Very shocked to find good Mexican food this far north!!! Normally after leaving the boarders of Texas the quality drops every 50 miles and once you reach New York or other East Cost cities and states you are throwing dice when you enter a Mexican restaurant.BUT Cantina supried me! The tacos, beans and Mexican rice were great and staff was also great.
Happy hour at the Cantina is just what the doctor ordered for someone on vacation, Frequented by college students, happy hour srves $5 wine and apps. The wine our is generous and fresh chips and salsa are terrific. We went to dinner on another occasion. Dinner on the other-hand shows a variability in the cooking staff, Our meal was a bit stogy.
For over 50 years my family has been coming to Saratoga Springs. Today was my first experience dining at Cantina for lunch upon the recommendation of my wife. My server was lovely and was focused on me and my wife's needs. Sorry, I don't recall her name.We ordered their wings, Birria Tacos, salad, fried brussel sprouts, and fried ice-cream. The food was delivered timely and was hot. The wings were excellently fried with a flavorful sweet sauce. The brussel sprouts were outstandingly crisp and taste consistency was spot on, served with a slightly spicy dipping sauce. The tacos, w/au jus, were VERY VERY small with not much flavor (I was expecting regular size). The salad...she took home. The fried ice-cream was ok. The coating was not desirable. It tasted like the coating was in the freezer too long. So the MEAL ONLY was an overall 4 rating; 5 without the tacos and ice-cream and.......................here's the kicker...My wife chose outside seating since there was lots of sunshine and not too hot outside. Unfortunately, after we sat down, new people sat outside WITH THEIR DOGS!!!! One person had 3 medium sized dogs. Another had 1 big dog. And another had 1 medium sized dog. We were ambushed. We were so busy counting the hairs flying through the air landing on our table and in our food that it completely took away from our enjoyment of our meal. One of the dogs kept coming behind me as if he was going to ask for a fork! VERY BAD!I love dogs. I had plenty of them growing up. I just do not feel that it would make sense to have something in place to prevent these things from happening...namely floating hair in my food. It is enough to have to deal with potential human hair or any other miscellaneous particles but pet hair?? Maybe the restaurant should make it clear to its guests that if they would prefer not to be exposed to potential animals...please sit inside at a decent distance away? Maybe the pet should be fully covered? Whatever the solution, it should be all inclusive without subjecting me and my wife to eating dog hairs in our tacos or water served...and it can't be me not coming there or relocating to another table or just getting a discounted meal or reimbursement for the meal. The focus is for all of us to have an experience we all appreciate.Just a thought...
Food was served incredibly quickly and tasted delicious, but the 3 girls on reception desk didn't Excellent ate 2 nights in a row seem to have a clue what they were doing and the 3 of them didn’t seem to be working well together, even with a booking had to wait a long time for table. Visited on taco Tuesday so very busy. Waitress was excellent
Atmosphere was lively. Staff had a can do attitude and approach to things! Food superb! Liked the architecture of the building also. Will definitely come back if ever in the area again.
Food was delicious, service was quick, and I would highly recommend eating here. I could eat Mexican cuisine every day of the week and be just fine with it! Will come back again for sure!
This is the Mexican food for people who've never tasted Mexican food. I ordered the Chimichangas. What I actually got was more of a French egg roll. The beef inside the Chimichanga was soaked in a wine sauce when cooked, it had no spices that you'd expect from a Mexican dish. In addition there was nothing inside it other than the "charred corn" which looked like plain old boiled corn. Then it was covered in this tomato sauce that tasted like a can of crushed tomato's was opened and just dumped on the plate. No seasoning, no sign of cheese anywhere on the dish. Somehow they managed to make it look crispy but still be entirely mush.All I could taste was wine (which I personally hate). There was zero flavor that you would expect from this dish.The waiter did take it off our bill. My wife didn't complain about the enchiladas she ordered but she ate less than half b/c they were also a bland mushy mess.The Open faced street corn quesadilla was also strangely soggy if you picked up a piece it would flop down so it was best to eat with a knife and fork. Meanwhile the outer edges were nearly burnt.Highly recommend you save your money and go elsewhere.
Most of the Food was very good but felt like it could have used a little more salt. The Chips where oddly thick a dip was very oregano heavy. The Mole was good. The waitress seamed to be at the end of the patience and that was a little off putting but I would likely go here again.
My daughter and I were visiting my son at Skidmore and grabbed a very tasty lunch here. The chips were fresh and the salsa not too spicy. Great burritos and fajitas. Love the Margaritas...sit inside or outside and watch the people go by.
Great happening place in town! Lots of food to choose from and inside and outside sitting. We just had some beers and apperitives! Some options for vegetarian people. We sat at the bar for faster service on a Friday night ?