Service started out slow but picked up nicely. 15 minute ticket times. Food was served hot. Steak cooked to perfection. Reasonable price for meal. Fajitas mixed grill and steak chori $32.00. When Mexican food is what you want this a good place. read more

Service was pleasant and curtious, accept for the kid that brought out my food. This seem like the last thing that he wanted to be doing. The food came out quickly. I got the Chipotle enchiladas. There was very little Chipotle taste to them. They used cheese sauce and very refried beans. Probably won't return. read more

Plaza Azteca - Mexican Near Me - Charlottesville, Virginia

I have never been here and will never be back. Everything we ordered was not good. We ordered the combo plate with burrito, taco and enchiladas. They all looked and tasted the same. They were bland, the tortillas were soggy and the sauce didn't know what it wanted to be. I ordered a salad. The chicken was coated in chili powder and not in a good way. There was a weird raspberry salad dressing that I'm pretty sure came out of a bottle from a local grocery store. Why put Hidden Valley Raspberry vinaigrette on this kind of salad? I didn't and couldn't eat it. read more

The service wasn't that great, the food was typical and the prices were a little high. Would only go if it was convenient.

Not sure why there are $$ for this place. It's definitely a $. Food is cheap and portions are HUGE. Free chips and salsa too...endless! The lunch fajitas are so good and you'll spend less than $10 if you drink water. One of my favorite places in town. It's also never crowded, which means you'll always have a table. read more

Not bad in regards to the food. But like other reviewers had said - I came here for the guac. Made fresh, table side and was overall amazing. We at almost the entire thing. The margaritas were another thing on our order. The quality was okay, but the size was huge. I would pay that price for that size marg any day, no matter how average it was. Overall good place. read more

one of the best Mexican restaurants in C'ville. The San Jose Burrito is my favorite. The Pina Colada was amazing! I have gone several times with my family and have also ordered with my coworkers for lunch . They are always friendly, prompt and the food is great. read more

After reading the horrendous reviews here right after this restaurant opened I planned to just skip even giving it a try. We were in the neighborhood a couple months ago and wanted Mexican so I decided to check out the nacho's (I'm a nacho fan). I was pleasantly surprised- fajita nachos were GREAT and my sons burrito was huge and he gave it 5 stars. Service was fast- decor was nice (though it kills me that they ruined the old Boathouse interior, which I loved). Last night we took the whole family for dinner and again it was stellar. Alas, my youngest is now 13 but it looked like they had a decent kids menu as well. read more

I love the table side guacamole! My boyfriend and I went here on a Thursday evening and another time for lunch. The service could be better but the food was awesome! We liked the clay pot dishes. read more

Honestly not very impressed. The food is decent if you find something you like. The staff isn't that great and the bathrooms and tables are sometimes kind of gross. Some of the drink specials are good though, so I guess that's a plus. read more

Not a fan. The staff was inconsiderate. My order was messed up and the food was mediocre at best. It's sad when stale chips with so so salsa is the best thing you get. I won't be visiting next trip..... read more

Food is good, but service is less than stellar. During our most recent visit it took forever to place our order. When the server finally arrived, I ordered a margarita and then my food--the server steadily writing the entire time. Our food showed up fairly quickly, but alas, no margarita. When I mentioned this to our waiter, he seemed confused. Annoyed, I finally told him to forget the margarita (why wait another 10 minutes for a drink and already by halfway through the meal). I can overlook one mistake, especially when waitstaff are clearly busy, but from the time we sat down to the time we left the restaurant our server was literally standing around watching the soccer game on TV. A simple error and an apology is one thing; outright laziness is another. read more

Standard Mexican food. Consistently good. They fancy it up a little bit and have a huge menu. At the end of the day it's safe Mexican food for the masses. The wait staff is really friendly. Quick service, on top of the beverage and the damn plates are hot. (You don't have to test them.) read more

Love this place! The food was excellent, the service was good, and the menu was full of great choices! The free appetizer of salsa and chips was spicy and filling. I think just about anything they fix would be good. read more

Giving it four because it is under rated on Yelp. Good standard Mexican with good drinks and nice service. Great for families and spacious seating. Ample TVs so you can watch Duke steal another game from UVA at the last second - damn Devils. This restaurant knows what it is...if you are looking for a date spot and you are not on your prom go elsewhere. read more

If there is one thing that I like its a good Mexican joint. This place was pretty classy and their chips and salsa were fresh. I hate when you can tell the chips have been sitting around for a while. I got the Chori Pollo and it was pretty good. I would have liked the chicken to be cut up but then I would just be being picky. This place was good and I would definitely recommend it! read more

Plaza Azteca is one of my favorite Charlottesville restaurants. The free chips and salsa (that they refill whenever you run out!) always fill me up so I have leftovers since I can't finish my actual entree meal. I've had the fajitas, the burrito mex, and just the fresh guac on my various trips and each time, I was extremely satisfied by the food. The service has always been great for me and the people have been very friendly. Sometimes you have to wait, but you can usually call ahead and it's fine. I found the place to be very clean, despite the large volume of people who go in and out of the restaurant. I highly recommend Plaza for any and all occasions. read more

