Lots of good things I could say about this place, but I've never had better carne guisada ANYWHERE! Lots of good, tender, flavorful, well seasoned, juicy beef in soft, tasty, fresh tortillas. Yes, I got the carne guisada burritos. I was asked if I wanted to add cheese and I love cheese, so I added cheese, so I don't know how it's like without adding cheese, but by adding cheese it's GREAT! You better like cheese, they add a LOT OF CHEESE AND I LIKE CHEESE! It's sometimes hard to get in, but worth the wait! read more

The food was delicious and I'm very picky when it comes to Mexican food, the food has a very good taste. The restaurant seems like a hole in the wall very old school but the food is great and our server was great. read more

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Absolutely DELICIOUS!!!! Beyond happy. The good was delicious and more than enough. The good was still delicious when I reheated my leftovers the next day. The environment was fun and inviting. The cleanliness was excellent. The staff was top notch. Very friendly and welcoming. I am excited to try their menudo tomorrow. I absolutely recommend this place. read more

Great food friendly atmosphere and cheap prices adorable little restaurant definitely a repeat visit

I've been coming here for years, and lately, quite a bit. Today, however, was magically delicious, and the service was perfect, as always!

One of the best restaurants in town.. 3 enchiladas with sunny side egg on top ... so good will knock your socks off read more

Ok! I love La Frontera. I dream of La Frontera! I moved to California unfortunately, but anytime I come back to the area I have to stop by and get my soft nacho fix. Food is always hot, fresh, cheesy, and delicious. Service is good and the place is quaint. I'll always come back to you! read more

La Frontera - Enchilada and taco platter - Mexican Near Me - Amarillo, Texas

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It's a locals favorite at lunch and well into the night. There is usually a wait but it is worth it. I enjoy their combination with 2-3 different types of Mexican food. You can't go wrong- but it's not the easiest to find read more

i aint from Amarillo Texas but I am from down south born and raised here in Texas and I have been serving our country for over 6 years now and I get treated like I am a immigrant they where being racist and profilin me and my family I hated the atmosphere and the way they treat people place needs to be shut down why own a business and at like a shitty human being respect people and have a better attitude sorry your job sucks but trust me my job is worst for future reference if someone asked you a question respond politely not with oh no we don't serve Mexican an like why do all that read more

Food was okay, service was incredibly bad. My order of carne guisada with large soft nachos was good. I love that they bring out nachos with salsa right when you sit down. After they bring out your food though they ignore you. I sat down to eat with my wife and her friend but they got my wife's order of tortillas wrong. The waitresses and server didn't come back around at all to check up on us. We didn't get refills either and we are done eating and haven't offered us our checks a whole 30 minutes later. I eventually got the servers attention and asked him for refills. He then came back to ask us what our drinks were. We told him 2 cokes and a de pepper. And he never came back! We saw everyone else getting their drinks and the waitresses being super attentive to their tables except us. I don't know why, it's our first time here but we were either straight up ignored or given an attitude when asking for our corn tortillas instead of flour. read more

Flies were everywhere, there were chips all over the floor. The restrooms were in the kitchen and dirty. The food was good but it was hard to enjoy with the nastiness at every corner. read more

This is our go to restaurant for great enchiladas. The food is always good. Sometimes it's hard to get through ordering by phone for takeout. But overall, it's a fantastic place to eat. You won't be disappointed. read more

Excellent fresh Quality Mexican food with generous servings in a family based mom and pops restaurant. A bit humble but the atmosphere is great. Nice and homey read more

Amazing food and even better people! Go eat and don't worry about the scale until next week! My favorite is the enchiladas and Carne Guisada. (Hope I spelled that right!) AND the hot sauce is legendary! Can't stop eating it! Portions are good size. Cost is cheap! read more

This is my very favorite place to eat Mexican food! The service is fast and friendly, and their carne guisada burritos are scrumptious! read more

I love this place! Hands down the best Mexican food I've had in Amarillo and I've eaten at many restaurants here more than once. read more

La Frontera - Beef enchiladas with smothered carne guisada burrito. Absolutely divine!! - Mexican Near Me - Amarillo, Texas

This is the absolute worst Mexican food my friend and I have ever had in our lives. We asked the waitress if we could order fajita veggies and she looked at us like we were crazy. She told me that they don't have fajitas and in fact they don't have any vegetables at all. What kind of Mexican restaurant doesn't have veggies? In fact while we were there, we overheard this lady having to tell several other tables that they didn't have one thing or another. I ended up ordering some cheese enchiladas and they tasted like a pile of salt. The whole dish looked and tasted like they had thrown some microwave dinners on a tv tray and served them to us. The salsa tasted like watered down marinara sauce. Everyone that works there is nice and I really wanted to be able to say that we had a great experience. But like I said, this is not the place you should go for good authentic Mexican food. read more

Legit! Driving through from the East and West Coast (cross country drive)...ahhh, I've missed Texas! I highly recommend this spot...seems to be in a neighborhood and a bit unassuming. Do it, just do it. Nom nom. read more

La Frontera - a table with a variety of mexican food - Mexican Near Me - Amarillo, Texas

I've been here 3 times since moving to Amarillo. I've tried quite a few Mexican/Tex-Mex places since I've been here and I have to say this is one of my favorite places to eat at. Great atmosphere, decor and most importantly, great food that has awesome flavor. read more

Everything smelled wonderful, but the service was lacking. I had to ask to be seated. Once I was seated I had to ask for a menu twice. Then it took another 5 minutes to take my order. Very unorganized! read more

Nice friendly place to bring the family. We were recommended to eat here by our hotel. Did not disappoint! read more

La Frontera - Nachos are going quick!! - Mexican Near Me - Amarillo, Texas

Awesome food, awesome service!! As always! Love the the people, it's more Tex mex. Nothing wrong with that. You just have to realize that before going. read more

This is such an amazing authentic family owned restaurant. Super cute smaller establishment with fresh chips and salsa along with true authentic food. Definitely a noteworthy experience with fabulous food. read more

Nice small building, pleasant atmosphere, friendly people and GREAT FOOD. They are serving dining-in customers, as well as take out and delivery. Call to verify dining-in and delivery. read more

Running neck and neck with my other favorite place in Amarillo...for enchiladas for sure. Taking out recently and that works too. Great place to go for lunch read more

Great food! Authentic. Fast and friendly service. Ordered to go. Only had to wait a few minutes.

