Let me just get started by saying, Ritas is probably, actually definitely the WORST Mexican restaurant I've ever been to. Me and my girlfriend received "enchiladas", which appeared as 3 soggy tortillas assaulted with a pound of chicken gravy, it was lumpy. I had to sip my water after every bite of chicken, mad dry. My girlfriend threw up twice after eating the dry chicken burrito. I will most definitely never go here, or advise anyone else to. Garbage. read more

Awesome drinks!! Terrible service. If you want real food go to Grande Mexico or LaCarretta.

Waitress was friendly, food was prompt, and most importantly, delicious. Looking forward to the future with this restaurant.

I am going to be honest, and I am sorry for sounding "mean" but these are the cold hard facts. This "Mexican Restaurant" is a complete joke/disaster. The new owners/management are part of the same family as Little Mexico. That place was open for years,and I have no idea why their even trying again. The food was just as awful as their first restaurant, and the service (if you could even call it that) is rude, pretentious, unpleasant, and foremost unprofessional. That family cares about no one but themselves,and trying to make money. They should of of let it go when they closed their last restaurant. They were replaced when Grande Mexico opened their doors, now their just irrelevant. I would suggest everyone that's thinking about giving it a try to just go to Taco Bell and save yourself some money and disappointed. If you want some delicious Mexican food and amazing Margaritas while you're in that area go to Grande and thank me later. read more

Hello! Was there lastnight! The food is terrible! I would have been better off at taco bell ! The fajita had nothing with it! The rice tasted like shit! The best part of the experience was leaving! I paid for nothing but the guacamole and drinks! Will never ever go back! If u want to eat good do not go here ever! Terrible terrible terrible! Im only giving it one star because it wont let me give none! Sucks sucks sucks ! read more

Where do I start? Wednesday night. 6:45. A group of 4 came in at the same time as us. Got seated right away. We were a party of 2. We were told 10 minute wait. There were 2 booths open, but I figured they were short-handed so I said we'd wait. We waited 15 minutes and then got seated in one of the 2 booths that were open the whole time. We were not there to drink, only to eat dinner. Waited about 10 minutes for the waitress to come over to take our order. When she came over she said that we all came in at the same time and she didn't know what was wrong with us. We ordered our food and sodas at this time. We then waited 1 hour!! for our food. In this wait time, the people around us got their food, ate, and left. When she finally came out with our food she was going to give it to another table until I yelled over to her that it was ours. She doubted me, but then agreed that it was ours. I ordered a taco and an order of taquitos. My husband ordered steak fajitas. Since when do fajitas not come out sizzling? My food was tasteless. I only ate a couple of taquitos and the taco. Never again will I go to Rita's Mexican Restaurant! I can think of other mexican restaurants with much more flavorful food. But if you're only there for margaritas then this might be the place for you. But don't order food!!! In the end we were there for an hour and a half. read more

I've had better Mexican food at Taco Bell . Sent it all back . I give this place a year if that before it fails .

Terrible service. Waited 15 minutes before waitress took our drink order. Waited another 10 minutes to get water! We ordered water! Then waited 40 minutes for our dinner. All we ordered was 2 burritos! We contemplated just (leaving before we got the food), and go to the Chinese restaurant next door but we thought it would be rude. But wish we did! Cause the food was not good. I had asked the waitress if the burrito came with rice and beans, and she said yes. But it came out with just a burrito on the plate. No beans, no rice, no garnish. Nothing We joked that we should have just went to Taco Bell. read more

I was so hopeful for this place. After a long wait we were seated. There is nothing about my experience that would even make me want to give it another chance. The service was lousy, The food was mediocre and small. There was nothing with it, no sour cream, no salsa. The meat was dry. The Margarita was disgusting. I had a house margarita and then tried ordering one the way I like it at my favorite Mexican place in Plaistow, both were lousy. All in all an awful experience. I will drive the extra ten minutes to the better Mexican restaurant in Plaistow. read more

If there were an option to rate this place less than one star I would. We were eagerly anticipating having a local place for good Mexican food and could not be more disappointed. This is the worst Mexican food, if you can even call it that, I have ever been served. To start, the chips were stale and the salsa was like watery spicy ketchup. The ground beef on the nachos was tasteless and over cooked and the melted cheese reminded us of Velveeta. The wrap on the chimichanga was greasy and gross and the shredded beef filling was tough and simply terrible. When the server cleared the table and saw we barely picked at our food she didn't even ask if anything was wrong. Yes, there was something wrong: the food was inedible! Even the house margarita was awful and truly was the worst I've been served anywhere. It's easy to make this drink from scratch and this was obviously from a cheap mix with bottom shelf tequila. We would have been much happier with takeout Taco Bell and homemade margaritas. read more

