Maria's Mexican Cafe — Restaurant in Columbus

Stop by on our to San Antonio. The place seem quaint and pleasing. It was not overly crowded. No one welcomed us in. The waitress who did come to our table didn't seem friendly or eager to share what this place had to offer. We opted for the buffet big MISTAKE!! The pancakes were hard as rock literally. The heat on the buffet line was too hot we couldn't barely touch the tongs to serve. Everything was tasteless! The coffee however, was great and if it wasn't for that I wouldn't have anything good to say. The tea was a diabetic nightmare beyond sweet and I love sweet tea! So that is saying alot. The place is beautiful and was clean, but staff could be more informative and available. The chef needs to find his/her passion again. This place has potential but at this rate not sure. The price was somewhat fair but a bit over priced for what the buffet has to offer. In my 44yrs i have never felt the need to write a review or leave a tip but this was by far a loss of $113. I should have read the reviews before entering these doors as everything i read was pretty much exactly how my family and I felt. Even as I requested softer pancakes (as I tapped the table with my rock hard pancake) she didn't even offer an apology or a suttle apologetic smile. Seem like it was a norm that the food was mediocre. Hope that the owner see this i use this as informative and helpful to better equip his/ her staff as at the end of the day this is their livelihood they are crossing....

I see a couple of negative comments here and I just want to give my experience on what I found. I ordered eight street tacos and they were amazing and as a bonus it was packed with meat and everything. They did not scrimp on what they gave me and it literally tasted amazing. I don't think they could have made a better street taco. Now since the street tacos were out of this world I will be going back and I will be trying other things there but if the other items that I try or just like the street tacos it will be my number one new location to buy Mexican Food. The service was fast and friendly and I did not have to wait long in the drive up window area. I hate to say this but I'm going to go ahead and say it to you anyway for the amount of food that I received I literally underpaid. This place is not scared to feed their customers. I may be going back every single week- I will keep everyone posted. ps. I would have added a picture but I couldn't stop eating it until it...

Great food but the 1 star is for service. Bought a side of beans and the employee at the drive thru had spilled most of the container in the bag. She knew because she was intently watching while a different lady gave them to us. I let them know and they said they would fix it since it was all over my tacos as well. Got stuff back where they just wiped it and used SAME disfigured container. I get home and as soon as I pick up the container it falls apart and spills hot beans all over me. Plus they forgot a taco I ordered. I called and the lady just wanted to give missing taco and would let manager know about the beans. All the reviews about service are correct. They need to hire ladies who have better customer service skills or at least some form of a common sense. No one wants to hear about their one night stands they are talking about instead of working...