Fiesta Cantina

Chimichanga was not a chimichanga. Very disappointing. This place used to be really great and the only place to go for authentic Mexican food. The Chimichanga was rolled up and burnt as you can see. We will not be coming back.

The new managers are total rips. My mom and I are regular customers. We use to order the same thing every time. After these new managers took over the portions are smaller. The salsa is never the same.

I wasn’t going to eat here due to the other comments, but I was hungry and it was close to my hotel so I figured I would take a look. I drove by and they were busy, which is always a good sign. I ordered the taco salad and a beef taco, which was on special for $ 1. I wasn’t expecting much but it was pretty good. Not my favorite Mexican ever, but I would go again if I am in the area. I wouldn’t be afraid to check this place out.
Also, if you are worried about the other reviews, the one person looks reputable but the one that have them one star is clearly off her rocker based on her profile picture and the fact that she has given every other place a 1 star as well.
Enjoy!

We arrived at this restaurant approximately around the 1pm time. It appeared not too busy but pretty steady. The waiter came up to us immediately and handed us our menus and water and chips and salsa. Approximately 5 minutes later comes back takes our order. We had a party of 4 at our table. We ordered our food. We noticed that more people came in. Here is where it gets good. The people that came in after us including a table of about 9 was served way before we were. Even people that came in after them was served before we were. We waited I’m guessing approximately 20 – 25 minutes or more waiting on our very small meals we chose from one person having a taco salad, me a burrito, and the other two just something small. Nothing to fancy that would make a person slave over a hot stove thinking it’s too hard to do. Was not impressed with the food portion size, was not impressed with the price, was very sad and dissapointed in the service. After we ate, at the cash register we paid and there is a mirror there and I noticed that a young girl in the mirror hidden behind the back wall was dancing around while the cashier and her were giggling like they were not taking their job seriously. This place really needs to hire better and more help. Clean out the kids that work here. Get better portions. Will not be returning. We were not even asked how the meal was or please come back. So we basically take this as a hint… we won’t be back.

I ate here once and that was more than 12 years ago when I was living in Ottumwa at the time. I’ve had better mexican food than this place since it tasted more like a chain restaurant than authentic. If you’re wanting good mexican food I would strongly suggest you get it from a place you’re pretty familiar with. This place is ok, but in truth I’ve had a lot better than this and the food was actually authentic in taste and appearance not something that looks random and generalized for a chain restaurant.