Guads Mexican - Virginia Beach

I truly adore this restaurant! Every time I've visited Guad’s, the servers have been incredibly respectful, friendly, and attentive. The manager is my favorite; he always makes sure that everyone is well taken care of, especially regulars like me. The food is fantastic, and everything is served in a timely manner. The staff is simply wonderful! I highly recommend this place to everyone. Thank you for consistently providing such a fantastic experience—I always leave feeling happy!

Polite waitstaff and good food. Our server was a little busy but that's to be expected, he and others checked on us plenty of times in passing and made sure we were well taken care of. Thank you for the good experience!

Meet a friend for dinner. The food and drinks were good and the staff was friendly.

Guads Mexican Restaurant is located in the Hilltop Plaza Shopping Center. I've passed the place countless times over the years, but never made the time to come in until recently. It is located near Trader Joe's and Ulta Beauty (where JoAnn Fabrics used to be located). There is ample parking in the area, but some of the parking spots are pretty skinny. Both vehicle and pedestrian traffic can be busy at times, especially around the Trader Joe's. My visit to Guads Mexican Restaurant was on October 21, 2020. As noted above, I've passed this place several times over the years, but never made a visit there until this year. I'm not sure why I haven't been in sooner. What brought us to the area was due to an appointment my mom had at the DMV to have her license renewed. We got there around 4:30 pm that day and it was empty at the time. This is not unusual for us to go somewhere before places get busy, especially given the current environment we are in. When you first come in, there is hand sanitizer available. Both staff and guests are required to wear masks, but guests can remove their masks while seated at the table. We were immediately greeted and got to a table. Our server asked us what we wanted to drink and gave us menus to look over. We were also given chips and salsas as well, which is typical for this type of restaurant. This place offers Pepsi products. After he came back with our drinks, we were pretty much ready to order. The first part of the order was cheese dip. I ended up going with the Mexican Pizza with chicken as the protein for my entrée. My mom went with the Taco Loco with shrimp. Our server did great giving us time to indulge in the cheese dip before the entrées came out. It was about ten minutes later when the food came out. The Mexican Pizza with chicken was really good. It may look small when looking at photos, but it packs a good amount of food. I was full and then some when I was done. My mom liked the Taco Loco with shrimp as well (taco salad). Likewise, it may look small in photos, but there's quite a bit in a small shell so to speak. Our server did check up on us a few times to make sure all was good and they did great with keeping up on drink refills too. Overall, food and service were great at this location from this first visit. Food and service are the biggest factors when it comes to returning to a restaurant in the future. When I am in this area again in the future around lunch or dinner time, I will definitely consider coming back here again and again. So, if you are looking for a Mexican restaurant in this area, this is definitely a great place worth checking out.

The food was fantastic, the prices were great, and the service was excellent. The salsa and chips arrived at our table almost as soon as we sat down, and they were delicious! The chicken was incredibly juicy, and everything tasted freshly prepared rather than being kept overly hot like at many other places with rice and beans.