Fiesta Mexicana Restaurante - Raleigh

Went to England to spend my birthday with my fiends, I found this restaurant on Yelp and it looked fun so decided to have my Birthday dinner there. I'm Mexican American so I was not expecting the best food. Was going mostly for the ambiance but the food was very good. As for the ambiance, it was wonderful! Lots of people apparently go there for birthday celebrations and I can see why. The atmosphere is very fun.

Fiesta Mexicana is one of two excellent restaurants on High Street Orpington. They offer variety in the menu and drinks and they have very good service. The other one is the Italian osteria, but that is another story... During our visit, I ordered the sword fish and I didn't expect such a delicacy. It was absolutely tasty and the side portion of vegetables was very delicious too. The size of the portion was generous; overall, a very good value for our money. I think I will be going back again soon!

Located on the end of Orpington High Street is Fiesta Mexicana, one of my favourite Mexican restaurants of all time. The atmosphere in here is vibrant, loud, colourful, fun and exciting. The staff are beyond friendly they will try and tempt you to get up and dance or to wear a sombrero! The food can range in price depending on what you have but I have never had a single complaint about this restaurant. I am actually organising a party for my mothers 50th here as it is so fun and enjoyable! I will continue to go here until I am old and wise!

From start to finish, this was the worst restaurant experiences I 've had. I visited this restaurant with my family one evening, and the first thing we saw was the unwelcoming stares of the waitstaff (a group of 5 or more people hovering by the bar, who couldn 't have looked less enthusiastic if they tried). Eventually one of them mustered up the courage to approach us, after we stood awkwardly for 2 minutes. We were asked Do you have a booking . Considering half the restaurant was empty, and there was just 2 of us we expected a better response. We were told to wait while he checked Again, we could clearly see there was space. He guided us to the very back wall of the restaurant, right by the kitchen door. In his defence, there was a pretty big party of young people that were sitting by the window having the time of their lives (kudos to them), and it was clear the main manager wanted a certain atmosphere to be advertised at the shop window. We were not the clientele he wanted to advertise. Or perhaps he was psychic, and knew about the impending food poisoning we would have? There 's that too. We went to our table and begun looking at our menus. Beyond the remnants of what I can only hope was hot sauce or ketchup, I was able to see most of my menu. We ordered 1 starter (taquitos), 2 mains (chimichangas), 1 drink (caipirinha). Whilst waiting, the waitstaff constantly shifted and moved tables and chairs around us perhaps this was their idea of creating ambience? At one point, a server lifted a chair near his head, and accidently dropped the foot of a chair on the tip of our table. Not only was his method of chair lifting nonsensical, it was dangerous. He bellowed sorry! as he scurried to the other side of the restaurant to avoid reproach The starter arrived within 7 minutes of ordering. My taquitos were piping hot, and yet they were dry and dehydrated (clearly precooked some hours before and thrown in a microwave). I wanted to be impressed by the mere speed in which they got to me, but then again that 's what 90 seconds in a microwave will give you. Presentation was sloppy, my salad was dry, in spite of the Hellmann 's salad dressing presumptively drizzled on top. My caipirinha was very syrupy, and although my glass was filled with at least 6 lime wedges, I did not taste the tartness, tanginess or sourness of the citrus that would have balanced the sheer volume of syrup. Our main course came shortly after. Two chimichangas AKA Two store bought tortillas filled with a flavourless mix of mince beef and kidney beans, topped with microwaved cheese and brined jalapeno slices. This was accompanied by rice that had clearly been precooked in bulk and reheated. Outside of any subjective view, the food lacked the flavour, authenticity and basic effort one would expect from any establishment let alone Mexican Cuban cuisine, which is renowned for incredible flavours and colourful presentation. Our meal was cooked with minimal care or concern, and if the treatment we received wasn 't already a clear indication we were not welcome at this restaurant, the food was the final rubber stamp on it.

This is a good place for local mexican fareIt's right close to the outlet mallAnd it was busy.