De Leon's Tex Mex Grill — Restaurant in Coeur d'Alene

De Leon's Tex Mex Grill is just ok. For a family with roots in Mexico you'd expect quite a bit more from their flavors, especially the sauces and salsas. The staff are great however but unfortunately their service doesn't make up for the lackluster flavor of the menu.

Visited Friday, October 20, 2023. The restaurant was busy with most tables being occupied. The line to order was 3 customers deep. The wait time was a mere minutes. The ordering process was easy and quick as was the time to receive our meals. When the food arrived it was nicely presented and warm.

We ordered tacos, burritos, taquitos and nachos. Each plate looked great. The taste was just ok. Nothing special. The employee that delivered our food offered additional salsa which we requested one of each.

When the salsas were presented to us, it was stated that the spicy 'would grow hair on your chest' from the woman that delivered it. Coming from, you guessed it Southern California, not only did the spicy salsa not grow hair on our chest but there was barely a hint of spice at all. The other 2 salsas, mild and tomatillo were ok but again lacking in any real flavor.

The staff were great. I noticed at least one face that was a previous Cosmic Cowboy employee.

With the great staff yet mediocre food this isn't a place I would recommend or go out...

I'm sharing a picture of a Tex-Mex cheeseburger and fries that cost $24.69. That's TWENTY FIVE bucks for a little burger and a plate of fries. There was absolutely nothing special about this "Tex-Mex" burger & fry combo whatsoever. It tasted like it should have been a $7.oo combo.

I'm also sharing a pic of a single hard ground beef taco that costs $5.14. Again, you can find waaaaay better tacos anywhere in CDA for $2-3.oo/each that taste way better than this.

The last pic I am sharing is a chicken fajita bowl (you can see how small the portion is by the size of my hand compared to the "bowl" it came in) that is super tiny with barely any chicken in it. These three pics are a $50 meal total. That's a burger & fries, 1 single taco, and a little chicken fajita bowl.

So, it looks like they are trying to get rich off of every single order, instead of giving people a great meal, decent prices, and a portion size that fits the hefty price tag. The dinners I make at my own home taste better than these expensive disappointments, so they offer nothing special at all.

I 100% do NOT recommend purchasing food here and I surely will never purchase food from this...

I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of food and service I received. I ordered one of my favorite dishes, a chill rellano. Really impressive that they make theirs with a large flavorful pablano chilli encased with generous, delicate egg wrap, stuffed with creamy white cheese covered with savory sause, not too spicey and served up with excellent fluffy delicately seasoned mexican rice and savory refried beans. The GM, Mathew, came over to meet and greet me and inquire with my satisfaction of my meal. I told him I had been researching his place ahead of time before coming to taste test for our family of restaurant owners who happen to be Mexican food efficiandos and that I was looking forward to introducing them to the food here.

Good central location. Comfortable seating.

My only complaint is that the music was not st all conducive to the genre. And it was way waaay too loud rock n'roll. I much prefer to enjoy with my Mexican meal, being serenaded by relaxing low-key traditional...