Cantina Laredo

The server was nice but covering too many areas so the service and drink refills were horribly slow. The food is no where near authentic, it is extremely bland.
I will probably never find a reason to return.
The two stars is for the courteous staff.

I first had dinner at Cantina Laredo in downtown Ft. Worth, Texas, years ago. I’ve been hooked ever since. So, I was pretty excited to see that they had a location in Gilbert, Arizona — of all places!
Food is excellent, drinks are strong and delicious and Jaqueline, our server, was oustanding! She made our entire night enjoyable!
Will return as often as possible! Thanks for bringing a little Texas with me to Arizona!

My boyfriend and I went here for dinner evening and all I can say is it was awesome. Be prepared the drinks are powerful here and we made the mistake of getting Tequila shots on the side. but the frozen Margarita house drinks did not need it. Needless to say we took our time drinking and eating so we could travel home safely. Fantastic time… we will definitely visit this restaurant again… by the way … I had the chicken shrimp and spinach entrée and John had the mahi-​mahi tacos… so good!

Great ambiance for seating in the back area of the restaurant. Great authentic Mexican food! Chips & cold salsa on point. Guac needed salt but was good & tacos de fajita were delish. Topped it off with a Strawberry mojito.

I’m not a fan of fancy Mexican food. I don’t think we need it to contain beets or whatnot. It is very pricy and in a state where Mexican food is so prevalent I feel like they are trying to make themselves look better than what they are. Save your money and go to the tacos stand down the street you’ll be happier.

They have a great happy hour but the best part of this Is their chips and salsa. Bartenders are very friendly.

Came here with the family and was very dissapointed. I don’t have any problem spending 20 – 30 for a dish but this place is way overpriced. Portions are very small and frankly the food was not flavorful; most of it was drenched in sauces and spices to cover up the poorly cooked meat.
The best part was finishing my kids cheese burgers, they were way better than our meals.
Guacamole was $ 11 and it was plain.
Won’t be back.

Don’t waste the outrageous amount of money you will spend on this place. The food is bland and mediocre at best. Their last food inspection did not go well… they had food temperature and food storage violations; um, no thanks. Margaritas are good, but expensive. I will take my business down the road to New Mexican Grill. It may not be fancy and doesn’t serve alcohol, but you’ll always have a tasty, fresh meal. Get the margaritas somewhere else after dinner.

I was skepticle about this place at first, but once I took the first bite, I was overwhelmed with the quality and the taste of the food. We ordered Pollo Chipotle and Asada Y Enchiladas. Both of them super delicious, service was excellent. Will definitely recommend this place.

This may have been our weirdest service experience ever. Before we get to that, let’s talk about the food. My husband ordered the tacos al carbon ($ 20). The taste was good but not traditional and they were served on flour tortillas. I had the fajitas tres with chicken, steak and bacon wrapped shrimp, which were recommended by the waitress. ($ 24). The bacon wrapped shrimp was delicious. The other items were also good but not memorable. We also had table side guac as a starter ($ 12).
Now I’m going to backup up and talk about the service. When we sat down the waitress asked us if we wanted drinks. We both wanted water to start. When she delivered the water she dropped them off fairly rapidly and moved on. Upon taking a sip, my husband asked how my water tasted, which was fine. He had me taste his and it was soda water. Odd… On her return she gave him a new water per our request and took our drink order. We ordered one diet soda and table side guacamole. When she returned she brought him iced tea. Okay — double weird.
Then she began to make the guac. We asked for lime and onions on the side, which she did for us (she was consistently friendly). What we got from our table side was 2 avocados halves mashed up with a dollop of tomatoes on top. That’s it. We saw cilantro on her cart but there wasn’t any in the guac and the only tomatoes were the dollop. Pretty weird and expensive guac even with the onions and lime on the side.
While she was making the guacamole I asked her about the fajitas tres, which she said as her favorite. After dropping off the guac she walked away. We saw her take orders at the next table. Later she dropped off my meal –without ever taking my husbands the order! The weirdness continued with people picking up one of the two different salsas they serve without asking, but not replacing it. When our waitress did replace it, she gave us the wrong one.
We could go on but suffice it to say it was weird, especially for a higher end restaurant. So to sum it up — the food was good but expensive for the service we received and the weird guacamole. Will we be back… that remains to be seen, but my guess is no.

