, I couldn't even pick it up with a fork or even attempt to cut it. The heavy egg battered gooey much fell off to the side.What made me write this review is when a server picks up the plates and sees the meal has not been touched, the customer is typically asked if anything was wrong. Not the case here. My husband ordered a chicken burrito and said it was good. We only left a 22% tip versus at least 50%. which we do when the food and the service are top notch. Won't be visiting this restaurant again. Also, you would think the staff would wear some sort of consistent attire, not concert of off the wall tees.