La Guadalupana Mexican Restaurant

Best Mexican food in Tahlequah. Exceptional service. Engaged, caring owner takes pride in serving the community. 5 Stars all the way!

This building used to be Chilango's Mexican Restaurant when we dined here in August of 2020. It closed in June of 2021. La Guadalupana Mexican Restaurant #2, opened on October 13, 2022. So, it has only been open for approximately four months as of today. It has some very favorable reviews on Google. I agree with the good reviews I have read. I was surprised to see that it had not been set up on Yelp. The building has been attractively remodeled and expanded, since our visit. It needed the improvements. Even with the upgrades, it still shows the telltale characteristics of a typical well worn, small town OkieMex restaurant, operating in a repurposed structure. It is clean and comfortable. Very well staffed with friendly attentive servers. Chips, salsa and drinks were delivered instantaneously, after we found a booth. The fresh hot food followed only minutes after our order was taken. This is full flavor, well-seasoned OkieMex food. Nothing was bland. The mild salsa had good flavor and the salsa picante offered professional grade heat also, with flavor. I didn't have to dump a bowl of salsa on anything to give it seasoning but, the fiery picante was a handy condiment to bring the heat levels up. For us the #18 lunch: beef taco and enchilada with rice and beans and the #24 Burrito Guadalupano with delicious seasoned grilled chicken. The burrito was a meat packed, plate filling monster, half went home in a box. The taco and enchilada were packed with perfectly seasoned beef. Tasty queso on the enchilada and burrito. I was surprised and pleased. Good food, good dining experience!

My large Queso was lumpy, not warmed all the way through I guess. I ordered a steak quesadilla, a margarita( on the rocks), and water. The waiter asked if I wanted rice and beans, I stated "just a steak quesadilla". Had to season the quesadilla when it came out to the table. The margarita was room temperature and most of the ice was melted before it got to the table. My friend ordered just a child's size rice and chicken and the waiter asked if she wanted cheese on it? She said "yeah, just a little". It literally was just a drizzle. She was happy with her portion size and the drizzle of Queso. Until she got up and paid and they charged her 7.99 for her child rice and chicken. Their excuse, she ordered it with cheese so that's why the price is now 7.99 and not the 4.99. Ridiculous! Food was bland, not throughly heated through (my Queso), and customer service was awful. Won't go back. Only get one chance to make a first impression. Do better!

We came in late almost closing time after a long day of work , Super friendly staff and owner . Greeted us and insisted we stay and eat , service was A+++ healthy portions with plenty to take home ! Clean & authentic location just off a busy street ! Will definitely come back again !

Finally got my husband to try this place. IMO, they have the best Mexican food in town. They are also cheaper. My new go to!

Ordered drinks 3 times before they started on them and then had to remind them to bring them out. Came out at different times. The fajitas for two came out with no plates as well as no shredded cheese. When she remembered we needed plates and cheese after about 5 minutes she came back with the plates without the cheese. Came back with a cup of queso-of which we didn't order, but we're charged for. When paying we were informed no credit cards accepted because they have no WiFi. There was not a sign on the door, etc. they were not busy, flys everywhere. Very disappointing. Won't be back-waste of money