Little Donkey Mexican Restaurant - Montgomery — Restaurant in Montgomery

TLDR: food is below average, not authentic, overpriced for the quality, service is slow and waitress was rude. Go somewhere else, especially if you’re visiting in town.

I have never actually written a review before because I never felt the need to until now. I have never experienced a restaurant where the food was bad AND the service was bad, to the point where the waitress was actually rude to our table.

Went on a Friday evening with a group of ten for dinner. It wasn’t overwhelmingly busy when we first arrived. We had a young man as our waiter who said he was still fairly new. I would like to say that this review doesn’t reflect his work- it’s the surrounding staff. He did an excellent job working with our large group and was incredibly kind, regardless of how overwhelmed he may have been.

Food: was extremely disappointed. The guacamole is literally just avocado. No tomatoes, onions, garlic ( if there was any you can’t taste it). It was literally a $10 bowl of avocado. The queso tastes like melted velveeta.

I ordered the BBQ taco and the Carnitas tacos with Elote street corn on the side. It was just not good. The flavor was just not there. I’m really not a picky eater but these tacos were just not it. The pork was dry and when my BBQ taco came out, the meat was cold inside. I had the street corn off the cob, so it was served in a bowl, not mixed, with thick globs of mayo, a little cheese, and sparingly some seasoning. I was so disappointed because I really wanted to like this. The quality of the food was not worth the price at all.

The drinks were average, yet inconsistent. We had a few people order the same drink a few times, and each time it came out it was an entirely different tasting drink. I ordered the house margarita. Typically when you order margs they ask for salt or sugar around the rim. They do not ask, you have to ask for it yourself. I learned this the hard way when the waitress who brought out my drink snapped at me for asking for the salt that I had already requested twice. Once on the first drink that they forgot, second on the second drink they forgot again. When I asked for the salt on my second drink she replied with, “at this point you just need to drink it”. I didn’t even know how to respond because I’ve never experienced a waitress acting like that before lol. The manager came and apologized on her behalf, she never did, which I guess is fine. Just made the whole experience uncomfortable.

I’ve never in my life written a poor review for a restaurant. I usually just chalk it up as someone was having a bad day. But in this instance there was just too much bad to try and outweigh the good unfortunately.

Only giving it two stars instead of one because the young man we had serve our table saves it from a one...

This was a nice little place that is putting together unusual combinations to make a mexican-neuvo style menu. My first impression was of the friendly staff. The seating is kinda "out in the open", though. The place was empty, and we were seated right in front of the bar, almost in the middle of the place. I guess I didn't look like I liked the spot, because the server generously asked if we would rather sit somewhere else. I've worked as a server. If they bring you to a spot, there is usually a reason, plus, I looked around and all the seating in the main room were basically the same. It has an "on display" feel, so it isn't for an intimate meal! I didn't see the other room, so I can't speak to that. I told her it was fine where we were. And it was OK. There are no complementary chips and salsa, as in most Mexican restaurants, so we ordered some. You choose 2 salsas from a list of some interesting mixtures. The ones recommended to me were the Rojo and the Verde. I think both had some sort of fire-roasted elements. I'm pretty adventurous, but my dining partner can't deal with too much spice. These are the two "least spicy" she said. They were not spicy at all. But they were extremely dark, bitter and salty (and I am a true sodium lover, so if it is salty to me, it is salty!). My companion thought the same. I could have dealt with the salt, but the bitterness was hard to get past. Like the char on the fire-roasted veggies were blended in, maybe? Not sure. We didn't eat much of it at all. We managed maybe 1/4 of the Rojo, but the Verde, we just couldn't. I was sad, because chips and salsa are something I look forward to, when having Mexican. I ordered the smoked brisket nachos. My companion ordered the pork burritos. Let me say, the smoked brisket was divine! Tender, juicy and very smoky indeed! The nachos also came with pinto beans, sour cream, guacamole and a pico de gallo that was pretty good. I asked for extra so we could finish our chips we ordered, and received a small cup, and I wish, fervently, that the pico was on the menu as a salsa option. Sometimes, the simple things are best. The pork burrito was very good too. Tender pork, well-flavored. The rice was fluffy and light and the pintos creamy and flavorful. I would go back, but I would ask for pico as salsa, and I would find out if I could get a giant bowl of...

Let me set the scene: It’s a warm evening in Montgomery, the air humming with Southern charm, and there, behind the bar at Little Donkey, stands a woman who doesn’t just mix drinks — she crafts liquid poetry. Her name? Lauren. And she is, without question, a bartending legend in the making.

Lauren isn’t just serving cocktails — she’s conducting a symphony of spirits, weaving together flavor, flair, and a touch of what I can only assume is ancient mixological magic. I watched her build a margarita with the precision of a watchmaker and the flair of a Vegas headliner. Salt rim? Perfect. Lime wedge? Sculpted like it belonged in a gallery. Tequila? Poured like a blessing from the gods of agave.

She doesn’t just make drinks — she makes moments. Need a recommendation? Lauren doesn’t blink. She sizes you up like a psychic with a shaker and delivers the exact drink you didn’t know you were craving. Sweet, spicy, smoky, sour — she speaks fluent cocktail in every dialect.

But the real kicker? Her energy. Lauren’s presence behind the bar is electric — a magnetic mix of Southern hospitality, effortless cool, and razor-sharp wit. She’ll remember your name, your order, and probably your zodiac sign if you hang around long enough. She runs the bar like it’s her stage, and everyone lucky enough to be on the other side of the counter is in for a five-star show.

Little Donkey might serve up some of the best tacos in town, but Lauren? She’s the main course in spirit and style. I came in thirsty, I left transformed.

If I could bottle her charisma and mixology skills, I’d have the most sought-after elixir in the South. Someone give this woman a crown, a cocktail line, and her own Netflix series.

11/10. I’d let her...