Let me just preface by saying, your taco meat shouldn't scorch your lip and cause a blister. As far as the quality of the food, subpar as always. Taqueria Corona was closed, so I ate a scorching hot microwaved dinner from Carreta's instead. read more

Carreta's Grill - The white spot is the blister. - Mexican Near Me - Harahan, Louisiana

No food orders after 4pm via their ordering system yet it still charges your credit card. No refunds today either as manager hides in kitchen. Big crowd there with no clue what going on. read more

Mexican Food at its Worse in Prison This review is about this location but the food as I remember is applicable to all the locations. The place has a front door on a main street but you can't get in through there. You have to go to the back door to get in. What's worse is when you ready to leave through the back door it's locked. Someone has to unlock it. I complained to the manager when I got there about having to walk around to the back door as a handicapped parker and all she could tell me is that there are signs saying come to the back door. Another killer is the happy hour. Which should be better named as the UN-happy hour. Only drink for happy hour is if you like Margaritas. Trust me, there are plenty much better Mexican food places than this that you can enter and leave like a normal restaurant. I got the fajitas --Nothing to brag about, trust me. read more

Good family Mexican restaurant! This is our fave location, as it is clean, good service & food is good. We always have the queso and chips and the chicken tortilla soup. read more

One of my favorite local Mexican restaurants! The service is good, and the food is amazing. I always get the queso and refried beans appetizer and the salsa is very good as well, but the reason I come here is for the chili rellenos which is absolutely delicious! I also recommend trying the burritos which are large and very tasty! The location is slightly out of the way for me, but well worth the trip. For quality Mexican food at reasonable prices go to Caretta's! read more

The food and margaritas here are consistently good. I crave the tortilla soup! Service is always quick and attentive. It's family friendly but also great for a ladies night. The doors are a little weird but if you can find your way in, you'll find it's worth it! read more

The food is good and the waitstaff is friendly. My objection is their a la carte menu for sides is absolutely ridiculously priced. Talk about nickel and diming the customer. I hate to see this trend. Don't get me wrong, I understand they are passing the costs on to the customer, but beans and rice don't even come with most of their meals. they charge for a small side of lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, all extra. come on. At least offer small, medium and large portions at different price points. Who wants to pay 2.25 for a side of beans that should already come with the meal. I went in on Mardi Gras and there were signs that said "no lunch specials today and no drink specials today" WOW.. happy mardi gras. Not very welcoming. read more

I came here with a couple of coworkers - if you park on Citrus be aware that the entrance is actually on Hickory and you need to walk around the corner to enter. I was with about seven people at lunch time and it was not very busy. Our food came out pretty quickly and was very tasty - I didn't try the chips and salsa, but the chips were very yellow - something I do not enjoy. I ordered the chicken fajitas and my meat came out about 5 minutes after everyone else had their food. It was a little on the oily side but was very tasty. I would go here again during a work lunch if someone else suggested it, but not any other time. read more

The worst! Service:Non-existent. Food: Barely edible. First, a bowl of white water came to the table disguised as spinach cheese dip. Second, the fajitas, what can I say? Excellent if what you were in the mood for was tough, dry beef covered in salty grease. Is this enticing yet? If not, don't stop. Don't pass go. Just pass on Carretas. read more

I love this place so very much and for so many reasons. The staff is always super friendly and extremely kind. They make special occasions very memorable and the food is always out quickly! Definitely a family favorite. Kids friendly and the BEST margaritas. The management is constantly visible and helping. read more

We got seated we had to wait 10 minutes force a waitress to give us our drinks and then another 20 minutes for her to bring us the menus. And then catcher talk into it a whole bunch of employees while we're sitting there waiting to order I do not recommend this place at all the service is s*** and I'll never be back the service used to be great read more

If i could give this a 0 out of 5 stars i would. The queso wasn't fresh, the chips were stale. I had to go ask for my child's sprite 20 minutes after being here. Let's not mention there's at least 5 empty tables in this section. Another table got their order before ours and we placed our before them. The rest of meal was not fresh. Absolutely not flavor at all. Meat was super fatty. Never wasting my money again. read more

This location for Carreta's is fantastic. The food is great and the staff are very friendly and accommodating. We have eaten here several times and will return. Very family friendly. The best compliment one of our party gave is that they were full but could not stop eating because the food was sooooo gooood. read more

Not bad at all, great portions, reasonably priced and pretty tasty. Would go 4 stars, but they forgot my tortillas...DRATS!!!

