I live in Springfield and it’s my one of my favorite restaurants! They still have the one on national and Bennett. Thanks for your video, I’m craving it now!
My favorite restaurant in the whole world. Been eating there since I was in my teens. My Mexican sister in law and my husband hate it. You can also order the hot sauce online. I live in Arkansas now but eat there as often as I can and get the hot sauce to take home with me! ❤️
I'm a member of Second Baptist from all the way back when it was on Oak Grove. I graduated from Glendale. did you ever go to Skate Land - remember SkatePort ?
Now I want chips, salsa and Taco's! I agree even here when you find a place that your palate loves someone else says, ewe...Enjoy your family and thanks for taking us along
About 40 years ago we moved to Florida from the Springfield area. At that point there was hardly any mexican places where we lived. Missed Mexican Villa.
My wife and I ate there on your honeymoon 44 years ago, it was great then don’t live in Springfield but need to go back and eat at Mexican villa for sure! The original was on National I think that is where we always went,was there for our 30 year anniversary and had that same waitress! Sorry now thinking about it was on Sunshine just off National.
Wow this is awesome! It’s a great spot to eat! We have been going for years so any time we are in the area, we have to make sure we stop there. Check it out again sometime!
i really want habeneros in joplin mo, but im waiting till july 11th, to make my "damn" tamales, lol, 4 yrs ago, thats one of the last things my mexican firecracker mom said, make your own damn tamales, so i do, just about 12, it can be done lol
While in college (now MSU) we used to go to the one on National. A cockroach ran across the table, which everybody thought was hilarious (that was in the 1980s though and I'm sure they have improved their hygeine by now, hopefully.) Maybe the Coke is from Mexico. They use a different kind of sugar there.
My dad was a mail carrier back then, and said the kitchen was terrible in the back where he had to go in,....but damn that food was good. I haven't been in awhile, but if I go it will be to the one on National.
I hate to break it to all the people of Springfield. I am from California and Texas, where you can get awesome authentic Mexican food. Mexican villa is a joke...the whitest "Mexican" food ever. Not good, do not go. The hot sauce is not even hot.
We never claimed it was real Mexican food nor did we want real Mexican food when going there. It is located in Springfield, so of course it’s not the real deal. We love it and always will!
Have to try Habanero’s next time you’re there. It’s better. Mexican Villa was the best when there was nothing else but Springfield has built great options.
Interesting! For us, we are definitely biased on the fact that we ate at Mexican Villa a lot and it holds a special place for us! Hard to pass up now that we don’t go up there very often. However, will have to try that sometime so thanks for sharing!
@@thealtemlife Evangel University grad. I understand. :) All throughout the 90s and 2000s, Mexican Villa and Hong Kong Inn were it. I still go back a lot as my parents live there. I got a list of Springfield favorites.
Speaking of Mexican food, have you been to Latinos Y Mas in Ocala, FL? If not you should try it. It’s more of a Latin fusion place that also has some Mexican dishes!
Every time I eat Mexican it's always enchiladas - but damn, $10.99 for just two cheese enchiladas and no beans/rice is a rip off!! I live in Waynesville Mo. about an hour and a half east of Springfield and at our local Mexican restaurant (El Centenario) I get the "enchilada Mexicanas" plate that has THREE delicious enchiladas (cheese, beef, chicken) WITH refried beans/rice for $10.99!
They are some of my favorite! When I go there, I don’t want any extra because I eat so many chips and queso and salsa. We like El Jimador in St. Robert!
@@thealtemlife Well if you're ever in the St Robert area again you've got to try El Centenario! I went to El Jimador for years and it's alright but when this one opened I haven't been back to El Jimador since - if you like good enchiladas like I do get the "enchilada Mexicana" plate, you'll love it!
Looks dope. I don’t know that I’ve seen a Mexican place in business since 1951. We have one here in my area that was the first one around and that was in the late 60s
Your so welcome, we love watching all your videos, lots of good information always , looking forward to moving to the villages in 2027 and hopefully seeing and saying hello to your both...
I always get the Chili Rellenos. And you had to mention Andy’s - closest one is 76 miles. Thanks for making me want to fight the I-75 traffic for s treat
@@thealtemlife - you are so correct about the division over Mexican Villa, LOL. It's a thing 😄 We left Springfield in 2009, I see there are lots of new places.