I was happy that there's finally a Mexican restaurant nearby. We bought chimichangga and quesadilla to go but the food is so dry and boring! Mexican foods usually comes with so many sides like guacamole, pico de gallo, shredded lettuce, etc. but we got none. Not even a sour cream. The chimichangga is so salty, the chicken on the quesadilla tastes like that of the rotisserie chicken u can buy at the grocery and its so dry! Their beer is also very expensive. Taco Bell and Chipotle taste much better than Rita's. So disappointing. Will never buy food from them again!! read more

South Park on the TV in the bar? Umm ok. Chili had refried beans (strange) and clearly came from the microwave based on thr dried food ring around bowl...hint..heat in one dish and serve in another to hide your laziness...umm well thats just more effort so nevermind. Draught beer never came as the bartender couldnt pour without having a massive head on the glass (flat beer) and the Colorado dinner was ok, not the Carne Asada I was hoping for and they dont have on the menu. Not likely to go back. read more

We visited Rita's last night. Started off with margaritas that were excellent light and fresh. Then we had the queso dip which was amazing as it was back in the dayfrom Little Mexico. Then we had a quesadilla with their macho sauce. read more

Went for dinner, didn't get past the first round of margaritas. Rude staff, lousey margaritas, oily chips and weak salsa. Very disappointed. read more

Place is just little Mexico all over again. It sucked then and it sucks now. The only way they make money is the bar which serves cheap booze at high prices to upper middle aged alcoholics just like the old place. Food was greasy and bad, staff was bad, and everything smelled like a warm damp toilet. If you work there I recommend quitting before the owner screws you over and runs away to Florida just like her parents did to everyone at little Mexico. read more

The restaurant is cramped and loud. We had to wait 1 1/2 hours to get our meals. The food was bland and obviously microwaved. Fajita did not come with the usual jllettuce, tomato, cheese, sour cream or guac. Chili renillos tasted like it was filled Velvita cheese. read more

We were hopeful this place would be good. Wrong! We all were sick the next day with Rita's Revenge!

I will say it was very disappointing. I called my order in I ordered devil soup and a burrito. They told me 25 minutes I was actually five minutes late getting there and still sat there for another 25 minutes waiting for the food. They were telling people at least a 20 minute wait for a table yet when you looked in the back of the building through the bar there are at least eight empty tables. Which told me they were not staffed enough to run the business. I figured it's just the beginning it's only been open a month still work out the kinks. I will say the devils soup was tasty, but not worth the 6.95. I got a small cup ( like the small cups at Hannafords soup bar)that was broth, rice , onion and lots of cheese. There was no spicy beef like they said was in there. The burrito you get twice as big at Grande and Moe's for the same money. I have never tried the drinks but others have said it taste just like syrup very little to no tequila in it. When I gave her review on Facebook I was verbally attacked by the owners daughter who called me out and told me I was a liar from my experience. I have never met the girl I have never seen the girl. It was very unprofessional and uncalled for and I would never send a friend or relative into that establishment to be treated like that. You can go and form your own opinion hopefully you have a better time. I can tell you from experience and many people that have been there it was a one time deal and they also have been insulted by her daughter and friends for bad reviews. read more

What a sad disappointment! We were excited to try this new restaurant in our home town. Boy was it a mistake! First, we were quoted 20-25 minutes to wait and we waited one hour. When we first sat, our server came right over so we thought that we would have great service. Nope! She took our drink order and the drinks were served timely. The margaritas were good, however they were very small for the $12 price for each. No chips & salsa were served. She returned to take our food order. She was very unclear about options for kids as they do not have an official kids menu. We tried to make it work. My wife ordered a combo plate with enchiladas and I ordered the tacos. My daughter ordered a chicken quesadilla and we got a 1/2 order of chicken fingers for my son. After we ordered our food we did not see our server again until our food came - about 30 minutes later. In the meantime, we never received chips & salsa so I had to ask the hostess for them. She brought some over - this was over 20 minutes after we were seated. The chips were store bought and the salsa came from a bottle or can. My wife's meal was supposed to come with chili first. That never came. Since the drinks were very small, we finished them quickly and was never checked on by our server until our food came so we did not have drinks for about 25 minutes, plus another 10 minutes to wait after we ordered our second round. The food came and it was AWFUL. We love Mexican Food so we were very, very disappointed. My taco meat (shredded beef) was very dry and cold and the cheese they use was gross. It was NOT your typical shredded mexican cheese. The rice was definitely microwaved - soggy and SUPER hot so that was a dead giveaway. My wife's enchiladas were gross. The gray sauce they use was the worst sauce she has ever tasted on an enchilada. Finally, after our second round of drinks were brought, I told our server that my wife never received her chili. She said, "Okay," and walked away. She then dealt with other tables and never brought the chili. When we got her bill, I told her that and asked her to take off that part of the dinner. They took $2 off. Overall, an awful experience - both service and food. Oh, and they did not have any guacamole! How does a mexican restaurant not have guacamole? Don't waste your money here. I did and will never again! read more