Los Fernandez Restaurant

El mejor servicio Buena comida recommendable los meseros. delo mejor .y Buena locasion les recomiendo la tampiqueña fui atendido por amigable personas…

We came for the buffet. The chips and salsa are awesome and you get seated immediately. Good service, the wait staff is quick and on the ball. Good food. I would definitely recommend this place.

So disappointed! Los Fernandez was a nice little place with great food at their old location next to the Walgreens across the street. We paid the new Fernandez, a visit during lunch time.
It is now a huge, cavernous place. Combination night club, bar and restaurant. It reminded me of one of those massive beer tents in Munich during Oktoberfest, with a touch of Tijuana.
The place was elbow-​to-​elbow packed even as big as it is. Good for the owners, bad for customers (unless you like crowds, slow service and excessive noise).
The music (live), extremely loud. So loud, it was hard to hear myself think, even less being able to hear the waiter and simply impossible to have a conversation.
The quality of the food itself went down several notches. The service, below par.
Will never set foot there again. Not my scene. But maybe you will like it. Judge for yourself.

This is a great place for couples, families large and small and friends night out. We have come here a few times and have never been disappointed. They have live music on the weekends which makes it fun. Their carna asada is unbelievably good. On our last visit we had the fajitas plate for 2. It was huge and comes with steak, chicken, shrimp, chorizo, veggies and catus. You can’t go wrong with this place.

Long time area resident, first time visiting this place. Food was delicious, and the ambiance on a Saturday night was just perfect. Will be coming back for sure!

Very good place to eat at, food is delicious if you’re ACTUALLY eating at the restaurant but even then my boyfriend and I had a bad experience.
About two weeks ago, my boyfriend and I came here and he ordered menudo for his hangover only to be disappointed in how the menudo wasn’t cleaned good enough and still had a lot of fat on it. He even told me this was the worst he’s ever had. Although his experience wasn’t pleasant, I still enjoyed my camarones a la Diabla and caldo de camaron.
Today though was our first time having take out and I was actually pretty excited. It was all excitement for nothing to put it nicely. Got camarones a la diabla (my favorite dish) only to be disappointed, they were overcooked and mine were barely spicey. On top of that it wasn’t saucey like it normally is, and the shrimps weren’t cleaned good enough.
We ordered a few other things as well and they were poorly made.
To drink we got 3 Jamaica waters and they were very sweet today, another let down.
Our bill came out to 51 $ and I couldn’t stress enough how disappointed I was and what a waste of money it was as well. And to think the boyfriend and I were thinking about taking our families here…
Called the manager and let him know about our awful experience and he was very kind in me being able to notify him on these mistakes, as he would talk with his kitchen staff, and told me to give this place another opportunity but I’m not quite sure that will happen any time soon…

Excellent food great taste, there’s no other place like this one margaritas are delicious love mango one the service it’s really good every one always smiling and treating with respect Iget my food hot on time this is my favorite place to eat and have fun amazing place.

Service was and is always top notch. The food is fabulous. Been there 4 times and each one I’ve ordered a different meal. The margarita’s are well made, Very tasty and never disappoints. There’s commercial and there’s authentic. They are definitely authentic. I would recommend this place to all Mexican food lovers and those wanting to taste the real thing. Also love the live music and Spanish DJ.

I stopped by last weekend at about 1am because we went on a mission to have a good night and really wanted to dance Mexican music. It was a fail and we got hungry so we ended up here.
As soon as we walk in they had the restaurant on the right side with a small bar in the back and karaōke. Then on the left side they had a room with music and dancing! And it was Mexican music! I would have never imagined this small business in a strip mall had that. The cover fee was 10 dollars but they were closing in an hour so we just went to eat on the restaurant side. Which is why we originally went in. But now we now next time instead of trying running out everywhere this place is here and it really looked fun! I caught a glimpse of the dance floor.
I was going to do karaōke but I chickened out! Lol. I just ordered some fries I was not in the mood for a big plate that late. Food did look good so next time I will like to come early to dance and then go eat.
I did not give them them 2 extra stars because the waitress did have a lil attitude and the girls up by the dance floor did too but I tend to ignore those things. But customer service is always a must specially when your customers are being nice and have smile.

