Looking for Us on Uber Eats?
One of the largest delivery companies on earth, and one small Mexican kitchen in Maspeth. You are currently talking to the kitchen — and that works out better for both of us.
Monday to Saturday · 7:30 AM–8:30 PM
You Found the Cook, Not the Platform
A global app can put a thousand restaurants in front of you in a second. What it cannot do is cook. The food you are considering is made by a handful of people in one kitchen on Flushing Avenue, and you have found them directly. Thank you for bothering to.
We want to be fair here: the apps solved a real problem, and their scale is genuinely useful for discovery. The issue is not that they charge — it is how much, and how little of it is visible while you are placing an order.
Now, the important part. If you have been searching for the best Mexican food in town, you are in the right place, and we mean that plainly: traditional Mexican cooking, fresh ingredients, and the most delicious Mexican food you will ever taste.
What the Fees Actually Look Like
Delivery marketplaces take from both ends of the same order — a commission from the restaurant and a set of charges from you. Stacked together they can reach roughly 48% of an order.
Ordering through a marketplace
- Commission charged to the restaurant up to 30%
- Credit card processing about 3%
- Service and delivery charges added to your total up to 15%
Up to 48% of the order, all in
Ordering direct from 3 Kings
- Commission charged to the restaurant none
- Menu prices same as in person
- What you pay on top one small fee
One small ordering fee, and nothing else
Because we pay no commission on a direct order, we can keep our online prices the same as the ones you would pay calling us or ordering in person — we are not marking the menu up to cover somebody else’s cut.
Scale Versus Your Neighborhood
Money spent through a global platform is routed out of Queens on the way to somewhere else. Money spent with us goes to wages for our kitchen staff, to the suppliers we buy from, and to a rent cheque for a storefront a few blocks from you.
That is the entire case for ordering direct. It is the same food. The only question is whether the value of it stays in the neighborhood that made it.
Same menu price, straight from the kitchen
Place the order on our own page and you pay the menu price, the same one we charge in person, with no commission layered on top of it.
- Monday–Saturday
- 7:30 AM–8:30 PM
- Sunday
- Closed
Monday to Saturday · 7:30 AM–8:30 PM
Ordering Direct, Answered
Why order directly from 3 Kings instead of through Uber Eats?
Ordering direct keeps the value of the order in the neighborhood. Delivery marketplaces take a commission from the restaurant and add service charges to your total, and between them those can reach roughly 48% of an order. Ordering from our own page avoids the commission entirely.
Do I pay more when I order directly from 3 Kings Mexican Kitchen?
No. Because we pay no commission on a direct order, our online prices are the same ones you would pay ordering in person. There is one small ordering fee and nothing else.
How much do delivery marketplaces actually charge?
Typical industry figures are a commission of up to 30% charged to the restaurant, about 3% for card processing, and up to 15% in service and delivery charges added to the customer's total — roughly 48% of an order between them. Actual rates vary by platform, plan, market and order.
Ready to order direct?
Place your order on our own ordering page and keep the value of it in Maspeth.
Came From a Different App?
3 Kings Mexican Kitchen is an independent restaurant. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by or partnered with Uber Eats or any other delivery marketplace, and their names are used here only to describe where you may have been searching. All trademarks belong to their respective owners. The percentages above are typical industry figures for third-party delivery marketplaces rather than the published rates of any single company; actual commissions and customer fees vary by platform, plan, market and order, and change over time.