Dos de Oros Mexican Restaurant

Dos de Oros is a 200-seat, full-service Mexican restaurant on Holmes Road just north of Blue Ridge Boulevard in south Kansas City, opened in 2005 by Miguel Cervantes, a cook from Zacatecas and Guadalajara whose parents ran restaurants, a bakery and a grocery in Mexico. His wife Maria runs the dining room and his brother Pepe the kitchen; the menu is enormous — lunch combos, caldos, six kinds of enchiladas, alambres, molcajetes, fajitas, a seafood section, and, for the unconverted, burgers and Cajun cream pastas. It is the flagship of a small family group that also runs Rey de Oros Taqueria in Martin City and, since July 2026, DDO Chicken Express. Named for the two-of-coins card in the Spanish deck.

Description

Dos de Oros sits in a low building on the east side of Holmes Road between the Martin City district to the south and the Red Bridge neighborhoods to the north. The Independent’s Ann Slegman described “low ceilings, weathered driftwood walls festooned with sombreros” and a “casual vibe” that “belies the breadth and depth of its menu”; on her visit “every booth was full.”¹ The restaurant runs rotating lunch specials Monday–Friday until 4 p.m., burrito nights with two-for-$10 margaritas on Mondays and Tuesdays, fajita nights on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and a weekend specialty meal.²

The menu on the first-party ordering site runs to more than two dozen sections. Lunch (Mon–Fri 11–3:30) offers fourteen $13.99 combos and a dozen specials from a New Mexico salad to a jambalaya; appetizers include ceviche, tostadas de ceviche, queso fundido, ten mini flautas with avocado cream and six mini chimichangas; there are shrimp and seven-seas caldos, four entrée salads, burritos, tortas (adovada, carnitas, cubana), tostadas, three families of enchiladas (red-sauce, verdes, and flour-tortilla “cream” enchiladas with spinach or shrimp and avocado), quesadillas served with jicama-pineapple slaw, chimichangas, soft and crispy taco plates, taco salads, seven dinner combos, a seafood section (camarones al mojo, a la diabla and con crema; blackened and baked fish; shrimp-and-avocado and Baja tacos), fajitas up to a four-meat Dos de Oros platter, a molcajete “served over a hot volcanic stone,” parrillada, five alambres, five burgers, three cream pastas and vegetarian plates.³ Cervantes told The Independent, “We use a lot of salads which makes a difference. It’s not all rice and beans. We also incorporate a lot of shrimp and seafood as well as steak and chicken” — and that the burgers and pasta are deliberate: “Miguel learned a lot from his experience at chain restaurants.”¹

Ownership and history

Miguel Cervantes is from Zacatecas and Guadalajara, where his parents owned restaurants, a bakery and a grocery store and he cooked alongside them.⁴¹ He came to Kansas City more than two decades before 2020 to work at “a large chain restaurant” — he met his wife Maria when both worked at The Cheesecake Factory — and about two years later opened Chelly’s Café, a Mexican restaurant in Grandview that later moved to 85th and Wornall and is run by his sister and brother-in-law.¹ In 2005 he opened Dos de Oros; the name is the two-of-coins card in a Spanish deck.¹⁴ Maria Meraz Cervantes runs the front of house and his brother Jose “Pepe” Cervantes is head cook; the couple had two teenage children in 2020.⁴¹

In 2011 Cervantes added Dos de Oros Taqueria, a fast-casual counter with house-made ice cream at 650 E Blue Ridge Boulevard; Kansas City Magazine’s 2021 taco guide warned readers “there are dos” and sent them to “the tiny taqueria on the west side of the street and not the pleasant family restaurant to the east” for its adovada.¹⁵ Rather than open more units, he expanded the restaurant itself in 2019 to about 200 seats and roughly 40 employees: “I like it this way because I have a more hands-on, taking care of business approach to running my restaurant.”¹ The taqueria was renamed Rey de Oros and moved a few hundred yards south into the former Martin City Coffee building at 13115 Holmes in 2024, with a drive-thru and a June 2024 ribbon cutting; the vacated Blue Ridge storefront reopened on July 14, 2026 as DDO Chicken Express, fried and mesquite-grilled chicken with charro beans and fresh tortillas.⁴⁶⁷ The group’s site brands the three as DDO Restaurants and claims a Kansas City Star readers’ vote for Best Mexican Restaurant and 2026 Martin City “Best of South KC” awards; KCTV5 featured the restaurant in a July 2023 “Top 5 Mexican restaurants” segment and an August 2024 “Dining with Dave Eckert.”²⁴

