Reviews La Tiendita Mexican Restaurant

This a place for you if you want real food from a real kitchen! I love the beef tongue and tacos. Have never been unhappy with anything that I randomly chose from the menu!

About as authentic as it gets for Mexican food in Tallahassee. Love the tamales and tacos, and the folks running it are really sweet. Always a favorite!

Good, authentic Mexican food, cooked fresh with just the right amount of spices. Carne Asada tacos and steak burrito are winners.

The place to go for authentic Mexican!!! Never been disappointed :)

very nice to find authentic food here in Tallahassee... Always fresh,tasty,clean and courteous.....favorite mexican place in town

Loved it!!!! Authentic flavor and great prices ....

The food was great. Our waiter was an idiot he only came around twice 🙄 I hope I never have him as my waitr again. Other than that, I like the food here. I definitely will be coming back for more street tacos. The crispy tripe was my favorite off all

This is a wonderfully authentic restaurant with beautiful decor and yummy food. The price was reasonable. I enjoyed the warm, friendly atmosphere. The server was knowledgeable and helped me with things I didn't understand. I didn't feel out of place or embarrassed asking questions. I highly recommend this place for a nice, fresh lunch.

Good authentic Mexican food with actual mexican ingredients 👌 delicious!

This was a delightful experience for me and my friends. The food was delicious and very authentic. The prices are extremely reasonable and the staff is very friendly and helpful. The food came very quickly and was hot and beautifully prepared. The server was very knowledgeable about the menu and was able to quickly and thoroughly answer our questions. The decor is authentic and casual. Loved it!

Stupendously Good! I had never eaten at La Tiendita, much less heard of the restaurant. I went with some of my coworkers and was blown away. The food and service were excellent; but the salsa was it for me! In fact, my entire meal was just awesome.

We were looking for a good authentic Mexican restaurant, and we found it!! We were a group of 7, and everyone loved their meal. The chips and salsa were great, everything was hot and made to order. We will definitely visit here again!!

Casual place with great food. The staff was friendly and accommodating. I had been there several times and I have not been disappointed. I usually have the tacos and most recently had their Tacos de Birria, which is available depending on the day, so check for daily specials. The parking lot up front is on the small side, so it's probably easier just to park in the lower lot next to the building.

La Tiendita Mexican Restaurant, 1840 N Monroe St We are pretty new to Tallahassee, but as we love Mexican food, so we have already tried a few places. So far, the big winner is La Tiendita Mexican Restaurant. The biggest losers are El Jalisco and Cinco De Mayo Echalee Mexican Grill is another winner, but today, we looked at the google listing and decided to try La Tiendita on Monroe. The place is well appointed a bit of touristy stuff but not as bad as most, it had more the feel of an airy café in some of the border towns I have to (on both sides of the border). We decided to go for the Birria Tacos, which are about twice as expensive as the regular beef tacos, when ordered with cheese. We highly recommend adding the cheese. The staff was friendly and helpful, if VERY young. We are still getting used to this being a college town where most of the wait are college students. You are, as per tradition in any decent Mexican restaurant I have eaten at, served salsa and chips while you wait on you main course. The chips were warm and yummy the salsa was kind of oddly dark. I was a bit skeptical, and they only offered a single bowl. Most places bring a spicy and a mild, which suits my wife and I because I like spicy and she likes mild. We both took a bite, fearing for the worst. We were amazed to find the salsa to be fresh, very flavorful but not too hot on the spicy scale. My wife got a diet Coke, and I got my standard black coffee and ice water. Here’s a tip, most good Mexican restaurants serve a good coffee, and it goes so well with Mexican food! Surprisingly, the coffee was just OK. Of course, after my recent experience at Lucky Goat, I was pleased to find drinkable coffee! We actually asked for more salsa while we waited, as it was so tasty. We did not get more chips, as I have done that before and found I couldn’t finish my entrée because I was too full of chips. The Tacos were amazing, the shredded beef, onions and cilantro were filled on a bed of soft stretchy white cheese, it was perfect, or nearly so, because the real perfection came from adding the dipping sauce which is basically au jus with wonderful seasonings that will, if done right, make you almost cry from joy. This sauce was certainly done right! We ordered a side of yellow rice which was served in a cake and looked and tasted wonderful. I suggested to my wife we use the remainder of the salsa over the rice which again seemed perfect, until I added a bit of the dipping sauce, all the flavors compounded into a real delight. Google shows a single $ on the listing, which is technically correct, because they offer regular street tacos at $2.75. These low cost tacos are probably as yummy for what they are as the Birrias. We dropped $40.00 plus tip, which is on the high side for our lunch budget, but neither of us regretted a bite nor a dollar! Afterwards, our server told us the Birrias are their number one seller. I can see why!