Mexicali Rose

Mexicali Rose, located right on the River in Wisconsin Dells, has great food to go along with the amazing view of the river and dam. We happened to stumble upon this restaurant while driving around looking for places to explore in the area and we were all very glad that we stopped here.

The outside seating area, that I don't believe was open yet regardless, looked about ready to fall apart. Even if it was a hot day I'm not sure I would sit out there because it doesn't look like a lot of care is still being put into that area...unless this past winter really tore that up. The inside however, was as you would expect. Everything was clean and had touches of Hispanic/Latino/Mexican decor throughout.

We were seated and told that they were short a cook, so that it might be a while before we got our food and they asked if that was okay. Although we were all starved the food smelled so good that we all agreed to stay.

For dinner I ordered the chicken tamales. They were unbelievable. They were a tad bit dry towards the outside (I added some salsa on top and it was perfect), but the inside was soft and the chicken was seasoned well. They came on a bed of rice, which was also very good. I'm not too sure about why they added shredded cheddar on the side. I would have preferred some shredded queso blanco or homemade cheese sauce, but it was delicious regardless. That and eating tamales feels like you are unwrapping an edible present...

There were a few hiccups here and there with service, but our waiter was very apologetic and kept bringing us more chips and salsa while we waited. The manager also brought us out a pitcher of what I believed to be strawberry margaritas? And I mean a beer pitcher full of it. We ended up getting 10% off of the bill for the wait (even though we kept telling them it was fine) and got offered free desserts, to which we turned down only because we were all stuffed! This is definitely a great place to stop and relax, watch some people fish and have a bite to eat!

A link to their main website is below:

Mexicali Rose, Main Site