De Mole Astoria
“Best Mexican food in Queens, I was a regular at the Sunnyside location and was thrilled to find the Astoria one around the corner from my new place.”
“They also have vegan cheese and sour cream options which is a huge plus for those of us who are lactose-intolerant.”
“The staff all seemed very nice, the atmosphere was chill, and when they get their liquor license, this place will be unstoppable.”
De Mole Astoria
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Tasty Mexican food! Not too greasy, good quality ingredients. Plenty of vegetarian options including a decent seitan burrito, which I am hard pressed to find offered in most Mexican restaurants.
If you enjoy Mexican food with quality ingredients and flavor you can't go wrong with this place.. Their guacamole is really good and their tacos are delicious.. The pork and pineapple taco is incredible.. One of the best Mexican restaurants in Astoria.. Would recommend this place for sure
I've always been a fan of De Mole going back to when they first opened their restaurant in Woodside. The Astoria location is a nice space as well featuring an identical menu that treats meat eaters and vegans with equal amount of respect.
I started with a Michelada (pronounced like Michelin Star, or your friend Michelle with a la da at the end) where they take a beer of choice, add spiciness and lime in a tall salted rimmed glass. If you like beer and Bloody Mary's then give it a try.
The nachos with chorizo is a generous portion – with a mound of sausage strips resting upon a bed of beans, cheese, guacamole and sour cream. It is all killer and great to share!
I prefer to go the a la carte route and getting few different items. I ordered the Flor de Calabaza Quesadilla (Squash Blossom) quesadilla which isn't as large as a quesadilla sincronizada which use 2 tortilla – it only used one complimented nicely with lettuce, queso blanco and sour cream.
I also ordered a couple of tacos – the barbocoa, which here is full flavored slow cooked goat – shredded and tender and the Nopales cactus which reminded me of green pepper strip, but different flavor.
The vegan dishes here are not an afterthought like at other Mexican places where they are usually any items that don't have meat – like beans, tomatoes, lettuce, tortillas, etc. besides the options mentioned above spinach quesadillas, or seitan burritos/fajitas are great options.
Whatever you order get the green and red sauces – don't sleep on the red which has a spicy kick that lasts! To end your meal try the flan which is excellent and creamy – get the coconut version which is especially fantastic!
I'm honestly surprised this place has such good reviews.
It was my first time here at the restaurant and my boyfriend and I both got the Fajitas tex-mex style, one with chicken and one with beef ($13.00). The meals came in large portions (still not worth the $13.00) and were pretty filling. As an Indian however, the food tasted pretty bland to me. I literally drenched my food in the red and green sauce they gave. I've had fajitas in multiple places, however, the one here might just be the most flavorless one I've ever had. Maybe other menu items are better? Not to mention the complementary salsa was just as bland as the food..
There was only one other table occupied leaving ours, so the service okay.
Don't think I'll be coming back and I don't recommend it to anyone with a complex flavor palette. You should come here if you like bland food.
That aint no quesadilla. Really tender flavorful carne…..but under-glorified chalupa, at best.
Nice goat taco. But a bit dry. Needs crema/guac, which I had, and it was on point after adding that.
Nice, filling burritos.
Nice delivery guy.
Would order again….but not that quesadilla…..
The food here is excellent. You can tell that everything is fresh and made to order. I had the huevos rancheros and it was so yummy. I appreciate the fact that it didn't put me into a food coma afterwards. The burritos are also huge and affordable. The only negative is that it takes awhile for the food to come out. We were the only ones in the restaurant today at lunch and we waited about 30 minutes for our food after we ordered. I can also see that there would be a substantial wait if it's peak hours. The restaurant is small and there's not many tables. I'll definitely return, just not when it's crowded.
Ordered take out. Took a while to get my order and they accidentally gave me the wrong order. Good thing I realized before I went too far. I ordered their demole salad with shrimp and their steak Fajitas. The salad is huge and that's me saying that. The shrimp is a tad over cooked but the dressing helped cover that up. The steak fajitas were on point. I wished I would've thrown some of the rice and beans in my salad. The salad was too healthy. Nice place. Will be back if I'm in the neighborhood.
I have to preface this review by saying we ordered for delivery. I say that because a main criticism was that a lot of this stuff was too dry. Maybe we just didn't get it fresh, but nonetheless, the food suffered for that reason.
The great things about the tacos is the quantity of meat. They're slightly bigger than your average soft tortilla, cart taco. Each is packed full with huge chunks of meat.
The negative about the tacos is they are so dry. The chicken, smoked pork and lamb were all dry. What flavor they had was quickly gone from your tongue, replaced only by cilantro. A whole lime wedge sprayed on top could not save it from the parched makeup.
The tamale suffered from the same plight as the meat. It was very flaky and not in a good way but rather a stale one.
The enchilada was the best of the meal. Ordered the Rojas con pollos. Rice and white cheese sandwiched generous helpings of meat, onions and beans. It isn't too spicy, so don't fear the little spice icon on the menu.
Unfortunately, it was still packed with rubbery meat. All that lathered sauce, but you could tell the meat was still suffering from the pitfall of the earlier courses which leads me to believe it wasn't the delivery that sabotaged the food.
I want to give this place another shot, but I did not enjoy much outside of the enchilada.