California style Mexican food. Ate a couple street tacos and took home some ingredients to make our own. Groceries and eatery read more

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Excellent food!! Not the normal chips and dip but amazing!!! My chicken quesadillas were full of meat!! The pico had sooo much flavor! read more

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I Had a Great Experience at La Huazteca. I really enjoyed my meal. Great Food and Great Service With Very Friendly Staff

Amazing authentic Mexican food! Service was good and the vibe in here is very cool! Definitely recommend getting the tacos!! read more

La Huazteca - Tapas/Small Plates Near Me - Hot Springs, Arkansas

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BEST FOOD EVER 10/10 food amazing service amazing ambiance is chill dont listen to the bad reviews this is the best ive ever had and this is coming from a kid who eats at alot of places 5 stars 5 STARS read more

Do Not eat here! I ordered last night, 5 asada Tortas They all looked like this. The Very little meat they had were tough and crunchy. Felt like they were taken from a cows hoofs. Price was advertised as 5.99 Also ordered a large bean and rice a medium order of guacamole and a small salsa. I had sent my son to get and pay for the food. I payed with a $100 bill and he came back with no receipt and $17 dollars! Yup grand Total was a whooping $83!! I called to ask for the Manager and they said she was not available. Just went there this morning and she was giving me $35. She was still not paying me back for the Tortas. She said that they are usually 10, and I said "tell me you would pay 10 for this!! So I told her I at least wanted the money back for the Tortas and so she begrudgingly gave me $50 back and I guess I payed $30 for a large bean rice a medium guacamole and a small salsa. This would have been under 20 but she she still kept the rest of my Money. This is just Wrong on so many levels. read more

La Huazteca - I have no words! - Tapas/Small Plates Near Me - Hot Springs, Arkansas

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Best Mexican food in hot springs 100% authentic Mexican food and Amazing store found everything I needed here read more

La Huazteca - people eating in a restaurant - Tapas/Small Plates Near Me - Hot Springs, Arkansas

Yo entré en la puerta, y me sentí como si estuviera en México! Short story, the food is awesome, serving sizes are impressive, and the prices are excellent ($1.50/taco, $6 for a HUGE torta). Your meal comes with complimentary chips, and both classic salsa (on the spicy side) and salsa verde (green salsa) that all of us liked better! But! Heads-up, the menus are in Spanish, and the staff don't all speak very good English. They know that, and they try very hard to make sure it doesn't get in the way. If your Spanish is passable (or you want to practice) this is the place for you! If you don't speak a word of Spanish though, never fear, they'll help you through it. If you don't want to/can't deal with that, this is almost certainly not the place for you - but if you can deal with it, I recommend trying it anyway :) Long story- YES! A place that feels like a slice of another country! If it's what you're looking for, every inch of this place from the second you step in the door feels like it was lifted straight out of central america- the colors, the smells, the foods in the market, the drinks. It doesn't feel like a restaurant that serves Mexican food, it feels like you're actually vacationing in Mexico for your meal, right down to the Spanish TV! A group of us were walking back to our car from the Derby at Oaklawn, and we were really hungry and wanted to eat before the long drive back to Little Rock. And we were in the mood for a little spice. The entrance to La Huazteca had us confused, because it's a big steel building with three doors - one goes to a pinata store, the other goes to a small grocery market (mmm, chilis!) and the third goes into a restaurant. BUT, what you find when you go into any of them, is that all of the doors connect to the same space(s), so go in whichever feels right! We walked in (the middle, market door) passed by the dried chilis, the fresh chilis, the fresh vegetables that I still don't know the name of (but I know they're delicious!), the cooler full of Mexican sodas, and sat at a table by the window. A wonderful lady came by moments after we'd been seated with menus - and a translator. Turns out she didn't speak a word of English, so she asked her coworker to translate. When my wife (whose Spanish is excellent) ordered in Spanish, or server was so, so excited! Her face lit up, and she couldn't wait to speak to us. We quickly established that they were out of Carnitas, but had plenty of the other fillings. My wife and I split a plate of Tacos (5 for around $7), while our friend had a torta (a sandwich -which, it turned out, was HUGE and delicious!) and a house-made horchata (sweet rice-water, she said this one had some pineapple in it, just a heads-up) Our server was super sweet, very prompt in getting us anything we asked for, and was very attentive making sure things were filled as needed - all without hovering. At the end of our meal, we, completely stuffed, paid at the front register, trundled out the door and on our way. And it was exactly the meal we'd needed! read more

