La Fiesta

240 Villa St, Mountain View - 94041
255 reviews
Mexican
(650) 968-1364

My favorite Mexican restaurant. Get the enchiladas. Grandma's Special Enchiladas are the best. Mole also very good. I like their pork and their cheese fillings. Sometimes chicken (which is shredded) can be a little dry. Enchiladas camarones en salsa blanca (with shrimp in white sauce) are creamy and very garlicky--perhaps not an authentic dish with this sauce, but oh-so-good. Some of the sauces are too spicy for my somewhat spice-averse older parents, but I like it.The free chips and salsa that come with your meal hit the spot, too! The dark red salsa is quite spicy. They used to have a lighter red salsa that was even better, but they haven't given us that one for a long time (in person there's been a trio of salsas, but during the pandemic, I've been ordering to go, and they give only one--the dark red--with to-go orders).They seem to do *really* good business at dinner time, so if you order to-go, you may have to let it ring a long time before someone picks up, even letting it ring until it cuts off, and you have to call back, or there's a busy signal and you have to keep calling until it's not busy--but it's worth the effort.

Host was great and attentive. Waiter was ok. Was really looking forward to having the Mole Poblano. Was disappointed in the serving. 3 pieces of chicken leaves you to desire for more. It was very authentic and had good taste, but not worth the price. Flan was overly sweet and didn't seem from scratch.

Great food and friendly staff!

Food was pretty meh honestly. I got more rice and beans than actual fajitas. The prices were also fairly high for what I got.

great

Our experience turned out to be quite mediocre. We were initially given a wait time of around 20 mins but that turned out to be almost an hour, because they already had reservations! (And the server kept on ignoring us and didn't provide any updates while we stood outside, waiting)The food turned out to be just ok, with our expectations a little high after waiting for that long. Won't be coming back :-)

A co-worker recommended this restaurant.First time there. There was 5 of us... Salsa was super hot! Chips were too too hard. Originally, I ordered a Hard Taco and quesadilla combo plate. My quesadilla was not cooked thru and my crispy taco fell apart at first bite. That was so Disappointing. They offered to make me something else and suggested "Grandmas enchiladas." It came just as everyone else was done with their food.My mom, got Flautas. Chicken was white meat but dry, very dry and bland. My sister and her husband got chile verde. It was good to them. My nephew got quesadilla plate. The quesadilla was smothered in quacamole and he is allergic. They made it over. His plate was quickly fixed with a new quesadilla.Back to my plate... it was ok. The grandma sauce was tasty. The chicken was breast but also dry with not much flavor and overall plate was not warm enough.Was disappointed to not get a discount even though waiter had said he took off the price of my plate, but that was just the first plate that I DID NOT Eat.Overall... gave 3 stars since waiter was nice and helpful. Also, the woman (maybe boss / owner) was fast to help us all be happy. Also the water guy gave us water and soda refills.

The ambience is nice but the foos is average! I got carne asada and Bohemia beer which were both good. I am happy that I tried this place for once!

A family favorite for 20 years. Consistently good food. Warm and welcoming service. We take visitors here regularly.

It’s definitely just an average restaurant. We went there on a Wednesday night and had to wait for 10 min to be seated. We ordered the vegetarian salad, Grandma’s Especial, the Enchiladas and guacamole. Well, we didn’t like any of them and the guacamole was certainly overpriced for its portion. Overall the service was average too, we had to wait a long time to get our check and our waiter wasn’t that attentive. I don’t recommend this place and don’t think I would go back anytime soon.