I stopped by today and had a few tacos for lunch. Buche, Lengua, Cabeza, al Pastor... all were delicious. I've had a little difficulty finding a good taqueria here in Indy, but this place is very nice, very clean, and the salsas are all great. It's also pretty cheap, though not as cheap as taco trucks I've found in other cities, but hey, you get a nice place to sit for the extra money and a soccer game to watch on TV.
Authentic tacos in a nice setting.
TES YES YES at last a real taqueria for me to go to!!! Real Mexican food the kind you would find in Mexico, not in most Tex Mex joints around town. The best part it Pancho's is on the North side of town, not on Washington Ave. or the near west side.You need to go here with an open mind. some of the items are not the run of the mill and maybe strange to the Midwest taste, but try something new today and every time you come here!!!
Live well and eat well and please no chains!
If you want to know how to evaluate a mexican restaurant order the following things...
1. Guacamole - Fresh, not whipped
2. Chile Relleno - Breaded, excellent sauce
3. Chimichanga - Respectable
4. Traditional style tacos - A-MAZING
5. A steak burrito - Very good
Pancho's is the only place in Indy that always passes this test. Good food, nice people. The service is on par with every taqueria I've ever been to, which is to say barley existent. They drop off and pick up. That's about it. It's a small place so I wouldn't take a large group for a dine in experience. They are a little pricey, but frankly it's worth it. This is the closest thing someone in Indianpolis can get to a Southern California style mexican restaurant.
Tasty hot salsa. Great traditional tacos - corn tortillas! Worth visiting for the food. Nice taco bar with pico and salsa ranging from habanero-hot to mild enough for a midwesterner (i.e. plain tomato paste). The restaurant? It is an informal order-at-the-counter place where you bus your own table. They called my number a few minutes after ordering. The chips are hot and freshly made but a bit greasy. Expect the bill to reflect $12-15 per person before tip.
Pro tip: although the menu indicates otherwise, the lunch menu is available on Sunday, just without the drink included. It's apparently the only way to order tamales, which are very good. Kids menu is not on the menu, it's posted on the sign above the cash register.
The place was hot, uncomfortably hot. The chairs are the kind that don't slide on the floor. As you push toward the table, the chairs catch on the floor and tip over. The "ambiance" music was deafeningly loud and denied us mealtime conversation. When we left the restaurant, the outdoor quietness was shocking in comparison as our eardrums recovered, like when you leave a loud concert or dance club.
Other than being nearly unbearably hot, loud, and uncomfortable, the food was some of the tastiest around. Turn up the A/C and down the music, it would be 5 stars.
Another visit, another three amazing tacos. The pastor is quite simply out of this world - balanced, subtle pineapple flavors that bring the pork to a whole new level. The chorizo taco was once again perfectly spicy and crispy. For my third taco, I tried the lengua taco ... and it was unlike other beef tongue I've ever had. What's it like? Extremely tender with a very pleasant beefy flavor. FYI for the budget conscious, the lengua taco costs $2.29 instead of the normal $1.99 price. I say it's worth the 30 cent splurge and I'll probably now order it half of the time when I visit Pancho's!
Review Source:First off I was expecting a sit-down restaurant, but that was not the case. That just caught me off guard, but did not discourage me from eating there. I ordered Pancho's chicken chimichanga, because I was with a friend who highly recommended the other location in Indy on Michigan Road. After waiting almost 20 minutes I finally got my meal, which turned out to be pretty good. Everything had great flavor and it was a large meal, which I needed after a long day at work. The salsa bar was great. I chose the XHot sauce, and wasn't too impressed with the heat. It was a great flavor booster though!
The only complaints I have are the slow service and they kept changing the music and turning it way up. I would recommend calling ahead and not planning on eating in the restaurant or to try the Michigan Road location.
Great food! Food is made from scratch and onsite! Just look behind the counter to see all the various pots simmering away. Salsa bar is very fresh and the selection is great. Their nacho lunch special on Friday is a great deal at $6.99. Huge portions and very authentic food. If you have a palate that is used to El Rodeo and the other various "authentic" Mexican restaraunts in the city then avoid this place at all cost. It is very authentic and their food quality and preperation reflect. I would advise anyone who enjoys real Mexican food to give this place a try. You won't be dissapointed.