La Huazteca - The mysterious three-door store front! - Tapas/Small Plates Near Me - Hot Springs, Arkansas

Where to begin? I always say I'm going to leave a review of a place when it sucks and I never have until now. Just created a Yelp account to try and save others from making the mistake of eating at this place. We moved here from Phoenix, AZ about a year and a half ago and admittedly do have pretty high standards when it comes to Mexican food. With that said, I have NO IDEA how this place has this many good reviews. We walked into the store/restaurant and sat down at a sticky table. The waitress brought the menus and since it was a new place I ordered the chicken fajitas, always good to see all the ingredients first time at a place. My wife ordered Chilaquiles. The kids (5 +6) ordered off the kids menu, Hamburger and a Corn Dog. We snacked on extremely stale chips until the food came out, at which point she delivered my daughters "hamburger", 2 white castle cheeseburgers that were microwaved. I know this - I eat them often. My other daughter's corndog was a quality lower than Bar-S corndogs. My fajitas - bland and rubbery. My wifes Chilaquiles, bland, soggy, eggs overcooked, no runny yolk at all. Not to question other reviewers taste here, but there was nothing made from scratch that we got. To make it worse, I asked the waitress if the burgers were White Castle burgers and she said: "honestly, I have no idea". Really???? I can't find one redeeming quality of that meal. I put a picture of the burgers in the pics too. read more

La Huazteca - The Kids "Hamburger". Looks suspiciously like White Castle microwaveable burgers. Even has the holes in the meat. - Tapas/Small Plates Near Me - Hot Springs, Arkansas

Authentic Mexican Food, the Caldo de Pescado was excellent and the service was pretty good, they do not except credit cards (don't be fooled by the sign on the door that says they do) so bring cash. The prices are higher than Texas but the food was worth it and still pretty cheap. Things I wish were better.. turn down the volume on the music it was shaking the table, also our dirty plates were left on the table. It would be nice if someone could have cleaned up and made room for the desert. Overall I am happy and would definitely come again. read more

This place isn't for you americanized Tex mex lovers. This is the real deal authentic Mexican food that you'll struggle to find anywhere else. Even the atmosphere itself is something you'll need to brace yourself for. The food here is 100% made from scratch, nothing comes from a can. The food was very good, and I would have given five stars but there are a few things that they need to work on. #1. My waitress was very nice and attentive, but as we were looking over our menu she stood right at the edge of our table the whole time, even after I told her we would need some time to decide. Awkward. #2. I'm not a fan of mariachi music, but I can tolerate it in a Mexican restaurant, because after all it is a "Mexican" restaurant. My problem isn't so much the music as it was the volume of the music. It was really load. Maybe we should of asked them to turn it down, but we just tolerated it. #3. There was a gentleman not to far behind us that clearly had way to much to drink. He wasn't loud or disturbing anyone, but he had clearly met his cut off point. Yet the waitress kept bringing him more beer. So with all that Considered, I gave a four out of five star review, mostly because the restaurant was clean and the food was great. read more

Do not be fooled! This is not just a grocery store. This is Little Mexico on the inside. Their food is delicious, and their staff is amazing. They enjoy some Spanish-practice if you know some Spanish. I had tacos del pastor. They were delicious. The salsa is hot. It's just a great place. Do not go to the races without checking it out! read more

Excellent food. I asked for no salt. And food came with no salt, but still lots of flavor. It's light and good. One does not walk away with lead in the belly like after a lot of TexMex. Clean fresh food. read more

Best authentic Mexican restraunt for a great price! Love the atmosphere and they have the best homemade papaya water. :) read more

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AMAZING!!!! This was my most absolute favorite place that I ate while I stayed in Hot Springs for a week. I loved it!!!!!! Super good food and super great service!!! It felt like Mexico!!! read more

Freaking fantastic.I have lived in Mexico for 7 months, and this may be the best Mexican food I've had outside of Mexico. Noah H's review is right on -- this is not like going to a Mexican restaurant in the US, but actually like stepping into a restaurant in Mexico. Food was great -- both salsas were fresh and super flavorful. We had the special, which was a big bowl of chicken soup that was so flavorful, with two big pieces of chicken in it. Had both carnitas and chorizo tacos, both delicious. Agua de pina was refreshing and not too sweet. We are planning to go back for breakfast tomorrow! read more

Good Mexican food. Staff were quick with everything. Staff were not very friendly, but got the job done. Food well prepared and pricing is excellent. Very authentic food as well, they do make their food to perfection! read more