We love a classic, dine in, Mexican restaurant! Chips and…read moresalsa and deep fried ice cream make these classic restaurants worth every penny. This large restaurant offers tons of seating making it a great spot for groups and large families. It does get busy on the weekends so call ahead if you're planning a large party of people. The staff is always friendly and helpful. They're attentive, efficient and the food comes to the table hot, quick, and delicious. We've tried several dishes here and have enjoyed everything we've ordered so far. The tortilla soup here is one of my favorites. My first love will always be questionable food cart burritos but when we want a nice, sit down spot with reliably good food, we come to La Carreta.

Good sized portions, excellent flavor, super-friendly staff! Plus, it's locally owned!!read more

Best Thai food in a very long time. I got the Massaman Curry and my husband got the Thai chicken…read morefried rice. Both were delicious and seasoned perfectly. My veggies were perfectly cooked. Our food came quickly and our server constantly filled our water glasses. The prices were very reasonable.

Took my 2 disabled family members to dinner tonight. It is located in a strip mall and there's…read moreplenty of parking. The interior has 2 levels so we were seated at a table on the main floor. My mother ordered a vegan pad woon sen and salad rolls. My spouse had tempura shrimp and tempura calamari. I ordered the mixed seafood Pad Ka Pao. My dish was very good. Hitting the sweet, sour, salty, savory sauce over expertly cooked vegetables. The calamari in my dish and in the tempura were overcooked and rubbery, but the tempura batter on both the shrimp and calamari were shatteringly crisp. The salad rolls were great. Unfortunately, the bar was unable to serve my spouse the cocktail she wanted due to lack of ingredients. This seemed unusual since we were seated early evening with no other customers. I couldn't get the tap beer of my choice as their tap was broken. The service was OK and he did follow up with us during dinner. The decor was average but the water spots on the ceiling tiles were a little off putting. I do plan to return as there were many dishes on the menu that I really want to try. Still cost less than $100 for 3 with drinks and tip.

A stranger recommended Kuya's to me and said it was the best Hawaiian food he'd had. Unfortunately…read moremy experience wasn't the same. The restaurant is pretty nondescript and parking is very limited. I ordered the Hawaiian combo with Huli Huli chicken and teriyaki chicken. All meals come with rice and mac salad. The mac salad was really good. Like hmm 4.5 outta 5 stars. Both chicken dishes were just meh. The chicken alone had very little to no flavor all the flavor came from the sauce which wasn't anything special. The serving size was good but the flavor was lacking so I probably won't try them again.

I've been everywhere around the map! This hands down has the most authentic and best tasting…read morefilipino food. Cook is really nice and had that filipino joy attitude. They allow dogs and promote things like bowling so it's really comforting & home like here. I 1000% recommend!! Best in Portland

At first glance, the restaurant doesn't look like much from the outside. It's an older building,…read moreand you might not expect anything special. But the moment you walk through the door, you're greeted with a warm welcome. The inside is filled with personality, family, and culture, from the decor to the photos of loved ones on the walls. I had never tried Costa Rican food before, so I went in with fairly low expectations. That changed with my very first bite. What looked like a simple plate of beans and rice turned out to be so much more. The food tasted like something made in a grandmother's kitchen, prepared with years of love, care, and tradition. The dishes are simple, fresh, and incredibly comforting, yet somehow addictive. You may find yourself eating well past the point of being full! Overall, dining here feels less like eating at a restaurant and more like being welcomed into someone's home. The food is made from the heart, and it shows. If you haven't checked this place out yet, you absolutely should. I ordered the Gallo Pinto and smothered it in their delicious homemade green sauce, it was fantastic.