Enjoyed our Anniversary there. Realized I knew the Manager there who I did his roof for a while back. So we had our meal and I asked for the bill and the waiter tells me No Charge. I was floored never has a manager done that for me. I don’t think he does it very often but he came over to wish us a happy anniversary and told me he really loved what we did for him as a business. Thanks again… and the Guacamole was awesome!

My family went here a couple of weeks ago. We wished we had tried it out sooner!!! The frozen and rocks margaritas were strong and refreshing. We order a bowl of queso first and it was tasty. The children ordered off the children’s menu and got mini sliders w/​fries and a quesadilla with rice. Both were very content with their dishes. My husband ordered the tres fajitas and I can’t tell you which protein was best! The bacon wrapped shrimp were amazing, the beef was so tender that my son started in on dad’s plate. The chicken was moist and cooked to perfection. I ordered chicken tacos… Another great dish. We will be back for sure. It was more expensive than typical Mexican food but I would say it was far superior than most typical Mexican food. Keep doing what your doing.

This is my first time here. I’ve been to San Tan mall a million times but never knew it was here. I was invited to a surprise birthday party here and we got the back room, which is pretty big and slightly secluded from the restaurant.
Although the ambiance is nice, I don’t personally think the food was worth the money. The chips weren’t really restaurant style; they reminded me of the all-​you-​can-​eat chips at Chili’s (not great). There were two different salsas and they were decent.
I paid $ 5 per taco for 3 fish tacos — grilled mahi mahi. The fish was pretty good, but over all, nothing special for fish tacos. My wife got the Enchiladas Vericruz. She said it was better than she thought it’d be. Good flavor and moist chicken. She liked the healthy grilled cucumbers on the side instead of rice and beans.
Over all, good atmosphere and good service, but I didn’t think the quality of food merited the price. Glad we tried it out, but I probably won’t be back.

I want to LOVE this place. After all it has huge sentimental value for me, as it’s where my husband took me on our first date. Their cold salsa is amazing and their chips are good, which is the only redeeming food item on the menu. This last time I went I wasn’t starving so I ordered an appetizer. The description of their ahi tacos actually says «sushi cut ahi». What I got instead of thin buttery slices was chunky chewy mouthfuls of horribly cut ahi. It was disgusting. To make. matters worse the manager argued with me about it when I pointed it out. Sadly, memories or not I doubt we will ever be back.
As you can see by the attached photo the chunks were nearly the size of a half dollar and very thick. I wouldn’t even eat a piece of steak that big. They absolutely overwhelmed the tiny taco shells.
Save your money and eat somewhere else!

Chilean Sea Bass
We have been here before and the service is always great.
Tonight, I ordered a Chilean Sea Bass that was painfully over cooked. I sent the first order back only to receive another one that was butterflied and equally over-​cooked. When the manager came to our table we told him that the fish was over-​cooked and not typical of Chilean Sea Bass. He asked if we had the fish at his restaurant before. When we said no. He said he was sorry we didn’t like it and walked away.
It was a $ 30 entrée in a suburban mall restaurant. Not sure where he thinks he works but the opinion of his customers should matter. As far as I am concerned. This restaurant is a fail.

The only reason I’m giving this a 4 and not 5 is because the margaritas that I ordered were VERY weak. The food was excellent! Dessert was out of this world. My husband had red wine as usual and said it was very good. I ordered a margarita which was 12.75 but it was during «happy hour» time so I’m not sure if they were pouring light for those Drinks and ended up pouring light for mine. Just a warning because when I pay that much for a margarita I expect to taste tequila. The food however was the freshest and beat Mexican food we have ever had.

