Not too busy on this day. I got the birria quiles. It hit the spot...very filling and had a little kick to it. read more

Ritas Cantina - Mexican Near Me - Funner, California

There is draft on the Happy Hour menu, but in reality it is only bottled beer. The $5 margarita was so delicious that I drank 3 of it. The food is really delicious. Tacos are worth eating. nice. The menu is not diverse read more

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The breakfast burrito had too much crunchy potatoes that it threw off the taste. The quesadilla with carne asada was good but too greasy. Big portions of food. They had the BEST guacamole!!!! Our server was nice and accommodating. You get a beautiful outside view of the pool and the inside is nice and open. read more

Ritas Cantina - Quesadilla and beans - Mexican Near Me - Funner, California

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Food was delicious, service was excellent, ambience was very nice and welcoming. Would recommend if you're staying at Harrahs and looking for a good Mexican meal. read more

Ritas Cantina - Fish tacos, rice, and black beans. - Mexican Near Me - Funner, California

This is our first time coming since Harrah's opened back up and we were looking for a nice dinner as well as Mexican food. Our previous experience with this restaurant was ok, but we decided to give it another shot. Upon arrival, we were told that dining was outside and we were seated near the pool after a short 5-10 minute wait. The restaurant staff is all practicing COVID safety guidelines and appears to have a rigid procedure and protocol to ensure guest safety. We decided to order a pitcher of the margarita, steak/shrimp fajitas, fish taco, pozole, and a flan for dessert. It was kinda late, so they told us to order before the kitchen closed, but I really appreciated the patience of restaurant staff and the clean-up crew. Everything was actually really good and tasteful, the pitcher actually was good for 6-7 drinks and the flan was tasteful. The fajitas was a good serving for one person and I think the additional to pay to share would be enough to share with someone. I would definitely recommend the shrimp and steak option. Overall, it cost $100+ with tip to eat a good dinner and the service was stellar. We will definitely return and explore other options on the menu. read more

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As a San Diegan that lives close to the border my tongue has been tasting a lot of good mexican food. My Mexican friends also makes home cooked food which I get to taste every now and then, they are really really good. For some reasons, I couldn't give this place a 5 star rating, my husband ordered the pork ribs which was bland, they had complimentary chips and salsa which was fresh, hot and it tasted good, the rice and beans that came with our orders tasted just fine. I have the los favoritos de chef hombre, it had a beef birria which i loved! I wish i ordered all beef birria. The other one was a chicken tamale, and a cheese enchilada, they tasted okay. I guess you just have to order what they do best and you'll be fine. I wished I got to taste the drinks selection but I was already so full. read more

Ritas Cantina - Los favoritos de chef hombre - Mexican Near Me - Funner, California

Really good! Since this placed changed up the chef and menu a couple years ago - it has been a real treat to eat here. Ordered the enchiladas with a cheese tamale - both were very good, flavorful and fresh. The chips and salsa were on point as the salsa was fresh and the chips were hot. Finally the service was good! You can sit inside or outside. If it's the weekend and you sit outside it might be loud because there's a pool party going on. Enjoy. read more

Ritas Cantina - Enchiladas with a cheese tamale!!! - Mexican Near Me - Funner, California

We had our first experience with Rita's yesterday and what a disappointment. We were seated immediately as there wasn't many people in there. It was 6:30pm. Upon sitting down it took the server a while to ask what we would like to drink. She then brought over our waters and chips and salsa (very good). It then took her 10 more minutes to come over and take our orders. There Was 7 of us. It started to get a little busy in there and it took over 50 minutes to get our food. They didn't have my order for some reason so she apologized and said she will bring it out. I waited another 25 minutes for my food , meanwhile everyone else in my party was done eating. We finally had our waters refilled but only once. It took the server another 20 minutes to get the check to us. They automatically added gratuity to the very poor service. I honestly don't think I will ever go there again. Our party was there over 2 hours total. Apparently the cashier told one of our party upon paying bill that they had new cooks and only 2 servers. read more

