Reviews for Frida's Mexican Restaurant in Ormond Beach, FL

Should've paid attention to the red flags and walked away before sitting down Red Flag #1 - Saturday night 6pm ish parking lot... nearly empty Red Flag #2 - Very few tables had patrons and of the 4 that did, 3 were older white people. The table salsa washorrible, all we could taste was tomato sauce and salt. Ordered the queso which wasn't a whole lot better, it was lackluster andbland but at least it wasn't swimming in salt. The Pork Carnitas which even though Carnitas means little meats, is made frompork so basically you're ordering Pork Pork, was also exceptionally salty and no other flavor could be tasted, not even the bellpepper. Normally saffron rice has a lovely smokey flavor, this rice could've EASILY been the Cilantro/Lime Rice that Vigo'smakes with yellow food coloring. There was an entire onion on the plate, barely even cut apart, most of the veggies weren't evenal dente they were still raw. If there was any avocado salsa on the plate it couldn't be detected. The guacamole was salty aswell. This dish had nothing going for it due to the high salt content. The tortillas that came in aluminum foil in the normaltortilla dish were cold and obviously just pulled from their package. The Fajita Del Ray Bowl had absolutely nothing going forit. Other than the most minimal flavoring on the steak, this bowl had absolutely zero flavor. The beans, rice, peppers, onion,even the guac ... There was nothing happening here. I had the waitress bring me lime just to make it slightly palatable. I don'tbelieve in all my years and the countless Mexican restaurants I've eaten in across the country and in Mexico have I ever hadpickled onion on my plate. I watched someone make the guacamole at another table and actually counted out 3 seconds of themusing a salt grinder. This is bad TexMex crossed with What Were You Thinking? The Chef inside me is kicking my butt for notrunning at the red flags, the general consumer in me is thinking you've lived here 3 years and h Read more

I think we just found out FAVORITE Mexican restaurant. The service was excellent and the food was so tasty and fresh. 5 stars... all the way. We will definitely be back soon! Read more

Loved the trio. The service was fast and quick we'll never run out of anything to drink the food was amazing good company and... great friends the artwork on the walls phenomenal. I can't find enough good things to say about this place. Really enjoyed ourtime there. Service Staff was on time and seen to all of our need. Quickly and efficiently. A great experience all the wayaround. Read more

I cannot say thank you enough to Frida's restaurant, who saved my vow renewal dinner. Especially after Stonewood Grill on... Ormond Beach failed to complete my reservation for a private room and instead reserved it to someone else, leaving me without aplace to dine. I was left searching for a restaurant a week before my vow renewal, to have our dinner with all of our guestsafter renewing my vows on Ormond Beach. Jessica from Frida's did not hesitate to make the necessary reservations and have ourtables ready at the time promised. There was no private room, but they were able to accommodate my guest. Not to mention thefood, which as usual was AMAZING!!! I did not get the server's name, but he was on track and so helpful and patient with ourlarge group. Thank you Frida's for making our dinner event possible. By the way, every guest with me that night was tryingFrida's for the first time, and they had nothing but positive feedback about the food and environment. They will be returningon their next trip to Ormond Beach. Thank you Frida's!!!! Read more

Love the new menu for this location. Ensure to ask for extra mole and house hot sauce. The meals were cooked very well,... excellent service. Chili Verde and enchiladas are a hit for sure. Definitely will make another visit to explore the menu. Onlydown side for me was no Medelo negra on tap , but had especial so not a complete upset. Read more

We stumbled on this place on a Taco Tuesday and we were hooked, going back again the following Tuesday. The tacos are really... unique and you can?t beat the specials prices. The margarita flight is a nice add-on to complete the experience. Read more

What a refreshing experience. Food for me is all about flavor and authenticity, and can find both of hem right here. It's... unfortunately so easy and common to find some ok/middle of the road Mexican restaurant, who do not give any credit to this veryflavorful cuisine. But here, from the pozole, to the barbacoa enchiladas, and the tamale just to mention few of the items we hadfor lunch, everything was right on. I had a craving for some good, freshly made, tasty cuisine and Frida defenitly deliveredit. Not to mention the very kind and attentive service. Oh I almost forgot, what a great cocktail "spicy rosa" I reallyrecommend this one. Read more

Pretty bland food, shrimp tastes like cardboard and steak was oddly sweet but otherwise flavorless. Mushy, and unseasoned rice.... Wife ordered a dish described as "Sautéed W/ Garlic, Wine and Pesto" and it came as just a marinara with no distinctive notesof a pesto. Mahi in the dish was over cooked and rather than being flaky as a well cooked fish should be, it came out as toughand shredded like chicken and overcooked chicken at that. I ordered the Land and Sea Burrito and it suffered from all thepreviously described shortcomings as well as just being a mostly homogenous mess with no distinction between the differentflavors the dish SHOULD have. The argument could be made that we ordered the wrong dish and that this was an unfair assessment.But why have the dish on the menu in the first place if the ingredients used in it are so low velocity that when a meal DOES goout that quality just suffers inherently from old product from a freezer being used? Cut down the huge menu and stick to a fewthings you MAY actually do well and just elevate those dishes to be even more incredible. Waitress was OK but did not seemedconcerned that either of us only took a few bites. I do not recommend and I really don't complain about even mediocre meals butthis was just awful. Take your money somewhere with a better vibe and fresher food like Dahlia Read more