La Hacienda 21

TL;DR: There are better Mexican restaurants around and the menu here is quite limiting. If you do eat here, I recommend avoiding the chicken and rice. We stopped in after a soccer game nearby and picked this place largely due to positive reviews. It was an unfortunate choice. Salsa was a little bland. Not quite tomato juice, but it looked like it and barely tasted of anything more interesting. Service was barely passable and I think our server may have been having an off day or something serious in their personal life. She was curt with most of what she said. And failed to check in on us. There were other issues that pointed to something else dominating her thoughts but I can't recommend this place based on service I did not receive. My daughter ordered her usual (chicken quesadilla) but said the chicken was tough and did not taste good. She has a bit of a high bar for chicken but I didn't like it either. I had the Arroz Con Pollo (chicken with rice). When I ordered the waitress asked if I was sure. That should have been a warning sign that this wasn't the best item on the menu. I made the mistake of thinking sauteed vegetables with cheese sauce meant peppers, tomatoes, onions, etc that are typical at Mexican restaurants. What came out of the kitchen looked like it belonged at Applebee's or some other steakhouse. Unfortunately the taste was subpar for that standard. The chicken was tough. I looked around for a steak knife and realized I didn't have one. I was unable to cut the chicken without moving most of the plate around. I decided to try the veggies and found them to be palatable but not great. The rice was bland and looked more like minute microwave rice than typical Mexican rice. After a second bite to make sure I hadn't gotten a weird bland spot, I stopped eating. My wife ordered a chicken and chorizo quesadilla. She said the chorizo was wonderful but she couldn't taste much of the chicken. She enjoyed the quesadilla nonetheless.

The food was very good! Service was extremely quick which is always a plus. The tamales were absolutely perfect! And the shrimp in the nachos were absolutely delicious. We didn’t have the best waitress but the food definitely overshadowed her service! We will definitely be returning!

It’s not bad, but nothing to brag about. The chips are super thin and oily. The salsa is watery, but tasted fine. The cheese dip is really good. I got the carne asada and it was okay. My son got the cheese quesadilla and he liked it. Our waitress wasn’t very attentive and I noticed neither were any others.

My favorite place to eat every time I come home. The La Hacienda tacos are the best! I can't find anything remotely close anywhere else I've eaten.

They brought out wrong Fahitas they brought chicken instead of beef bell peppers were burnt when they brought out Steak fajitas the meat was dry burnt and stuck to skillet. Our waiter was a bit slow .I would be understanding if they were very busy but it was not at all . There was barely a handful there.