I don't know why this place has such good reviews. The food was so salty, not enjoyable. Service was fast and good. Ordered quesadilla con Carne and alambre.
Food: 1
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa
Nuno Goncalves
The food was tasty, the place was packed and take a little bit longer to get the food but it was worthy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Taco
Alice Rutland
First time here and food was amazing. Service was quick considering they are quite busy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Al Pastor, Steak, Carnitas
isa
Food was amazing! Second best mexican I’ve had in Florida.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Taco, Burritos
A Neff
Fast service. Great selection. Awesome food. Make sure you get all of the sauces. You won't be disappointed.
I have been around, I have been in Mexico, and I still think that this place might have the best Mexican food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Christy Clark
Very awesome food ? very friendly workers and staff plenty of items to choose from food is Mexican and amazing the bathroom is very clean love the way that they have it designed with all the pretty flowers ?.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Al Pastor, Steak
Tony Kelts
You have to order off a big board like a street vendor. The steak burrito is good. It is cool inside, helpful on a hot day in gator town.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
CARLOS “Carlos G” GONZALEZ
Delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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In a food scene that’s largely catered to middle American tastes, this restaurant has been a personal mainstay and I’ve often recommended it to Mexican visitors to Gainesville looking for something familiar. The tacos are wonderful (especially the tacos de tripa) and the platters I’ve tried were solid. So why am I leaving a three star review?I decided to change things up recently and ordered a torta de pollo. It was easily the WORST torta de pollo I’ve ever tried; it came as a huge shock in consideration of the other food items I’ve tried here. The meat was extremely dry and the lack of seasoning led me to believe that they boiled the chicken in a vat of (barely) salted water, threw it into the torta, and called it a day. The avocado and lettuce were hastily cut into large, cumbersome pieces. The cabeza taco wasn’t much better but the salsa definitely saved it. I ultimately ended up giving what was left of the chicken in the torta to my chihuahua after I attempted offering it to my boyfriendSeeing as how the restaurant was packed that day, I can forgive the incident fairly easily but it was certainly a shock compared to my last visits to this restaurant
La Tienda is all about the food. The venue is clean, but basic. You order at the counter and they bring it to your table. But the food is authentic and delicious.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Mexican Rice and Refried, Chips and Salsa, Taco, Avocado, Carnitas
liz a
i rarely leave reviews but i ordered the pescado tacos and and had the most euphoria i’ve ever felt in my life. delicious. cute, colorful decorations and atmosphere. kind and helpful employees, very patient with us. highly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Zach Wilson (RakuenWolf)
The meats had little flavor or spice and the rest of the food was boring and bland. They had some salsas that were tasty, but overall I have no intentions of going back.Parking: Few spots behind location, but empty dirt lot nearby.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 3
Yukti Taneja
DRY AND DISAPPOINTING!!Ordered Pollo (chicken) tacos and chips with queso and Salsa. This was the most disappointing tacos I have ever had, the chicken was so dry and chewy, the taco didn't taste like anything, just bland and rubbery with no interesting toppings either. I had such high hopes from La Tienda given their reviews, but I felt it was a complete waste of the money.The chips, salsa and queso was good enough to save the day.They have clean washrooms and ample seating area. I hope they do better, but this was a bad experience.
I don't know why this place has such good reviews. The food was so salty, not enjoyable. Service was fast and good. Ordered quesadilla con Carne and alambre.
Food: 1
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa
The food was tasty, the place was packed and take a little bit longer to get the food but it was worthy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Taco
First time here and food was amazing. Service was quick considering they are quite busy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Al Pastor, Steak, Carnitas
Food was amazing! Second best mexican I’ve had in Florida.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Taco, Burritos
Fast service. Great selection. Awesome food. Make sure you get all of the sauces. You won't be disappointed.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Burritos, Steak, Sauce, Carnitas
I have been around, I have been in Mexico, and I still think that this place might have the best Mexican food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very awesome food ? very friendly workers and staff plenty of items to choose from food is Mexican and amazing the bathroom is very clean love the way that they have it designed with all the pretty flowers ?.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Al Pastor, Steak
You have to order off a big board like a street vendor. The steak burrito is good. It is cool inside, helpful on a hot day in gator town.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Delicious!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
In a food scene that’s largely catered to middle American tastes, this restaurant has been a personal mainstay and I’ve often recommended it to Mexican visitors to Gainesville looking for something familiar. The tacos are wonderful (especially the tacos de tripa) and the platters I’ve tried were solid. So why am I leaving a three star review?I decided to change things up recently and ordered a torta de pollo. It was easily the WORST torta de pollo I’ve ever tried; it came as a huge shock in consideration of the other food items I’ve tried here. The meat was extremely dry and the lack of seasoning led me to believe that they boiled the chicken in a vat of (barely) salted water, threw it into the torta, and called it a day. The avocado and lettuce were hastily cut into large, cumbersome pieces. The cabeza taco wasn’t much better but the salsa definitely saved it. I ultimately ended up giving what was left of the chicken in the torta to my chihuahua after I attempted offering it to my boyfriendSeeing as how the restaurant was packed that day, I can forgive the incident fairly easily but it was certainly a shock compared to my last visits to this restaurant
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Taco
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The mojarra frita (big fried fishy) was so
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
La Tienda is all about the food. The venue is clean, but basic. You order at the counter and they bring it to your table. But the food is authentic and delicious.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Mexican Rice and Refried, Chips and Salsa, Taco, Avocado, Carnitas
i rarely leave reviews but i ordered the pescado tacos and and had the most euphoria i’ve ever felt in my life. delicious. cute, colorful decorations and atmosphere. kind and helpful employees, very patient with us. highly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The meats had little flavor or spice and the rest of the food was boring and bland. They had some salsas that were tasty, but overall I have no intentions of going back.Parking: Few spots behind location, but empty dirt lot nearby.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 3
DRY AND DISAPPOINTING!!Ordered Pollo (chicken) tacos and chips with queso and Salsa. This was the most disappointing tacos I have ever had, the chicken was so dry and chewy, the taco didn't taste like anything, just bland and rubbery with no interesting toppings either. I had such high hopes from La Tienda given their reviews, but I felt it was a complete waste of the money.The chips, salsa and queso was good enough to save the day.They have clean washrooms and ample seating area. I hope they do better, but this was a bad experience.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 4