La Mexicana Cantina & Grill

A great place for traditional Mexican food in a relaxed and comfortable environment. The meal began with a free plate of chips and salsa. The salsa was lovely and spicy, with a chili richness that characteristics Mexican food for me the chips were a traditional deep fried tortilla broken into pieces. For appetisers, I began with Tostades - two crispy corn tortillas topped with black beans, lettuce, sour cream, cotija cheese and chicken, it was rich flavoured and delicious. My partner chose to have Queso Fundido, which was a Monterry Jack Cheese warmed with three soft tortillas to scoop it up. This was a nice cheese with pleasant flavours. For mains I had Torta Choriqueso, a loaf of telera bread split in half and filled with choriqueso, lettuce, refried beans, guacamole, pickled jalapeños and red onions. Choriqueso is an old favorite of mine, and this was a fine example. The picked jalapeños gave a lovely bite to the flavour of the whole dish. My partner had a Hamburger and Fries, the burger had tomato, lettuce and avocado on it and was cooked as he liked it. Overall a perfect meal.

Although it is difficult to find great Mexican restaurants in Miami, this place has delicious food and proper portion sizes. We had a working lunch at La Mexicana and the food fully met our expectations. The decor is not very attractive, but it’s a great option to pamper your palate and enjoy their delicious specialties.

Went here on a whim on a Friday night. I had heard about their very good happy hour but didn't make it on time. The ambience is definitely festive with loud music, attractive decor, and music videos playing on a big screen inside. The food was truly phenomenal. I had the chicken tacos and they are not kidding when they say it is pulled WHITE MEAT! it was sooooooo good. I hate the chicken tacos that have the mashed up chicken meat that they drown in a sauce so you don't know what you're getting. These were fresh, big, and absolutely delicious. My better half had the pulled pork tacos and they were really good as well. We ordered a pitcher of Corona and my only complaint here was that they had run out of plastic bags so we couldn't get an ice bag for it but no worries, we downed it so fast it didn't matter. I will definitely be back. I'm actually planning on going today to try out their happy hour so I'll update this review soon!

My wife and I just had a fantastic dinner at this place thanks to a close friend's recommendation (His wife is Mexican, so that was a high endorsement to us). The service was fantastic, our waitress (Olympia) made us feel like family. My glass was never even close to empty, she never overstayed her welcome, brought everything out quickly and her recommendations based on what we told her we liked were absolutely spot-on. We had the beer battered fish tacos, chicken fajitas and some guac. Their chips are awesome, and the dip they use is very tasty with a little spice to it but no much, it'll hold you up until your food is out. The food itself was as good as it gets. I travel to Mexico fairly often and this place has authentic Mexican food. Their menu is a good mix of spicy and not, which I appreciated. My wife likes spicy, so Olympia brought her a nice sauce that she really enjoyed. My number one complaint about Mexican restaurants in Miami is that they put cilantro on everything. It's as if their motto is "if it doesn't have cilantro it's not Mexican". Well, not here, thank God! Sure, some of the dishes have cilantro, the pico de gallo does, as expected and as it should be; however as someone who doesn't like it I was able to have a wonderful Mexican meal without any of it (She even asked the chef to not put cilantro in our guac, which is made fresh, btw) Their Mariachi band is phenomenal too; they came out when we were about to leave and serenaded our table. The singer's voice was fantastic, their violinist was very impressive, and the other two guys played their instruments really well too. Overall, we couldn't have possibly had a better date night.