Reviews for Papi Grande's Mexican Restaurant and Cantina in Amherst, NY

The best Mexican food in Amherst. We were there for brunch. My wife enjoyed the French toast and my tacos were great. Nice... selection. Zach, our server was attentive and friendly. We will be back. Read more

I had the best experience here. Food was great. Service was amazing. Friendly staff. Especially Sarah. She was so sweet,... attentive and very friendly. She made my first time experience worth it. All around amazing atmosphere. I will definitely beback. Read more

Everytime Ive ever been in here Sarah has been amazing. She always finds a way to manage besides helping customers and... associates. A lot falls on her shoulders and as a front of the house manager she always finds a way to manage always. She isincredible. Read more

My volleyball team and I had Sunday brunch at Papi Grande's on Maple Rd. in Williamsville. The food was great and the drinks... were excellent (the bloody marys were some of the best we've ever had anywhere) and even the coffee was great. Service wasoutstanding too (our server, Zach, was fantastic). The brunch menu made it difficult to choose, so now we have to go back! Read more

My fiance and I have been here about 5-6 times in the last year, sometimes alone and sometimes with friends. It is a very chill... atmosphere. The service has always been great, but it's even improved more recently, the food is well seasoned and deliciouswith ginormous servings (we always have lunch the next day), the margaritas are awesome, and everything is reasonably priced!Well worth it. Plus, whoever was running the music playlist tonight had good taste! Read more

I've been to many, many Mexican restaurants in my life. Unfortunately and disappointingly, I can't count this as one of them.... The margaritas were so sugary and limey that they were barely drinkable, and IF they had tequila in them you couldn't remotelytaste it. As for the food....wow....it's as if the "chef" who made the menu only ever looked at pictures of Mexican food withoutever actually tasting it. We ordered the shrimp and steak fajitas and the steak was way overcooked, the veggies undercooked, andwe're pretty sure the shrimp (all four of them) were precooked and previously frozen. They didn't even look or taste grilled.We might try this place again for a drink (not a margarita) and music, but we won't be ordering food. We only gave it two starsbecause our server was very attentive and friendly. Read more

I do not recommend this place. We thought this place would be a nice place to go after a nice movie, but we were soon proven... wrong. First of all, we payed for every step we took in there. The Margaritas were 13 and a half dollars, for a glass barelybigger than a shot glass. We then ordered Chips and Salsa. First of all, the chips and salsa were 100% bought at a store.Literally tasted like something I'd find at a Dollar Tree. Next of all, we grabbed food. Horrible mistake! The portion sizeswere small enough that not even an ant would be full from it. The Enchiladas were so dry, and the "sauce" was actually tomatopaste. The beef tasted foul, not to mention the rice. The rice tasted like you poured 100 salt shakers on it, we were coughingbecause the salt was so overwhelming. Another person at our table got Fajitas, which were 25 dollars for some horrible stuffthat was probably 5 bites. The meat tasted like a McDonald's patty. The other person got some kind of Taco Mac and Cheese, itwas drier than the Sahara Desert. It was also extremely small. Once we got our bill, we only expected it to be around 50dollars. WRONG! It was about 110 dollars, for nothing. We left that place extremely unsatisfied and hungry. Lord knows what aninspector would find in that kitchen. Read more

Once we checked in we got a free offer for queso and chips. However, the waiter already hooked us up before hand because we were... going to a movie next door. I loved how conversational our waiter was. He showed genuine interest in the movie we were going tosee and built rapport with us. He was very attentive to our needs and on top of refills. I got the chimichanga with chicken andmy husband got tres tacos. The chimichanga was huge and packed with deliciously flavored chicken and it had a generous amount ofqueso on it. Yummy. My husband said the tres tacos were okay. There was also a live music playing when we went which I foundenjoyable. The atmosphere was lovely, fun, and I would recommend coming here. Read more