Meso Maya Comida y Copas — Restaurant in Plano

Well, based on the reviews i had high hopes for this place. I'm a pretty harsh critic of Mexican food having lived and worked in Mexico and along the border for 35 years. First the really good: this place is clean, you can actually see the kitchen where your food is prepared and it looked very clean by even the harshest standards. The atmosphere was great, they didn't over hype the place with cheesy Mexican music, sobreros, etc. it's just a very nice restaurant; almost too nice for traditional food. Mediocre: our waitress while she came back often enough, never recognized we were all out of drinks. We thought, "this time she'll offer to refill".. Nope.. We finally had to ask for refills. Prices were about average if a little high. Food: There are some very interesting choices here. Not your average "same food, different shapes" you get in most Mexican restaurants, chimichangas, etc. Nope, they had some real originals and most sounded pretty good. The chips and salsa i have to give credit, they were dang good and the salsa actually had a little kick to it.. Very good 8/10. My wife and daughter ordered the Pozole verde. They love pozole and we even make it at home. This Pizole was bland, very bland and they both thought so. Neither of them finished it...3/10. They also ordered breakfast tacos and reported they were good but nothing to write home to abuelita about. A medium 6/10. I ordered enchiladas pollo with serrano sauce. These were ok but i did find the white rice an odd choice along with black beans. The beans were good but the rice was just kinda odd. Overall I'd rate the enchiladas a 7/10, the beans an 8/10 and the overall plate a 7/10. Not bad really but nothing I'd drive across town to get. Lastly, the wife and daughter ordered waters and i got fresh lemonade 🍋. It came in a medium glass filled to the top with ice that was literally three sips to finish. I had to ask for a refill and i noticed her adding it to the check so i only did it once. The taste was great but at 3 sips for $4.00 a pop for each glass of lemonade.. No, just no. 1/10. All this for about $60.00 seemed a little steep but it is a very nice restaurant. All in all, it's a nice place with a good selection of food but (maybe we went on a bad day) the food was mediocre at Best. If you want a nice place to sit down and eat some unique Mexican food. Id say you'll probably give this place a thumbs up. If however you want truly good Mexican food regardless of setting, I'd look elsewhere....

My husband and I moved here 6 months ago. We have driven by the place several times and agreed we should try it, so we did just that today. Walking in, the atmosphere was nice and dark. Asked the host if we could have a booth with A/C because it is 102 degrees today. We got a booth but, were seated by the kitchen glass window. The brightest and hottest place in the restaurant. That was perplexing to say the least. We asked to move and were accommodated. My husband ordered our drinks and I wanted a spicy margarita. What I was brought was a strawberry, tropical punch, fruity, sweet drink, with a jalapeno on the side. Awful! A pepper on the side does not make it spicy...FYI. I asked for the waitress to replace my drink with what I wanted. She did. Again, mediocre. A watered down margarita on the rocks with zero flavor and no spice. After that, our waitress disappeared for a long while. We had to tell the host we were ready to order. Our waitress was not even familiar with the appetizers much less the menu. We ordered the SHRIMP & fish ceviche. Not ONE single shrimp was in the ceviche. All fish and very wet, rubbery, and warm fish. Ugh. The smoked chicken taquitos had zero flavor and was a very small portion. After all of this, our waitress brought me the ticket on her little machine and stood over me while I was given the option of tipping or not tipping. She literally stood over me and watched and waited for me to sign the ticket. Given the fact we received awful service and what food we had was bad, I would have tipped something but, not even 15%. I signed the machine and tipped her apparently mandatory 15% gratuity. I was furious. I approached the host who said he was the manager and told him all my complaints. I was given his card and a free appetizer for next time. WOW! We paid a totall of $140 for 2 awful appetizers, I could make better at home and 2 drinks each. I walked away with a "hope you come back and a free appetizers for next time". Newsflash....of the 6 appetizers your restaurant offers, we had 2 that were awful and some mediocre cheese dip so, I'm pretty sure we are out on giving Meso Maya another try. Awful food, awful service, bland drinks, and you get to sit by the hot kitchen and watch them make your food on a 102 degree day in Texas. Out of all the fabulous places to eat here, I'm not going back for a...

My wife and I had some alone time while the in-laws looked after our toddler, and she has been wanting to bring me to this restaurant for a while, so after the Fashion Show we went here as it was on the way home. I had very little expectations before we came and I was really blown away at how great everything here was!

We ordered the Avocado Margarita and the Oaxaca for drinks. My wife did not like her Margarita until the very end of the night. She said it really didn't 'go with the food' and made it taste a bit weird. She was a bit disappointed as she loves Avocado ice cream and other takes on it. She said before we left that it started to grow on her, but would not get again. On the other hand I won the 'who got the best cocktail contest' with the Oaxaca, it was so delicious. Honestly it reminded me of a take on Old Fashions, which are my go to cocktail. It had a nice spice to it and went perfectly with our meal. It is made with Mezcal lime, orange liqueur and more. It was absolutely delicious to drink

The chips and salsa was delicious. The chips are in the shape of long rectangles which was cool and i know my daughter would have liked them. The salsa also had a very nice kick to it, which is always a great thing. We opt to share the Budin Azteca Chuleta, which is pork chops with potatoes, queso, and some very nice and spicy salsa! To go with it we ordered a side of rice and beans which was SUPER generous and tasted out of this world. My wife is not a fan of plain white rice, which is what it looks like, but it will fool you as it is decked with tons of flavors and spices. The meal itself was out of this world and we both were stuffed telling the other person to finish off the last bites of it. I saw a picture before it came out and was worried that everything would be 'soggy' as i am a texture person and HATE soggy food, but it was not that way at all. Everything was seared so it was crunchy with the salsa....my mouth is watering just thinking about it right now. Great meal for the price!

The authmosphere was awesome and perfect for any date nights. The staff was super nice as well

We will add this to our list of places for date nights, as it is just to delicious not to...