Reviews for La Reina in Guelph, ON
This was an excellent experience and we were treated to a wonderful dinner. The service was pretty good but the hostess wasn't... too excited to seat us. The food made the night. Really felt like it was authentic Mexican with a ton of flavour and spice. Wewill be happy to go again. Read more
If you want amazing margaritas and tacos come here but don’t expect to be filled up. The portions are very small for the... price. 14$ for two little (but delicious tacos). Perfect for those small eaters. We have tried every taco and every margaritahere and never been disappointed. Read more
This place deserves a much higher rating than it has! I would say the pollo loco burrito is the best burrito I've ever had and... I've been too many spots across North America known for burritos. Their spicy shrimp tacos are the best tacos I've ever had inmy life. Perfect bites and tons of flavour coming from every angle. The burnt habanero salsa is unreal and the little death hotsauce is a perfect accommodation for a spicy taco! Their tequila and mezcal lists are well rounded! The servers are hospitableand full of fun conversation! I definitely recommend coming here if you actually know what Mexican food should be like! I wouldsay best restaurant in Guelph bar none! Outstanding work La Reina, keep it up! Picture is the brisket tacos and they meanbusiness! Read more
High prices for small portions of well presented, but cold, poor quality food. Wait staff, who outnumbered guests, very... disengaged and inattentive. My wife and I were quite excited to find out there was a place to get tacos and not have to driveto Toronto or Hamilton. Unfortunately, we were quite disappointed with the service and food we received at La Reina a few weeksago. The reason why I'd avoid coming back is that all of these concerns below can be easily addressed if I had been able tospeak to the staff to let them know that this was happening and fix the dishes. I am not one to return dishes to the kitchenunless absolutely necessary, and I was hoping that someone would come and ask us how our meal was going. I am really not pickyand not hard to please, and understand that there are staffing issues, new kitchen rotations, and bad days. Unfortunately,between the two hostesses at front of house, the three waitstaff there was a 15-20 minute gap between receiving the food and megiving up, walking to the hostess and paying the bill so we can leave. One was still being trained by another in the back whichwas understandable, but the other one on her phone beside the bar and serving intermittently for the entirety of our visit wasless so. I understand and believe in breaks and busy nights, but that kind of behaviour when a customer is trying to flag down aserver while there are only 3-4 small tables combined patio + inside with 4 or 5 staff members around is ridiculous. Theguacamole was served with cold chicharones/pork rinds and cold, oily chips. I believe that the oil is a good sign that thesechips were once freshly made in house, but they were stone cold and a little bit soggy. Guacamole was ok (more on the acidic andmushy/homogenous side if you enjoy that), with a sprinkling of Tajin on top. The tacos we ordered, the brisket and al pastorspecifically, were terrible. They were small, cold tortilla with no second tortilla underneath, and the meat wa Read more
The pastor and the guac were ok, but it's definitely not authentic Mexican food. I had a chuckle when the staff corrected my... prononciation (I'm Mexican). It's a bit overpriced for what it is, the portions are generally small. The decor of the restaurantis interesting. Overall, it's ok. Read more
Very good. Mexican restaurants are pretty common now, so I have a level of expectation when visiting one. The drinks are... great. Solid margaritas, tad to sweet. Food, flavourable and good portions.. nothing unique about the food, but does the job. Got the short ribs, great flavor, not a tender as I would like. Fish taco spot on, not so much for the shrimp. Nice vibe, gooddrinks....would go back. Read more
I really had an amazing time in La Reina, their tacos are tasty and they were so nice to made palomas at our request. Thank you... so much for welcoming after my move?? Read more
Honestly, I couldn’t believe how good the food was, we started with the Guacamole, with Chips and Chicharrón, the margaritas... are exquisite, for main dish we had the pollo tacos which were absolutely delicious, I have never had a taco with so muchflavour, and to end it we had for dessert, Tres Leches and Churros! The tres leches was delicious but the Churros, whereincredible, they were so soft and perfect sweetness. My only recommendation for the restaurant is: If you are in fact anAuthentic Mexican Restaurant, the music has to be at least Spanish music, if not Mexican Music, just so it keeps with the decorand tone of the restaurant, playing English music and Harry Styles etc, doesn’t fit with the whole environment! Read more