Mando’s Family Restaurant

Good quality & affordable. Better than all the other surrounding burger joints.

Tacos, pazole is good.
Authentic mexican food. I love good comfort food that’s good from small business.
I’ll be returning for the pazole when I crave for it. I’m so glad I found this place.
Only problem (for –1 star) because parking is very limited and street parking is hard to find too.

This my favorite burger joint. It’s a mom and pops business. They’re always great, welcome you with a smile and are quick to make your order. Only thing I could say is that sometimes I wish it wasn’t cash only

I must say this is the best hood spot with the greatest breakfast burrito in all of highland park and I’m not exaggerating but ever since all the hipsters and white folks know about this local spot prices seemed to go way up which was a main reason why I came here can’t go wrong with a 4 $ burrito and in all honesty I’ve tried almost everything in the menu and it’s all greatness I choose Mandos penny’s any day Mandos or Fred’s I still fuck w the food here

Mando Fries, the bezest! You cant beat the amount and the price. Now the parking is something else, it stinks!

Nopales with eggs, with steak, with themselves. Pancakes not so much.
Nopales.

Typically we only go here for the breakfast burrito but this weekend I basically ordered the menu for breakfast and it came out to 24 bucks. I love this place! Okay, maybe not the entire menu but we had chilaquiles, a breakfast burrito, pozole, a side of french toast and a side of hash browns. Probably too much for two people but sure enough we ate every last bite!
The Chilaquiles with green sauce were really good and the pozole has to be one of my favorites in the neighborhood. I was also pretty surprised at how much I liked the french toast.
Enjoy!

Just ate here again as always perfect food no matter what you get you
Can’t find better

We had this for the first and LAST time today. Let’s just say every one of us had stomach problems and digestive issues afterwards. The taste was bland, on the oily side. The workers seem nice and there appear to be a lot of locals there, but seriously none of our stomachs could handle what we had — which was their breakfast burritos. We regularly eat Mexican food, so it’s not like we’re not used to spices and stuff. Ugh.

1 of my favorite burgers spots to eat from down the street. I am regular at this spot. Unfortunately I went in at 7 49 to get a hamburger special and they refused to serve me. They said that they were closed. i found it very incompetent. I called in 5 minutes before I decided to go in myself. I guess the young cashier and the cook were in a hurry to leave were they forgot that there job is to serve customers till 8pm. Lazy workers like that makes the owner look bad. Specially when u been a regular since 2001. Can’t belive I had to go get OK Chinese food… Witch I really hate… mandos need better employees… I don’t think I’ll be going back soon…

The best things about this place are the cheap prices and the salsa.
The tacos are alright. The asada tends to be chewy so I ask for it well done. Sometimes it is done right but more often than not it is still chewy. The salsa is very good and makes their tacos tasty.
Their burgers are never disappointing, always good. And i love that they aerve their fries with thousand dressing.
Undoubtedly the worst things about this place is the service. The female cashiers are rude, they never smile, and have no personality other than in a constant state of dissatisfaction or annoyance.
I do like the pictures on the wall and they are probably one of the main reasons why i will continue coming here… along with the fact that it is convenient to my house and i love french fries.

Eh vivido en Highland Park toda mi vida y creo q este el lugar q vende las mejores hamburguesas. Pero la actitud de esta señora es muy desagradable! siempre tiene la cara como si esa chupando un limon deveria de tener un buen servicio al cliente pero no siempre tiene la misma cara y el mismo genio q se quede en su casa mejor con su genio. Este lugar es lo q nesecita un buen staff con un buen humor ya que gracias alos clientes tienen su restaurante pero ablo de mi yo voy a donde me antiendan bien!

Oh yeah! Whatta breakfast! Juevos rancheros — order salsa picante on the side, guacamole too. Beans are sublime.
This is a joint… and I mean this in a good way. Gotta get back for lunch.
And the prices are incredibly low.

