La Cita Authentic Mexican Restaurant Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Ambience

Pros:

• "Sat in the backyard of the restaurant. The Spanish music, decorations made us feel that the vibrant and fun atmosphere while dining."
• "Sat at the outside patio (September 2020). It was lovely."
• "The outside sitting area was very pretty, had a variety of flowering plants and music playing."
• "The outdoor seating was spaced appropriately and the environment is relaxed."
• "Nice Mexican music that we could not understand but it added to the atmosphere."
• "It’s a very cute and cozy place to eat, I enjoyed the Mexican music as well."
• "We especially liked the way they had the outdoor dining set up--once inside the tent, you couldn't even tell you were in a parking lot."

Cons:

• "Waited a couple months to go to this restaurant so I can have time to enjoy the food and the atmosphere. First off there is no atmosphere the waitress is Shuffle around and everybody waits on every other table so who do you flag down when there's an issue."
• "The restaurant was way too dark...it was really difficult to see and appreciate what I was eating."
• "Music was really loud at one point in the night for about 8 minutes so everyone had to scream over each other."
• "The decor was on point with what I grew up seeing in restaurants right along the border of Mexico."

Service

Pros:

• "La Cita has always been great."
• "Our server was Margarita, she was friendly and attentive."
• "Service was quick and nice."
• "Great service."
• "Awesome people working there!!"
• "Friendly servers. Great atmosphere."
• "Service is always attentive."

Cons:

• "The service is slow. Not the place to go if you're in a hurry."
• "The service was horrible, waitress barely came around."
• "The last few times I’ve noticed a major change in the level of service being provided."
• "Very disappointing. Our server was more attentive with the others tables."
• "The servers were slow, inattentive, and forgot lots of pieces of our order."
• "Horrible service. The waitress was so unpleasant from the start."
• "The service was very bad too. The waitress appeared to not like us."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food here is phenomenal."
• "Fantastic authentic Mexican. Great prices."
• "THE BEST FISH TACOS! Very satisfying with a generous piece of battered fish served on each corn tortilla."
• "Ordered the birria tacos to go and have to say they we’re some of the best birria tacos I’ve ever had."
• "The lamb was cooked perfectly, chicken well seasoned, and the rice was the best texture."
• "The Taco Sampler which included Beef, Chicken and Birria Tacos they all tasted delicious."
• "All the food has been delicious consistently."

Cons:

• "The food was very bland and our whole meal was a little expensive for the portion size and quality of food."
• "The dish that comes in the volcano bowl: Eh. Lots of grizzle on the steak and not so tastely."
• "LaCita is an overpriced dump with lousy food."
• "I ordered the red snapper and it was tasteless."
• "The meats have no teast, the only thing we liked were the chips with the refried beans."
• "The food was good but nothing that excited my tastebuds."
• "Food was very pricey for the little bit that they give you."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Got some take out while working last night.. THE TORTAS are really good, price was great, sandwich was huge, and came with fries."
• "Great food! We got the queso fundito, five different tacos, Chile relenos, Quesadilla, A horchada, and coke and it was less than $75."
• "These were a wonderful experience at a reasonable price."
• "The prices were great! Much cheaper than other taquerias around."
• "The burritos are great and reasonable."
• "The fare is not as cheap as your typical Mexican place, but the BYO aspect helps."
• "The food was superb. Authentic, generous, spicy where it needed to be, good value."

Cons:

• "This is a little over-priced for what they are serving and the place is super tiny."
• "LaCita is an overpriced dump with lousy food."
• "The tacos are way over priced $11 for 3 tacos."
• "The food portions are small."
• "The food is by far overly priced."
• "This place is a rip off because they servicing Cherry Hill....shameful."
• "I ordered $60 some odd dollars worth of take out and I am so disappointed!"