My mom and i were running errands and decided to go here for lunch. We walked in and waited a couple minutes, there was no host to greet us or seat us. Eventually a server came up to us and seated us. …that was the worst part of our dining experience, being ignored and waiting to be noticed.
Once we actually got seated we were happy. They served us some chips and three salsa, all of which were tasty. We then proceeded to order margaritas. I got strawberry and my mom got mango. They were pretty large and tasted homemade yummm
As our main course we ordered a dish that was for two it was a fajita platter. It was huge! It came with carne asada, grilled chicken, chorizo, shrimp, onions, potatoes, grilled peppers, and homemade tortillas. WOW! This is definitely hands down the best fajita platter ive ever been served. They are extremely generous. We couldnt finish our meal, and am now eating left overs for lunch. I will be back (:

Excellent service, excellent food! Fresh chips and salsa. Parrillada mixta was hot and fresh with a variety of flavors. Your palate and your appetite will not be disappointed. Drinks are superb!

We stoped in for Margaritas and we received fresh chips and salsa as well. We then ordered the combo appetizer, all were pretty darn good.

I love this place! We had great food and service! Everyone was friendly and the food was hot. I come here once a month and have never had a bad experience since they have opened. My favorite is the tacos, any kind! The fajitas are fabulous also. So much food you will leave with a to go container!

I simply love this place! From the service to the drinks, and food!

I had heard good things about this place, but I’m seldom in the area at mealtime. But today I needed to kill time while tires were installed at the nearby NTB, so an opportunity presented to give it a try.
The large dining room was sparsely populated today at lunch time. That made for excellent service from a friendly waiter. The menu had a lot of typical Mexican dishes that you would expect to find. I didn’t notice anything that I hadn’t seen before. And that was fine with me.
Freshly made chips with three kinds of sauce were offered while I looked at the menu. The chips and sauce were quite satisfactory.
I ordered the tacos with rice and beans. More types of filling were available than the usual beef or chicken. I ordered the chorizo sausage. The food arrived more quickly than I expected. It was hot and delicious!
I found the entire meal and ambience quite pleasing as a lunch location. Perhaps I will be back this way sometime for dinner.

