Bonanza Mexican Restaurant - Lone Pine, California

Afshin A.

Back here again!

More than a year ago, we were traveling through Lone Pine when we stopped for lunch at Bonanza Mexican Restaurant. We enjoyed our meals, so this time around, while visiting Death Valley National Park, we craved Mexican food and decided to stop here for a meal again.

Bonanza is a family-owned restaurant, and the people serving the customers are amicable. When we walked in this time, two young ladies were attending the floor, and they were both very welcoming and friendly.

When it came to ordering our dinner, we could not remember what we had ordered the last time we were here, so we settled for Carne Asada, Fajitas de Cameron, and the Cobb Salad. Then I got curious and dug out some photos from that trip. To my surprise, we all had ordered the same exact dishes and had sat at the same table! :- )

Dad and I enjoyed a cold beer each while waiting for the food, as we usually do. My mom loved her Fajitas de Cameron, and I loved my salad. My Dad enjoyed his Carne Asada but thought the meat was chewy. I tried a piece, and it was tasty. It was tough because the beef was from a grass-fed/free-range cow.

Bonanza Mexican Restaurant is an excellent place to eat a filling meal if you are in Lone Pine. The quality of the food is good, and the service is excellent.

Diane F.

Excellent homemade authentic Mexican food. A bit on the pricey side but well worth it. I had the #4 combination of Chile Rellano a
nd a taco. Got a small but over-stuffed carnitas soft taco. So good and tasty. The chili was huge and the best I've had. Salsa needs some spicing up and they will bring some red sauce to add to the salsa. Overall it was a great meal.

John W.

This restaurant was recommended by the staff of the hotel.

This is where the locals go, to get some really excellent Mexican food, freshly prepared and very tasty.

Lone Pine seems to have a number to restaurants, and I wouldn’t mind trying them all as I pass through on the 395.

Give them a try, this place is very good.

Ross W.

Great tamale and relleno combo. Even the beans and rice were well made. Real salsa with chips. Just excellent Mexican food. Vegetable burrito lived up to it's name with lots of vegetables. Great friendly service. Great view of mountains.

TORSTEN M.

The best mexican dish I had since month. Very authentic food... not the regular stuff only. And last but not least the service is perfect.

Don M.

Nice Mexican food restaurant on main street of Lone Pine. Plenty of seating, service was great, friendly atmosphere, nice view of mountains to the West. Ate Asada fries that was very filling. Definitely will return next time.

Deniz T.

Good service, good food with plenty of vegetarian options. Visiting from San Diego, we are spoiled when it comes to Mexican. But I think in this context this is not a bad restaurant, and would be unfair to compare to SD Mexican places. We got veggie enchiladas which was filled with freshly cooked vegetables, spinach enchiladas which was full of cheese and topped with green sauce, and garden burger with the optional lettuce wrapping rather than the usual buns. Chips and salsa were standard, and salsa was great on the salad. Red enchilada sauce was little on the sweet side, but then this is advertised as American Mexican restaurant, so cannot really complain. Snowy mountain view is a plus.

Judy K.

WOW! Amazing mexican dinner in the little town of Lone Pine! We got to the restaurant kind of late on a Sunday evening. We were warmly greeted by the energetic and sweet waitress. We each ordered something different and EVERYTHING was excellent and very authentic. The waitress told us everything was made from scratch and it really showed. The chile relleno was so good as well as the chicken tacos, enchiladas- asada and pork, and those refried beans!!! So much flavor and really good prices. We'll definitely be back when we go through Lone Pine.