Do you think all Mexican restaurants are the same?

I used to live in Costa Mesa CA and there's this restaurant there, Mi Casa, I swear to God, I would drive out there right now just to eat at that place. Now I'm in Springfield MO and there is a chain of local restaurants Mexican Villa, worst food I have ever tasted. The enchiladas had wilted lettace and American cheese on top. Their "salsa" is tomato paste and chili powder. It's so sad. Taco Bell has the best mexican food out here. I may cry.

I think the food is the same but the taste is not..I really like mexicali restaurant the number 1 mexican retaurant in the philippines. i love burritos, enchiladas, quesadillas, and tacos.

No i don't think that all Mexican restaurants are the same. We have at least two chains in our area. They are both different. I think the difference lays in what part of Mexico the owners came from. Even every cook has a different way of preparing the food. Some of restaurants are very good.

I love mostly all mexican food We have a mexican restaraunt close to home it is really good but I think the prices are way to high,It is a big diffence in the tastes as well.I am not really fond of taco bueno I do like taco bell but i prefer the restaraunts.I can tell the differece in tex-mex verses real mexican food i prefer the real mexican food.You know like the tacos enchiladas and the rice and beans.Im so hungry now.

haaa, i don't think they're all the same, BUT Jim Gaffigan made a really funny joke about it: http://comedians.comedycentral.com/jim-gaffigan/videos/jim-gaffigan---bottled-water lololol the Mexican food joke starts at about time 1:52.

No. We have a mexican restaurant here in town and I really wouldn't recommend it. It is just that bad. There is, however, one that just recently opened up 30 miles from me that is terrific. And I think it is how they cook their food and what seasonings they put in their food, and the salsa.

I live in Brazil, and I also love mexican food. I've been in lots of mexican restaurants around here, including the ones in major cities. But I have to state they're all different here as well. It seems that the majority of them can't keep up to ingredients similar to the original ones. For example, the type of cheese used are most of the times different, as well as the beef. It never tastes the same. And for comparison, I've lived in Canada for 3 months, and I can say that I've eaten in some really better restaurants around there. I could say it's due to the obvious geographical and cultural issues, because Mexico is situated in North America, and mexican people have influenced a lot of it's habits. So, again, I need to say that most of restaurants I've been to aren't quite true to the real mexican food. I think that the ingredients and spices used are essential to it's success. Personally, I prefer quesadillas and I can never eat any of the mexican dishes without adding a lot of hot sauce.