Great lunch spot, very tasty margarita and bloody mary. Food was just the right portions and just the right spiciness on the salsa. Wish there were bigger than 19″ TVs in the bar, but that a minor knit

What? I’ve never left a review for my favorite spot? Oh where do I start? Ok, the Bandera margarita. It’s the best marg I’ve ever had. Three layers like the Mexican flag… madori on the bottom, pomegranate in the middle and regular on top. Now, I’m not usually one for frozen or sweet marks but this is it. Even the house margs are fab.
Food. chips and salsa rock. Lots of shrimp entrees to love. Fajitas are bomb. Tacos de pescado rick, the shrimp stuffed pompano is one of my faves. Hubby usually gets the ribeye, used to be on the menu, but now a special, marinated in cascabel sauce? It’s great. Love sitting on the patio people watching. Good food good margs good times.

Stopped by on Friday for dinner. I really like their cocktail and food menu here.
I like the chips and salsa here. The two salsas they put out are really good — especially the spicy one.
Their traditional mojito remains one of my favorites. Ordered the Queso Laredo to start with — which is really good. This is one of those starters that I can’t pass up whenever I’m here.
I really liked the carne asada I had here for lunch last time, so it was really difficult for me to skip it this time for something new.
Put in an order for Camaron Poblano Asada. This is a poblano peppers stuffed with cheese, onions and a few shrimp, with a skirt steak draped over the top and coated in chimichurri sauce. I have to be honest here — this was not what I was expecting. The flavors fell a little flat for me. The steak was cooked perfectly, but I felt like it wasn’t seasoned enough (or the chimichurri sauce was missing something).
On a positive note, I tried a little of my wife’s Camarones Escondidos — and I think I may have found a new favorite dish here. The grilled chicken was really tender and the chipotle-​wine sauce was amazing!
As usual, service here was great. We had no reservations but were still seated within ten minutes, despite the fact that they were pretty busy.
A shout out to our server, Danielle, who did a great job of taking care of us — good job!
We’ll definitely be back again!

We came here to celebrate a family birthday and had a great time. We have some good and some bad but the attention from the management that we received was impressive.
We grabbed a couple of drinks at the bar while we waited for the rest of our party and the bar top was not wiped down. Dirty plates were cleared but globs of salsa were not cleaned up making it difficult to know where to put my hands or my purse. The house margarita was good but a little on the sweet side for me. The food was just ok, maybe it just wasn’t my jam. It is more Fresh Mexican vs. Authentic Mexican which some people prefer but I like old school good flavor. The 2 different salsa were delicious and a nice touch The 2 different salsa were delicious and a nice touch. We ordered 2 of the guacamole, which was mixed table side and made to your specifications, but they were just ok. Small portions and the pieces of jalapeño mixed in were a large dice, which sometimes tasted like a giant bite of pepper instead of Guacamole.
Our server was so so, she was helpful but also misguided in a couple areas. We had some gringo’s in the group who do NOT like spice and she suggested any of the enchiladas or a couple of the tacos. My enchiladas were definitely spicy and were not at all mild (I’ll get to them later) and one of our group had to send her dish back it was so spicy. Another misstep were plates not cleared, waters not refilled, or that I was skipped over for the drink order because I was closing out my tab at the bar when she took the initial water order. We had a child dining with us and his empty Sprite was never offered a refill and we ended up refilling it with water after it sat empty long enough.
The rest of our party was very happy with their entrees, the hit among everyone was the Camaron Poblano Asada. My enchiladas were ok, a little too spicy for me and the sauce resembled more of a chili constancy than a sauce and was a red brown instead of the deep red I am used to. To end the meal, and celebrate the birthday, we ordered the Mexican Apple Pie and the Mexican Brownie. Both were worth saving room for and the server made it special with a sparkler candle.
Even with the missteps, our server was quick to offer our diner a new option since her original was too spicy. The manager also checked in with us several times to make sure things were right and everything was handled. Those two things alone impressed me and will be the reason we come back.