This place is delicious! The taco salad is great as well as the enchiladas. Chips and hot sauce are hot and fresh.

It's a shame I'll never get to actually taste their food. After waiting for almost forty minutes, my family and I left. We walked in with high hopes of trying a New Mexican restaurant. Had great reviews, nice pictures on Yelp. But that's all it had. We walked in, was seated fine. Even got our queso timely. There's where it all went south. Waitress asks if we were ready. Given they had only given us one menu for three people, and two bowls for the queso for three people, we asked for another menu and bowl. For some strange reason we got nothing but attitude after that. In fact she never came back after that. After twenty minutes my hangry self got up and left. We are now sitting at Rancho Viejo a couple miles away. Been here maybe ten minutes, our order is taken and the waitress is very pleasant. Now this is service! read more

Small, but friendly and fast. Hot sauce is good, the guacamole is very smooth but flavorful (I prefer a chunkier guacamole). Carne Guisada is available spicy or regular- I chose spicy and it was delicious. Not too spicy but has a slow burn. Corn tortillas were delicious. I would recommend La Frontera! read more

La Frontera - Carne Guisada (be sure to order it 'spicy') - Mexican Near Me - Amarillo, Texas

I read a review saying this was the "best Mexican restaurant in Amarillo," but I contest that. No one in our party was particularly impressed with our items, and my enchiladas in particular were rather bland due to a lack of filling besides a dull beef. Some servers were nice but the first one was rather rude when telling me the policies of the restaurant disallowed me bringing my drink in. Combined with a fairly dingy location and I can't really recommend this restaurant in a city with many other options to choose from. read more

If I could give 1/2 stars, I would give La Frontera a 3.5. The special taco salad with lots of avocados is the best thing on the menu. Other than that they have the usual Tex Mex fair. Their hot sauce is wonderful as is the service. *warning: on Friday nights there may be a Mariachi band* read more

The food was great! Cute restaurant and really nice wait staff. We really wanted beer and they don't serve it there. But you can bring your own, which is really awesome. Unfortunately we didn't know that. They found us a beer to split and saved the day!! Great place, we will be back!! read more

We stopped at la frontera today fir dinner. Had the special. Carnia garisada. Or something similar. Sorry I'm spelling ... wednesdays special ! What's really good. Authentic tasting. It's the burrito. That came with a lil salad, beans n rice. 5.99!!! You really should go try it folks! It will not disappoint! Employees are very pleasant! read more

La Frontera has always been the best Mexican food in town. Staff is always friendly and they are fast on getting your meal to you. We eat here at least once a week and never have been disappointed. It is small and doesn't look like the big chain restaurants but the food and friendly atmosphere is the best. read more

La Frontera has become our go to for good Mexican food. They have reasonable prices and great food. Recommend you to try them if you haven't yet. They also are awesome with to go orders being on time and still hot. read more

This place is disgusting. We went here after we had a couple of drinks at a local bar and were hungry. Having alcohol in our system did not help the cause at all. We wasted 20 dollars and had soggy nachos and even worse enchiladas. Their service was slow and the food did not even make up for it. The salsa was watery and had no taste. This was one of the worst places I have ever eaten at. Sorry for being so harsh but I have to warn the rest of the yelp community. So you have been warned!! read more

Unfiltered Amarillo water, you can taste it in the food. Cans of pop poured over Amarillo ice water cubes, YUCK! Stingy portions with bland flavor. Cocktail cups are used for sauce and they are slow to refill. Canned enchilada sauce!! This place is not good at all. It's obviously just a way for a family to make money. They aren't into it for the food and history. read more

La Frontera is one of Amarillo's best hidden little gems. It is clean, friendly and the food is amazing.

Cheesy Heaven!!! Not only is the food here irresistible, it all comes covered in cheese... real cheese not some canned imitation. The guisadada is the bomb; juicy and flavorful with plenty of gravy. The soft nachos are unique using flour tortillas instead of corn chips, basically it's an open faced burrito of awesomeness covered on gooey cheese. The chorizo at breakfast us the best I've had, just spicy enough and served with fluffy eggs. A small restraunt just adds to it's charm. read more

Many years ago I visited this restaurant and was thrilled with the service and I couldn't say enough about the food. Recently I took a friend back to La Frontera , as I have to save up for this. Upon entering the restaurant the cashier/waitress said just choose a table ,and we did. We noticed that there were several tables that had not been bussed. We also noticed that there were two women in the kitchen area that seemed to be just standing around. I thought well, I'm looking forward to this yummy meal! Meanwhile the table next to us left more than half of their food not asking for carry outs. That should have been my hint. The waitress was sweet and served us with a smile and brought whatever we asked for. The food however, was not up to the par of what my pallet remembered. The hot sauce was tomato juice with some seasoning, no onion or tomato or jalepeno to be seen. The queso was no more than powdered cheese with seasoning. No veggies either. The chips were very good! The rice was tasteless, the frijoles were ok. The enchiladas were just ok. Where is the family that had the same waitress for years and served excellent authentic Mexican food as per the commercial! Disappointed to say the least. read more