5 star all the way. Absolutely love this place. Nacho's with anything and add the queso... yum!!!!read more

This is a decent neighborhood taco shop / Mexican cuisine restaurant. I haven't had a bad meal or a…read moredish from here. Their shrimps on a barbie goes well on everything. The meats, I don't care for too much. The salad they offer is fantastic in my opinion. The service is also prompt and courteous. Parking may be a challenge to find, however.

Haven't been in a long time definitely 6 years, and i forgot how tasty theirs food was. The lunch…read morefajita was delicious and a large portion. Everyone like their meal. Only issue is the place runs hot like the hvac needs to be fixed.

I was so excited to try this place because the food looked so good in the photos! We ordered…read morefajitas with no beans and nachos with no veggies. After receiving the order, I could see they acknowledged the request for no beans/vegetable on the ticket printed but after opening the boxes, there were beans and vegetables. My husband was still able to eat his fajitas, throwing out anything the beans spilled on but i was unable to eat the nachos seeing as there was corn, peppers, and what looked like beans at the bottom. We live in Portsmouth and wanted to try something new but i guess this wasn't the right choice. So disappointing because we thought we may had found a new mexican spot.

The food is always amazing, we are frequent in this location. My steak fajita is not so good today…read moreit was not tender but everything else in our order was good. You cannot beat a free chips. And the servers were all friendly as always. The restaurant looks very mexican traditional and clean. Price is very reasonable as well.

Food, staff/service, pricing and SPEED w/receiving your order. The food for years has been…read moreexcellent and I can say for us going there for years... we have never had a bad experience w/anything.

Sunday lunch for 4, $57 w tax/tip thanks to waters and lunch menu deals (despite "Mon - Fri 11a-3p…read moreonly" message printed). Food was ok, cheaper than Guads but lesser portions and overall quality than local El Azteca franchise. Our food took longer to arrive compared to most other local Mexican spots when tables are mostly empty. Our server was nice and brought 2 chip basket refills (no charge unlike El Azteca on LC Rd) but forgot to bring white salsa requested. Private parking lot and gender specific restrooms onsite. A few walls were festively decorated for Valentine's Day.

Food was good but wife and I had an issue with a 20ish woman screaming at her kids then when…read moreconfronted by patrons who were enjoying their meal to please be keep it down, she started calling people assholes and pu$$ies and such. It was a horrible experience for people in the establishment. There were a few people in the place asking the couple to watch their language and tone to no prevail. Basically 80 bucks blown on food and drinks to have a miserable evening. To top it off, the establishment didn't do anything about it or comp some food or drinks for offering a bad experience. Nothing like spending hard earned money to get cursed out and have a blanket thrown on your night out. Needless to say, we will not return. I might add that this is a more mature restaurant with most people in their 40's to 70's.

I think I ordered El Norteno. Can't remember, but it came with a quesadilla, and I substituted it…read morefor an avocado. Broccoli was grilled to perfection steak was grilled to perfection. Everything was great. My husband ordered the Burito bowl, Texano and he really liked it. That says a lot! I would recommend this Restuarant and will try to come back again before we leave.

It's a bit hard to come up with a proper review of the restaurant without taking into consideration…read morethe part that the delivery service might have played in the problems with the order. The restaurant is in an out parcel of Lake Shores Plaza Shopping Center. The space, less than a mile from my house, was a diner for many years beginning in the late 80's and was a favorite of my late husband. It was a little surprising when it took a long time for the food to come. This must have been the fault of the delivery service since the individually ordered hard tacos, which were packed in a unique container to keep the shell whole, were cold and falling apart. My son's Shrimp Burrito Bowl and my Grandson's Chorizo Tacos were correct and good. But instead of 2 orders of Tacos, Rice & Refried Beans we received 2 orders that had what appeared to be a large Pepper with Rice & Beans. We also received two orders of a tortilla covered in refried beans and topped with lettuce. My son reached out to the restaurant. One of the problems was an IT issue with the restaurant & delivery service, one showing the item number ordered to be one dish while the other showed the same number to be something else. The restaurant would make good on the two taco dinner orders. But my son had to pick them up. He returned quickly with hot food. But the tacos still came apart placed in a container with rice and refried beans. We then had lots of food, delivered in error, to throw away. In order to give this restaurant a proper review I need to return in person to sort out where the problem originated. But for sure, all Mexican Restaurants need to learn how to serve hard tacos, rice and beans without the hard shell disintegrating. This is a problem dining in and delivery,

So far has been the best Mexican restaurant I've been to in the Virginia Beach area. Have a great…read morevariety of tacos and honestly 9/10 tacos they are amazing.

