The food here is absolutely fantastic and 100% authentic--particularly the mole Poblano. Service is top notch. Portions are immense and pricing is competitive. Please give them a try if you are into authentic Central Mexican cuisine from CDMX or Puebla!! read more

I always get takeout, they are always nice when I go there. I love their al pastor tacos. My go to spot and always recommend them to others!

Excellent food, great service and enjoyable atmosphere. Will be back! Cant wait to try the holiday specials.

The presentation was very well done and the music was wonderful; however, the food lacked flavor and was under-seasoned, and the service was noticeably slow. read more

La Merced - Costillas de Puerco / Pork Ribs - Mexican Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

My fave Mexican restaurant. Food is authentic to capital DF. Mole dish is the best along with the nopalitos salad. Cute place and friendly staff. read more

I was excited to try this place out because I had heard a lot of great stuff. We walked during lunch time and it wasn't busy. We were seated at a super sticky table and the server came right on over. She wasn't very friendly and totally did not want us there after we asked her to wipe it down. I ordered a bowl of menudo along with some sopes. The food had no flavor. I caught myself almost using up all the salt in the salt shaker.. My friend had some tacos and the meat was very chewy with no flavor... read more

Great local spot. In town for a baseball tournament from SoCal and was craving tacos and found this spot across the street from a QT. I drove by and saw it was very busy for a Friday evening, and they were advertising suadero tacos so that was a must. Ordered some asada and suadero tacos to go, and the meats were great for the price. Came with a medium jalapeño avocado salsa, and a small packet of chips with a red salsa. I definitely like the hometown feel of the place. If you speak a bit of Spanish it does help, but the staff were all nice and explained the menu. A lot of local families enjoying a Friday night dinner so the vibe is great. read more

La Merced - Carne Asada - Mexican Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

My mom and I came here last week. It was so good I ate too much and couldn't move!! It was great. I only took a picture of our dessert! read more

La Merced - a plate of waffles and ice cream - Mexican Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

Took little bit time but was a good experience I will definitely try it again and also I will recommend it

This place is adorable. The margarita was perfect. Big glass, lots of lime and salted rim. The service was excellent. All the food the five of us got was delicious. Everyone loved what they ordered, our table had guacamole-which was chunky and creamy and delicious, chips were fresh and hot. Enchiladas-excellent beef obviously slow cooked and seasoned with skill. Huevos rancheros- the eggs were exactly as ordered and I was told this will be their go to place for that dish from now on. I can't recall the name of the slow cooked pig dish that was ordered but I did get to eat some and I'll order it on my next trip there! It was phenomenal. The place used to be a Wiener schnitzel I think ... so it isn't a fancy place, so just throw on your Jean shorts and flip flops and head over for great drinks and excellent Mexican cooking. read more

Había dicho que no iba a regresar a este restaurante porque la comida no es buena y otra cosa te dan porciones de comida que son demasiado grandes. Una persona normal no se acaba un burrito que está lleno de probablemente una libra de frijoles guacamole que no pedí y que le dije claramente que no me gustaba y aún así me la pusieron esta vez, no volveré porque la comida no es buena, y como dije otra vez te dan porciones que son enormes que una gente normal no se termina mi error, es haber ido otra vez un burrito de pastor que no me gustó. read more

La Merced - Claramente le dije q no me gustaba el guacamole. - Mexican Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

Food is 100 percent original Mexican and so delicious , all staff is awesome they all make and welcome you feel like home. I definitely will go back there specially when you see the humble owner going to every table with a warming and friendly smile . read more

I've been coming here for, years now for late-night cravings to birthday parties. I love the tacos from here, especially the chili it comes with it's super SPICY! The enchiladas are also a great option too with the portions being significant but also my opinion they have the best horchata I have ever had with it not being too sweet or cinnamon. The service here is amazing with the host always offering more drinks or sauces. read more

La Merced - Carnitas Taco - Mexican Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

Finally found a menudo I love.... Generous portions, spicy, and YUM! Husband and children loved their burritos and tacos. Everything was delicious and big enough to share because we had no room for dessert. Hubby saw a dessert he wanted but we will try next time. Staff was very helpful to quickly make a space big enough for 6. Tables were quickly cleaned and they even mopped the floors between guest. Very polite waitress while taking orders, serving food, etc. read more

Everything was so great there I'm so glad I chose to eat here great service and todo La comida es buena y para la persona que dijo que no era comer un culo read more

Bad service takes forever and food always cold But they are all nice Takes like 40 min for your food to arrive read more

Oh what a great find that is open late at night! Mesa doesn't seem to have many options for food after 9:30 pm on a Saturday night unless you want fast food. My boyfriend and I came here for dinner after a concert, I ordered some tacos and enjoyed each one. It was a little awkward that they seemed to think our order was to go, but we were sitting down to eat. The tacos are fantastic and I would definitely would come here again if I lived nearby. Service was pretty slow and food seemed to take some time to get out to us. A couple sat after us, got their food far before we did and also got chips and salsa, which we did not. Maybe the confusion of our food being put in as to go? Regardless, go get tacos. read more

La Merced - Mexican Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

Seriously loud music no wonder they got my order wrong and double charged me for chiliquiles. Thanks for dumping a pint of sauce on my chips and making them soggy. Just utter garbage I would never go back. read more

La Merced - The sauce they dumped on my food - Mexican Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

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Hands down THE BEST tacos here in Arizona. Legit! I've had the best tacos is LA and was disappointed with the Mexican food scene here but thank God we found LA Merced. Can't wait to try other stuff here. Highly recommended. Sorry, no pics as the tacos were so delicious. Do yourself a favor and come try. I don't really post reviews but this place deserves it read more

