Easily my favorite Mexican restaurant in Asheville! Try the Habanero Burrito ! It's not as spicy…read moreas it sounds but you can ask for their delicious hot sauce if you like it spicy. The chips come with fresh salsa. Nice patio and chill indoor seating.

Looking for reasonably priced delicious Mexican food? This is the place. Tucked back off Patton Ave…read moreyou'll find this gem nestled in an office park. You will receive excellent service from a knowledgeable staff who take great care to get you everything you need. Food comes out hot and fresh. The fish tacos (our favorite) are delicious from first bite to last. Everything on the menu is fantastic! Chips are delicious and their sauces are too. And if you can save room for dessert, you need to get the churros! Yum!!!! Definitely worth the short trip from downtown to Patton.

Service was successful and ambiance was pleasurable. I got a combo meal with a pastor taco, a…read morechorizo taco, and rice and bean purée. The rice and beans were phenomenal in flavor, especially when eaten together. Both the meats were cooked and seasoned to excellence, and the tortillas were piping hot. Overall, this is how to get a taco lunch.

Everyone seem to be stopping at all of the restaurants in downtown and we wanted to be a little…read morequieter for lunch so we stopped at this restaurant. We were pleasantly surprised. The two guys that were running around like chickens did a really good job at working all the tables that were there. It was pleasant inside and out with a lot of pollinating plants outside. When we sat down, they gave us bean dip and chips, instead of salsa! This is a welcome change. They did have a small salsa bar where you could choose the hotness of the salsa that you wanted. One of them is marked KIDS. Ha ha, that was the mild one that I liked the best! We wound up getting fajitas. It was hot when it came out, chicken and steak were both flavorful and there were several shrimp in there as well. Really liked the place, check it out!

Arrived with my party of seven. Service was excellent and attentive. Drinks were great and the food…read morewas authentic and very tasty. Loved every minute of my visit, starting with the warm greeting at the door. Highly recommend

Nice location in downtown Asheville Wall Street. Good lunch options and the food was decent…read more Nothing very exciting above normal Mexican at other places in town. Staff were nice and for downtown it was reasonably priced.

All this B.S. adulting lately had me needing a fantastic drink, and the Spice of Life at Mountain…read moreMadre North was it! Cheers! Astral Blanco Tequila, strawberry serrano syrup, fresh lime, and lava salt. Spicy + sweet! Cocktails But, let's hear it for the salsa flight - their house salsa and avocado verde salsa are truly remarkable. I don't tend to dream about salsa, but I'll be back for that and be sure to spend $120 talking to my therapist about food dreams. Appetizer I ordered the chimichanga with steak, and the flavors were popping' with perfectly cooked steak and bright jicama slaw on top. The jicama slaw over corn puree & cilantro-lime crema called out for its own vessel - I wish there was more! My wife and friends explored the enchiladas and taco salads, which were equally excellent with fresh flavors. Entrees Parking secret: parking adjacent to the building is greedily and stupidly marked off as "no restaurant parking" (yeah, like MOST of it, not just a few spaces), but we saw a sign that said we could park legally for free in the church parking lot just across the side street. Score! Parking And noise/ambiance: I'm perimenopausal and pissed off at everything these days, but I can honestly say that the noise level here was totally manageable, room temperature read pleasant, and the lighting and decor was impeccably and not overly done. Intimate conversations Big groups Not overly stimulating Mountain Madre Asheville 791 Merrimon Ave

Wonderful service and wonderful food. Each dish we have gotten here has been solid. No complaints…read moreon anything ordered from the menu. Taco Tuesday's vary the selection of each of the three tacos. Nice variety, simple, always well done. Nice and spacious seating area, feels open and vibrant. Their take on an Old Fashion with the Anejo Old Fashion is my favorite specialty drink!!

One has to look for pupusas in Asheville, but I found some on the west side of town. They were out…read moreof some items-notably the dessert empanadas-but the menu here did have a decent range of marked vegetarian options. It is mostly dairy as is common for this cuisine. Ordering two pupusas and a tamale yielded a lighter meal than I'd anticipated, with these being among the smaller such items I've ever had. The taste was solid, but I wasn't as impressed as I was hoping to be.

Every time I am in the Asheville area I have to stop here for the yucca frites with fried pork…read morebelly and crema. I can't even describe how perfectly crispy, crunchy, and fatty this dish is. The pupusas and agua Frescas of the day are also totally addicting. I try to order other items, but I can't seem to stop myself from getting these three as a base. Always friendly servers, as it is a family owned business, and you feel at home and welcomed in the laid back dining room. Be sure to stop here & then take yourself to the goodwill bins for some treasures! (Or vise versa depending on how hard you work to find said goodies at the bins)

Salsa's is my favorite restaurant in the world!!! I do not live in Asheville but have been lucky…read moreenough to be coming to Salsa's for 25 years! Every time I am remotely close to Asheville I go out of my way to have lunch or dinner. This visit was a Thursday night dinner. Unfortunately the restaurant was not crowded. We sat outside in the alley at the bar. Fun lights and painting and the alley really had a positive vibe! Alex hooked us up with some of the best margaritas we have ever had! The Gran Marnier float took the drinks to a whole new level! My wife and I both ordered off the specials menu. My wife had Papa Rellena and I went with Pork Belly. As always the food was beyond amazing! The flavors that we got are not like anywhere else. It is like a rave in my mouth where every flavor gets along and has the best time with every other flavor. Simply incredible!!! If you get a chance to try Salsa's don't pass it up!

Simply AMAZING!!! This is our second time here. First was…read morebefore COVID and then today and experince has been excellent both times! Best veggie quesadilla I ever had! Great margaritas. Plenty of vegetarian options and great friendly service!

This was one of those completely last-minute dinner decisions that ended up being one of the BEST…read moremeals we've had in a long time. We were out in Asheville, randomly started craving Mexican food, and decided to give La Rumba a try. I'm SO glad we did because everything was genuinely incredible. The food was absolutely sensational. Everything we ordered was packed with flavor, fresh, and just ridiculously good. We kept trying each other's food and basically saying "oh my god" after every bite. Even the chips, salsa, queso, and guac had us hooked before our actual food came out. And the drinks!!! SO good. Dangerous in the best possible way. What really took the experience over the top though, was the service. Everyone was incredibly kind, attentive, and welcoming, and you could tell they cared that we were having a great experience. Great food is one thing, but when the service matches it, that's what makes a restaurant memorable. We went in on a whim with zero expectations and left talking about how we HAVE to come back the next time we're in Asheville. Honestly, La Rumba may have ruined our ability to casually pick another Mexican restaurant now 10/10. No notes. Go hungry. Order everything.

A bit off our path by it was SO worth it! This place is a…read moreGem, I haven't yet found this quality Mexican in California. I had the Puffy Wrap with chicken and the wife had the Mushroom Crema. Everything was excellent. The sauces were exceptional. Portions were generous such that we took leftovers. But left a little space to split a Flan. Firm but delicious. Would certainly recommend!

Came in at 5:30 on a Saturday, and were seated immediately. Good start, but things quickly went…read moredownhill. They don't have regular water, only Mountain Valley. Love Mountain Valley, just seems like a scheme to charge more. 45 minutes later, didn't have bar drinks or any food ordered. Dropped a few bucks on the table and left for a much better experience down the street. Their food may be amazing, but lack of service completely ruined it all.

This is SOOO good. My dining companion said "cacophony flavor" about ten times. Our waiter Jose…read morerecommended two off menu items, one a pork shank and another a flank steak dish, and we were blown away. The flavor, presentation, atmosphere were all phenom! High recommendation