It doesn’t matter which one!😂THEIR DISGUSTING AND VERY UNCLEAN! WOW! Cheap off the wall scientific (food?)… one trip is all it took. By the way, the wall art is so deceptive! Only if you’re not familiar with authentic Mexican food would a person go here.. great breeding grounds for food poisoning! Coming from a local native👍🏻
I'm surprised they left your comment up. They seem to delete negative comments immediately. I agree with you, Mexican Villa is microwave food. I'm also a SGF native and everyone I know thinks the food is terrible.
@@modacare4546 not sure what to tell you. We don’t delete them. Maybe it was a glitch or RUclips deleted it. We do not delete them unless it’s bad language or a threat.
When we moved here from southern California years ago when I was a kid we asked where to find good Mexican food and everyone said Mexican Villa. We wanted real Mexican food not some dollar tree version of Mexican 😂 the closest we have found so far is Panchos, Purple Burrito, and Jose Locos. Others that were hands down so good are no longer around like Tamale King, the Mexican food place in the Elfindale Center, and a. Taco place in Ozark.
Haha yeah if you want real Mexican, not the restaurant for you! However, we like more of the Tex Mex, that’s why we love it! Plus we have been going there for years! Thanks for sharing your story!
Try Tortilla Perches in the Effingham Centre, Sunshine and Kansas Expy. Authentic Mexican food prepared and served by Mexicans. Imagine that! All homemade from in-house ingredients. Hablan español.
Are you kidding me I ate there one time and I literally felt sick after. I would rather go to the freezer section and buy a Mexican dinner from price cutter. I wouldn't feed that s*** to my dog
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The smothered burrito is the best! EVER!
Great choice! Love that place!
Their enchilada style burritos are fabulous!!
Thanks! It’s so good! It’s a fan favorite for sure!
That sweet sauce is addictive.
We enjoy it as well!
Enchilada style burrito, pro tip The hot salsa on a chip then dipped in the sweet sauce is 🔥
Yes! That is what we do and it’s so good! Craving it!!
Mexican Villa is the best!
Thank you! We agree!!!
I live in Springfield and it’s my one of my favorite restaurants! They still have the one on national and Bennett. Thanks for your video, I’m craving it now!
Sweet! Thanks for sharing that you also love it! Go get a bite from there for us!
My favorite restaurant in the whole world. Been eating there since I was in my teens. My Mexican sister in law and my husband hate it. You can also order the hot sauce online. I live in Arkansas now but eat there as often as I can and get the hot sauce to take home with me! ❤️
Awesome! Glad you love it as much as we do! We would eat there every week if we could lol
Used to eat at the old one on National 35 years ago,..moved away, and like you I still think about it.
Oh cool! We love it! Wish they were all over the country lol
Yes to the chili con queso
Love that stuff!
I use to luv them..but now sweet salsa
We really enjoy it! Wish we had one closer.
we had taco villa in odessa, tx
Interesting! Was it good?
I'm a member of Second Baptist from all the way back when it was on Oak Grove. I graduated from Glendale. did you ever go to Skate Land - remember SkatePort ?
Oh sweet! Been to Second Baptist. We did go to Skate Land. It was a staple of that area! Dont remember SkatePort. Where was it?
@@thealtemlife yay Skateport has been torn down, but it was on South Glenstone, around where Best Buy is
My husband and I ate at the original one 12yrs ago, happy I came across your video. We are on the 'love it' side. Might need to take a road trip soon.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing and thanks for watching! We are glad you like it as well!
SMS in the house!!
Sweet! Mexican Villa fan?
@@thealtemlife Yes! 91-96 Go Bears!!
@grievousmink3889 sweet! Thanks for sharing!
SMSU in the house! I’m giving away my age! Lol! I use to go when it was on National & Bennet. The smothered burrito was the best!
Loved seeing John Wayne on the wall. Awesome
It’s a great spot! We really enjoy how they decorated it!
Best Springfield Mexican food. Only place was on National when I was there. I have to get cashew chicken when I go back.
Someone shared the recipe for the enchilada sauce. Very good. We make it anytime we do enchiladas or tamales.
So good! Glad you agree! Wish we would have filmed more when we lived there!
Oh that is great info to have!
Mixing the hot sauce with the sweet is the play. If to hot add sweet or vice versa.