Amazing salsas. Spicy as hell but tons of flavor. Al pastor tacos are the best I've had. Love their mango smoothie.

excellent service very good food and very extensive menu the fruits and vegetables are very fresh

This was by far some of the best Mexican food I've had in all of Phoenix in the last decade. Give the sopes and gorditas a try. They were amazing! read more

I ordered take out a torta de carnitas a asada gordita horchata and fresas con crema, to be quite honest the only tasteful thing was the fresas con crema and horchata. Food was trash, torta was humungous and flavorless the asada inside the gordita had no seasoning. I only gave it one star but I would give - i am on the mission to find good quality tasteful mexican food, if not I have to start my own read more

La Merced - Torta de carnitas - Mexican Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

These white people don't understand the Mexican culture. They care about food not customer service

My first 1 star review of the year and they don't even merit 1 star. The service is horrible, music playing over the speakers was being spoken over by some annoying old man. You get one free refill for your $2.50 fountain drink. I'm not a fan and I'll never return. read more

La Merced is a Mexico City style of food. They have a great menu and each time I have eaten at this establishment I have not been let down. Staff are very friendly and helpful. Seating area is quaint and casual. Come hungry because it's not just amazing flavors of quality food, but you get quantity too. read more

La Merced - Le Merced gigantic torta and carnita tacos. Amazing and super stuffed! - Mexican Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

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Very welcoming and accommodating staff! The music is fun! The food was great! Worth a trip! read more

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Excellent service for a long work day! Server and owner were pretty pleasant and decent

The service is bad, the food isn't that good. The workers be having attitude for no reason

I've been here several times and have only eaten the tortas. I'm certain it's all good but, because the tortas are so good, I never want to pass up the opportunity and miss out so it's all I've ordered. Que rica la comida! Aquí, hay que comer! --------------------- Food cold, takes forever. So sad. It's been going downhill but hoped it would get better, it's gotten worse. Will NOT be going back. read more

this food was not good enough for the horrible service i had. i was very disappointed tonight

Delicious food! Will come back again. Quantity and quality, great staff, authentic Mexican food

Didn't even get to order anything. Walked in with only one family of 3 in line ahead of me, waited 15 minutes and they were still ordering, left because I didn't have time to wait but figured I'd swing back by in a few minutes on the way back from my ultimate destination so I called to place an order and was put on hold for at least 5 more minutes before hanging up. Geez, I couldn't even get a drink which is all I wanted to order in the first place. read more

The service is not good long waits for food that should only take 15 minutes and it's not even fresh won't come here again.

Kind of a hidden gem, though somewhat flawed. They have excellent enchiladas, but you have to buy a plate, and can't buy 1-2 or at a time. Burritos and tacos are also very good. Friendly owner. Service can be a bit slow at times. read more

I came here with my family . They took forever to bring our food out almost an hour all we ordered was 3 items I came all the way from the west valley because they were advertising it on the radio and it was the most horrible waste of a 45 minute drive to come all the way over here the disappointment will not recommend this place to anyone . The food was not even good we ordered fries with cheese and the cheese had mold in it . When I brought the food to the manager he said it's cheese that it happens . Completely unacceptable you don't serve rotten cheese or any kind of rotten food to anyone . You throw that away when it goes bad . Extremely unacceptable . read more

First, im from Mexico City, and i know the flavor of my hometown, you got it. We "chilangos" (ppl from mexico city) love TTT, tortas, tamales, tacos, and this place have the best flavor, clean, with memorabilia from the city all around the place, weekends you can enjoy a "toquin" music party, enjoy the food for long time, i will definitely recomend this place to all people who want to eat the real food from Mexico City.... Felicidades, excelente servicio y siempre muy limpio read more

Came in looking for some Mexican City food, and they got it! I ordered the Huarache with Al Pastor which was huge AND delicious. The inside was real simple, but i go to a restaurant for the food so i didnt really care. I recommend this place if you're tired of wannabe Mexican restaurants that typically offer the same fake americanized version of the real deal!! read more

OWNER CALLED POLICE ON ME! I purchased a $15 gift voucher off restaurants.com for this place. The voucher had no expiration date but when I attempted to use it the manager/owner claimed "he lost too much money off of those vouchers" and not only refused to accept it, but refused to apply any discount to my meal at all. When I tried to explain to him that it's not really fair that I was being double charged having bought the voucher in the first place and being charged full price for the meal he said "well that's not my problem, call the company you bought the voucher from." I attempted to call restaurants.com but their customer service department was closed. When I told him I couldn't get a hold of anyone from restaurants.com he once again told me "that's not my problem.". For some reason he thought I wasn't going to pay and called the cops to the restaurant. Ironically, they showed up as he was processing my card. I can't remember the last time I've dealt with customer service that bad. It's unfortunate because the food was good and I would have happily been a return customer. Now, I will never go there again and will encourage anyone else NOT to eat there. read more

Me and my friend came here to support a local business vs. going to a chain restaurant. The waitresses didn't know anything about anything on the menus. I guess they're new. My entree was 3 eggs, burnt at the bottom, raw on top (how did they do that?) These eggs were on top of a pound of soggy tortilla chips in verde sauce with bits of sour cream floating around. not a joke. I tried eating it, I think I got through 2 eggs and a few spongy chips in my mouth before I stopped. The waitress told me that it's because this is 'real' Mexican food. I'd bet the entire 10% off coupon she gave me before I left that it's not. read more