Las Dos Marias — Restaurant in Redding

Frankly, this restaurant I found to be quite disappointing. I'd read reviews about how friendly the owners are... maybe it was their day off, but the gal at the front counter (for ordering) looked like a deer in the headlights from the moment that we mentioned that we could only order gluten free.

She was probably about 20 years old or so, but as an employee in the food industry you'd think that she'd have SOME knowledge or recollection of the words GF at least. She had no idea. We explained to her what that meant. She continued with a blank look coupled with a vague sense of impatience. (There was no one else waiting for service).

We struggled on with the process... ordered the Carne Asada nachos and the chicken tamale combo plate.

The nachos toppings were good, I'm fairly sure tho that the nacho chips were not GF... I've been eating GF tortilla chips for 15 years now and these reminded me of a few times where the server realized upon serving that they were not safe and snatched them away. The tamales were not good... canned sauce and weird texture.

The Dr Pepper was good!

We were pretty disappointed... will not be...

Second time eating here. First time it was okay so figured we would try again since we live near by. Ordered carne asada taco plate, carne asada nachos, and carnitas burrito. Prices are fair but the food isn't great. Let's just say the meat was definitely not good carne asada but reheated chunks of roast with zero seasoning. Perhaps what they use for their shredded beef? I couldn't get it down. My son barely ate one of his taco and said the meat was like bad burnt ends. It lacked any flavor, full of fat, tough and tastes reheated. The cheese was barely melted on top and had been microwave melted you could tell. guacamole horrible. The chips were good and tasted homemade. Salsa great. Rice was overly mushy and tasteless, beans too thin. Nobody was impressed at all. Won't...

Absolutely wonderful mom and pop establishment. Everything we've had was above and beyond for food quality. Portions are perfect and the prices are half of any other restaurant in town. I love the chili Colorado, the wife has crispy chicken tacos, granddaughters have the chicken enchiladas. Bomb food! Most get take-out as dinning area is small, though mostly we eat there. We love the boss lady! She's just the best! If you love home cooking, this is the place! 5/6/22 Google doesn't let you do multiple reviews so I'm adding this new dish! Cajun spicy shrimp with added grilled Serrano peppers. Absolutely the best Mexican shrimp dinner I've ever had! We go here weekly, just can't say enough about...