Links

• Website (group): https://www.dosdeorosreydeoroskc.com/ · Dos de Oros page: https://www.dosdeorosreydeoroskc.com/dosdeoros · Our Story: https://www.dosdeorosreydeoroskc.com/ourstory
• Order online (first-party): https://www.dosdeorosrestaurant.com/
• Reservations/waitlist: https://www.dosdeorosreydeoroskc.com/dosdeoros/waitlistandreservations
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DosDeOrosMexicanRestaurant · Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ddorestaurants · TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dosdeoros1

Menu

Last verified: 2026-08-28 · Source: the restaurant’s own online-ordering site (dosdeorosrestaurant.com) · Confidence: High. The full menu exceeds 200 items across 28 sections; representative items and price ranges are given, with the restaurant’s own spellings.³

• Lunch specials (Mon–Fri 11–3:30): New Mexico Salad, Tostada Salad, Arroz con Pollo, Dos Oros Burritos, Burrito Grande, Enchiladas Verdes, Enchiladas Supremas ($14.99); Enchilada Fajita ($15.99); Lunch Fajitas ($16.99); Jambalaya ($17.99) · Lunch combos #1–14 ($13.99)
• Appetizers: Ceviche ($15.99) · Tostada de Ceviche (2) ($16.99) · Buffalo Wings (8) ($14.99) · Queso Fundido ($11.49) · Flautas de Pollo (10) ($13.99) · Nachos ($11.49+) · Mini Chimichangas (6) ($14.99) · Sampler ($19.99) · Dips — guacamole, cheese, chorizo con queso, spinach ($10.75); chips & salsa ($4.99)
• Caldos: Caldo de Camarón, 7 Mares ($21.99) · chicken-vegetable, chicken tortilla ($9.99)
• Salads (Chipotle, Santa Fe, Yolanditas, Tostada) $18.99 · Burritos — Fajita, Tex-Mex, Caliente Shrimp, Bean & Cheese ($13.99) · Tortas $13.99–15.49 · Tostadas $6.49; Las Comadres ($14.99)
• Enchiladas: chicken, ground beef, steak, cheese, Supremas ($16–17.99); Fajita Enchiladas ($18.49); Verdes ($17.49) · Cream enchiladas — chicken-spinach, spinach, shrimp-spinach, shrimp & avocado, Panchitos ($17.99–19.99)
• Specialties: Molcajete Dos de Oros · Carne Asada ($21.49) · Carnitas de Puerco ($19.49) · Bistec Ranchero, Chiles Rellenos ($18.99) · Puerco con Chile Rojo / Verde ($17.49) · Pollo Nuevo Mexico ($21.49) · Tamales de Puerco ($14.99) · Tamales Dorados ($15.99) · Flautas dinner ($17.49) · Chicken, Spinach & Shrimp ($22.49)
• Quesadillas $13.99–19.99 · Chimichangas $17.99–19.99 · Tacos (3) — Santa Fe chicken, steak, adovada/carnitas, Baja chicken ($17.99); crispy ($15.99); Alambre ($18.49) · Taco salads $14.99–16.99 · Dinner combos C1–C7 ($16.99)
• Shrimp & fish: Camarones al Mojo / a la Diabla ($22.99), con Crema ($23.49) · El Padrino Stevan, Pescado al Horno, Cocktel de Camarón ($21.99) · Jambalaya ($22.99) · Caldo de Mariscos ($21.99) · Seafood tacos $18.99
• Fajitas: chicken or steak ($19.99); shrimp, shrimp & steak, chicken & steak, chicken & shrimp ($21.99); Dos de Oros four-meat ($23.99); Parrillada ($22.99); Molcajete · Alambres $19.99–21.49
• Hamburgers (with fries): Dos de Oros Burger ($17.49), grilled chicken ($16.49), hamburger ($13.99), cheeseburger ($14.99), bacon cheeseburger ($15.49) · Pasta: Chipotle Shrimp ($22.99), Blackened Chicken, Sun Chicken ($21.99) · Vegetarian: Spinach Enchiladas ($17.49), Vegetarian Fajita ($19.99) · kids’, sides, desserts and drinks sections on the site.