Great Mexican restaurant . We had food from here several times since it's pretty much the only option at the Casino. Jesus the bartender was very nice and approachable . We had ample amounts of booze as well. The food is ok . read more

Rita's has the best margaritas. You have to try their passion Rita. We always get the pitcher when we stop by because it's so dangerously good. A pitcher will fill up at least 6-7 cups so it's pretty dang good value! Their carne asada fries are also pretty good along with their breakfast burritos. Stop by for some great food and alcohol. read more

Service was a bit slow but overall the food is delicious, as well as a drinks. I wish they would have in the menu Molcajetes. read more

Ritas Cantina - Swedish enchiladas they were really really good - Mexican Near Me - Funner, California

Rating based on their Fried Ice Cream dessert. This was very disappointing. I don't know how they can call it fried ice cream. Basically ice cream in a tostada shell. On top of that, ice cream was so melted by the time it came to our table. Service here is still excellent. read more

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This place was honestly terrible. Maybe 8 items on the menu and the two we tried were very low quality and the portion sizes were small but was priced at $28 for a small burrito with meat and beans only. Service staff was friendly and my drink remained full but the food was way worse than your typical ghetto food truck. read more

As somebody who has a bachelors, Masters, and a pending Doctorate in Management , I can sadly say this was one of the worse experiences I've ever encountered. Almost didn't want to pay for my whole meal. As you can see, first screen shot shows I waited over 13 minutes for even somebody to come say hi and bring me chips and salsa, meanwhile a table of 10 sat next to us and the supervisor Alfredo right away served them two sides of chips and salsa. Finally, I got to ordered, I got carnitas, which I enjoy with tortillas and sides such as, pico and salsa, had to order pico on the side. Waited patiently while I poke my food to have tortillas and a beer that I could ordered, didn't have a chance to even order it due to short staff and filling of customer over flowing the area. Had to go to the bar and order myself a beer while asking for the floor manager. I'm the type of person that I enjoy the whole nine yards with my food. With no beer, tortillas, or even pico available I decided to quit eating and tell the supervisor on hand that I wasn't going to pay for my meal and that I was very disappointed. IT IS NOT THE SERVERS FAULT, THIS IS A CASE OF POOR MANAGEMENT! I spent over $1500 at this casino over a week span and this was such a heartbreak. I shouldn't even have paid for my whole meal. read more

Ritas Cantina - Time wasted - Mexican Near Me - Funner, California

Good food. Ok ambiance. Service is ok. Our server was not very knowledgeable about the menu. The queso fundido is great to share. Not many choices if you are a wine drinker. They didn't even have glasses and brought my wine in a plastic cup. The fajitas were good. The place can get somehow loud, and there a lot of echo as it is an open space that can benefit from some plants and other things to absorb the noise. read more

Not sure if there was change in management or if everything became lower in quality because of Covid, but this experience was very disappointing especially compared to the past. My extended family and I ordered the Carne Asada Nachos, 6 Carne Asada Tacos, and the Churros with Chocolate. They forgot a lot of stuff unfortunately. For the nachos they forgot the shredded cheese, beans, sour cream, jalapeños and many more random add ons. Pretty much everything besides the beef and queso. The churros with chocolate came with out the chocolate. The churros were also undercooked and had raw batter in the middle sadly. The Carne Asada tacos came without any toppings besides the salsa from the nachos. It was really disappointing. Not to mention the Carne Asada was extremely dry and bland. We checked the bag before heading upstairs and managed to ask the lady for a couple of the missing items but she gave a lot of attitude only to come back with just a cup of sour cream. But we didn't know what we were actually missing besides the sour cream at that time until after we finished eating and looked on Yelp to see what everything was actually supposed to look like. For the amount of money we paid, the portions were very small. They definitely downsized from the past. And it just seemed like everything was done in a rush without care. Overall it was an extremely disappointing experience. I hope this place can get itself back together in the future. read more

