Fonda Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Best Mexican food I've had in Chelsea!"
• "The food was great."
• "Simply excellent Mexican food and lots of veggie vegetarian options."
• "The food was delicious; from the chunky guacamole with chips & homemade tortillas to my enchiladas suizas."
• "Very tasty - good menu of fancy Mexican food."
• "Amazing, authentic, delicious."
• "Everything we ate was incredible!"

Cons:

• "The food was mediocre and overpriced."
• "Bad food quality, so many flies in the restaurant and on the food too, over expensive."
• "The food was expensive and not well flavored."
• "Food is average at best (everything spicy and soggy)."
• "Food was disappointing. Either too rich or covered in sauce and lacking flavor."
• "Food was underwhelming, guacamole lacked flavor and takos were bland."
• "The food was also sub-par; tacos were extremely salty and the ceviche was underwhelming."

Service

Pros:

• "The waiters were polite and let me wait for my friend who was running 30 minutes late."
• "Service was top notch especially thanks to our server Remi."
• "The service is excellent."
• "Very good service & atmosphere."
• "The staff are friendly and attentive."
• "Our waitress was wonderful."
• "The staff are all really friendly and accommodating."

Cons:

• "Troubling service with extremely rude staff."
• "The waitress commented on how poorly we tipped and she had an attitude."
• "Regrettably, however, the waiters don't come around very often and were kind of difficult to attract."
• "The wait staff kind of ruins this place."
• "Service was terrible... our waiter was just rude."
• "Service is very snippy and inattentive."
• "The servers were very nice but not very attentive."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Lovely and colorful decorations."
• "Cozy place with festive decorations."
• "The atmosphere was nice and chill."
• "The ambience was great and we all said we would so come back!"
• "It's a pretty chill atmosphere to hang out."
• "The atmosphere was really lively and the service was very good!"
• "Overall the atmosphere here is pretty great."

Cons:

• "Please work on the interior design as the mirror on the second floor is bit outdated."
• "Also, this restaurant didn't ask for proof of vaccination for indoor dining and none of the staff were wearing masks."
• "This location is usually VERY noisy."
• "It was ridiculously hot and it was extremely loud."
• "Tables are a bit close together."
• "The outdoor seating is beautiful, heated, and comfortable."
• "This location doesn't have as high of a rating as its sister in the East Village but we decided to give it a shot anyway."

Value

Pros:

• "Reasonable prices."
• "Three drinks and a meal for about $35 per person is a pretty great deal for brunch."
• "Great, consistent, and reasonably priced."
• "Happy hour a solid deal valuewise as well."
• "Solid dinner at a reasonable price with good service."
• "The happy hour food priced at $11/dish is delicious, portions are large, and service is pretty quick."
• "Happy Hour food ALL NIGHT at the bar on Monday’s!"

Cons:

• "Charging for guac and chips when they have good foot traffic/customers is not right."
• "3 small enchilada suiza chicken with no rice or beans was $24."
• "They now charge $5 for rice and $5 for beans- which used to be included."
• "Pricey and unsatisfying dinner."
• "Guacamole is normally $14, and while tasty, it's not worth that price."
• "Prices tend to be a little higher than other Mexican restaurants with similar yummy options."
• "Drink prices tend to be on the elevated level as well."

Drinks

Pros:

• "The drink choices were fantastic."
• "Arguably best tasting margaritas in the area."
• "Wide selection of margaritas; the spicy orange is pretty spicy and overall great."
• "The Cadillac margarita was strong and well balanced."
• "Exceptionally good craft margaritas."
• "The Rosalita margarita was perfectly made."
• "The drinks and meals were absolutely phenomenal."

Cons:

• "Unfortunately the server gave me the wrong drink - my friend's cocktail."
• "For drinks we got the hibiscus margarita (rosalita), I'm a big hibiscus fan but it didn't hit the right balance for me."
• "The drinks were average."
• "Watered down cocktails."
• "Boozy brunch option was pretty standard, if not a little bit high in terms of pricing ($37)."
• "The queso with chorizo was disappointing."
• "Had a poor experience ordering takeout- food was very delayed and hostess was unhelpful and very rude."