Quaint inviting family run spot. Maria greeted us wuth a smile and food was fast and excellent
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kathy Hazen
food was very bland. not edible. I threw mine in the trash can
Food: 1
Joe Rodgers
Too expensive for what you get. Food is never that good pretty low quality. Better options in Aiken.
JENNIFER
Over priced for what they offer.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Carter Wall
I had the pork chile verde, which was very tasty, nice tender chunks of pork. My husband had the beef taquitos which he said weren’t very good. Margaritas were good.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Ronald Byars
Food was bland not much flavor also prices are to high. Not worth the money,this is my second bad experience here in the past year.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
.michele Alex
Food is great, everything else so-so
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Andy Hodges
I have gone to this restaurant for many years and the service has always been hit-or-miss but lately it has gone downhill significantly. There are increasingly longer waits for service, which would be understandable if it were busy, but I can wait an hour or more for the check on a slow night. The food is always good. They never seem to run the air conditioner.
Edit: 9/07/2025 I have tried going back a few times recently since my last review 4 months ago and things have gotten worse. I went back on 9/5/2025 and had terrible service and it was sweltering inside and only seemed to get worse over time. The food was good but after our initial order nobody checked on us for a long time, again. When my party was ready for the check we waited over 30 minutes to get someone's attention to bring us the bill. After we asked the lady who buses the tables to speak to Maria (since apparently nobody else was going to bother serving us), her son Andrew brought us the checks but did not cash us out. We flagged Maria down and she asked if there was a problem, and I tried to explain to her that the air conditioning was bad and also that it has been an issue for a long time that our servers always disappear from us and she walked off while I was talking to her. It took another 20 or 30 minutes before she bothered cashing us out, while she was cashing other people out while knowing we had been waiting a long time. I will never go back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Fred Power
Me and my girlfriend ate here, only because it was the closest place to our AirBnb rental. Wasn’t rated as good as other Mexican places nearby but we both absolutely loved it. Authentic food, the salsa was solid and came with free queso with beef dip which almost no other places do! She had the ribeye steak with eggs and vegetables and I had the fajitas with beef, shrimp, and chicken. Came with lots of grilled onions and great variety of other things besides the 3 meats. Going back as soon as we can!
Imho this is the best Mexican restaurant in town (except maybe for that food truck in front of Mavis Tire) There are 2 reasons why Maria's stands out above the rest... 1. When dining in, they offer you chips, salsa, plus their 'Maria dip' which is queso/beef/bean dip. No other restaurant adds that and it's delicious. 2. Last time I checked, they do not pass along the 3% merchant transaction fee when using a card to pay. This is tied with reason #1 for why I have not been back to Mi Rancho in years.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Donald Thrash
Closed before they are supposed to
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Alan Ford
Maria's is my favorite Mexican restaurant in Aiken. Very clean, great food and service. My favorite item on the menu is Gorditas, and you can't find it anywhere else. Try it with carnitas (roast pork). Also, Maria's is family owned.
Good food, best margaritas, great service!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Quaint inviting family run spot. Maria greeted us wuth a smile and food was fast and excellent
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
food was very bland. not edible. I threw mine in the trash can
Food: 1
Too expensive for what you get. Food is never that good pretty low quality. Better options in Aiken.
Over priced for what they offer.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
I had the pork chile verde, which was very tasty, nice tender chunks of pork. My husband had the beef taquitos which he said weren’t very good. Margaritas were good.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Food was bland not much flavor also prices are to high. Not worth the money,this is my second bad experience here in the past year.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Food is great, everything else so-so
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
I have gone to this restaurant for many years and the service has always been hit-or-miss but lately it has gone downhill significantly. There are increasingly longer waits for service, which would be understandable if it were busy, but I can wait an hour or more for the check on a slow night. The food is always good. They never seem to run the air conditioner.
Edit: 9/07/2025
I have tried going back a few times recently since my last review 4 months ago and things have gotten worse. I went back on 9/5/2025 and had terrible service and it was sweltering inside and only seemed to get worse over time. The food was good but after our initial order nobody checked on us for a long time, again. When my party was ready for the check we waited over 30 minutes to get someone's attention to bring us the bill. After we asked the lady who buses the tables to speak to Maria (since apparently nobody else was going to bother serving us), her son Andrew brought us the checks but did not cash us out. We flagged Maria down and she asked if there was a problem, and I tried to explain to her that the air conditioning was bad and also that it has been an issue for a long time that our servers always disappear from us and she walked off while I was talking to her. It took another 20 or 30 minutes before she bothered cashing us out, while she was cashing other people out while knowing we had been waiting a long time. I will never go back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Me and my girlfriend ate here, only because it was the closest place to our AirBnb rental. Wasn’t rated as good as other Mexican places nearby but we both absolutely loved it. Authentic food, the salsa was solid and came with free queso with beef dip which almost no other places do! She had the ribeye steak with eggs and vegetables and I had the fajitas with beef, shrimp, and chicken. Came with lots of grilled onions and great variety of other things besides the 3 meats. Going back as soon as we can!
Restaurantji Recommends
Always good when I eat here
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Taco Salad, Beans, Cheese Dip, Chips Salsa, Cheese Steak Burrito, Maria's Dip, Fajitas Marias
The only place I will eat Mexican food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Imho this is the best Mexican restaurant in town (except maybe for that food truck in front of Mavis Tire)
There are 2 reasons why Maria's stands out above the rest...
1. When dining in, they offer you chips, salsa, plus their 'Maria dip' which is queso/beef/bean dip. No other restaurant adds that and it's delicious.
2. Last time I checked, they do not pass along the 3% merchant transaction fee when using a card to pay. This is tied with reason #1 for why I have not been back to Mi Rancho in years.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Closed before they are supposed to
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Maria's is my favorite Mexican restaurant in Aiken. Very clean, great food and service. My favorite item on the menu is Gorditas, and you can't find it anywhere else. Try it with carnitas (roast pork). Also, Maria's is family owned.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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