La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food is really good."
• "Their fajitas are the best I have had in the Philadelphia area."
• "Food was tasty....chips with salsa complimentary and addictive!"
• "The food is freshly cooked and tasty."
• "Food is delicious."
• "Really good Mexican food and margaritas. We have dined in and I will get take out after long work days and the food is consistently excellent."
• "The food is authentic and phenomenal!"

Cons:

• "Pretty disappointing honestly thought this place would be a good authentic Mexican restaurant but it’s pretty average to below average."
• "The food was very greasy."
• "Shrimp tacos very salty."
• "The taco salad was meager and lacking in flavor."
• "The Steak Platter however was Small, very thin, tough, with grizzle."
• "Whitest blandest 'Mexican food' I ever had in my life."
• "The food was a little bland for Mexican."

Service

Pros:

• "Service was very friendly and food arrived quick."
• "The service was excellent and very friendly."
• "Staff is really friendly and attentive."
• "Friendly, attentive service that's fast."
• "Service was super quick and staff was very friendly."
• "Wait staff is very fast & friendly."
• "The service was friendly and fairly quick."

Cons:

• "Took 1.25 hours tonight to get food then eat and leave was a 2 hour dinner for Mexican."
• "They lost my business ☹"
• "Subpar food and service."
• "Manager asked what I was here for and continued to talk on the phone for 25 minutes."
• "Staff is awful. Took 20 mins and 2 people to take a margarita order."
• "The only thing worse than the food was the service."
• "The service was subpar and rude."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "The restaurant itself is full of color, including beautiful hand-painted and carved thematic furniture of all colors."
• "Very cozy and nice place, interior very bright and impressive."
• "The star of the show was the amazingly festive decor."
• "It's bigger inside than it looks from the outside. The tables and chairs are decorated so pretty!"
• "Such a vibrant and color atmosphere. Loved the furniture."
• "The ambiance is warm, and the staff's friendliness adds an extra layer of enjoyment."
• "Atmosphere very authentic, the decor is absolutely beautiful."

Cons:

• "The place inside seemed a bit small for the amount of people that they try to sit."
• "Harsh white lights over booths."
• "Felt very rushed even though it was empty on a Friday night at 7:30."
• "Drink was undrinkable, and burrito wasn't much better."
• "It was so quiet actually I could hear the kitchen HAMMER the dinner bell constantly every two minutes."
• "Cleanliness not really."
• "We sat for a good 20 minutes without any water or even acknowledgement that we were there."

Value

Pros:

• "Food is reasonably priced and they are NOT stingy. You get a lot for what you pay for."
• "The mango margaritas were very delicious, we had two pitchers."
• "Incredibly friendly staff, very reasonable prices!"
• "The price for food was extremely reasonable!"
• "Drnk price & food price reasonable."
• "Food was great: delicious and affordable!"
• "Food has good portion size, and flavor for a very reasonable price."

Cons:

• "Absolutely absurd prices. Used to love this place. Decent food and portions with a reasonable price. Not anymore."
• "Also this place is ridiculously over priced!"
• "They even charged us when we asked for hot sauce and they brought spicy salsa instead."
• "It was not cheap either."
• "The food cost went up and the portion size went down. Quality of the food also went down."
• "Please BE AWARE any parties of 4 or less it seems that now they are including tips automatically to your bill."
• "2 chicken Burritos which were so salty as to be almost inedible."