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    La Cocinita Mexican Restaurant

    4.6 (22 reviews)
    Closed • 11:00 am - 8:30 pm

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    Robin H.

    Great customer service. Atmosphere is low key; food, enjoyable. Always leftovers to take home. I had the Enchiladas Guanajuato on this visit - now my new favorite

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    Jolene C.

    The food is authentic and very delicious! The menu is limited but they do the menu right!

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    Patrick B.

    A great new Mexican restaurant in town (used to be Que Rico). All the food was great, full of flavor, served hot. Really enjoyed the spices and homemade sauces (red and green) as well as salsa. Salsa could have been a little spicier but overall enjoyable. Chicken and steak were spot on! Tender, juicy, flavored. Compared to the other Mexican restaurants, the serving sizes are smaller - and are slightly more expensive. Staff was very attentive, kind and appreciative to us dining. Dining hall is fairly comfortable with a lot of natural lighting. It would be nice to have small, 2 person tables on the patio...add to the ambiance. Overall, we'll be back.

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    Amelia Z.

    Amazing food! We ate at about noon, and were full for the rest of the day. I had both the green and red sauce on my chilaquiles, and I would definitely recommend the red for anyone interested! I'll already looking forward to our next visit.

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    Delicious enchiladas and huge portions. Great atmosphere for dinner! A must-try spot.

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    Excellent food; good selection. There were a couple of very good specials. Outstanding friendly, personal. service!

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    2 years ago

    Favorite Mexican restaurant in Hickory. Recommend the street tacos and enchiladas tradicionales and supremas. Always great service.

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    Really authentic Mexican food.Excellent staff.Hole in the wall place but don't drive bye it's worth the chance

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    Mas Amor Cantina

    Mas Amor Cantina

    3.7(77 reviews)
    1.9 mi
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    Went here for a happy hour with some friends. Service is great and wait staff works very hard…read more One thing I'll say is that it's pricy. What you see in the picture is $21 once tax gets you, and that's without getting some of the cocktails. Definitely plan on breaking $100 if you get a few drinks here with your spouse. I had the Diablo tacos (grilled shrimp, jalapeño bacon, chipotle aioli, cabbage slaw) and the tacos are generously packed. Definitely a great spot in Hickory

    We tried Mas Amor when they first opened up and were not impressed, so it has been sometime since…read morewe had been back. We dined with a party of 5 on Saturday evening and the food was quite good! It has a pleasant surprise! The restaurant itself is pleasant and decorated well. The food was all tasty - tacos, quesadilla, dips, taco salad and the Gorditas! We liked the thin chips much better than the thick ones that came with the guac and queso. The only negative, and it is potentially a big one, was the service. The host didn't welcome us and was not very friendly and didn't move with any sense of urgency. Our server was very friendly, but at times all of us had empty drinks and it took him a long time to come check on us. My dish said it came with sour cream and when it arrived there was none on it. I asked for some and it took 10 minutes for it to arrive. My food was warm when it arrived, but cold by the time the sour cream arrived. It still tasted excellent, but I would rather go to a mediocre tasting restaurant with killer service than a place that tastes great, but you are never checked on. The restaurant was busy, but not packed. There were empty tables. The manager brought our food and checked on us at the end and he was cleaning tables. He was very nice and I felt like he probably needed more help or to do some training. I work in the service industry and I know how tough it is. But you have to have energetic staff that know how to check on folks and communicate or else you will die on the vine. I think overall we will be back and hope it was just an off night with service. To those about to dine, I salute you! Good luck with the service!

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    Superica - Cheese  enchiladas

    Superica

    4.1(866 reviews)
    46.4 mi•South End, Dilworth
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    Had a nice dinner with friends here on Monday night. It was quite packed at 7 PM and we were seated…read moreat a round table for 6. It was really loud for me and could only hear the people next to me. Ordered some drinks and they seemed to be backed up as it took awhile, but their cocktails were very good and yummy. I do like their family style of chips and salsa, especially the spicy green sauce in the bottle. However, it would be nice to have some spoons to share the salsa for the group. I had the cheese enchiladas and it was really delicious. The enchilada sauce was tasty. The rice and beans are also family style and was a nice addition. I did try the chorizo queso and it was a bit too watery for my taste. Service was great and would be back for the Tex Mex food here again.

    I recommend, I guess…read more I wasn't impressed, and this was extremely disappointing. I see and have heard people brag about Superica and it was not worth the hype. I ordered their special Strawberry Margarita with sugar which was good. A basic margarita. I ordered their crispy tacos THE BLANDEST tacos I have ever had in my life. Yes they were crispy, hot and fresh. Served with refried beans and rice, the beans were delicious! Service was prompt. This is a very large restaurant so group sizes have plenty of room. Yet I will not be returning. I hope that you enjoy this text makes way more than I did.

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    The Porch Kitchen and Cantina - Salad

    The Porch Kitchen and Cantina

    3.8(702 reviews)
    64.5 mi
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    I came in with a fee friends on a Friday after work for dinner. It has been years since I have been…read moreto the Porch, and it looks very similar. It was busy and bustling, a bit noisy, packed spaced. We were waited on my Evie who was an absolute gem, available and professional. I ordered a special taco plate with fish that was beer battered. The tacos were pretty good: pickled onions, an amazingly flavorful orange sauce. The fish was somewhat bland and kind of mushy in the middle. The rest was good. Salsa bar, guac, and chips were tasty. I also had a fresh limeade that was great. I would come back, especially for the service.

    We ordered two margaritas flights. Flavors were lavender, mixed berry, blackberry sage, and prickly…read morepear. The prickly pear was very tart. Blackberry sage had a muddled, interesting flavor to it. Think wine-y but not quite that either. The mixed berry needed more berry flavor but was okay. Lavender was best out of all, but it was teetering on sickly, almost had too much lavender syrup. For entrees, I ordered the puffy Pete chicken tacos. They came out with crema on it when I ordered it on the side, but it was quickly rectified. The portion was good. I was full by the end. The flavor was okay. Chicken cooked fine. But it didn't have much of a sweet heat kick to it without the jalapeños added. Overall, I wouldn't necessarily get it again when we go back. My fiancé ordered the Houston beef puffy taco. He thought the taco was very filling. It had meat falling out of it, which was good. It tasted like a typical ground beef taco. He hoped the chorizo would elevate it, but it didn't. It was similar to a Taco Bell beef taco. Overall, decent tacos, and it helped that it was big for the price. We want to visit again, but we'll try other menu items and stick with water. The music was fine. Country and nothing stuck out. Service was fine. She kept only giving a small amount of napkins for a messy dish, which was a bit annoying, but she was very helpful answering our questions for our first time. So she was overall helpful and pleasant.

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