Where can you go that’s cheaper than McDonald’s but gives you more portions, Mando’s! I loved the prices, and hey, the food is pretty damn good.
I ordered to go on a Sunday hungover morning. Hubby needed a breakfast burrito and this was definitely the place to go. Their burritos were very large. They have choices such as sausage, bacon, chorizo, and egg. I ordered the chorizo and asked if they could add bacon to the burrito. The lady at the counter shook her head. I told her I would pay extra for the bacon. She still told me «no». Wow, really, I guess you cannot ‘have it your way’ here. I ordered a breakfast special for myself.
Order took about a 15 – 20 minutes to come out. When I went up to pay for it I asked for extra salsa and very discouragingly it was given to me.
Despite the very bad customer service, the food was actually pretty good. My breakfast was fresh and eggs were perfectly over easy. Hubby loved the breakfast burrito and informed me this will be his new spot.
This could have been a five star review because the food was just really good. However, the customer service was really bad. I still cannot understand why they would not allow me to add to my order, even after I let them know I would pay extra. I also deducted another star because of the parking. There is just about none in the lot. You might have to park on the street as most people don’t understand what «compact cars only» means.

Great place to go for some Mexican food! It’s cash only and affordable. It seems to be a typical hangout spot for middle school students after school.
If you order to eat at the restaurant, they deliver the food to your table.
I ordered a carnitas torta, with everything on it. I am unfortunately not a fan of spicy so I had to take out my jalapeños (so for all you spicy lovers, they got you). The torta includes the typical guacamole, lettuce, and tomatos and also beans! That was an extra thing for me that I didn’t expect in my torta. :)

This place is everything I want; a small food joint with huge portions and low prices! I love the cheeseburger special with chili cheese fries but I cant get over the $ 5 breakfast special! I order that and a combo breakfast burrito and have a huge meal for my girl friend and I for ten bucks on Sunday.
TIP: this place is CASH ONLY! There is an ATM at the donut shop but they charge to take out.

Great menu and the food tastes pretty good but man that wait is ridiculous.
We ordered to go and waited 20 minutes.
The folks we sat along with mentioned they had been waiting for 30 minutes and they has ordered online.
Instant favorite is the Thai tacos and garlic bomb bowl
Will I be back?
Maybe but I am going to order beforehand to avoid the wait time.

They are so fast with phone orders. They make their plates big portion for a really good price. Love their breakfast special and French toast. Our go to place Saturday mornings when my kitchen is close.

How to survive Fridays:
1) Hop up out the bed.
2) Turn your swag on.
3) «Cheeseburger special, please.»
Here’s why:
— DEM FRIES. I mean, do you even remember existing solely on fries and soda when you were a tween??? This is that. They’ll make you want that for the rest of your diabetic days.
Real talk.
— Great, greasy food on the cheap.
— You can get nachos and steak and eggs and no one with judge you.
— Large portions
— Practice your Spanish while you wait on your food.
The parking lot is small and they only have one bathroom behind the counter. The end.
Cash only. Great service

Mando’s breakfast burrito is A-​OK in my book!
Before heading off on our SF road trip the BF and I stopped for a quick breakfast. Mando’s is quite small so it took a bit of searching to find it, but it’s there in a small plaza in the corner. When you walk in you see a HUGE menu with about a million options, making it quite difficult to decide what to get. We had the breakfast burrito with everything and a side order of pancakes to share.
I ordered in Spanish because it kind of seemed like the right thing to do as the lady at the register had been speaking Spanish with the guy in front of me. After we ordered we sat down and waited for the food which took 5 – 10 minutes to come out. The lady brought our food to us and we dug in, first trying the breakfast burrito. It was quite good, lots of eggs, sausage, bacon and cheese but it was a bit dry so you definitely need to use the salsa they give you on the side. Not complaining though because this is some legit nom salsa! The pancakes were pretty tasty too, they had a sweet taste to them but the cooks put butter on top which I hate and the syrup didn’t taste too good =/​
Overall not a bad place to stop for a quick breakfast if you are in the area, it’s cheap and the food’s pretty good! Make sure you get some salsa!

Food — 4 Star
service — 2 Star