I love plaza azteca and usually the food is good but the whole reason I went tonight was for the $6.50 jumbo margaritas during happy hour (3-7pm) that were advertised on the main page on their Charlottesville website. I was disappointed when the check came and the happy hour price was $7.99 instead of the advertised $6.50. The manager was not at all willing to give us the advertised discount and so we had to pay the $7.99 for the margaritas that were not at all worth it. I know this is a small difference in price but the false advertising without any type of discount at all is what's truly frustrating. All I ask is that they change the advertisement on their home page, otherwise service and food was okay. read more

Our new favorite go-to Mexican restaurant. Plaza Del Mar is amazing. Prickly Pear is really great too! So far we have been seated immediately. (10 times out of 10, even on Friday and Saturday nights) And the food comes out really really fast 5-15 min always. Staff has some troubles with communication when taking orders but that's only been 1time out of 10. read more

For the price you pay, the service is mediocre and the food OK. It never felt as if our table had the full attention of our server. Maybe they are understaffed. I ordered the shrimp appetizer and the fish tacos. The taste of the shrimp was completely masked by the fountain of cheese sauce it was under. The fish tacos were OK, but would have treated much better had the flour tortilla not been so stale and dry. Bad bang for buck. read more

Food is mediocre and service is bad. Some friends and I ate there last night, and I immediately got sick after I got home. Come to find out a friend did too. Made a caution post on FB and got several responses from friends that they too had gotten sick after eating there. The food is no where near good enough to risk a sour stomach!! read more

Great Mexican food!! Try the fajitas you won't be disappointed. The tableside guacamole was to die for. Highly recommend this restaurant. Yes I would drive out of my way to get here. Marco was an excellent waiter. read more

I'm giving this place 4 stars because it is exactly what I needed it to be. A large scale good Mexican restaurant. This is a good place for families and large groups. I can see this as a regular place for our family of 5. Plenty of seating and a large variety of items on the menu. We'll be back! read more

This place is amazing! I've been here a few times and every time the service was amazing and the food was great. The servers were very helpful for picking my food and didn't hesitate to make sure we were taken care of. Isela, you're an amazing waiter and we hope to see you the next time we come by! read more

This is a wonderful and authentic Mexican restaurant. The establishment is clean and very decorative. The food is fairly pricey, but definitely worth it due to the portion size and extraordinary flavor. The table side guacamole is a must have! read more

While driving by on 29 North on a few occasions, I noticed that Plaza Azteca was going to open up in the space that had been Boathouse (which was previously Maverick). I never tried the former restaurants at this location & I'm always interested in trying a new Mexican place. I tried to go about a month ago, shortly after Plaza Azteca opened, but it was so crowded that particular night there wasn't any available parking. This past Saturday night I decided to make another attempt with a friend. We went around 9:30 PM, so the crowds had largely dissipated, though the restaurant was not unbusy. We were greeted by a friendly hostess who led us to a booth at the back of the restaurant. Our server greeted us promptly & after water was delivered with chips & salsa (the chips & salsa were decent & free to refill), we put in our orders. I ordered enchiladalas de cochinita pibil - I hadn't heard of cochinita pibil before, & the menu indicated it was slow-roasted pork marinated in citrus juice & annatto, which sounded good. The dish came & was plated nicely with the sour cream decorating the enchiladas in a grid-like pattern. The enchiladas themselves tasted okay, but as I ate them pools of grease began to form on the plate. The grease combined with the sour cream was particularly unappetizing, so I didn't finish the enchiladas. I don't know if this is a function of the particular dish or poor preparation of it. Fortunately the rice was fluffy & nicely seasoned. The only other problem was that the server put in the wrong drink order for me. I had asked for one kind of margarita but got another. When I pointed out the mistake the server did offer to get me the correct drink, but I declined. Although it wasn't what I had ordered, the drink I got was good. Overall all the experience was decidely mediocre, & the food wasn't noticeably better than any other Mexican place in Charlottesville. If you're looking for standard Tex-Mex fare, Guadalajara will still do the trick & is even a bit cheaper. read more

Worst experiences of my life. The services was horrible and the hostess had no idea what she was doing. she didn't know English at all and was not able to communicate with anyone and when i asked her question she ignore me. why would you put some in the front of the house when they don't know English and the food was the worst part of my experiences. i have never had such disgusting food in my life. i order the burrito deluxe which took about 2 hours and when i finally got my food the meat was cold from the inside. i was disgusted!!!... i paid my bill and left, never going back there again!!! DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY GO TO GUADALAJARA read more

I am a Mexican food fan... but the food here needs serious help. Nothing like any mexican food I have ever had. yeeech!!

