Maria's Mexican Restaurant - Mexican restaurant in Custer - 607, 721 Mt Rushmore Rd on, USA

Had a fantastic dinner here! The serving sizes were very large. We got burritos, chimichangas, and quesadillas. Everything was delicious. Our server Shana was so friendly and helpful. There were options for the vegetarians in our group. Wish we lived in town and could come here regularly!

Hands down the BEST Mexican food we have ever had and in South Dakota!! The owner grinds corn for her homemade corn tortillas which are out of this world! The wait staff were amazing and very attentive to all of their customers. We will definitely be going back to South Dakota just to eat here again.

Great place to stop in Custer. Lots of home made ingredients. Homemade refried beans were exceptional. Staff was fun and efficient. Fajitas were excellent and the taco salads were unique and excellent

This place is a Gem. The staff were very friendly and the food was Excellent. If you want to have a Great Mexican Breakfast, then come eat at this place. I highly recommend it.

I had the tamales and my husband had a burrito. The tamales were good, the platter came with two tamales and they were so big I couldn’t finish them. My only critique is that the tamales had a very large helping of sour cream spread across them and it makes no mention on the menu that sour cream comes with them. It would’ve been helpful to know that sour cream came with them as I would’ve asked for it to be held. The young man working was not very confident in his knowledge of the restaurant’s offerings, but, he was doing his best. Both my husband and I ordered different salsas than what was served on our plates, but we understand as we were visiting during a busy lunch rush. We had to ask the young man serving us to bring us our chips and salsa/beans. But again, that’s okay as he must’ve been a relatively new employee. The chips come with both salsa and beans - a fun unique mix!

We were in Custer one night and decided to have Mexican. At Maria’s we were greeted by a friendly waitress. While waiting for our food, we enjoyed chips, salsa and refried beans. Our waitress checked on us several times while waiting for our food. Our food was delivered hot. We enjoyed the quesadilla and chimichanga!

I’m reviewing this nice restaurant from my previous experience. It’s a beautiful restaurant. Of course, the food is usually more basic and simple. I’m from California. This previous experience was from my trip to some states in the west. The restaurant is located near some nice trees that look so country and mysterious at night. If you walk into the Mexican restaurant, you will see plenty of decoration and my bus tour group was feeling easy and relaxed at such a late part of night. For dinner, I decided to go with the beef steak fajita. Even our bus tour guide did not know what my food was, at first. Then, when me and the rest of the group saw the beef steak fajita, it was all working like magic. Like I’ve said, they serve mostly basic and simple food here. The fajita sauce is very unique. What’s interesting, is the chips and salsa, because the chips and salsa also come with beans for dipping. I don’t see beans with chips and salsa very often in California. That’s very interesting. Having beans with mild red salsa does take the edge off of a long trip into this rural area. If you’re traveling to Custer, make sure you don’t drink too much and make sure you bring a nice pillow. It’s good for a bus tour trip. When visiting the restaurant I was noticing the decorations on the walls. The environment is very comfortable. From the rumors I hear, restaurants in Custer close earlier for the night. Nevada and Arizona have more late-night entertainment. As we were going by on our bus I saw a nice little pizza restaurant close to Maria’s Mexican restaurant. Custer is most certainly a place for country comfort. Maria’s Mexican restaurant serves soup, fajitas, tacos, burritos and not much else. The restaurant could’ve done better with sauces and spices. We have to keep in mind that this is a Mexican restaurant in a small town near lots of trees near Mount Rushmore. I was enjoying the experience late last year around fall schedule. It was easy to be happy with other guests and the hard-working crew. In fact, I was waiting a long time for my beef steak fajita because the restaurant was working later than usual. It was a privilege to taste their wonderful steak and sauce combination. Our trip was still exhausting for me a week later. You can get drink refills, hot soup, and people who go with the flow. There was so much excitement for all of us, and, we were hungry for another bite. I’m already very familiar with the basic Mexican food items such as tacos and burritos and I hope customers really enjoy them in this part of America. They should get more nachos. That’s for sure! I’ve been to better Mexican restaurants. But, for the pleasure, and, for the trip, it was a memorable moment at Maria’s Mexican restaurant.

We actually ate at their taco cart just down the street and the food was terrific. We are from Southern California and have not had good Mexican food anywhere East of Arizona. The chicken tacos were awesome and my wife had the tamales were great as well. Most places do not have tamales on the menu full time so that was nice to see. Great job!