The food was excellent. Top shelf frozen margarita was one of the best. Food was great for the price.

In my honest opinion the food is just mediocre, I've been four times just trying different things to see if it would get any better, but it didn't. I would not recommend it, if you're in the mood for Mexican food I would honest say go somewhere else. read more

First time here and it was ok. Not great and not terrible. Told us a 10-15 minute wait for a table, and it was right at 8 mins when they seated us, so that's a plus. Chips and salsa came out promptly as well as our drinks. Waitress was good and our order was correct. The runner who brought the food out was a little abrupt and kind of threw the plates on the table... a little rude. Overall, the food was good. I had the steak fajita burrito. And the kids had steak and chicken quesadillas. read more

If you've never eaten at a real restaurant with quality food, this is the place for you. Food was mediocre at best. My husband thought they gave him a child's plate of tacos. 2 shrimp on each taco and only tomatoes and onions to put on it. The refried beans were undoubtedly out of a can. Spanish rice was the worst I've ever had. The only thing authentic about this place is the people who work there. read more

We ordered takeout and picked up at the time indicated. We live less than 5 minutes away and by the time we got home, our food was cold and soggy. We had to reheat and trash a lot of it. Everything tasted old. Also, our order was made incorrectly, requests ignored. We have been ordering from Carreta's for years but will not return. Do not recommend. read more

Worst mexican food ever watered down cheese dip looks like soup ordered fajitas too go got no tortillas for it refried beans are watery aswell and ice cold overall bland and wouldnt eat there again which is disappointing as i liked the other location and they charged $6 for 2 small togo cups of soda read more

Terrible experience at this location. Very used to going to the other location on Veterans and having lots of options. We ordered frozen watermelon margaritas that came out on the rocks. We were informed that only strawberry and mango were in the machine. I don't totally understand not being able to add any flavor to a regular frozen margarita. Our server didn't tell us any of this until we received the drinks and were also inviting over that we could not change our drink choice. We were both disappointed with not having the frozen drinks we intended to and on top of that whatever they use for the watermelon flavor is sour for some reason. We ordered our food. The queso was the best part but every other aspect was underwhelming. Personally, I ordered a single enchilada and quesadilla, both items looked like I made them at my house (not even slightly restaurant quality), my friends decried beans were an abnormal color. I also ordered a 2 oz guacamole from my server after much conversation about sharing or not sharing at the table - I thought the guacamole I was given was a little large but I didn't think much of it. After waiting 30 minutes to get our check after our server picked up some of our plates and proceeded to roll silverware, my check was wrong. I asked my server why the 2 oz guacamole was $7 and the appetizer $5? She told me I didn't order that side portion, which is the second instance of her not fully listening to what we ordered. They ended up taking it off. The server came back to the table to ask which card was mine and then still charged the wrong card. Just skip this place and go to the one on vets. read more

i live right around the corner from this place (seriously, i can see the sign from my window) and i am SO glad i'm so close. i've gotten both carry out and eaten in and every single time it's been just as enjoyable as the last. the staff are all very kind and the whole ordeal is very quick and efficient. sometimes they've even thrown in extra salsa on my to go orders. i've tried a few different things on the menu but i always wind up going back to the chilles rellenos. it's so good and cheesy, i can never get enough. carretas is easily my favorite mexican restaurant i've found since moving here years ago. read more

If you are looking for authentic Mexican or even Tex-Mex go someplace else. The food is flavorless and tastes like it is out of a package or premix. Meat is bland and slapped in a tortilla. The Margarita was really good. The service was good. Plenty of parking. read more

