Casa Mexicana

Me and my boyfriend were traveling from Yosemite to redding and Lodi was where we decided to get some dinner. We saw this place and had an unusual but good experience.

We walked in to a nearly empty restaurant despite it being around 6:30. The staff was positive and took our order right away. We had our food almost immediately and it was good. The cheese they use in their burritos is delicious.

But it was just so quiet in there! So strange. The staff attended to us and cleaned things but otherwise they seemed like they didn't have much to do. Plus the building is huge! It could seat 250 people!

Strange but good. The salsa has a lot of cilantro in it.

Usually this place is great. Been in here a few times but mostly we just take our food to go. Last night we wanted to dine in and unfortunately our experience was less then satisfactory. We sit down and I ordered a Corona  my mom had a margarita and my brother being underage had a sprite. We also ordered waters but maybe she didn't hear us. The lady brings us our drinks. No lime for my corona (never even asked if I wanted one) and my moms margarita had VERY little salt around the rim. She was also disappointed in the quality and taste of the drink, especially since they are usually quite delicious. Our food comes out and still no waters. Our server only talked to us twice. Once to get our orders and once to give us our check. We were sitting right next to the kitchen so she was walking past us the entire time. But she never asked us how our food was, our drinks, if we needed anything? Nothing! A man (who I've seen their before.. Possibly an owner?) was bussing a table.He saw that we needed assistance and we acquired our waters and extra napkins from him. Other then that no one even looked at us again until our server dropped off the check. They really were not busy. I don't know why she looked so irritated. The only reason I even left a tip was because the food was delicious and just because one person doesn't do their job right it shouldn't mess with the people who do. We will be back but will probably only take our food to go from now on.

Amazing food great service