Don Juan Mexican Bar & Grill - Maumee — Restaurant in Maumee

So happy the 2023 Foodie Card found this restaurant for us!!! Definitely will return, we found the menu to be no just your run of the mill boring swamped under bland tomato sauce & cheese burrito NW Ohio Mexican with indifferent service, that feeds the average masses. We were warmly greeted by staff upon arrival and welcomed to this cute, clean, nicely lighted restaurant, as if we were meeting old friends.

We enjoyed the salsa bar while deciding dinner, with fresh warm tortilla chips, definitely try the hot sauce - not just fire with no taste, chipotle came through well and the guacamole salsa, light & fresh way to add a bit of guacamole to our dishes without the whole heavy dip.

Started off dinner with an appetizer generously sized lobster quesadilla, lots of lobster finished off with char grilled onions, peppers and creamy cheesy deliciousness.

Dinner: I had Del Mar Trio, a generous portion of crab/ shrimp/ tilapia lightly grilled with pico/cheese melted to stuff fresh warm tortilla shells. I put a bit of that guacamole sauce on top and it made a lovely fajita style seafood dinner. I wish I would have taken a pic, it was a pretty dish. Hubs went with the Taco Tuesday simple $1.50 special tacos, we were so surprised at the amount of ground beef and excellent seasoning. The big hit was the GIANT bowl of Caldo De Pollo as part of hubs dinner, huge chunks of chicken, a really nice selection of vegetables, broth that didn't come from a can but full of flavor and bright flavors. I did take a pic of this, it was such a cool soup for my hubs to enjoy.

Last but NOT least, our service was on point. Vincent offered suggestions and gave me tips of dishes, drinks he liked when I asked. It wasn't just an "upsell" to me but he genuinely knew the dishes, when he served us and people around us, and it showed. We had kind of a long day ahead of our dinner, he made us feel welcome, attentive and was very pleasant to chat with. Service like Vincent's is what makes a dinner out, as we do love wonderful food, but when paired with a knowledgeable attentive server it simply completes our...

Not only do I have family and friends who attend this location all the time, myself and my daughter have came here at least 5 times. Unfortunately, I was unable to make it in and decided to order my daughter and I some food off of Doordash. One of the items order were the fiesta nachos (which looked picture perfect). I was literally on chip 3 when I noticed I kept chewing and something didn’t seem right. I pulled something significantly big out of my mouth! A part of a bag it seemed! You could tell it was almost maybe cooked in with food as well as just a piece of bag. I immediately stopped eating my food. Not only did I call the doordash (not their fault) I called the restaurant and spoke with the “manager” also. A manager who not once did she apologize. She offered me a new meal or a remake or calling door dash for a refund. I asked how does things like this happen and what will be done to prevent this in the future because this is something that could have not only choked someone, but injured them severely if they wouldn’t of been able to realize until it was too late. This woman had the never to tell me she couldn’t hear me because of the band in the background and that I needed to call her back in a hour? Wow. Completely rude, uncaring, and quite frankly doesn’t care about the safety of her guests. My biggest issue is if my daughter would have been eating this ect and something happend, or even myself, it would have been unknown until getting the object out. Definitely won’t be returning and I pray something is...

I have never been here before until this visit. Our booth was clean, The restaurant was probably a 4 out of 5 on my cleanliness scale. It was dinner, they were probably short-handed a little bit so give grace where it may be due. I didn't have to use the bathroom so I cannot rate the cleanliness of those to be fair.

I did have tamales. I wasn't the biggest fan of the tamales that I had. They did appear homemade but I think the tamales were made by an inexperienced hand. The dough was really thick and honestly I did not enjoy that. I have had tamales before, I am not an expert, but I might not order those again from this restaurant unless I know what the batch looks like. It was really thick!

My margarita was excellent, the enchiladas that I had were delicious. I have no complaints about anything else other than the tamales.

Our waitress was fun and playfully gave me a hard time while my girlfriend sat across from me and enjoyed the humor. I would enjoy being served by her again in the future. All other staff that I interacted with were friendly and with good attitude.

I would be happy to return and have another meal at...