Sources

Footnotes

1. Ann Slegman, “The Dish With Ann — Dos de Oros Restaurant,” The Independent (Kansas City), 2020-03-07 — Confirms: interior description; Cervantes from Zacatecas and Guadalajara; parents’ businesses; came to KC 20+ years earlier for a chain restaurant; Chelly’s Café in Grandview, relocated to 85th & Wornall, run by his sister and brother-in-law; opened Dos de Oros in 2005; name = two of coins; met Maria at The Cheesecake Factory; two teenage children; taqueria opened 2011 with house-made ice cream; brother Jose head cook; 2019 expansion to 200 seats and ~40 employees; regulars 60–70%; brunch; quotes; address 13029 Holmes Road. ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

2. DDO Restaurants — official website, “Dos de Oros” page. Retrieved 2026-08-28 — Confirms: name; 13029 Holmes Rd, Kansas City, MO 64145; 816-942-0020; hours (Mon–Thu 10–9, Fri–Sat 10–9:30, Sun closed); nightly specials and margarita deals; gift cards in-store; catering; reservations by phone; social links; “©DDO LLC”; Star Best Mexican Restaurant and Martin City Best of South KC 2026 award claims; “family-owned restaurants.” ↩ ↩²

3. Dos de Oros Restaurant — official online-ordering site. Retrieved 2026-08-28 — Confirms: every item and price in the Menu section; 13029 Holmes Rd; (816) 942-0020; hours Mon–Sat 9–9, Sun closed; lunch specials Mon–Fri 11–3:30; rewards program. ↩ ↩²

4. DDO Restaurants — official website, “Our Story.” Retrieved 2026-08-28 — Confirms: owner Miguel Cervantes; parents’ restaurants, bakery and grocery in Mexico; opened Dos de Oros 2005; wife Maria Meraz front of house; brother Jose “Pepe” Cervantes head cook; Zacatecas and Guadalajara; Rey de Oros “formerly Dos de Oros Taqueria,” renamed and relocated 2024, handmade ice cream; DDO Chicken Express; press list (KCTV5 2023 and 2024, The Independent, Martin City News). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

5. Nicole Kinning et al., “35 essential KC tacos — we ate hundreds to pick them,” Kansas City Magazine, 2021-03-02 — Confirms: “Adovada at Dos de Oros Taqueria,” 650 E. Blue Ridge Blvd.; “there are dos” — the taqueria on the west side of the street vs. “the pleasant family restaurant to the east”; adovada tacos, aguas frescas, banda music. ↩

6. “Fans Cheer Rey De Oros Taqueria Opening in Martin City,” Martin City News (Martin City Community Improvement District), 2024-06-27 — Confirms: “nearly two decades after the Dos De Oros restaurant opened further north on Holmes Road, the same owners have unveiled Rey De Oros Taqueria”; relocation from the corner of Blue Ridge Boulevard to 13115 Holmes; former Martin City Coffee building; drive-thru; ~100-customer capacity; Miguel and Maria Cervantes as owners; ribbon cutting with mariachi. ↩

7. Kathy Feist, “Restaurant roundup: New spots, dining updates in Martin City, Waldo,” Martin City Telegraph, July 2026. Retrieved 2026-08-28 — Confirms: Miguel Cervantes, “owner of Dos de Oros Mexican Restaurant and Rey de Oros Taqueria,” opened DDO Chicken Express with a soft opening from July 14 at the former Rey de Oros Taqueria location, 650 E. Blue Ridge Boulevard; menu (fried and mesquite-charbroiled chicken, charro beans, fresh tortillas); hours Tue–Sun 10–8:30; quotes. ↩