Went for lunch on Sunday. Frozen margarita was served in an ACRYLIC glass. Ordered a shredded chicken taco salad and an order of beef enchiladas. The taco salad came with CANNED chicken on top, and the enchiladas that came out were CANNED chicken, not beef. It was shocking and absurd. I'll never go back. read more

Didn't go there yet but called to see about "kids eat free" on Tuesday. I asked if they had multiple locations. The lady answered my question quickly. Because I am not from the area, I wasn't certain the words she said. I was trying to slowly repeat her answers but she repeated them, said thank you, then hung up on me! read more

I placed an order online to the Harahan location. The website said free delivery. I added a 25% tip. The delivery time came and went so I called the restaurant. They said I had to come pick it up. I said no and that I wanted to cancel the order. They said they didn't have any way of doing that and I've have to contact the website to cancel the order. I asked for the contact info and they said they don't have it. WHAT A RIPOFF. DO NOT ORDER FROM THIS PLACE. read more

Best Mexican in town. We always get ground beef and chicken tacos. The Sopapillas are to die for. We come here at least once a week. Love!!! read more

We first saw the restaurant with an empty parking lot from Dickory and thought that maybe it was closed. Luckily we realized that the main entrance is on Hickory. Pretty confusing! I frequent the other Carettas location pretty often and was glad to find this new location. I'm sure it's because it's new, but it just seemed so much cleaner. The service was excellent. Salsa was good. Chicken quesadilla was awesome. My friend's steak nachos looked good and were very large for a small. Prices are awesome! I would say it's a very similiar experience to the other Caretta's except the place looks a little nicer and cleaner. read more

The screwed all 4 orders up then they forget to give me every thing w t f that pissed me off very badly

I went here today for lunch and it was great! I got the cheese enchiladas with rice and beans. Everything was hot and delicious. The service was very fast and friendly. I will be returning here very soon. read more

It was decent. Nothing tasted amazing to the point I had to go back again. Stopped in for a bite bc had time to kill in the area and service was good although place was empty, so they were probably on their A game bc of boredom. read more

Food is kinda generic American-ized, Taco Bell-ish. Best Margarita in Metairie! But I wouldn't drive across town to go here. Great party, met up spot for after work get togethers. Ladies night pre-game, etc. read more

Phenomenal margaritas, friendly waitstaff, and very very quick service. Absolutely no complaints. Sometimes I stop in just for a margarita to go! read more

Favorite Mexican restaurant. Prices r reasonable and the margaritas are great. It's our go to Friday night place

Pretty nice place. The food is decent. Price is alright. Do NoT get the taco salad last time we went I had a taco salad and it ruined it for me. Can't give them 5* like i wish I could because the Taco Salad was awful.. Their Fish Taco's are delish. read more

NOTE: This was a pick up order! For those of you that do take out it is good to know who does it well, and they definitely did a good job. First off we ordered online but ended up calling as well because we had questions. Very friendly staff, on the phone and when we picked up. Every single thing that we got met or exceeded our expectations. The guacamole was outstanding-chunky with bits of tomato, very fresh, and just the right amount of cilantro. The chips were light and perfect, and warm, as they should be, as was all of the food. I was craving chiles rellenos and the El Poblano dish not only contained the delicious pepper but also a beef taco, cheese enchilada, beans, and rice. If you like this dish, it was as good as I have ever had it. Very fresh lettuce on the tacos, and a nice beef filling. The tamales were large-two came on an order with rice and that was a meal in itself. Enough food for four adults easily. For a pickup order the portions were good-many times the food to-go portions are not as large as the restaurant experience, but these were more than generous, and packaged well. We will definitely be back. read more

We eat at this Carrettas at least three times a month. The staff is welcoming and some of them are just like family. The Carne Asada is delicious. read more

This place has really great food. You also get alot of free chips and salsa. Try the taquito style grilled chicken tacos, they are the best. The staff is also very friendly and attentive to your table and drinks. read more

Good goeod, prices are reasonable and not so busy on Sunday. However if you approach the restaurant from Dickory you will have to walk around to the back in order to enter the restaurant. read more

Always enjoy Carreta's! The bean dip is the best around! The food is always fresh! Family friendly. Food comes out quick!