Ritas Cantina - Churros, Carne Asada Tacos, Carne Asada Nachos - Mexican Near Me - Funner, California

Went to Ritas on a Sunday at Noon. Seated promptly, no wait which was unusual as most of Harrahs restaurants have a wait. Ritas is located within Harrahs Southern California Casino right next to the pool entrance (past the Taco Truck.) All hostesses and waitresses were wearing masks. Ours, Hortencia was very courteous and quick to offer us drinks snd take our order. We ordered the Crispy Beef Birria ($17.99) and Enchiladas Suiza ($17.99). The Beef Birras are tacos with shredded beef, blended cheeses, cilantro. Menu did not say they were 'deep fried' so I was surprised and disappointed it was very greasy in a saturated way (versus crispy crunchy like $2 Jack in the Box tacos :) The Enchiladas Suiza were two Shredded chicken enchiladas with blended cheeses with red Tomatillo sauce on top, with spanish rice and black beans. The Enchiladas were very tasty and the blended 2-3 cheeses did give them a unique taste. The menu said the Enchiladas came with 'black beans' but plate that came with meal had rice with refried beans (not black.) As usual the big bowl of chips and salsa were fresh and crispy. Our server gave us a second bowl as we quickly downed the first. Overall a good dining experience with the exception of the greasy Beef Birras. read more

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Omg the nastiest Mexican food I've ever tasted ! The rice was inedible ... omg my 6 year old brother makes better rice :/ don't!! stop by jack in the box . It was honestly horrendous. Especially if you're authentic Mexican... so disgusting read more

Ritas Cantina - Gross - Mexican Near Me - Funner, California

Went to Rita's while I was staying at Harrahs Casino twice. They have a food truck built into the side of the wall that is actually pretty cool. I ordered the nachos and they were not bad. We tried ordering from the restaurant itself but the wait was pretty long. We came back the following day for brunch and other then the poor service (we waited 40 minutes to even get chips) the churro French toast was really good. Our waitress was nice although she seemed new because other tables next to use were coming after us and leaving before us, even before our meals had even arrived and they were served by another waitress. The other downside is they charge $3-$4 for food togo so if I was to come back I might be reluctant to eat here again based off of the long wait we experienced. Overall the patio seating was nice as it's in the pool area so it's a cool vibe and the food I ordered was good. Hopefully once they get use to serving a full house again the wait time improves. read more

Ritas Cantina - Churro French Toast - Mexican Near Me - Funner, California

It's just so sad. Great hotel, amazing restaurants, honestly we were soooo looking forward to eating Mexican food only to find out it completely disgraces. The rice, sucked ass, the meat was Chewy af, the tacos, blah (chewy), the only thing we enjoyed was this spicy sauce we got from the kitchen. It just makes my heart bleed at the fact that this restaurant has SOOOOOO much potential as far as the location, size and the fact that it's the only Mexican food option. Horrible. Just horrible. Harrahs Hotel, please do something about this! read more

Good things first, the service was great! However, the food was average. WAY too expensive for just average food. Also, it was $38 for a margarita pitcher. My mom and I shared a whole pitcher, and it is safe to say that the pitcher is straight-up juice. If you're starving, go for it. Otherwise, eat elsewhere. read more

This place is inside a casino resort called Harrah's. I ordered the appetizer wings with bbq sauce and a mango margarita. I dined by myself they also brought salsa and chips to the table. The waitress was nice and checked on me periodically and had a smile on her face. There was plenty of seating g with views of the pools and rooms. The food left much to be desired. The margarita was bland could only taste the mixer, the wings tasted like they were boiled and then covered in bbq sauce no flavor only ate two and left the rest. The chips were mainly in pieces and bland and greasy and salsa needed salt. read more

Ritas Cantina - My Salas and chips, mango margarita and wings.. - Mexican Near Me - Funner, California

