La Poblana

IMHO, this restaurant has the finest Mexican food In the Rochester area. Not only is the food delightful, the staff genuinely appreciates your presence! Interviewing the owner, I learned his formula: Your visit – our pleasure, the quality – our obligation, and your satisfaction – our success. In Spanish: Su visita – nuestro placer, la calidad – nuestra obligación, su satisfacción – nuestro éxito. The food is always freshly cooked, comfortably spicy for Minnesota palates, the décor is bright and festive and you always leave knowing that they are honored by your presence.

Stopped in for the first time while we were in Rochester. Really great staff & clean restaurant! They do have a somewhat limited menu & no 'kids menu' but they will make a quesadilla, enchilada, taco, etc but smaller size or order from a la cart for them. Took about 20 minutes from ordering to receiving food but wasn't too bad of a wait! The food was superb & definitely worth it! The a la cart was cheaper (obviously) but the meals were anywhere from $10-$20+.

My favorite Mexican restaurant in Rochester and the most authentic. The food is great, the atmosphere is great and the staff has always been friendly. This is the place I go to the most when I'm in Rochester. The chips come warm. The salsa that comes with the chips is very different from other places, but I really like. Since this is authentic don't expect lots of sauce on the food. Update 2020. When they finally opened up after covid lockdown we were so excited. Made special trip (45 min drive). They had brand me menus. Prices had gone way up. Smaller bowel of chips. Never asked if we wanted more (we usually didn't take more). Too expensive now so probably won't be back.

Food was ok, nothing special, but $22 lunch? Ordered lunch special $12.95 or there abouts. Normally $14 for two enchiladas, rice, beans and fountain pop. Asked what pop and got diet coke. She brought me over a Diet Coke in a bottle. Then asked if I wanted chips and salsa and I said yes. When checking out I notice my bill was really high I asked why. Said chips and salsa we charge for. Really? You should’ve told me that. And you got a bottle of pop which does not come with it. She knew I ordered the special. Never said sorry or offer anything for the confusion/mistake.