I TRIED:
— Bistec a la Mexicana (⁴⁄₁₀)
— Lomo en Chili de Arbol (¹⁰⁄₁₀)
— Chips & Salsa Trio (¹⁰⁄₁₀)
— Al Pastor Tacos (⁹⁄₁₀)
— Other tacos (⁷⁄₁₀)
— Steak Fajitas (¹⁰⁄₁₀)
— Chile Relleno (⁹⁄₁₀)
(Reposting/​Updating this review, because they moved, and the old page doesn’t come up anymore).
I had just gone to Hartland, WI and ate at some random Mexican joint there that I had been raving to all my friends about how I had the best Mexican food in some super podunk town in Wisconsin. Granted, I had tried something new there, so it may have been that it wasn’t the restaurant itself, but just the dish. The dish was Bistec a la Mexicana. Sounds like «biscuit» but the description said steak so I got it. I’ll explain later, but that was the whole reason why I came to this place… to try out Bistec a la Mexicana to see if I’d like it here. Well.
BISTEC A LA MEXICANA
No. I didn’t like it. It tasted and looked NOTHING like what I had out in Hartland! It was bland, not spicy, and just disappointing. Now, maybe the Wisconsin version of it was the American way and this was the authentic way, who knows. Whatever the case was, this wasn’t what I wanted.
CHIPS & SALSA TRIO
After having been so disappointed that the closest sit down Mexican joint near work had bad Bistec, what kept us coming back was the Chips & Salsa. The chips are freshly fried, and sometimes a bit greasy, but they are usually hot, fresh, and oh so crunchy (my favorite)! The chips by themselves are just amazing, but then there’re the 3 salsas. There’s a creamy green one (tomatillo I think), a red-​orange one, and a chunky red one. When we go (2 of us), we end up eating 2 baskets of chips. In that time, I probably dunk 1 chip in the red-​orange, 2 chips in the chunky red, and the rest in the green. I can’t quite explain it, because all 3 salsas are unlike anything I’ve ever had. The orange has this reeeeeeeeeeeealy faint tangyness to it. Nothing that’ll make you salivate or anything, but it’s just a little weird. The red chunky looks like Tostitos or something, but it’s actually a bit sweeter than that, and lacks salt. It’s ok, but just pales in comparison to the green one. The consistency is thicker than the others, but nowhere near guacomole. If you spooned it on your plate, it would definitely not keep its shape. The best part, is that it’s sometimes got a real healthy kick to it, which puts me in this like blood thirsty mode where I start devouring chips unknowingly! It’s great stuff! If it wasn’t for these, we would’ve stopped coming after the first day.
LOMO EN CHILI DE ARLBOL
…and I’m glad we didn’t stop, because eventually I stumbled across this. No idea what the name means (something about a forest chili?), but THIS is what Bufu, WI’s Bistec looked like. It’s thin slices of steak in a spicy red sauce, along with rice and beans. The flavor is just perfect! The spice varies day to day, but it never disappoints, and sometimes it’s really cookin and I break into a downpour of sweat… but I love it! It’s hot too (temperature-​wise). I’m not a tortilla fan, so I usually neglect those completely. I’ll basically scoop some of the beef/​sauce/​veggies (the dish is light on veggies… i like that) on the rice and just eat it like that. OMG It’s so delicious! Now, I successfully finished a ghost-​chili wings challenge, so that’ll give you some idea of my spice tolerance, and this dish can, at times, give me a run for my money, but then again, sometimes, I won’t even break a sweat. Just be careful if you’re not used to spicy things. There is the faintest bit of tang in the sauce too, but nothing like the orange salsa. It’s seasoned well, and the steak is cooked perfectly everytime. This is my favorite dish here!
TACOS
When coworkers and I feel like being healthy-​but not too healthy, we come here for the lunch special tacos. It’s a great deal! $ 5.25 for 2 tacos (any kind), rice, beans, and bottomless chips & salsa trio. The $ 5.25 is almost good just with the chips! I order my tacos with onions and cilantro instead of the lettuce, tomato, etc. Their chicken is about as good as any other chicken taco I’ve had, so I’m not sure how that rates. I’ve had a lot of their tacos, but the best ones were the Carne Asada and Al Pastor. The Carne Asada steak is great! The steak is packed with flavor, smokey and garlic/​herb-​y. The Al Pastor is so good! The red sauce that it’s marinaded in has a peppery taste and has the perfect balance of salt to make it one irresistible taco!
FAJITAS
I hope I have room. The steak in that taco is the center stage in the fajitas, and that’s why it gets ¹⁰⁄₁₀. I’ve never had such good steak in a fajita…
CHILE RELLENO
Their poblanos are big, beautifully egg battered, and the perfect amount of cheese to not overpower the whole thing, but give it so much buttery goodness that only chihuahua cheese can provide! Also, you definitely taste the poblano, but it’s not that strong. I’m not a huge pepper fan, so that’s perfect for me.
GO HERE!
No Rm

I have been waiting (mind you with reservations) for almost three hours. Fact of the matter is that people literally have finished their meals but are just sitting at tables on their phones and not budging. This has been a ridiculous wait indeed and I HIGHLY refuse to give them more than 1 star because we had the nachos while we waited and the were not at all good to begin with. It is super crowded and just not what I expected in the least. The staff seems to really not care when it comes to the frustration some of us are feeling as they seem to just go with the flow. Not sure if this is an all the time thing but I ABSOLUTELY refuse to never come here again. I cannot understand how this is possible in such a big establishment. The lack of courtesy of the clientele is absolutely bad and when I asked the staff, they said this is normal? Don’t bother, you are better off at Taco Bell!

Always find the best restaurants when I am lost. Great food and I think the best service I ever had. 5 stars for Los. Almost forgot, the live music adds to a wonderful experience!

Awesome food, constant entertainment, and a perfect place for a great party. Every cinco de mayo my family comes here to meet friends to celebrate!

I love this place… great food and excellent service… all the pleople treat me really good my food came fast and delicious .I’ll go back for sure fully recommend it

Delicious food, service was great too until the very end when we waited 20 minutes for our check, but it was great in every other way!

Los Fernández Restaurant probar una deliciosa parrillada y wow. Simplemente deliciosa. Ampliamente recomendable y su comida auténticamente Mexicana lo mejor de lo mejor!

