Visited Dec. 24th..see receipt. Great happy hour place on Christmas Eve! After shopping we stopped in for an appetizer and cocktail. It was happy hour (3 to 5pm) with drink and appetizer discounts. The 3 carnitas tacos was enough for 2 people - the pork was tender and I love the cilantro! This is a fun and friendly place with warm complimentary chips and salsas! Gena and Maria work hard to ensure the quality and customer service is top notch! This is my happy place! Fast sevice and tasty Mexican food!

Say no more. Super yummy! Just the right amount of spice. Very filling and you're going to need a to go box.

After driving through the downtown strip and seeing few options open, we stumbled across Maria's and decided to give them a try. One side of the restaurant is more of a bar, and one side is restaurant style with booths and tables. We sat on the restaurant side. Cleanliness and overall vibe inside: the restaurant area was pretty casual. Menus were slightly sticky, and it kinda gave eating at a Mexican Denny's vibe initially. I appreciated that the menu clearly specified what was gluten free since I'm limiting gluten right now. Drinks: We ordered a classic lime, and a blood orange margarita, and upgraded the tequila to something a step higher and anejo. They were well blended, but massive. I'm talking, twice the size of what you would expect. They were also overflowing in the cups and made a sticky mess all over the table when they were delivered to us by the server. With that, they tasted delicious so we didn't mind the mess too much. Perhaps this explains the sticky menus. lol Food: My husband ordered the Carne Asada and I decided to try the Poblano Encheladas. Serving sizes were hearty, and the food was solid. The Carne Asada was very well marinated, and the Poblano enchilada sauce was to die for. It was a fair amount of sauce, but I wished I had a little more if I'm being honest. The presentation was taken down a notch or two since some of the fresh veggies were browning and or slightly wilted. I could have gone without it on my plate with how they looked. Service: our waiter was very casual, but she attended to us well. Our drinks were kept full, she brought us a complimentary bean dip since we were first timers, and she gave good recommendations. Overall, I take one star away for minor cleanliness and presentation/wilty veg but we really enjoyed our food and experience and would definitely come back here again while in GV.

Food! Great! Service, wonderful! Ambiance lovely. This is a fun place with waitresses who really care about you and food that pleases your palate.

For grass Valley I would say this one of top Mexican restaurants! Though it can be on a higher price side, you get quite the quantity of food. I've always enjoyed their margaritas! Chips and salsa have never disappointed. I go to is always the enchilada suissa, they are pretty darn good, but you definitely need to ask for extra sauce. Every visit I've always had good service! The decor and space of the restaurant is great, the patio is super cute. This is a great go to for large party events, as well as an easy go to lunch!

Great dinner with fam while visiting GV. My fam had a dog with us usually ok on patio but very cold tonight The staff were rock stars and set us up on patio with two heaters dried off chairs from earlier rain and served up delicious meals and drinks and so very nice! Thank you for making the fam so comfy!