Cashew chicken? 🤣 I believe that's Chinese.
Now I want chips, salsa and Taco's! I agree even here when you find a place that your palate loves someone else says, ewe...Enjoy your family and thanks for taking us along
Thank you! We had a great time and enjoyed stopping at a few places!
👍👍
Thanks!
How about doing a cashew chicken restaurant?
Yes, since the recipe was developed there by Mr. Leong.
Yes! We weren’t able to do it this trip but have eaten our fair share of Cashew Chicken!
Yup! We didn’t have time to do a review but next time!
We love Mexican Villa. We eat there often when we are in Springfield. We live about 40 minutes north of Springfield.
That is great! We love it too. We ate there all the time. Thanks for sharing!
About 40 years ago we moved to Florida from the Springfield area. At that point there was hardly any mexican places where we lived. Missed Mexican Villa.
Shoot! It is a good one. Maybe if you ever visit again you can try.
My wife and I ate there on your honeymoon 44 years ago, it was great then don’t live in Springfield but need to go back and eat at Mexican villa for sure! The original was on National I think that is where we always went,was there for our 30 year anniversary and had that same waitress! Sorry now thinking about it was on Sunshine just off National.
Wow this is awesome! It’s a great spot to eat! We have been going for years so any time we are in the area, we have to make sure we stop there. Check it out again sometime!
@@thealtemlife GOING THERE NEXT WEEK,CAN'T WAIT!!!
i really want habeneros in joplin mo, but im waiting till july 11th, to make my "damn" tamales, lol, 4 yrs ago, thats one of the last things my mexican firecracker mom said, make your own damn tamales, so i do, just about 12, it can be done lol
Oh wow! That sounds like you make some good ones! Thanks for sharing!
While in college (now MSU) we used to go to the one on National. A cockroach ran across the table, which everybody thought was hilarious (that was in the 1980s though and I'm sure they have improved their hygeine by now, hopefully.) Maybe the Coke is from Mexico. They use a different kind of sugar there.
Awesome memories! It seems like they have some cleaner restaurants now haha. They do have some amazing coke! Thanks for sharing your story!
My dad was a mail carrier back then, and said the kitchen was terrible in the back where he had to go in,....but damn that food was good. I haven't been in awhile, but if I go it will be to the one on National.
Been there twice, first and last. Really not worth the money.
The best Mexican food is the Purple Burrito on Campbell. There food is 🎉🎉outstanding🎉🎉
Haha the good ole Purple Burrito! We really love The Villa. Thanks for watching!
I hate to break it to all the people of Springfield. I am from California and Texas, where you can get awesome authentic Mexican food. Mexican villa is a joke...the whitest "Mexican" food ever. Not good, do not go. The hot sauce is not even hot.
We never claimed it was real Mexican food nor did we want real Mexican food when going there. It is located in Springfield, so of course it’s not the real deal. We love it and always will!
Have to try Habanero’s next time you’re there. It’s better. Mexican Villa was the best when there was nothing else but Springfield has built great options.
Interesting! For us, we are definitely biased on the fact that we ate at Mexican Villa a lot and it holds a special place for us! Hard to pass up now that we don’t go up there very often. However, will have to try that sometime so thanks for sharing!
@@thealtemlife Evangel University grad. I understand. :) All throughout the 90s and 2000s, Mexican Villa and Hong Kong Inn were it. I still go back a lot as my parents live there. I got a list of Springfield favorites.
Speaking of Mexican food, have you been to Latinos Y Mas in Ocala, FL? If not you should try it. It’s more of a Latin fusion place that also has some Mexican dishes!
Don’t think we have done that one yet so we will have to try it! Thank you for the suggestion!
Every time I eat Mexican it's always enchiladas - but damn, $10.99 for just two cheese enchiladas and no beans/rice is a rip off!! I live in Waynesville Mo. about an hour and a half east of Springfield and at our local Mexican restaurant (El Centenario) I get the "enchilada Mexicanas" plate that has THREE delicious enchiladas (cheese, beef, chicken) WITH refried beans/rice for $10.99!
They are some of my favorite! When I go there, I don’t want any extra because I eat so many chips and queso and salsa. We like El Jimador in St. Robert!
@@thealtemlife Well if you're ever in the St Robert area again you've got to try El Centenario! I went to El Jimador for years and it's alright but when this one opened I haven't been back to El Jimador since - if you like good enchiladas like I do get the "enchilada Mexicana" plate, you'll love it!
