Mama Coco Cantina

8176 US-31, Calera
(205) 690-8994

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Lea Faulkner

Monday special was well worth it! Had plenty left for lunch the next day and it was delicious.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Christina Kandel

We ordered through doordash and had an issue with the driver saying they had an emergency and left our order at the restaurant. We went to pick our food up and come to find out the driver took the food and left our order in progress! We were so confused as we have never had this happen. All the staff were so super helpful and caring. They even contacted the driver when we were unable and told them they needed to bring it back to them. They remade our food for us and it tasted AMAZING! Definitely some of the best Mexican food we have found in the area. The restaurant was super clean and every single person we had contact with was as nice as can be. They could have told us to take our problems up with doordash, and let it be. But they choose to help in every way they could. We definitely will be back. Owners, if you read these reviews, please give your staff working the night of 2/15/25 a huge kuddos. The best customer service and food!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ginger Ginger

Couldn't have ask for a better dining experience; our waiter was perfect, our food scrumptious! Margaritas were awesome!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mexican Spaghetti

Red Leader

Good food and great service!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Mexican Spaghetti, Cheese Dip

Ahtziri Richards

Our bill was over $60 for just my husband and I. They didn’t cook his food properly and got his order wrong. Definitely not the best food like everyone was saying. I understand now why the parking lot was empty.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Peggy G

Ordered fajitas. The food was pretty good. However, I did not receive my tortillas. Kind of hard to eat without them. 🙁

Food: 4

Service: 3

Marjorie Dixon

No thank you… never again. Still left a tip for the waiter and paid full price for our food BUT we will never be back … and please don’t order the kids pizza.

Carolyn Bolden Santee

We had a great experience at Mama Coco Cantina! We had contacted them ahead (about 2 weeks prior) of time about a large group 35 of us coming into the restaurant to eat, and asked them to have the meals ready for when we got there at 4pm (we sent a spreadsheet of our order the day prior to our visit). When we sat down, the meals were distributed right away by a very friendly and attentive staff. The food was absolutely delicious. We will definitely be back if we are in the area! Very thankful for the way the staff at Mama Coco was able to accommodate a collegiate athletic team.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Greg Boyles

After reading reviews we decided to try it out. What a mistake……. The margaritas were on special and were watered down….. we ordered the Texas fajitas and they came out cold….the peppers not even cooked and the dipping sauce that came with it was cold as ice. There supposed to be served sizzling……. Not!!! The waitress said sorry but offered nothing different. The shrimp was the best thing so we did give a 2 star for that reason. One of the worst Mexican food places we have ever been….

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

Katelyn Baker

190 for 7 people to eat 🥰 definitely great for large groups of people and the food looks and tastes AMAZING 👏 🤩 great service too! And their portions are extremely generous 😇 edit to add: very kid friendly as well, the restaurant is actually based off the cartoon coco and they have tvs on with the movie on and others with football games etc. Also if you do have Littles with you they serve the babies first then the adults (which I absolutely LOVED)!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Mexican Spaghetti

Tracey Dempsey

Friendly service, and the waitresses always greet you with a smile. Food and drinks are always perfectly delicious. ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Gabrielle Vines

We went for truck parts then had the best time eating here this past Friday. It was some of the best Mexican food we’ve ever had. From the way it was presented to the sensational flavors it was one for the books! Our waiter was super polite and spoke Spanish with my little girl. She absolutely loved that and we’re definitely going to be back as soon as we can! More truck parts or not lol we’re coming to just eat!

Kid-friendliness: They had the most beautiful art all around on the walls for kids to enjoy from the movie Coco that my daughter loves!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Steak and Burrito, Enchilada Rice and Beans, Cheese Dip, Enchiladas

Bama Babe

Ordered the Mexican burger and asked for no sausage. It came with sausage but no mushrooms, onions or pineapple!!

Tracie West

Ordered the Mexican burger and asked for no sausage. It came with sausage but no mushrooms, onions or pineapple!!

aretha p lowery

Had chicken fajitas and it wasn't good, tasted like pre-cooked chicken, its sad because any other times I've gone the food was delicious. The only good food was the appetizer dip.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Cheese Dip

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