Local to area first time here Will recommend Will return Price for two $53.00 tip included I'll start by saying we arrived around 6pm and no lines no waiting but it was definitely full (seating for 2) It appeared to be clean and the noise was consistent with a Mexican restaurant no bother to us The menu is large a little overwhelming We got brought our table chips and salsa. The sauce was spicy, which I enjoy their chips. Nothing spectacular, but not terrible either. My husband,and I both ordered the steak tip quesadilla they were served in a timely manner and very hot and fresh we both chose to go with the rice and the rice was just a standard Mexican rice nothing extraordinary about it. The steak quesadilla had plenty of cheese had plenty of flavor. It wasn't soggy and it wasn't over crispy. Either. The portion size was perfect. I also love the fact that you could definitely tell the servers,waitresses and the waiters. They are all very professionally well dressed and clean attire. read more

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Service was friendly. Waiting times are not that great. Food is mediocre and prices are slightly higher than other Mexican restaurants with the same style. Place was packed and even though the said waiting times were lower (10-15mins) it took over 30 minutes to get seated. read more

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Food is amazing, but the price/portion size of the sides is unreasonable. I bought fajitas and added a side of guacamole for $7.50. The picture is the portion I received. It tasted great, but for $7.50 the portion is ridiculously small. read more

La Carreta Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Manchester, New Hampshire

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Great food Wonderful service Great atmosphere! Will definitely be back! Wonderful drinks read more

I would die for this place. The food is indescribably good and the service is so sweet and speedy. Definitely a must visit.

I've been going to La Carreta for years. They are easily my favorite overall Mexicans restaurant in the greater ManchVegas area. To the point: food, drinks, ambiance and service are all very well done....what else is there to say! Oh yeah, quite affordable also. So check out La Carreta and Enjoy! read more

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First of all I'm a big fan of this restaurant but last nights experience wasn't close to the norm, (I hope). Waiter was terrible. He 100% didn't want to be there. Never ever smiled once. Never asked if things were ok. Never apologized for 1 meal coming 15 minutes after the others. We had a party of 6. 5 meals came at the time you would expect at 5.30. One meal never showed and had to be reordered so 5 of us were half done by the time it came. The burritos the others got looked great. My gf and I both got chicken fajitas. Mine was sizzling and hers was cold. Absolutely tasteless. No seasoning whatsoever. I won't go back there. I will however continue to go to the Nashua location which has always been good. So, server, service and 2 chicken fajitas = terrible. Sorry but they failed this time. read more

This review comes well overdue. This is my cheers and we frequent here weekly. Hospitality is feeling welcomed and warm, inviting and at home when u arrive. This restaurant makes you feel like you are home with how each of the staff makes you feel from the moment you walk thru the door. My now adult kids bring boyfriends and friends here because it has become a home base for us to frequent, a place to share memories and a place to celebrate, a place to share bad news and feel safe when you've lost someone and don't want to go home, yet. The good is incredibly consistent and authentic (we've been to Mexico frequently) and the chips and salsa is an awesome and perfect start of the meal, it comes out in seconds when u sit down. I've had everything here from the super fresh soup to enchiladas and tacos on a Tuesday. The margaritas are sneaky strong and served up properly everytime. They carry ALOT of specialty tequilas and including their own barrels from Herradura which can be purchased at the NH liquor store (u need to request them by name from back stock). It's a perfectly curated Mexican experience. The staff is VERY attentive and super. Ask for Frank and get the double barrel Anejo with fresh lime . Highly recommended! Thanks for reading! Cheers! read more

Worst food ever! I ordered a steak and cheese burrito dinner with no peppers. It was more like an onion burrito. No cheese and more onions than steak. I added espinacha because there was no cheese read more

La Carreta Mexican Restaurant - Onions on the Burrito (Bu-Ree-Toh) - Mexican Near Me - Manchester, New Hampshire

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We really like this restaurant food always good and very authentic Mexican food. Great chips. Large portions with plenty of foods for the next day. Margaritas are very good. Service has always been great. Best of all close to home! read more

So wife and I went sat afternoon and service was great, however my nachos were another story...it started when my nachos were delivered to our table. The server, who was not our original server, slid my nachos in front of me and the tomato on the side of the plate slid onto the table, and he said "whoops " and turned around and left.ok.... My nachos were one of the worst i have ever had... there was at least a pound of chicken on this tiny platter, and a handful of chips, blobs of cheese here and there , no vegetables, and some refried beans ( which I like) and shredded lettuce. DRY DRY DRY. I gave up plucking chicken from the platter after a had filled a little plate full. Won't be back. read more

Always so so good!! We ordered takeout they did a fantastic job of separating the food so nothing way soggier and just as delicious as in the restaurant! 5 stars for me! read more