@TomSnyder-gx5ru great to know! Thank you for sharing this with us! Not sure when we will make it back but will be sure to check it out sometime!
Looks dope. I don’t know that I’ve seen a Mexican place in business since 1951. We have one here in my area that was the first one around and that was in the late 60s
It’s so good! It has been there a long time and has the 7 locations. We love it!
Great video, I love all the stikin goods👍
Thanks so much!!!
Your so welcome, we love watching all your videos, lots of good information always , looking forward to moving to the villages in 2027 and hopefully seeing and saying hello to your both...
I always get the Chili Rellenos. And you had to mention Andy’s - closest one is 76 miles. Thanks for making me want to fight the I-75 traffic for s treat
Mexican Villa…my mouth is watering! The Stinkin Goods were well-deserved.
It is so good!
Went to mexican villa once, its like eating at taco bell. Terrible food😮
Well we also like Taco Bell and definitely Mexican Villa!
Mexican Villa, no, no 😄 Cielito Linda or Amigo's!
Haha haven’t been to those but we sure love Mexican Villa!
@@thealtemlife - you are so correct about the division over Mexican Villa, LOL. It's a thing 😄 We left Springfield in 2009, I see there are lots of new places.
@deniseheins2133 haha yeah! It has definitely gone since 2009!
@@thealtemlife Cielito Lindo is REALLY good. I just think Mexican Villa is plain food but still just okay.
You should go to Texas for good Mexican food. Mexican food here is soooo bland! I’m a Texas transplant.
Haha we aren’t really big fans of authentic Mexican food. Mexican Villa is our pace! Texas always seems to have some great Mexican food!
Personally, I don't eat at Mexican restaurants unless they serve Tres Leches for dessert. Chuy's is my all-time favorite!
Interesting! Thanks for sharing!
It doesn’t matter which one!😂THEIR DISGUSTING AND VERY UNCLEAN! WOW! Cheap off the wall scientific (food?)… one trip is all it took. By the way, the wall art is so deceptive! Only if you’re not familiar with authentic Mexican food would a person go here.. great breeding grounds for food poisoning! Coming from a local native👍🏻
Okay!
I'm surprised they left your comment up. They seem to delete negative comments immediately. I agree with you, Mexican Villa is microwave food. I'm also a SGF native and everyone I know thinks the food is terrible.
We don’t delete comments unless there is bad language or threats so not sure what you meant by that.
@@thealtemlife What I meant was that the first post I made 15 mins. ago that reviewed Mexican Villa in a negative light was immediately deleted.
@@modacare4546 not sure what to tell you. We don’t delete them. Maybe it was a glitch or RUclips deleted it. We do not delete them unless it’s bad language or a threat.
I'm in the can't stand category
It’s funny how it works out like that lol. Literally it is a love or hate relationship. Thanks for sharing!
Clean Stinkin Sweep !
That’s right!!!
Their food is horrible.
Okay!
Best place to eat in Springfield Mo
Agreed! So good!
When we moved here from southern California years ago when I was a kid we asked where to find good Mexican food and everyone said Mexican Villa. We wanted real Mexican food not some dollar tree version of Mexican 😂 the closest we have found so far is Panchos, Purple Burrito, and Jose Locos. Others that were hands down so good are no longer around like Tamale King, the Mexican food place in the Elfindale Center, and a. Taco place in Ozark.
Haha yeah if you want real Mexican, not the restaurant for you! However, we like more of the Tex Mex, that’s why we love it! Plus we have been going there for years! Thanks for sharing your story!
Try Tortilla Perches in the Effingham Centre, Sunshine and Kansas Expy. Authentic Mexican food prepared and served by Mexicans. Imagine that! All homemade from in-house ingredients. Hablan español.
We have! Thanks for the suggestion!
Perches people have surly, bad attitudes and their food has gone downhill. They are resting on their former reputation. Don't go.
Are you kidding me I ate there one time and I literally felt sick after. I would rather go to the freezer section and buy a Mexican dinner from price cutter. I wouldn't feed that s*** to my dog
Sorry you had that experience. A lot of people love it and so do we!
I'm sure that wasn't the only thing you ate that day and food poisoning can wait up to 36hrs to hit. Don't assume.