Tonali

Simply the best!. Excellent food, excellent service! This is a "Mom and Pop" operation--Pop is the chef and Mom provides warm, friendly, and prompt service. The food is delicious, obviously prepared with great care and creativity. I am on a special diet, and most of the menu items included ingredients prohibited on my diet. I explained my needs and the chef created a special dish--absolutely delicious!--that fit perfectly into my dietary requirements. I have gone several times with family and friends who order from the menu and each of them has been enthusiastic about the food. For the quality of food and service, we find the prices quite reasonable. This is not your typical Mexican restaurant! Try it and you'll see! It's near the post office on Shannon St.--easy to miss but well worth the trip.…

superb restaurant: deserves more attention. Really lovely traditional Mexican food served with great warmth and attention to detail. Went for lunch. Enjoyed wonderful black beans with rice (soup-like beans, with rice mounded in middle, both perfectly composed), grouper tacos, porcini-stuffed empanada. Reasonably priced for quality of food. Not a big fan of overly fussy food -- this is not that -- just good food prepared with care. Everything super fresh, with almost everything locally sourced. Somewhat easy to overlook from the road -- passed by it for years before neighbors told us we had to go. Very glad we did. Will be back.…

A five star jewel. This is a five star jewel hidden on Shannon Road in SW Durham. The chef, Andre, is well trained, has wonderfully creative ideas working off a regional Mexican palate. His dished are unique to our area and well worth going there. Try one of the specials for a real treat, using the freshest ingredients available.

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Exceptional regional Mexican dining. We have eaten here many times, and we're always delighted with the care and skill used in creating exceptional versions of regional Mexican dishes. Tonali's offerings are subtly complex and flavorful, nothing like the huge, oily meals served at cheap Mexican places. The location is a bit out of the way, but it's easy to find and well worth the effort.…