I was excited when this building was finally occupied, and by a regional cuisine we don't have much…read moreof around these parts. tl/dr: Good, solid, comfort food without some of the niceties some folks have come to expect from more generic Central American restaurants. Will be back again and again for wonderful food and outstanding service! The-woman-who-lets-me-live-with-her (thanks Mike) and I hadn't been out to eat in a while. Since the pandemic, we order in more often. I was tired of cooking so I asked if she'd like to try the new Costa Rican place in town. We were there around 30 minutes before closing, prepared to do the polite thing and take our meal back home but we were urged by the owner to sit and enjoy ourselves. We ordered the ceviche because we are aficionados of the citrus-cooked fish and since this was actually going to be fish and not shrimp, we were excited to try. They do not poach the fish in advance (which speaks to the confidence they have in their method and ingredients) preferring to let the citrus "broth" do the trick. The result is amazingly tender fish in a oniony, herbaceous, lime juice cocktail. Since they don't pre-cook the fish, they don't have to make it seem like they've marinated it a long time, so the citrus is more subtle that most of us are used to. It was wonderful, served with chips and the three salsas mentioned in other reviews. I stuck to what appeared to be a habanero salsa, but there was a rich green salsa and a bright red one also. A little dab of habanero on top of a spoonful of fish and onion and tomato, poised atop a chip, is a wonderful thing to shovel, one after another, into your mouth! My lovely spouse had the Chifrijo, a bowl of white rice, beans, cubed pork, a generous knob of avocado, pico de gallo, and chips. Every element was wonderful, though we may ask if we can sub in tortillas for the chips next time, as a personal preference. Since this place is the reincarnation of the rotisserie chicken place that was once across the street, I knew that the chick would be delicious, and it was! Jorge (the owner), retrieved a chicken and went at it with the shears and brought a beautifully prepared, flavorful, thigh and leg because we asked for dark meat. With tortillas, its another assembly project. Escabeche, chicken, a dab of salsa in a warm tortilla? Outstanding! The beans were clearly in a big sack-o-beans in the very recent past, and cooked on site. You can taste the same kind of attention to detail in everything; homemade, perfectly executed, and delicious. Very happy to have a new spot to recommend and visit again and again!

Super cute in here came in here to grab some food and a drink. Their drink of the day was a vodka…read moretonic ($3.50), great deal. Got the Golden Dynasty Special ($16.95) and a side of bbq pork ($15.95). The special included soup, I chose the egg flour. All was very good. I sat in the bar and the bartender was super friendly. I got my food and drink very fast and enjoyed my experience. Will be coming back!

Food is fantastic.They're services good, you're treated with respect.The drinks are a little…read morespindy, but they are good, really, really good.The bartenders are fun and there's no drama.It's very nice.

Soooo good! We went on a Friday night and it was a decent crowd. Not too busy and service was…read moretentative and fast. We ordered the rockin combo S or 5? Can't really tell with the font and ordered local crawfish to be added in. We did medium spicy and their sauce was the default. It was sooooo good. All the flavors melted in and you can just see they don't skimp on the sauce as it was loaded in our baking pan. We also ordered sweet potato fries which was perfect. Wings as well and they were tasty and very flavorful. The area is clean and parking is in a lot so plenty of space. Bathrooms are clean as well.

I love this place for seafood boil. I really enjoy the taste of the sauce, sweet, savory, garlicky…read more Their spice levels are off though because none of the levels were actually spicy. It's also a good deal, one combo is enough for two people to share. Service is relatively fast. They also provide you with aprons and gloves for sanitary eating. Do note, there are massive TV screens covering the walls and it might be a little overstimulating as they are all playing different things. One day I will try the hotpot but I can't resist just sticking to my usual seafood boil order.