Two strikes and we are out... Our last visit my husband and I found both of our fajita dishes overly salted. About 2 months later we decided to give this place another chance. He ordered steak fajitas and I ordered the fish tacos. We got table side guac (thank goodness) because it was quite a long wait from when we ordered to when our meals arrived. Table-side guac was 10/10. My husbands steak fajitas came as a mix of chicken & steak. Not the end of the world but once again overly salted making it inedible for him. I was disgusted by just the look of my fish tacos. Presentation 0/10. I have never had grilled fish that was dripping like this. Even with adding the pickles cabbage & chipotle mayo I could not continue to eat these. Oh I also had to ask for my missing rice and beans. I don't know what this is that came on my plate but these "beans" were soupy. There's absolutely no way we will ever return. read more

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Took my wife here for our anniversary and surprisingly everything was perfect. Was totally expecting something to go wrong lol, because that's my luck. I'm not kidding everything was perfect. I was not paid to say this. Food, drinks were excellent. Waiter was nice, but i could absolutely not understand him. The waiter did not understand the native language of Manchester. So i just ordered a steak burrito. I wanted to customize it, but there was no use trying to communicate with him. Thankfully the food was amazing. I'm honestly in shock. I thought it was going to be a 3 star experience, but my girl wanted mexican food so that's where we went. I highly recommend this place. read more

The food was amazing and the staff kind and efficient! And here I am wasting more words because it requires 85

Popped in on Presidents day after a few other restaurant choices were closed upon arrival. We had a bartender that seemed like she needed a vacation. The espinaca dip was delicious and the accompanied chips were warm and fresh tasting. I opted for the El Jefe burrito that has chicken, chorizo, rice, cheese, and refried beans. It was very good but i thought it would be a lil bit bigger. My gf got the seafood enchiladas with shrimp and blue crap and she absolutely loved them. She said the corn tortillas were great and she wasnt sure she'd enjoy the crab but she loved it. The bar was kind of busy but kind of dead at the same time depending on the minute. Bathrooms were clean. read more

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Fajitas eel mar were very good. I would not recommend the Macarena margarita. It was large but not very good at all- bad tequila (probably Cuervo) and the sweet and sour was definitely store bought. I wish it had more authentic ingredients for that price read more

La Carreta Mexican Restaurant - Macarena margarita - Mexican Near Me - Manchester, New Hampshire

I've been going to this location for 20 years, but this review will be only for this particular visit. The food was good, but service was a little lacking. Not terrible but maybe they were understaffed. Chips and salsa came out immediately and it was delicious as always. I could drink that stuff. Then it was a pretty long time before our server came by to take the drink orders. We had long finished the chips and salsa by the time our drinks came and I had been hoping to enjoy the queso fundido with my drink and before we ate all the chips. Then when the drinks came he took our food order so the appetizer (queso) got put in right with the entrees. Sure enough, the queso came out and then like 5 minutes later the entrees so the timing was a little rough. BUT I love it all so it wasn't a big deal. Loved the Corona-Rita! Never had one of those before and it was fun. Husband ordered the Seafood Enchiladas which had shrimp and blue crab. I had a couple of bites and it had a good flavor, but kind of a dry texture and there was just a lot of rice and not enough sauce to make everything stick together. My steak fajitas were great, and MASSIVE. I had like 2 other meals worth for leftovers that I took home. read more

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Service was excellent. My order of a Burrito with Salsa Verde was outstanding. A truly enjoyable lunch!

Let's start with our waiter - spoke NO English then argued about a drink - he said (in who knows the language) that they didn't have a specific drink - THAT WAS ON THE MENU!!!!! We started with Nacho's - who puts a SLICE of a tomato (NOT diced) on top of the nachos? They were decent at best. The waiter didn't even bother bringing dishes - we put napkins down. The waiter was nowhere to be found. Dinner came out - it was decent. It's all about quality of the food, which was ok. The waiter made the experience really bad. We won't be back. read more

Always a favorite of my partner, especially the Queso Fundido, so we went on a Wednesday night with one of our kids. We noticed on the menu, kids eat free on Wednesdays until 7:00. We got seated before 7:00, so we thought: "Great, we can save a little on the bill by ordering a kids meal". We ordered drinks & appetizer and once that came we ordered our meal. When the check came, which was time stamped with our initial order of 6:57, I noticed the kids meal still showed. After I asked, the waitress showed me on her order tablet that we did not order the meal until 7:14, so it was not eligible for the discount. After some back and forth, she went to her manager and the meal cost was removed. Glad it was resolved, but pretty shady way of doing business... read more

Well waited twenty minutes before anyone asked me for what I would like. Ordered a drink then another twenty minutes to order food. Ordered two burritos when they served me two burritos swimming in spaghetti sauce wow not authentic as advertised. Told waitress why the spaghetti sauce. She said not spaghetti suce I said sure taste like it well it's not I asked well what is that my burritos swiming it Deer in headlights she had no clue. Stay away if you know your authentic mexican fare. read more

I love the food here, and believe it is as authentic as you can get here in Manchester. The beer is ice cold and the happy hour specials make this a good deal! read more

