Maria's is our breakfast spot! We drive the 60+ minutes from Lake Charles to this quaint diner in Groves, TX. Why? Because of the chilequiles! There are three sauce options: red, ranchero, and green. Every single one is great, but green is my new favorite because it is a tomatillo based green sauce, not cilantro (I'm one of the unfortunate soapers). Ask for the extra hot green sauce (beware: it requires a dose of respect), add an over easy egg and you've got breakfast perfection. There are places in Lake Charles that identify chilequiles on their menu, but they don't know what the heck they're even talking about. Maria's does! Additionally, the staff is so incredibly friendly and accommodating. My husband and I became recognized guests after our first visit. This place gets really busy on the weekends so plan accordingly, but definitely add it to your regular stops!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
George Rose
This is the best diner around for breakfast. Veronica remembers your preferences and is very attentive.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Side of Hashbrown, Huevos Rancheros, Pozole, Fiesta Breakfast, Grits, French Toast
Pablo Delgado
Great taste. Everything feels fresh.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Diana Aguilar
Hate to be this person but I’m Mexican and I know good, fresh food when I eat it and the barbacoa plate was not it. Pico wasn’t good. There was more tomato than anything else. the tomato looked old and soggy, not enough lime and lacked salt. Same with the guac. And the barbacoa tasted and smelt extremely old, and the portion was very small. The beans and rice were good tho. But everything else was 👎 will not be coming back ☹️
Food: 1
Kristie Phillips
Today was my first time dining in here. The food was delicious, the food I did eat, I didn't eat everything I paid for. Dining in this diner is stressful. One customer was coughing so much, made me not wanting to stay in there, and another customer blew their nose at their table. It's too small of a place to have all of that going on. For some reason the waitresses doesn't understand your concerns. I wouldn't dine in here again. The food was good though.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
Ashley Leblanc-Collins
I tell you what you get a lot of insight. It's like the days of our lives.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Fiesta Breakfast, Side of French Toast, Breakfast Gravy
Becky Simmons
From placing order over the phone to the picking it up they were the nicest people and the food was great will definitely be back and the prices in my opinion were in line with others.
The food was average. Service was confusing, but decent. For the money I believe the prices are a bit high. It is nice to help a local business but for the quality and price, I won't be going back. Thanks.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Ana Enriquez
First time trying this lovely restaurant. And I was not disappointed! Amazing service and delicious delicious food. Can't wait to be back in town. To stuff my face again
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Corey Kirkland
If you expect even the minimum service from the wait staff, this is not the place to go. Food is amazing, but unfortunately, the wait staff is not. Friendly people, they just don’t seem to have proper training. I will not be back.
Adriana Garcia
I always have to stop here when I’m in town!
Alfred Kuntz
Great food, outstanding service, and fairly priced.
Great breakfast!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love this place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Got a to go order for home and it was good
Food: 4
Maria's is our breakfast spot! We drive the 60+ minutes from Lake Charles to this quaint diner in Groves, TX. Why? Because of the chilequiles! There are three sauce options: red, ranchero, and green. Every single one is great, but green is my new favorite because it is a tomatillo based green sauce, not cilantro (I'm one of the unfortunate soapers). Ask for the extra hot green sauce (beware: it requires a dose of respect), add an over easy egg and you've got breakfast perfection. There are places in Lake Charles that identify chilequiles on their menu, but they don't know what the heck they're even talking about. Maria's does! Additionally, the staff is so incredibly friendly and accommodating. My husband and I became recognized guests after our first visit. This place gets really busy on the weekends so plan accordingly, but definitely add it to your regular stops!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This is the best diner around for breakfast. Veronica remembers your preferences and is very attentive.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Side of Hashbrown, Huevos Rancheros, Pozole, Fiesta Breakfast, Grits, French Toast
Great taste. Everything feels fresh.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hate to be this person but I’m Mexican and I know good, fresh food when I eat it and the barbacoa plate was not it. Pico wasn’t good. There was more tomato than anything else. the tomato looked old and soggy, not enough lime and lacked salt. Same with the guac. And the barbacoa tasted and smelt extremely old, and the portion was very small. The beans and rice were good tho. But everything else was 👎 will not be coming back ☹️
Food: 1
Today was my first time dining in here. The food was delicious, the food I did eat, I didn't eat everything I paid for. Dining in this diner is stressful. One customer was coughing so much, made me not wanting to stay in there, and another customer blew their nose at their table. It's too small of a place to have all of that going on. For some reason the waitresses doesn't understand your concerns. I wouldn't dine in here again. The food was good though.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
I tell you what you get a lot of insight. It's like the days of our lives.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Fiesta Breakfast, Side of French Toast, Breakfast Gravy
From placing order over the phone to the picking it up they were the nicest people and the food was great will definitely be back and the prices in my opinion were in line with others.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
The food was average. Service was confusing, but decent. For the money I believe the prices are a bit high. It is nice to help a local business but for the quality and price, I won't be going back.
Thanks.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
First time trying this lovely restaurant. And I was not disappointed! Amazing service and delicious delicious food. Can't wait to be back in town. To stuff my face again
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
If you expect even the minimum service from the wait staff, this is not the place to go. Food is amazing, but unfortunately, the wait staff is not. Friendly people, they just don’t seem to have proper training. I will not be back.
I always have to stop here when I’m in town!
Great food, outstanding service, and fairly priced.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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