Review Source:Love this place. Growing up on the southside of Chicago I have craved some good (AKA authentic) Mexican food. Â Enter Pancho's. Â
I used to live right across the street and had never stopped in. Â How disappointed am I to now know of this treasure on the border of Fishers and Indy!? Its a bit pricey for Mexican, but oh so worth it compared what the other options are.
You want cheap, go to Taco Bell, want REAL Mexican land a table at Pancho's. everything from the made fresh salsas, rice and bean platters, mariachi music, and Mexican chefs set the feel all around! Â
Anyone I have ever recommended this to has NEVER been disappointed. Steak nachos that rival where I used to order in Chicago.
Pancho's is one of my favorite go-to lunch places. I love their burrito lunch special, especially with the pork, which they slow-roast and is sooo good.
I love their salsa bar, I can't get enough of the pickled jalapenos and I tend to make a whole salad from the fixings on the salsa bar. My favorite combination is the pork burrito with my own mixture from the salsa bar. I cut up pickled jalapenos and carrots, mix it with their pico, Â onions, cilantro, and verde salsa - then squeeze a lime over it all.
This is the best taqueria that I'm aware of in Indy. Pancho's is certainly not for the chain-restaurant palate. The carnitas tacos with onion, cilantro, and the hot verde sauce from the salsa bar with rice and beans on the side are to die for. It's the basics done properly. If you're looking to be dazzled by decor, presentation, or service, go elsewhere. If you want delicious food, go up to the counter, order, wait for your order number to be called, pick up your plate and enjoy.
Review Source:How does that saying go...there's no account for taste or something like that?
My first experience with Pancho's tells me that it is in fact good. I had tacos and a tamale. The taco special comes with two tacos, refried beans, salad and rice. The nacho chips are fried when you order them and there's a good selection of sauces. So yeah, it seemed pretty authentic (heck - lots of the menu was in actual Mexican...I mean Spanish).
Service was good and the place is very clean.
So yeah, 4 stars. I almost gave it 5 stars to offset the few other reviews, but that wouldn't keep me in the "real people real reviews" category now would it Mr. or Ms. "I'm the Yelp Keep-em Honest Sleuth"? Hey - while you're sleuthing around this review, hit me up with a compliment or FUC me or something - just a little sign your out there...
This place is my new hobby - multiple return visits and review updates leading to a stack up of 4 real review stars. We'll get Pancho's up in the 3 range in no time!
Just when I thought the jinx was over, I ended up at this place.
This place was recommended to me by two Mexican Americans. Â One guy went so far as to say they have "tacos better than Mexico." Â I have been skeptical of Mexican food since I got to Indy, and this visit didn't do anything to change it.
I will say this place has more of an authentic selection than your typical Mexican chain restaurant. Â They had menudo, pozole, a variety of tacos (al pastor, lengua, cabeza, tripe, etc...), then even had aguas refrescas. Â Let it be said though just because a place is authentic, doesn't mean they are good.
I thought about getting a variety of tacos, but I really felt like a burrito al pastor, so I rocked one out. Â The wifey got a "colorado" burrito with asada. Â To say this place was disappointing would be an understatement. Â My burrito was more rice than meat, and by the end of it, that's all I was eating. Â My wife's burrito was more beans and rice than asada. Â Heck, even the horchata wasn't up to bar. Â I think I've had better instant stuff than what they were serving.
Overall- $7 for a rice burrito? Â No thanks. Â My disdain for Mexican food in Indy continues. Â
Movie Star Rating- the chihuahua from "Beverly Hills Chihuahua"
This place lacked anything that would qualify it as a "restaurant." Namely service and good food. Prior to last night I had never had bad Mexican food, and never met a chimichanga I didn't like. Now I am scarred.
The bad things just kept coming at Pancho's. The lady behind the counter failed to greet me, other diners were obnoxiously loud and the food tasted like the grease it came out of. The steak in my chimi had no flavor and the peppers hijacked any chance the other ingredients had of shining through.
They do have beer specials, and I assume that is so you can wash down the bad memory of a lack luster dinner. The salsa bar was a nice touch but the sauce I had, labeled "XHot" had no flavor or heat. So what is there to look forward to about Pancho's? Nothing, don't even bother.
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