La Bamba

Great food, those rolling office chairs have seen better days. But after enough margaritas you’ll soon forget about them. Don’t make any special requests or you’ll get the same “oh no sorry, we’re just a small family restaurant” excuse. I’m not sure what that means exactly, I was only trying to order some tacos to take away with us for someone that couldn’t come.

Ok, look. The food is about what most of us in the region expect from our Mexican restaurants here (and we'll leave it at that). But... THE FLAN! I honestly can't remember the last time I had flan this good. In closing, save room for dessert or take some home with you! Don't leave without it, or the taste of your regret will be significantly less creamy and delicious!

Been driving by this place for a year. Finally stopped by today. Wow! An experience I wasn’t expecting. The food... the drinks... the service... the careful attention to detail in seasoning and spices....by far the best Mexican food I’ve had since moving to Portland from Southern California 28 years ago. In fact this place has topped a few of my favorites from down there. Margaritas are given love and not just thrown together with syrup. Try the Mango one!! The food... when you are gushing over the rice and beans as much as your main dish that says a lot. Huevos con chorizo were light and fluffy as a cloud. Perfectly spiced. Cheese enchilada was FINALLY what I was looking for! Service was so personal and accommodating. All over a fabulous experience. I have to go now...ready for my leftovers since the portions are huge!

The food is delicious. I like that there is background music without it being overwhelming. The Camerones a la diabla was amazing. It is much different than the flavor profile I'm used to, but delicious none the less. I also had the cactus margarita, which was fabulous too. All in all..a great meal and wonderful service

Wonderful service wonderful food. Margaritas were perfect, I had the blackberry margarita with the sugar rim, many would think that’s too sweet but it was perfect! My boyfriend picky and when asked for a good margarita was set up with the elevator margarita and he really enjoyed it. Ignacio and gabi made sure both of us had a wonderful first experience. He had the Michoacán burrito and those carnitas were fabulous. Ignacio was very helpful with my order which was a taco salad which isn’t something I usually go for but With Ignacio’s help I built a super veggie taco salad. Wonderful crew and wonderful art. Our first time coming in and definitely not our last!