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D'leon's Mexican Food
Rating Details »
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Good for:
- Late Night
- Alcohol:
- None
14 reviews for D'leon's Mexican Food
This dirty little Mexican food place has so much potential. It even has the trailer park style eating area outside, which is usually the sign of great food! But alas, the breakfast burrito failed to wow me...It made us full but the calorie intake was not worth it considering how bland it was. Had it been OK to order carne asada fries at 10 AM, I probably would have. Instead, I'll have to wait for my pile of meaty goodness on top of a bed of french fries when I go to SD this weekend.
I think this might be the sort of place where things are good if you know how to order them because our cab driver from the night before went on and on about how great the food was. I probably won't come back next time I'm in Lincoln, but who knows.
I've never been so offended in my life until I read some of these shitty reviews. I'll give this place a 10, to make up for all the 1s and 0s.
Who would have know the nebraskan mexicans would produce the best breakfast burritos.
The quest for the ultimate burrito does not end here. However, if I were crazy, I would drive here from california just to eat a burrito. Damn, that's a claim.
D'leon's just opened a new store at around 13th and South St (my neck of the woods), so the husband and I decided to give it a try last week...
I would have to second the previous reviewer's comments: if I could give a "0" star, I would. It was absolutely awful. We both ordered beef taco and chicken enchilada meals- we got one meal... that had a chicken taco and a cheese enchilada. Okay, so they got our orders wrong... I can roll with the punches - until I tasted it. :(
The chicken taco meat was flavorless and gray, the taco shell was greasy and burned. I tried the cheese enchilada that had no decipherable flavor other than salt - and lots of it.
I am not exactly a finicky eater - and above all things I am cheap. So, to tell you that I actually, physically, could not eat this meal, so much that I threw it away and went to another restaurant for dinner... that should communicate something. It was absolutely awful - I will not be going again, and I would not (under any circumstances) recommend this place to anyone. Bleck!
If you want to be sick for two days, eat here. I'd feel more comfortable eating out of dumpster than letting these nasty people prepare me a meal. Everything tastes bland and is far from authentic. There are much better mexican restaurants out there than this!
If I could include zero stars, I would.
I ordered: 1 chicken taco
He ordered: 1 chicken burrito
We ate: Beans
I would not feed their "chicken" to a stray, starving dog (although a homeless man did dive into the garbage for our leftovers just after we tossed them.)
One word: heave
Love this place, but the portions are ginormous! All of my co-workers and I love the Lincoln Burrito, which is an awesome breakfast-type burrito.
D'Leon's is open 24 hrs, but do not try going to this place after 11pm unless you're prepared to wait in line behind a bunch of drunk people. Apparantly, the bar crowd craves these burritos, too.
I've eaten at d'leons for a while now. As other reviewers have said, the food can be good. Can be.
This place is hit or miss. The last couple times I've eaten there, I have gotten physically ill. The food tasted good but it didn't stay down and I'm not a finnicky eater. Nor do I have a particularly touchy stomach.
Other people I've talked have said the same thing. It's almost taken for granted that eating at D'leon's is risking mild food poisoning.
I may try them again in a month or two but I'd say I'm pretty much done. Hopefully they do improve though, the food can be pretty good. It's just not worth the risk anymore.
I love this dirty little mexican joint. In fact, their kitchen is clean, but they use old buildings instead of driving up their prices to build some new building. i think it is smart of our Nebraska Mexican friends. I get the Machaca plate and my wife gets chicken enchiladas. I get four meals out of it. So much food for 7 dollars. I eat there probably once a week and have been overjoyed at the new 13th and South street location as I work minuttes from there. My fellow employees at work order from there also!
I used to make a point of hitting D'Leon's each and every time I visited Lincoln, back when they had only the one location out on West O. I was completely enamored with the quality and authenticity this little dive churned out-- it was like they were living their own little piece of the American Dream steps away from the trailer park. Although it's still probably the best Mexican food in Lincoln, and some of the best in the state, it's lost a wee bit of its charm for me. Perhaps it's because I've only eaten it sober in recent visits. Sounds like an excuse to do some drinking...
We have only been to the D'leon's on N 27th. My husband loves the lincoln burrito for breakfast or lunch. I like the beef burrito even for breakfast. The burrito's are large and filling. My beef burrito always has a good amount of beef in it. The burrito's are made to order, so it takes a little while depending on how many are ahead of you.
For lunch sometimes we will order a meal that comes with 2 buritos, rice and beans and then split it between my husband and myself.
I used to absolutely love this place, but I'm am fairly certain I have gotten food poisoning from this place twice.
I go to the Dee-Leon's (as my buddy calls it) on 27th street. The food is great. Pretty much a twin of Alvarado's in Omaha, one of my favorite restaurants there. I have to say the hot sauce is better at D'Leon's though. Carne Asada, Green Chile, Abodabo, even the Ground beef. It's all good. Get a burrito. They're huge.
Great value! You get a lot of really good food for not a lot of money. My boyfriend who is from Mexico can't get enough of it.
They are a great alternative to the run of the mill fast food 'mexican' you get at places like Taco Bell, but the price reflects the quality. I ate there four or five times, loving my chicken enchiladas, until I got an order that was full of little bone shards. I gave it a month, and managed to go back again, and found they had the same issue.
The 'hot' sauce doesn't have much of a taste, it just burns. With places like El Rancho and El Comal, you have much better options when it comes to tasty mexican, you'll just have to deal with not having a drive through.
Pluses: Fast, Cheap, Many locations, Drive Through, Open late
Minuses: Food Quality, Hot sauce, Grease
