The Mexican Village - Los Angeles

I had three interactions with management that were unnecessary. And then, somebody said they were closed when I clearly was in the process of leaving. The two folks who waited me were great. Management asked if I was going to buy food when already I told him I was. Then he told me the kitchen was closing when about eight minutes earlier, the waiter told me that it was closing in 30 minutes. And then he told me around 1:45 that I needed to wrap things up when the waiter told me I could be there until 2. He also told me that before the rest of the patrons were told me that. (For what it is worth, I am transgender. I ordered not just a main course, but an appetizer, drink, and dessert.

Cassie F. and I were hungry for some Mexican food on a Friday night, so I checked my handy Yelp and looked for the closest Mexican restaurant. The Mexican Village Restaurant popped up! Upon arriving the 2 double doors, lays old school Mexican village style restaurant and a big screen TV on the right with a dance floor. Something we were surprised to see when just looking for dinner! The waiter was very attentive, got our orders, and the food came out in about 15 minutes. I got the tostada and Cassie got the cheese enchiladas which were both very authentic and delicious! I must say it's hard to have a conversation because the music makes you want to dance!

We've been to the Mexican Village several times for their HH as it's less than 5 mins from my wife's school where she teaches. Most of their drinks are quite tasty and also unique. Although my sister recently tried their Caipirinha and she hated it. (I believe she said it was way too sweet) Their portions are quite generous and we often come home with leftovers. I love that this is still a family-owned business and the owner often comes to greet the customers. How often do you see that? Food wise, very tasty. My favorite dish is their Queso Fundido w/Soy-rizo. So tasty I often just have that as my meal. Their veggie fajitas are one of the best veggie fajitas I've ever tried due to the variety of veggies. I esp recommend this restaurant for vegetarians who love Mexican food. We haven't been dancing there but it looks like it could be fun (since I am handicapped, I would have to get creative there. But overall ambiance is fun! Parking is ok, I never know when it's free to self-park or the valet will charge. But this is LA after all...when is parking simple?

I read about The Mexican Village being one of the last surviving old school Mexican restaurants in LA so I was really excited to try it. When you pull in to the parking lot, you see gates that look like they were in an old Hollywood movie. The outside of the restaurant also looked promising! The inside is a different story. It looks like they gutted the place, getting rid of all the old-school charm. There are no booths... it's all chairs and tables and they are not nice tables and chairs. Lighting is super bright is some parts of the restaurant and ok in others. It looks like a dance club now and the restaurant is secondary. It is not a comfortable atmosphere. Our waiter was amazing and very friendly but the other staff was aloof and not friendly at all. We were treated as outsiders. The food however was kind of amazing. My verde enchiladas were bomb. The sauce is tangy and just the way it should be. The cheese they use is awesome. Our chicken fajitas were also stellar. Chips and salsa were solid. They should have kept it original and charming and old world.. As it is now, it is a hodgepodge, not comfortable and not cute. I just wanted to sink into a red leather booth and have a margarita, you know. Not happening here. I probably wouldn't come back unless they change it back to what it once was.

They sat us down very quickly that was great.. the problems started when the waitress tried to take our order. She told the order for half our table and walked away and did not come back. The manager stopped by and asked if we need it anything we did let him know that the girl just walked away without taking our order. He apologized and send a different waiter to take our order. They take our order we asked for the cards asada medium rare. What we got was chewy tasteless meat. No one comes back until later to leave napkins and to bring tortillas. No refills nothing. We also ordered a burger rare it arrived super dry and well done. We also ordered enchiladas, there was no flavored to them. Our tortilla soups was as tasteless as rest of our food.. the only thing that is decent was the guacamole once we added salt to it. Do not recommend. We were visiting LA and it was on our way from the theme park and thought it would be a good place to dine since it said it was kid friendly. The ambiance was noisy definitely not kid friendly with people drinking and dancing and we could smell cigarette smoke from outside. The restaurant it self looked nice and I was hoping for good food but I was distracted.