Amazing food, Amazing service, everyone was so friendly I would definitely be coming back!read more

Went here for Taco Tuesday dinner, close to around 8 pm. Restaurant was quite packed, but we didn't…read morehave a wait time at all. Waiter was quick to bring us chips and salsa and also take our drink orders. I tried their large Midnight Margarita (10/10) I loved the flavor and it was STRONG! For food, I was craving steak, and saw Steak El Amigo (10/10) on the menu. It was very flavorful, tender, seasoned, cooked exactly how I wanted it, and more than enough food for me. The steak was topped with cheese sauce, shrimp, fajita vegetables, peppers, and mushrooms. Also came with a side of rice and beans and tortillas. Def my new go to spot for sure. Already planning to go back next Tuesday, this time, to try some tacos and other drinks! My overall rate of experience : 10/10

Yikes! This was quite possibly the most disgusting meal I've encountered in a long time. Service…read morewas fine, but I was so sickened by the food that I will not likely return. We were sat immediately around 630 on a Friday evening. We received chips and dips before I could even sit down! Our server promptly greeted us and drinks were ready within minutes. So far, so good. For dinner, hubby had the Vegetarian E which came with a burrito, quesadilla and chalupa, daughter had the kids quesadilla with beans and I initially selected the shrimp bowl. Our food took about 15 minutes. Both quesadillas were barely warm and the cheese wasn't even melted. The refried beans were loaded with red pepper and too spicy for my child. My shrimp bowl was overwhelmed by cheese and aioli that I couldn't stomach it. Our server kindly let me order something else so I selected the shrimp taco salad. It arrived shortly thereafter but was also so greasy it made my stomach turn. 2 stars just for service. 0 for food. Overall, this meal was an unfortunate waste of $50.

I always judge a Mexican restaurant by the complimentary chips, and these were actually pretty…read moregood! The chips came out hot, which is always a plus. The restaurant has lots of seating, Spanish music playing, and a nice casual atmosphere. There were only about four groups of customers when we arrived, and with four servers working, it did take a little while for someone to get our order. Once we ordered, though, the food came out very quickly and was nice and hot. And they checked on us throughout. The flavor was decent overall. The California fries were really good--they came with sliced avocado instead of guacamole, which wasn't a bad decision. I've definitely had better carne asada tacos, though. The meat was real and had a good texture, but I felt like it could have used better seasoning. My biggest disappointment was the tortillas. They tasted like store-bought tortillas rather than fresh-made, which really made a difference with the tacos. Overall, not a bad spot. The food was hot, portions were good, and there were some definite standouts like the California fries. I just wish the tacos had better-seasoned meat and fresher tortillas.

A friend and I patronized LA PARRILLA Mexican restaurant to have lunch. I ordered a "Burrito…read moreCalifornia" which was advertise as a 10 inch item. I noted all the content of the BC that was listed on the menu and it contained items that I liked. When my food was served it looked delicious and when I took my first cut of the burrito and tasted it, it was delicious. I kept going for a few more bites, and I noted that all the content of the burrito was not there. When I saw the server I let him know that some of the content was missing. The server stated that all the content was inside and he stood there for a few seconds looking at me and I was looking at him and I said OK and I took a couple more bites and there were still missing content, so I cut the "Burrito California in half open it up and call him back to the table and showed him that all the contents were not there: the chorizo sausage and pico de gallo were missing. There was no offer to make a correction, the server just took the plate and left. Came back with a ticket of 3.50 for my drink. The ambience is very fitting for a Mexican restaurant. This was not my first visit matter fact it was one of my favorite places to go when I had a taste for Mexican food and we've had a birthday dinner there for my son-in-law before and we enjoyed our meal and the service at that time.