I called La Caretta on Hooksett Road to order a special birthday lunch for a family member. I won't name the individual but but it took me almost half hour to place the order since the restaurant was extremely busy, under staff which is usual these days. At the time of the payment, the gal took the order said the card didn't go through that was because of the beeping noise came in from other callers so she tried it again and said it went through. I asked for the receipt and she said she doesn't have access to the system...it was down or something. The next day, I received a voice mail from the restaurant manager just two hours before the pick up time to tell me the card did not go through. The manager said the gal took the order came to her yesterday after she hung up with me to say the card didn't go through and for the manager to call me back (perhaps the beeping noise came through from other callers distracted the info I gave her). Disregard of what happened, both employees should have called me back immediately. Couple things to mention why didn't the gal took the order made the initiative to call me back and why didn't the manager waited until the next day to call me just two hours before pick up time. Unfortunately, I was not reachable and no lunch was made for the family member at the pick up time. The restaurant don't delivers and I live in Los Angeles. The sad thing was my birthday member had to ask her supervisor to leave work to pick up her own birthday lunch to find out there was no lunch! It was an embarrassment, disappointed and at the same time having to deal with the manager's attitude with excuses under staff and too busy to deal with the situation. Before we hung up, the manager asked me if I want to try the card again for her to make the lunch! Hello? Please think twice before ordering from La Caretta especially if you have an important events or just any orders. From: Los Angeles, California https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g46152-d535017-r880847472-La_Carreta_Mexican_Restaurant-Manchester_New_Hampshire.html# read more

My girlfriend and I stopped here for lunch. The first thing we both noticed was how amazingly decorated this restaurant was. The staff were great. We ordered a Mexican combination platter each and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. We will be back when we visit Manchester in the future. read more

La Carretta apparently puts the meat on the outside of their tamales. Gross!!! Smells like Chef boyardee!!! Yuck!!! read more

La Carreta Mexican Restaurant - So, apparently, La Carretta puts their meat on the outside of their "tamales"? Yuck! - Mexican Near Me - Manchester, New Hampshire

our server Monserrath was amazing!!! so fast and fabulous. We had a great time and left full + happy!

Drinks are strong but food comes out cold during the daytime. Service is boring and not very talkative. Ambiance is dark and not well lit.

Hidden gem. Great lunch specials and great drinks. Friendly crew of people that work thier ass off to make you happy. pacifico on tap !

Really nice place for Mexican food I got the steak fajita got a nice portion of food peppers and onion...came with lettuce tomato sour cream and guacamole and tortilla's.. and the burritos were a good size also margarita's were very good as well. The bar was a good size plenty of sitting all around place is pretty good read more

this place service under age teens with fake ID's I know because my son has been going there with his friend getting smashed and driving home weekly, unless you put a tracker on your child you have no idea until its too late. something needs to happen to this place before an underage child dies because they do not check the ID's or they don't know fake from a real one. read more

Best Mexican restaurant in the area! It's so hard to find a restaurant that has tamales and theirs are really good! The margaritas are pretty strong too so you get your money's worth. My boyfriend and I decided this is our go to Mexican restaurant! read more

Authentic Mexican food! So delicious totally recommend the tacos Del Pastor they were so amazing! Flavorful food amazing drinks! read more

La Carreta Mexican Restaurant - Tacos Al Pastor & Carne Asada ! - Mexican Near Me - Manchester, New Hampshire

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Incredible food, incredible pricing, and wonderful service! The inside is SO different than I expected, as the restaurant is in a strip mall, but the layout is quite large, and the decor is so immersive and fun. After trying this place for the first time, we came back the same week and then again when we had company in town. HIGHLY recommend giving La Carreta a try. I had my first ever tamale, and first ever chile rellenos here, and was absolutely blown away by how delicious it was. Oh, and the margs are strong and delicious according to those at our table who had them. read more

Pretty good Mexican food for being in New England. Been used to Texas Mexican food for so long it's hard to give 5 stars for anything else. But it is really good here and the staff is great this is for the Derry NH and Londonderry NH locations read more

LaCarreta in Hooksett, NH at North End Shops is hands down the best Mexican food in Sounthern NH! My family and I are regulars at this location! We come back solely for the excellent customer service and delicious food they offer! Try a mango margarita one time. It's sooooo good! The amount of food you get and the price you pay. It can't be beat! The ambiance is authentic Mexican and feels incredibly inviting! read more

This is our favorite Mexican food in Manchester. We used to live in Manch. Now we still drive down to meet up with friends. I especially enjoy their vegetarian platters. (Sorry, I claim no credentials to judge authenticity.) read more

Service and food have always been solid. Careful showing up around close. The bar staff are a little too eager to head home and start cleaning more than 30 minutes before close. It's ruined more than one meal, dealing with the cleaning agents all over the bar. I know it's a critique that seems minute but there no reasons to rush patrons to the door. By the end of the meal I'm ready to head to the door and keep any extra money in my pocket. read more

The food was almost as good as the service. Our waiter was kind as ever and quick. I left my debit card there and he waited for me to come back and get it. I wish I caught his name. One complaint is a lot of their workers were sitting and chatting instead of working. Maybe they didn't have a table to serve but the chatter was loud and they could've found something to do. All and all it was a great meal with great service. read more

Took my granddaughter out per her request. She likes the beef soft tacos tacos. I ordered cheese nachos. Service and food were ok. Nothing more to tell read more