My husband took me to Outback for my birthday-----but after being told we had to wait an hour for a table we went next door and tried Plaza Azteca. Even though the restaurant was busy we were seated right away. I ordered fajitas and my husband ordered one of the combo platters with chile relleno. We had our meal in front of us in less that 5 minutes. Fajitas were great---very fresh ingredients. The only reason I didn't give 5 stars was that the guacamole was previously frozen (the center was actually still frozen when I got it) read more

I'm from out of town and I love tex mex food. I thought this was a great place for lunch. The staff was very very nice, the prices were reasonable and I really enjoyed my meal. It is what you'd expect from a chain-like tex mex place. The chips and salsa were good and fresh. And my fajita burrito was seasoned well and tasted great. I would definitely go back. read more

Only had chip, salsa, queso and flour tortillas. Judging place by salsa- it was homemade and just the right heat staff was nice, not sure the air conditioning was on - it was a little warm. read more

Came to this place for food and drinks with family. Was very disappointed in the nachos I received (I had to send it back 3 times). First plate received, was COLD like it was waiting for 10 minutes before being served. The second plate I received was hot (plate only). Food itself was cold and gave me a mountain of lettuce instead of beef. The server recognized my frustration and brought me a plate of fresh ground beef. It's like all they did was cook the plate. Would never go back again for food. The margaritas were delicious however. read more

First, the food tonight was the same as always, average to above average. It's a bit pricey but not as pricey as other Mexican restaurants in the area. What set this place apart is the service....it's absolutely pathetic. I ordered online at 5:10. Their website says to allow 45 min so I chose to pick up at 6:00. Get there at 6:05 and I am told their "machine" for online orders is not working so my order was never put in. What "machine" they could be taking about, I have no idea. The hostess was was completely unconcerned. She offered to take my order and we could wait another 10 min(we waited longer of course). No apology for thier mistake, no offer to make it right, just a blank stare. Btw, after she took the order and sent it back, not another word from her despite walking by us several times...like I said, the service here is pathetic- always has been. If you are wondering whether it is worth it to spend a few more bucks for another restaurant, stop wondering, it is worth it. read more

The worst customer service ever! A server dropped a dish of salsa and it basically shattered all over the floor spraying our entire table with salsa. The salsa was on my face, in my hair, all over my dress and chair. Not one person apologized. I waited a few minutes, and all the servers just sort of milled around and cleaned up the walls and floor. Not one word to us - well except one server who pointed out that I still had salsa in my hair. No one told the manager. I finally approached the hostess and asked to see the manager, by then servers were on chairs cleaing the salsa off the ceiling. The manager stood at my table right in the middle of all the chaos and asked me to show him where the salsa was on my person. By then I had used about four napkins to clean off the worst of it. He offered a 50% discount for the entire table for our trouble. No apology - in fact he gave the distinct impression that he thought I was not telling the truth. Accidents happen, but it's how you respond to an accident that counts. In this case, the response from the entire staff, including the manager was inadequate. I will never go back, and I will encourage others to boycott the restaurant as well. read more

The food was OK but ordinary. The servings were generous and the prices reasonable. The service was slow. Once we had our food we did not see our waiter again until nearly finished. It took a long time to get our bill and even longer for the waiter to return to take our credit card. The décor was nice but the restaurant was very noisy and the seating not very comfortable. They lost their second star on the way out when my wife, who is physically handicapped, decided to use the rest room only to find out that IT IS NOT HANDICAP COMPLIANT. How does this happen in a new remodel? Haven't they (or the building inspectors) heard of ADA? A complaint to the hostess as we left was met with a blank stare and no comment. We will not be back. read more

My husband and I love Mexican food and decided to give Plaza Azteca a try despite being long-time fans of El Puerto. We were very pleased. Service was fast, margaritas were great, food was really good -- hot and tasty. We liked their salsa a lot too -- not too spicy like some of the other Mexican places in the area. It seems that English is a second language to most of the employees there and our server was a bit hard to understand at times, but he had no trouble understanding our orders and he was friendly. Maybe a lot of the folks who had a bad experience went too soon after they first opened when they still had to work out the kinks. ?? We will definitely go back! read more

Ok, I went here a while ago, so maybe it's gotten better, but considering the Mexican food choices in Charlottesville, I would steer clear of Plaza Azteca. Here's why. 1. There were 2 servers fighting over my table when I went. Aren't they assigned numbers? 2. The food wasn't good. If I remember correctly, it didn't even seem like Mexican food. It was kind of slimy looking. 3. Our food took a while (it was busy, so it's not such a big deal). All in all, I would have to give this place 2 thumbs down. I have only eaten here once and I love Mexican food! read more

This place doesn't deserve one star. Awful Awful Awful customer service and food. Manager is very rude. Do not go here!

I have never walked out of a restaurant in my life, but after waiting about a hour and a half with no food, we had no choice. The grand-kids were getting hungry and so out the door we went. Complaining didn't seem to help. We offered to pay for the drinks, chips, etc. but they were nice enough not to take us up on the offer. The atmosphere and people were nice .... Too bad this new restaurant fell short today.....we won't return. read more

Awful food and slow service! Took my mother-in-law who's visiting from Texas and never complains and even she said it was terrible!