Just spent a few days at Harrahs and ate three times at Rita's. Let's start with the location. This place is located directly adjacent to the Harrahs pool. They have both indoor and outdoor seating. The atmosphere is welcoming and the decor is asthmatically pleasing. Now the food...We received amazing chips and salsa for each meal. At breakfast we tried burritos and pozole. Both were fantastic. For lunch and dinner we tried fajitas, shrimp cocktails and quesadillas. All were pleasing to the palate and tastefully presented. This place is great. We sat inside, outside and at the bar. Tony Bolognie at the bar was informative and friendly. See you there !!! read more

The service took an hour before we got our food so we had to take the food to go. The server didn't even check us once while we're waiting to update us of the delay or ask if there's anything we need. I wish they'd warned us prior to seating us. Lost my appetite while waiting so I didn't get to try the food while in there. read more

Gave this place a chance... Food was just terrible. I honestly expected a little bit more from this place. Carne Asada tacos were terrible just terrible. Didn't even touch my 3rd taco. Meat was super low quality and chewy. Honestly felt and tasted like old meat. The pozole, super bland. Broth Tasted watered down. No flavor at all. For the money spent this was such a loss. Will not come here again. read more

Ritas Cantina - Carne Asada taco - Mexican Near Me - Funner, California

Came in the first day we checked in, stopped to get something to eat, I got a cheese Quesdilla, and husband got cheese enchiladas. With chip's and salsa. They use white cheddar, not yellow, and it was not even melted when brought to our table, both meals. We eneded up getting sick, later on. I don't recommend. It's also too expensive. read more

We just went there this weekend and the service was excellent. Jose provide the best service ever will be back to see Jose. The chips and salsa was delicious!! read more

Three stars because the price was decent in comparison to everything else at the casino. Three tacos for $8.99. Burrito for ~$10. Food itself was very mediocre. I wanted to order three different types of meat for my three tacos but they said I could only do one. I chose carne asada and it had a ground-beef texture with underwhelming seasoning. Besides that, there really isn't anything else to comment on. Portions were average, not big, not too small either. Enough to fill me up for a small dinner. We ordered the food at the food truck but you can walk next door into the sit-down area. On the other side, they sell margaritas and have a full bar. We ordered our food and then walked over to order two margaritas. They had a list of flavors. I forgot what flavor I ordered but it tasted like a regular margarita. The cup it came in was pretty small, slightly bigger than the plastic cups they put in your hotel room. Rita's is located right outside one of the elevators leading to I think the South Tower, which is convenient if you're hungry and don't want to walk far. read more

Got the Crispy Beef Birria Tacos and asked for it extra spicy and boy, was it delicious! He chopped up some serrano or Jalapeño peppers in each one. The shells were firm, not soggy and all the ingredients were fresh. Added the rice and beans in each one with Tapatio & salt. Dipped in each bite. So much flavor. The chips and salsa were really tasty too, thick crunchy Chips with flavorful salsa. Washed it all down with a cold Pepsi. The waitress was very friendly. It located inside the Harrahs casino with plenty of tables inside, no outside seating that I saw and they do have a "taco truck" on the outside read more

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Even though they have a smaller than usual menu, this is a pretty good Mexican restaurant located in the Harris Casino. I like the fajitas here because the proteins are always tasty and sizzling hot when they arrive to the table. They could probably put a little more sour cream and guacamole in the order because there's barely about 1 teaspoon of each in the order. read more

Ritas Cantina - Dining room - Mexican Near Me - Funner, California

Our server was kind and hardworking. Restaurant was bustling because the food is amazing: warm, crispy tortilla chips with the best salsa I have ever had. We got fundido which came with chicharrones, nice touch! My daughter's fish tacos were tender and fried to perfection. 10/10 would recommend this place! read more

The Food took to long to come out, secondly my Fa Fajita came out with No Steam on the plate not a Sizzle, Warm enchiladas We were the only two out here waiting for food so It wasn't busy read more