I was doing an event here today, and we're both tired, so after packing up the truck, instead of…read moreheading home or elsewhere for dinner, I thought I'd try this grill & bar restaurant. We just walked over to the door. All ready, I didn't like entering with a loud music, I asked to be seated where it's quieter. She said: she'll turn it down. It didn't seem like the music any quieter, so hubby asked her again, and she said: someone may have turned it back up, she would lower it again. The music did get quiet. (There were small children at the time). We ordered from extensive menu. I chose the Empanada de Camaron: 4 fried turnover Empanada stuffed with cheese, shrimp, and vegetable sofrito (mixed with aromatic ingredients then sautéed), accompanied with Mexican sauce. Hubby picked the Chile Relleno: Poblano chili pepper, stuffed with mixed cheese and potato, battered in whipped egg then deep-fried to a golden brown and bathed in delicious tomato sauce. Both were delicious! The relleno was served with rice pilaf with mixed vegetable, he said he didn't care too much for that. I only ate only one of my empanada, because I was filling up with my chips & enjoying my salsa, but I wasn't really hungry. I took the rest home, for later. I love the sauce! I told Adriana, and she said: Oh! You didn't want that? I tried to tell her: I'd like it to go. (I have a feeling we're having problem communicating, she's very nice, though). The service: We were talked to by 4-5 different servers who asked us how we were doing. One: I asked if I could have mild salsa sauce, and she said: No, those were the choices they all have. A few minutes later, I asked a bus boy, but he asked someone else (who spoke English), and he - Alexander - he delivered a warm salsa to our table. He came back again, to ask how it was. The 5th girl who showed up at our table, mentioned to her about our anniversary. Towards the end, we did get a complimentary flan (thank you), but both of our water glass were empty, and we didn't get a refill, we're done. The restroom were clean, and I love the decor of the restaurant, specially the fresh flowers on each table.

Mostly a good experience with a few exceptions. For starters, the music was too to understand the…read morewaitress. I'll get to the other exceptions later. The insider is large, and has an industrial vibe. It's open and airy, though, and has an interesting neon mural. They brought our chips and salsa first. They were standard, bagged chips with both Red and green salsas. The green is better, but you can't actually dip the chip into the little metal cups because they're too small. I got coffee. The creamers were French Vanille Coffee Mate. Ew. Not good. My wife ordered a margarita, which looked nice, but it tasted like it was made with a mix instead of lime and Cointreau. We split Canaries a la Diabla, which is a spicy shrimp dish with rice. The rice was a bit overcooked, but maybe that's the way it's done. The shrimp was milder than I was expecting, but it was flavorful (almost a mole) and not too rich. Touched all the bases. My complaint was that the shells were still on. We had a lot of trouble eating them. The waitress said afterwards that we could have ordered them shell off, but she should have given us that option when we ordered. It came with a small salad with vinaigrette, pineapple and beet on lettuce. It was nice. The experience was a near miss, but we'll try it again.

We loved our meal at My Brother's Crawfish! We visited specifically for the crawfish, and we…read moreordered it two different ways - in a boil and in an étouffée. Both were flavorful and filling, and satisfied our craving just right. The cornbread served with our meals was also super tasty, with a light and sweet flavor that complimented our dishes well. Our waitress was very kind and attentive and made an effort to ensure our dining experience was a pleasant one. She offered to get us a to-go container for the seafood broth before we even asked, and I'm so glad we took her up on that offer because that broth made a great second meal the next day! We visited during a time they weren't particularly busy (about 4pm), but even then a few tables were occupied. It's clear that this location has more activity into the evening, especially since there is a full bar and they don't close until 10pm most days. We were also pretty happy with the price, considering we've paid more for less food at other restaurants offering seafood boils. We'll definitely be eating here again!

I have had at least 15 different restaurants either creole, Cajun or close. This is the worst bland…read morefood yet. I ordered the alligator it was over cooked dry tiny bite size for a baby bite for 19$ verry little not worth the price., the dirty rice 7$ about 1/2 cup was white bland no flavor filled with tomatoesand red onion. The etouffee looked and taste like dressing for Thanksgiving but greenish.. I did see tiny craw tails lots of red onion but everything else was not saucy but, just not real good etouffee not 19$ worth. " never again". Sorry to those who like this place hope you get to a real place with good food.