Mi Lupita Mexican Restaurant, 15307 Manchester Rd, Ballwin, MO, is an award-winning restaurant with the strongest online ratings.
Mi Lupita Ballwin is a Mexican restaurant at 15307 Manchester Rd, Ballwin, MO, that will be moving in January of 2025 to 100 Holloway Rd, in Ballwin, MO. It is not far, but will have a much large facility and an outdoor patio. The new facility is being completely renovated inside and out.
The new facility was previously home to Candicci’s Restaurant and Bar, which closed earlier this year to move to a smaller location to focus on catering, pickup and delivery, as the owner is preparing to retire.
We found the west county gem because of the sign recently put up on the new location. We stopped and visited with the owners to get some information and verification on Monday, December 16, 2024.
Lety and David Sanchez is a mother and son team that operates the restaurant and has done so since they took over the family restaurant in 2011. David worked for his uncle who started the restaurant in 1994, but wanted to return to Mexico so turned the restaurant over to Lety and David Sanchez.
No words an truly describe a family-owned restaurant such as this. You can see they work well together, cover each others back and the top priority is the food and service, which as resulted in the following online ratings, a significant key to their success.
American’s love Mexican cuisine and the establishment is loved by its customers with ratings and review like these. It appears that they offer online ordering, but we don’t see that they offer delivery. We will confirm and revise the listing.
We will be monitoring the progress of their new location, and will be among the first to eat there to report more. This restaurant truly stands out from the rest of the Mexican restaurants in the community.
The Health Inspection Scores range from 92% to 100%. Most are in the upper 90s ranging from 96% to 98%. Very respectable health inspection scores.
It is inspiring that they are confident in moving to a larger location when many restaurants are shrinking in size or closing due to inflation, economic pressures and staff shortages. During times such as we have now it separates the serious players from the non-serious players. This family is clearly a viable player. We are happy we found this place.
We will be involved more in the future with this place to inform the public of their progress. They have earned it!
Mi Lupita Ballwin online ratings are as follows as of December 16, 2024 at 7:00 pm:
- Google – 4.5 Stars with 995 online customer ratings and reviews
- Facebook – 4.5 Stars with 217 online ratings and reviews – 2.7k likes – 3k followers – 90% recommend (650 Reviews)
- Yelp – 4.0 Stars with 264 online ratings and reviews – an unusually high rating for Yelp
- TripAdvisor – 4.5 Bubbles with 123 online customer ratings and reviews
- STL.Directory – 5 Stars with one online rating and review
On nextdoor, they have 778 Hearts and have been a “Neighborhood Fave” for 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024.
They are also listed on “America’s Best Restaurants” earlier this year and was featured in a video recorded inside the restaurant.
Mi Lupita business hours:
- Sunday – Closed
- Monday – 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
- Tuesday – 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
- Wednesday – 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
- Thursday – 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
- Friday – 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
- Saturday – 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
Mi Lupita “In The News”
- Mi Lupita is Relocating to a Larger Facility in January 2025 – December 16, 2024 – STL.News
- Mi Lupita Ballwin is Relocating After 30 Years – December 16, 2024 – St. Louis Restaurant Review
Mi Lupita current address and phone (keep in mind they are relocating in January 2024):
15307 Manchester Rd
Ballwin, Missouri 63011
Phone: +1 636-394-8686
Owner/Mgr. – David Sanchez and his mother Lety Sanchez