Carlita's Portland

Really happy with this place! it was a good option for my Celiac/Gluten-free friend. are small, but delicious! great tacos and tortilla chips! really enjoyed the tortilla suppe aromen. fantastic cocktails. wish they had alcohol-free beer option.

White girl here moved from California my husband is Latino. First I liked the place, we are living in Tigard so nothing is open past 9pm. The Waitress/bartender was very nice and attentive. Salsa can tell you a lot about a Mexican restaurant , this was very lacking in flavor for me. Plus being charged for Salsa was kind of weird. We had tacos, they were good but did wow us. The cocktails we good. The place was clean but the menus we very sticky. If in the area we might give them another try but not going to drive from home again.

Yay, vegetarian tacos!! I love it there are three really good options to choose from. The tacos are really substantial and totally delicious. They are topped with a heap of slaw. If that's not your thing you might not like these tacos but I enjoyed every bite. There is an avocado sauce/salsa that reminded me of the dipping sauce I used to get with taquitos (in SoCal) when I was a kid. So good! I highly recommend getting that sauce for whatever you order. Margaritas also delicious. Service was great.

This was a really great happy hour! The tacos were everything I want in a taco. I got the carne, it was flavorful, lots of thin shredded cabbage. Yummy avocado salsa. I wish this place was close to me. I would be a regular. Blackberry margarita was also perfection.

We came here for a belated Valentine's Day birthday dinner (2 months late and our server, Jessica M, was terrific and helped me set up our table (for 9 with all the decorations that I brought (table cloth, 4 vases of roses, cake, balloons etc and got all of our orders correct and fast and our bills separated out. She gets 5 stars for great service! One of the gals had been here before and recommended it and I am so glad she did because the food was great (I got 2 tacos, brisket mole and the drinks were amazing! I got the Mezcal white peach margarita. It was the perfect amount of spicy (pretty spicy because I like it HOT! and so I had to order 2. Not only did they give complimentary chips but a trio of salsa, guac and a white sauce that was like a very mild sour creme. I think it's called Mexican crema. Yummmmy!! Anyway, the place had enough staff (that's rare these days , was able to accommodate 9 of us last minute even though the restaurant was full, and it's in the safe part of downtown (the Pearl . It's clean, friendly, has easy parking and inflation hasn't seemed to affect their prices yet. If you like good Mexican food you must try this place out. That comes upon the recommendation of the one Hispanic friend we had with us that gave it a thumbs up for tasting deliciously authentic.