Nortenos Mexican Food

Reviews

• Don S.

  star star star star star 27 July 2026

  Had a great lunch with my wife. The salsa is fresh with a wonderful taste and level of heat. I had the Chile relleno which was filled with a good amount of cheese, battered, and cooked perfectly. My wife had a sampler plate with soft taco, cheese enchilada, and chicken flauta that was excellent. Both with rice and very good retried beans. Service was also very good. Will definitely come back here when traveling the Bluebonnet Trail.

• Joe L.

  star star star star star 26 July 2026

  Just off 45 or 287. if you're coming up from Houston or headed south from DFW, then make this a pit stop. Came to Ennis to see the blue bonnets, then went to norteños for lunch; had some great food, great service. The staff were all polite and patient with our little ones. Everyone loved what they ordered; my wife smothered her cheese enchiladas in queso, which she said was phenomenal. I posted a pic of the norteños plate: pastor. We had a late lunch so the place was low key, laid back. They've got adequate group seating (we were 11 deep)

• Jennifer J.

  star star star star star_border 20 July 2026

  HOLY SPICY SAUCE! Atmosphere was just what you would expect from a hole in the wall on a very small town with multiple Tex-Mex restaurants.
  
  We ordered the Green Burrito and the Combo plate with some sweet teas. Sweet tea was on point and definitely worthy of its sweetness!
  
  My green burrito was a spinach wrap filled with grilled chicken, very fresh avocado, and lettuce (I ditched the pico). I enjoyed the flavors in my mouth and the portion was large enough to eat half for lunch and save the rest for another meal.
  
  My fiancé got the combo plate as he wanted to try many different things. While he isn't too wordy about his food the VERY CLEAN plate tells me that he enjoyed it.
  
  The portion size to price ratio is GREAT! My green burrito was only $5.99 and the combo plate $7.99. For three meals that's a steal and much better than Taco Bell!

• Barry B.

  star star star star_border star_border 8 July 2026

  Decided to order Nortenos online. They use square for online purchases which is pretty interesting. The square program is pretty easy to order from the only thing about the Nortenos version is they didn't offer "ala carte" choices. Otherwise it is pretty efficient and straight forward. I ordered the nachos which is pretty good and a fair quantity. I liked the green sauce (a little spicy) and the red salsa tasted fresh. Plenty of ground beef and queso. I could pass on the lettuce. It is not their signature food but I like how they cut up avocado and spread it in the nachos. I've had their gorditas before and they are really good. My order was ready by the time I got to the restaurant. Very polite employees.

• Tru T.

  star star star star star_border 7 July 2026

  Spot on.
  A pleasant surprise, wish we had this spot closer.
  Admittedly I held out little hope for Mexican food in Texas that wasn't some Tex-Mex hybrid especially in a small town of Ennis and coming from California, we are spoiled on Mexican food like unrefrigerated fish on a hot day.
  
  Had passed the place a couple of times, along with the stoplight when I finally wandered in.. Initially I was a bit leery because there were no cars in the parking lot, so glad I took chance. Guess I just missed everyone.
  
  Again this place was spot on one of the best burritos I've had,  Place seem to be clean, food was hot, service was great, in fact it was so good I had to go back a second time the next day and have the same thing again.
  
  Will definitely return
  Two thumbs up