Lucha Cartel Reviews Summary
Category: Mexican restaurant Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ambiance
Pros:
- "It has a unique ambiance."
- "The atmosphere is also very lively."
- "The color scheme and vibe in this place is great even on a crowded weekend night."
- "Atmosphere is nice & artsy."
- "Cool spot. Kinda divey feel but with cool decorations."
- "The atmosphere inside is also amazing. Very cool decorations and they have dancing and music events as well."
- "Very comfy and homey vibe."
Cons:
- "The entire place, inside and out, reeks of Fabuloso—it permeates everything and is constantly being sprayed."
- "It's also 5 bucks for a taco which is kinda steep imo."
- "Inside was way too loud so not a lot of good options."
- "However the music is incredibly too loud."
- "The music was a little loud (kind of like a posh bar) and a lot of bass."
- "Atmosphere is neat, very loud music so hard to have a conversation."
- "It was very loud when we went. You couldn't even hear the people your eating with."
Service
Pros:
- "The service was on point."
- "Wait staff was great and very helpful with recommendations."
- "Service and hospitality deserves 10 stars."
- "Service is friendly and fast."
- "Super friendly staff. Super fast service."
- "The wait staff was focused and well organized."
- "The staff was *very* friendly and let people use the restroom even without ordering anything."
Cons:
- "Staff and managers don’t really care for customers."
- "Poor service from the waitress with the blue eyebrows."
- "Our waiter was more concerned with taking shots with a group of girls than taking our food order."
- "The server was not happy to correct mistake they made."
- "Unfortunately service was slow. We had to ask 3 times for utensils to eat our food and for a refill of the cups and salsa."
- "We never saw our server again until we were finished our meal and had to flag him down for the check."
- "Service was slow asked for water 3 times beer late."
Food Quality
Pros:
- "Each bite was a journey into the depth of the awesomeness of Mole."
- "I am a vegetarian and they had great options and good food."
- "By far one of the BEST Nachos we’ve ever had!"
- "We loved the guac and we are huge Guacamole Snobs!"
- "I loved the food, especially the use of wild mushrooms in the dishes."
- "The food well presented, prepared and fresh!"
- "Calamari - ceviche is really really good make sure if you have nothing else you have a bowl of this awesome tasting dish."
Cons:
- "The drinks aren’t worth how much they charge."
- "Their lack of service, poor attitude, and contaminated food is unacceptable."
- "DILLION {our waiter} judged us by our looks."
- "The a la carte tacos during happy hour are not worth it at $6 each."
- "Skip the pulled beef one on the happy hour menu (good flavor but too dry)."
- "They have a very limited menu."
- "The food is bland and expensive."
Value
Pros:
- "Went for happy hour. Everything was $5."
- "Outside happy hour hours, it's cheaper to order a pitcher if you and whoever you are with anticipate wanting more than one drink each."
- "Happy hour is M-F 4-7pm. $5 drink and drink options."
- "Beers start at $5."
- "5 bucks for a good marg and 2 for 5 empanadas were a great deal that tasted great."
- "The lunch menus are very good prices and good set!"
- "Prices were fair for the food quality and location."
Cons:
- "The drinks aren’t worth how much they charge."
- "It's also 5 bucks for a taco which is kinda steep imo."
- "The a la carte tacos during happy hour are not worth it at $6 each."
- "A 32 oz pitcher of a Margarita was $30, not worth the price."
- "They did not provide tap water and they offered bottles for $2.50."
- "Happy hour margaritas tasted like pure sour mix."
- "The food is bland and expensive."
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