Went out with friends for my birthday. We eat dinner elsewhere and came here for dessert and drinks. Place was not very busy. We ordered cheesecake and fried ice cream. 45 mins later our dessert was still MIA!
I decided to call in the dessert order from our table on my cell phone and see if take-​out was quicker. Within minutes the waitress came by with an attitude and claimed «we are making your birthday dessert:»
1. Thanks for ruining my friends surprise for my birthday
2. I wasn’t aware they make the cheese cake fresh to order.
5 minutes later a pre-​sliced cheesecake bathed (drowned) in caramel & chocolate sauce arrived at our table.
They did sing happy birthday to me, which was nice, but I would not recommend this restaurant, the service is sub-​prime and could not enjoy the dessert due to the drowning sauce.

This place was a lot better in their previous location behind the walgreens. Since it moved by Marianno’s this place tanked. Reasons why —
Piss poor service
And the food just got absolutely horrific
So sad this used to be a go to place for my family… Looks like they just lost focus. Won’t be going back!

Not sure why there are so many horrible reviews here. I thought the food was amazing. It could be people just don’t know what to order here. Ive only had the takeout food here so this review is only based on take out food and not the ambience and service.
My landscaper was working in my yard when i happened to be doing spring cleaning in the garage. I ended up giving him so many electronics and household items he brought me food from Los Fernandez and it was amazing. When he asked me what i wanted i said something about burritos and tacos and he refused. He got me what he got for himself which was «camarones al mojo» and a bunch of drinks. The tortillas was great. The salsas were tasty too. He said entrées are the way to go.
Tip: he said the Elmhurst location is great for rotisserie chicken.

No me gusta xq todo es bastante caro y la comida no es muy buena y para completar el servicio es bastante malo.

Chips and salsa were pretty good… Fresh, homemade chips… 3 types. of salsa…
Ordered 4 different kinds of tacos…
Pastor was good… Lacking that great flavor I expect from al pastor meat
Asada/​skirt steak was dry, no flavor
Prime rib was to lean… Didn’t seem like prime rib
Pork skin was awesome! Great spice and flavor!
Overall, it was an ok place… Many better places in the area…

Tried them for the first time on Friday night. I was surprised how big the place is, they certainly have plenty of tables & booths, plus a bar area, to accommodate a crowd. They had live music which, although the singer/​keyboard player was very good, the volume was WAY too loud for 6 p.m. — even if it was a Friday night it’s not like they are a nightclub. The hubs & I had to yell at one another across the booth to hear one another — same goes with the waitress — so we weren’t really off to a great start.
They have a huge menu and everything sounded quite good. I had the Cuban sandwich, which was HUGE. It tasted good & the bread was great, but other than the various meats (of which there were plenty) the other fillings were more pilled right in the middle of the sandwich & not spread out so I rearranged the fillings a bit for better coverage. The sandwich doesn’t come with a side but it was so big that wasn’t an issue as I only ate half and took the rest home (they do have various sides a la carte if you feel so inclined). The Hubs had the Enchiladas Suizos platter (chicken) which he said was just average. Their free chips & 3 assorted salsas were quite good (2 of the 3 salsas are spicy so if you don’t like spicy there is 1 for you).
Our server seemed pleasant enough (aside from us all having to yell at one another over the music) but she wasn’t very attentive. She came over once right after our food was delivered to ask how it was and then disappeared. Our sodas & waters were never refilled at all so we basically stopped eating when we realized she was no where to be seen and had been sitting with empty glasses for 10 minutes. After sitting another 10 minutes and still not seeing our server we finally flagged down another server after a few attempts at getting someone’s attention & asked for boxes, mentioning we have no idea where our server went (in all I’d say she was gone for 30 minutes). Our actual server came back a minute later with boxes & apologized and we asked for the check and left cash so we could get the heck out of there as we had other errands to run.

It is extremely difficult to find anything positive about this restaurant except it is nicely decorated.
Common in many Mexican restaurants, the chips arrived shortly after we were seated. The chips, oily and no taste.
The server, we saw her only once when she took our order.
Our order arrived promptly, served by someone else other than our server.
My wife took two bites of her meal and could not eat anymore. I however was able to take about five bites and had to stop. The meals were so terrible which could explain the lack of our server returning to check on how we were doing. The beans were cold, the beef and chicken, cannot even describe the terrible taste.
The entertainer was good, but too loud for the size of the restaurant.
Unfortunately I had to track down a server to get our check without any consideration from them when she saw our uneaten meals.
Taco Bell would be a better choice.