Carreta’s Grill

I love this place! It’s great every time I go, which is at least once a week. The cheese dip is great as well as the create your own plates. Generous portions, and friendly staff!

Have been to this place many times over the past few years, going back to their previous location. With each subsequent visit, I feel the place has fallen a bit. My most recent visit was for my son’s birthday. I ordered a burrito, my son had a chimichanga, and my wife ordered the vegetarian fajita and specifically asked for NO OIL on her veggies (she is a vegetarian and triathlete). The order came out FAST — too fast for my taste as there is no way that any of our food was fresh-​prepped in the time it took for it to come out.
My burrito was OK and my son had no complaints about his chimi. My wife’s fajitas, however, were swimming in oil. We sent them back and asked for them to please be dry cooked with no oil. The second serving came back swimming in oil as well. My wife returned it and didn’t eat.
The waitress was courteous, pleasant and very apologetic about my wife’s order. We found the atmosphere clean and bright. It was definitely not loud (no band playing) during our visit. I suspect, in the right weather, the outdoor seating would be quite nice.

Bland, bland, and bland. VERY loud place. I got a combo and portion was huge but I didn’t want to take anything home because it was… just edible. Nothing to write home about. It was just really bland. Got in a hurry to get outta there because of the loud music. Waiter did fill my water before it was empty. Bathroom was clean. that’s really the only positive things I can say about it.

So I love a good AUTHENTIC Mexican restaurant, and I must say they did a pretty good job for the most part. I didn’t get the margaritas (but I’ve heard they are really good here), I’ve been to the location in Metairie a few years back but I couldn’t really remember the food. I’m ver glad that I wasn’t disappointed. So I got the chicken, steak, and shrimp fajitas, the only thing I would change is more meat verses grilled veggies. But the overall taste was delicious. It comes with the beans and rice, now I’m not a big refried beans gal and there is one other establishment that I went to and the beans were Mmm good. These weren’t bad they just went anything about the taste that stuck out. The staff was very friendly. I will tell you that the food comes out quite quickly which is nice when you are starved. If you’re in the Slidell area and you want some real Mexican good stop by this place.

Eh, today’s visit was not very good. Live band was awful. They meant well, but they’re a little loud for the venue. I do have to admit that easy listening does not get better with a Latin vibe.
The food was ok. I recommend adding cilantro.
Service was definitely not near the quality Ive come to expect. The waitress seemed much more interested in her phone and flirting with the waiter. It was a slow night.

I have not eaten here yet but the food looks awesome and the service was great. I was there for a recommended Margarita which was excellent.

Food was not bad, service was very good. The food was good for a place that is not near Mexico. I’m used to Mexican food from Southern California, so the food was not what we were used to. The carnitas were pretty dry, the beans tasted like they were from a can and the tortillas were from the grocery store. We are used to made in house tortillas and chips. Overall, not bad for the area, just not actual «authentic» mexican food.

This place has good, pretty authentic Mexican food. The service is always pretty good too. The atmosphere is chill and nice and clean. Nice place to dine

This place is consistently good! Chips n salsa always yummy! Shrimp fajitas delicious! Service great. Cheese dip great! Cannot complain about one thing.

On the way back to Texas from Alabama, had the craving for Mexican food so we stopped here. Not impressed at all. The food wasn’t good and was over priced. Even got the trace lunches to go hoping that would make up for the bad meal, but was disappointed with that also, just no flavor. Didn’t have any drinks, but they had a good selection.

Service was good and fast, but the prices were a little crazy, $ 11.75 for a burrito supreme ground beef no sides??? The half price margarita was pretty tiny nothing special, the food was ok nothing I couldn’t make at home. Disappointing.

I like Carreta’s. I just found out that they have Happy Hour all day Wed. But it only includes Margaritas. The food is decent and I have always had great servers. Since I don’t eat meat and I can’t eat cheese, my options here are limited. But they do have some great fish tacos. I know, I know, fish tacos sound gross, but they are really good. They would probably be even better if the fish was grill instead of deep fried. I love how the booths in this place are huge. You can fit a lot of folks in them. All in All its a pretty good place to eat and the prices are not too steep.

Carreta’s…
Before you came along there were only two other Mexican food places in The Dell to choose from to get my fix. One was Taco Hell and the other was a restaurant that I won’t mention here because it effing SUCKS.
Your margaritas are very large and a very large margarita equals a very happy Angie. I love your Chipotle Shrimp appetizer so much that I usually order two and eat that as my meal.
I cheat on the chipotle shrimp occasionally with shredded beef chimichanga. I’m not proud of it but I do.
Thank you, Carreta’s for saving me from mediocre Mexican food.

Love this place!!! Seriously!!! The margaritas are superb. The chips salsa and queso are delicioso! And the prices can’t be beat!!! Fast friendly service!!! Love the new location for sure!!! Just need more parking!

It was ok!

Decent Mexican food, fast service.

This place is the bomb! My wife and I love it. Reasonable pricing, large portions, great service, and margaritas are fantastic. Just order margarita at bar, at bar they are in a glass container, at table they are plastic. Highly recommend, best Mexican food in the area.

Mediocre Mexican food at a decent price. Generally bland with a lack of salt. Tamales come dry without sauce. Ground meat lacks any flavor. The chips had a stale and oily taste. The salsa was fair and spicy.
Those that got the fajitas seemed to fair better but don’t expect anything better than store-​bought tortillas.
The margaritas generally got good reviews but are expensive if you want good tequila. $ 16 for a large top shelf.
I don’t eat Mexican in Slidell often but this place wouldn’t last a week in Houston.

This is one of the best mexican restaurants I have been to. My wife loves it too. Portions were large and a soda was the size of a big gulp. The staff was fast and courteous. About 5 to 10 minutes after ordering we got our food. I was talking but it was very speedy. This place is the best around.

My friends and I eat here pretty regularly. If we want dinner before a movie, we’ll go here since the service and food is so quick. We don’t have to worry about rushing to the movie.
You get salsa and chips when you’re seated and it’s superb salsa! I always get the queso as well. Melted cheesy goodness! They’ve got a cute bar in the back if you’re feeling like a margarita.
I always get the same thing which is the enchiladas dinner but so far there have been no complaints from my friends about any of the entrees. Otherwise we probably wouldn’t keep coming back. XD
Great local, casual place with friendly service and good food.