Ritas Cantina - Fajitas with No Steam - Mexican Near Me - Funner, California

Service was excellent. Server even checked with the kitchen for allergens. While not authentic Mexican, the food was decent. The chairs at the tables are too low for the table height. The restaurant overlooks the pool, which is pretty. read more

It's been a while since I was here, food still good but it's not what it used to be. I used to mixed and match my taco plate, now they won't do that anymore. They recommend to buy a la cart though. They also charge for extra chips, only the first basket is free. It's totally understandable that things change, but this change on this restaurant is not on the best interest of customers. read more

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This was again a last minute trip to Harrahs. We head over to Ritas and Austin in not at the bar, so we opt for a table overlooking the pool. We get the same table as last time and luckily our same server Gisela! I order a Blackberry marg and for food the carna asada tacos and pollo parrilla. The carna asada was perfect with a great flavor, and was not dry at all. Same with the chicken it was moist and flavorful. I opted for double rice and they sure give you a lot here. Also lots of Guac on the tacos! Check the photos! Although Austin was not making the drinks the other bartender did a great job. @Kimberly B , please give thanks to the management staff for Gisela's great service and the people behind the scene ( the cooks) read more

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Used to like coming here but wow have things changed! Terrible food, extremely small portions and raised the prices again. Got rid of my favorite pinto beans and now only offer refried or black beans. My chicken burrito was 90% black beans with what amounted to about two tablespoons of meat. Rice was old and came in a small cup in the side. Nothing else on the plate, not even cilantro. Was the most disappointing meal I've had in almost a year. No wonder I was one of only 4 people in the entire restaurant. Caesars/ Harrahs has taken a hard nose dive. Do yourself a HUGE favor and drive over to Pauma Casino or Valley View to eat. read more

Here on a Saturday and been seated and waiting for the food I ordered for an hour. I understand it's busy and probably short staffed on cooks. no one checked on us. I got up and tried to wave a waiter but they still acted like they didn't see me until I started jumping and waving my hands. I asked them how much longer is the wait for the food to come out? she said its super busy and the wait will be another hour. I just lefted and instead of giving the 50 dollar tip I used it to play read more

Decided to eat here while we waited on the waitlist for the pool. Chips, salad and water came out immediately. Chips were good, salsa was so so. Also had the carne asada fries and those were mediocre. The chicken fajitas were good. I did like the mango margarita, but prefer for them to be served in glass but with the way things are with Covid19, it came in a small plastic cup. The service was excellent. read more

Ritas Cantina - Chicken Fajitas - Mexican Near Me - Funner, California

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My husband and I are having a staycation at Harrahs and we've eaten here 4 times so far (once ordered to-go from the taco truck). We didn't expect much from this place since it only has 3 stars on Yelp, but we were pleasantly surprised! Both nights, my husband ordered the Combo #3 with Ribeye and Baja shrimp and a cheese enchilada. The steak has great flavor and is well cooked. All the sides were delicious as well. He said he likes this food, even better than any Mexican restaurant in Old Town San Diego. I ordered Steak and Shrimp Fajitas the first night and Fish Tacos the second night. Both were great, one of my fish tacos was a bit overcooked but never the less still good. I really love the rice and beans, so delicious. On a pool day we ordered carne asada nachos and carne asada street tacos. It was good but not great. I don't know if I could say it was actually carne asada, more like ground beef. Still tasty though! We got the burger (a torta/burger fusion). So good! The torta bread is so soft. My husband got the shrimp burrito and it was pretty good. We also got the carne asada fries which were yummy! Last but not least, I ordered chocoflan for dessert. The flan is sooo good and creamy. I didn't really care for the "Choco" part, but the flan...chef's kisses! This will definitely be our go-to spot at Harrahs from now on. I can't believe we never got it during any of our other stays! read more

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Food is decently good, service is very slow, price is alright. Would I return? Ehhh it's okay maybe if there wasn't anything else.