Michael Jay
The staff was very friendly and helpful.
We had a family event hosted here when another venue kept changing arrangements and finally cancelled hosting on very short notice. Tropical went out of their way to be extremely helpful and pull things together.
As far as the atmosphere and facility, the restaurant is hosted in the front side of an old iHop, the back side has a bar, pool tables, and small event space. It is definitely showing it’s age a little and a bit sticky, but works.
The food was mixed, but mediocre Mexican overall. Slightly oily fresh fried corn chips, the salsa was salty but didn’t have much flavor otherwise. The Red sauce enchiladas were ok, but kind of bland. The vegetable fajitas were pretty tasty, although only lightly done, not many red peppers, and the toppings were so so, but they were the best item we ate. Portions were reasonable.
… moreDavid Chall
A small town gem with great food. It was time for lunch and the decision to pass up fast food at the off ramp was rewarded by a finding a great restaurant. I want to encourage everyone to explore small towns in search of good food and friendly people. I had a combination of a relleno, tamale, and an enchilada.
… moreKole Hoenicke
The food was just fine and the place was just miserable to eat in. It was probably 85-90°F in there and there were flies EVERYWHERE. You seriously could not get rid of them. The portions, at least for what I ordered, were really tiny. Smallest taco salad I’ve ever had. Thankfully the service and employees were nice!
… moreBrad Clements
Stopped in for lunch on a Wednesday at 1145. The inside decor is bright and appropriate. I was brought a menu, a glass of water and the standard Mexican restaurant chips and salsa.
The chips were warm and I think made in house. The salsa was definitely homemade and had a wonderful flavor to it. It wasn’t extremely hot, although it did have some heat, but what made it different was it was sweeter than most salsa, probably a spin on the Tropical theme.
I ordered the special, which was “Pollo Caribean” or something like that. It came out quickly, with beans, rice and a couple warm tortillas. The food was absolutely delicious, although I picked a few shrimp out that I don’t care to eat.
But overall the food may have been the best Mexican food I’ve had in along time. And I eat out alot… usually at locally owned restaurants and lots of them are Mexican themed.
This place gets so much right… if someone orders “the special” it should be out blazingly quick, which it was. So the speed of service was fast enough and more than appropriate.
The food was great, the price was a little high, the chips and dip before the entree came were amazing. The staff were polite and professional. I will definitely return and encourage others to eat here… support local restaurants.
The bonus, they sell their homemade Salsa to take with you… I bought a jar to take home for my wife and kids to try… Great job tropical Mexican restaurant!
… moreNena Bowers
The restaurant is VERY CLEAN! Including the decorations! We were made welcome, greeted with “Hola!” and seated quickly. Our server brought menus, chips and salsa, and drinks quickly. And spicy, hot salsa, and delicious, real Mexican cheese dip. Yum! We both ordered fajitas. My husband ordered Molcajete Dinner, and I ordered Fajita Jalisco. His came in a large black volcanic stone bowl. Sorry, I was so focused on my own order, I didn’t get a picture of his. Everything was delicious! Mine was more than I could eat, so…breakfast! We also enjoyed icy cold Mexican Cokes, made with good ol Cane sugar. Needless to say, I needed a go box, and even the box told me they were glad to serve us. We are VERY glad they did! Great choice for great service, and food! We highly recommend Tropical Mexican Restaurant in Waheeney, Kansas!
… moreKellie Doyle
Fantastic local place. The guac is made fresh and we ate half of it before I remembered to take the photo. We had the Polo Cancun entrees (shrimp/chicken) one meal was way more than I could eat! Super tasty! The salsa is fresh with a rich tomato flavor and a hint of heat! Will be added to our “stop here for dinner” list on future trips through the area
… moreWade Carter
I was very pleasantly surprised. Didn’t know what to expect but the food was excellent and the service was good. The name threw me off a little thinking it would be more “Tropical” than Mexican. But when you think about it, a lot of Mexico is on the beach/tropical.
… moreJennifer Traxson
Friendly staff, good food, good alcoholic beverages, unfortunately no beer on tap. They did have bottles available but we felt that the cost was a bit high for them.
… moreIan McAdams
A very convenient location just off the interstate. Very tasty food and a lot of menu options. And the large portions let me save some for breakfast in the morning too! (Eating them now!)
… moreJC Kirk
Food was good and service was great. We will return.
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