Mama Lolas Mexican Food

BEST Mexican food!! Far away from home but made us feel a little bit of home! AUTHENTIC MEXICAN RESTAURANT!! Owner was so friendly and waitress as well!!! Texas PROUD!!

I have been hearing some very bad things about mama Lola's food and restaurant and all I have to say is hog wash. I have had the opposite experience. Staff are very friendly and Manny is the sweetest person I know. The restaurant is always clean and the food is really good.i remember the first time I went in and our waitress was not doing a great job. Manny remedied this very quickly and did right by me and my family. She provided training for this new waitress and allowed her to try again. The second time this young person waited on me was top of the service. Manny cares about the people who work for her. Manny hires the underdogs and gives them a good job with livable wages. She loves people. I love Mama Lola's and I am thankful for another option for dining. Shame on those disgruntled ex employees who were not dedicated to their jobs and only cared about a paycheck. It's too bad that grown people feel the need to hurt good people. God bless Miss Manny and her family for putting up with the lies and rumors.

I’m beyond excited about this place. Went for lunch on a Tuesday. Was offered a variety of Mexican beers to start and served complimentary chips and salsa. Chips were slightly stale but the salsa verde was delicious and authentic. Ordered the Tuesday special which was out of this world: 3 barbacoa beef tacos that just melt in your mouth - tender meat on hot, soft, fresh-made tortillas and the most delicious beans and rice on the side. Left full and so happy with huge compliments to the chefs. Can’t wait to go again!

I LOVE genuine Mexican food . . . I even dig Tex-Mex when it is done right. Manuela makes epic, delicious, as-good-as-you-can-get-anywhere dishes. The little things are done right. For example, they make their tortilla chips in-house. Always a good sign. The antojitos are just the start, though. I was fortunate enough to visit on a Friday and had the Mole de Pollo. Out of this world great . . . as good as any mole I've had at restaurants or taco trucks in Los Angeles (and I've had A LOT). The fact that this can be had in far Downeast Maine is wonderful and improbable. Go today or tomorrow . . . or both. Eat here and tell everyone you know to visit. Crazy to think of Calais as a food destination, but Mama Lola's reveals what is possible. Riquisimo!!

4* for chimichanga plate, delicious with rice, refried beans and queso. However the complementary salsa and chips, NOT. Salsa was pure water and no flavor at all, tortillas were fried greasy. But they are free so just pass and be ready for the main meal, we'll worth it. Try to change salsa tho. Bottled is better than this. Seemed like the liq after it being strained. Will go back for the plate tho.