Mexican Restaurants in Raleigh, NC

Mexican in Raleigh at a glance

• Mexican is the 4th largest food category in Raleigh, after bars and coffee shops and cafes.
• Its 6.2% share compares with 7.6% across the 506 cities in this guide, close to the national pattern.
• Of the 60 listed below, 43 are independent and 17 belong to chains; 60 list a website.

Mexican Restaurants in Raleigh

Showing 60 of 141, listings with a website first.

• Tacos Costa Grande​
  Restaurant · Mexican · 2618 Lake Wheeler Rd
• El Salsa’s Mexican Grill
  Restaurant · Mexican · 3501 Forestville Rd
• San Jose Tacos and Tequila
  Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 7961 Skyland Ridge Pkwy
• Mariscos El Patron 323 Raleigh
  Restaurant · Mexican · 421 Chapanoke Rd
• Lobera Tacos & Tequila
  Restaurant · Mexican · 2100 Hillsborough St.
• Carajillo's Mexican Kitchen
  Restaurant · Mexican · 6675 Falls of Neuse Rd
• El Tapatio
  Restaurant · Mexican · 4511 New Bern Ave
• Don Beto's Tacos
  Restaurant · Mexican · 421 Chapanoke Rd #105
• La Buena Vida - Raleigh
  Restaurant · Mexican · 4516 Falls of Neuse Rd
• Los Cuates So-Cal Mexican Restaurant
  Restaurant · Mexican · 4524 Old Wake Forest Rd
• A Toda Madre Mexican Kitchen
  Restaurant · Mexican · 3421 Sumner Blvd
• bartaco
  Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 4121 Main at North Hills St Suite 105
• Cafe Capistrano Mexican Restaurant
  Restaurant · Mexican · 8471 Garvey Dr
• Castillo Mexican Restaurant
  Restaurant · Mexican · 3587 Maitland Dr
• Centro
  Restaurant · Mexican · 106 S Wilmington St
• Chido Taco Mercado Style Taqueria
  Restaurant · Mexican · 2330 Bale St
• Chido Taco Mercado Style Taqueria
  Restaurant · Mexican · 555 Fayetteville St Ste 100
• Chipotle Mexican Grill
  Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 2316 Hillsborough St Ste 100
• Chipotle Mexican Grill
  Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 6602 Glenwood Ave
• Chipotle Mexican Grill
  Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 9504 Strickland Rd
• Chipotle Mexican Grill
  Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 4421 Six Forks Rd Ste 120
• Chipotle Mexican Grill
  Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 6102 Falls of Neuse Rd
• Chubby's Tacos
  Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 2444 Wycliff Rd
• Coco Bongo Mexican Express and Cantina
  Restaurant · Mexican · 2400 Hillsborough St
• Don Beto El Poblano
  Restaurant · Mexican · 2305 Capital Blvd
• Dos Taquitos
  Restaurant · Mexican · 6101 Glenwood Ave
• El Dorado Mexican Restaurant
  Restaurant · Mexican · 8111 Creedmoor Rd
• El Rey del Taco
  Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 3600 Capital Blvd
• El Rodeo Mexican Restaurant
  Restaurant · Mexican · 2404 Wake Forest Rd
• El Rodeó Mexican Restaurant
  Restaurant · Mexican · 329 S Blount St
• El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant
  Restaurant · Mexican · 13200 Falls of Neuse Rd
• Fiesta Mexicana North Raleigh
  Restaurant · Mexican · 14460 Falls of Neuse Rd
• Gringo A Go Go
  Restaurant · Mexican · 100 N Person St
• La Carreta Mexican Restaurant
  Restaurant · Mexican · 1028 Oberlin Rd #220
• La Santa Modern Mexican Food
  Restaurant · Mexican · 222 Glenwood Ave Apt 107
• La Terraza Mexican Restaurant
  Restaurant · Mexican · 2217 Avent Ferry Rd
• Las Marias Tacos y Pupusas
  Restaurant · Mexican · 1600 Ronald Dr
• Little Rey
  Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 1101 E Whitaker Mill Rd Ste 102
• Los Cuates So-Cal Food
  Restaurant · Mexican · 3505 Capital Blvd
• Los Tres Magueyes Mexican Restaurant
  Restaurant · Mexican · 10410 Moncreiffe Rd
• Mala Pata Molino + Cocina
  Restaurant · Mexican · 2431 Crabtree Blvd
• Mamacita Mexican Restaurant - Raleigh
  Restaurant · Mexican · 1540 Dunn Rd
• Mariscos Nayarit
  Restaurant · Mexican · 3351 Cypress Plantation Trl
• Mi Rancho
  Restaurant · Mexican · 2549 S Saunders St
• Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill
  Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 5910 Duraleigh Rd #131
• Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill
  Restaurant · Mexican · 9650 Strickland Rd
• Salt & Lime Cabo Grill
  Restaurant · Mexican · 6006 Falls of Neuse Rd
• San Jose Mexican Restaurant
  Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 5811 Poyner Village Pkwy
• San Marcos Mexican Restaurant
  Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 5300 Homewood Banks Dr
• Street Tacos Cantina
  Restaurant · Mexican · 6325 Falls of Neuse Rd
• Taco Bamba Raleigh
  Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 3518 Wade Ave
• Taco Bell
  Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 9221 Fairbanks Dr
• Taco Bell
  Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 8801 Six Forks Road
• Torchy's Tacos
  Restaurant · Mexican · Chain · 1110 Mercantile Dr Building 6, Suite 120
• Torero's Mexican Restaurant
  Restaurant · Mexican · 4721 Atlantic Ave #101
• Taqueria El Portal
  Restaurant · Mexican · 3520 Capital Blvd
• Los Tres Vaqueros
  Restaurant · Mexican · 7909 Falls of Neuse Rd
• 13 Tacos & Taps
  Restaurant · Mexican · 10511 Shadowlawn Dr
• Dos Taquitos
  Restaurant · Mexican · 5629 Creedmoor Rd
• José and Sons
  Restaurant · Mexican · 327 - 102 W Davie St

Mexican elsewhere in North Carolina

Among the North Carolina cities in this guide, the most mexican listings are in Charlotte (234), Greensboro (89), Durham (85), Asheville (64), Winston-Salem (61) and Wilmington (50).

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