Cantina Letty is a very happy addition to the Milledgeville dining scene. It has a welcoming, spacious atmosphere with carpeted floor, ceiling mini-light strings, and comfortable booths, refreshingly free of the stereotypical tacky decor of most US Mexican restaurants. The menu is surprisingly diverse, with the usual Mexican standards but also many other options that break the mold and invite return visits. The prices for dinner entrees are very moderate, similar to prices I often pay only for lunch menu items elsewhere. The food is delivered to the table by a robot (an interesting novelty for this town) that quietly cruises the carpeted floor, but usually accompanied by a human server who unloads the plates from robot to table--but the robot seems to know where it's going even without an attending human.
My wife had a tamale and chile relleños, and I had a dinner "house special" of grilled beef, shrimp, chicken, onions, and mushrooms, over a bed of cheesy rice. Both dinners were delicious--by far the best flavor in town for the Mexican genre. There are so many other unusual offerings on the menu that I plan to go back repeatedly to try more. Our check for two, including a beer, was only in the mid $30s (plus tip).
Our only complaint was slow service. It took about 20 minutes to get our dinners to the table, and then overly long at the end to get our check. But we don't judge the restaurant by a single server or single visit. I will give it more chances. In fact I'm taking a colleague there for lunch tomorrow. We meet for lunch every Friday and I feel sure Cantina Letty will be a frequent venue on our rotating list. read more