Why O' why was there a hired hooker randomly dancing on top of the 3 feet long bar for no apparent reason? Someone please tell me, I just don't understand. This is a bar right? My brain just can't comprehend it.
This place had $5 Corona specials. Uhhh, how the **** is a $5 corona a "special". Isn't that high in the first place?
Stopped in while walking by because I was looking for a place to have a few, and they had a sign out front promoting $4 Heineken drafts today. So when the bartender finally came out to the bar from the back room (after about 3-4 minutes there!) what's the one draft beer they don't have available today? Heineken.
Review Source:When your notes in a Yelp draft review only contain the word "vomit" and that is enough to conjure up the year-old experience in perfect clarity.... It gives you a pretty good idea about what to expect from the establishment at hand.
Let's keep this short. It is already painful enough to relive it.
Dead center on the Wrigleyville Clark strip, this place reeks of desperation and cheap cologne. If by fiesta, you mean seizure inducing lights and a minuscule dance floor and by cantina you mean mediocre drinks and minimal seating... You have Fiesta Cantina. The blaring bachata and middle aged grope-dancing is hard to erase from my mind. As a fan of Chicago's Latin dance scene, the memory of the dance floor still makes me shudder. For every one Bachata song there was one truncated merengue or salsa tune. It was like being held hostage by the overly desperate DJ. Conversation couldn't even redeem the experience, as the music prevented all exchanges of substance.
The next time a friend suggests we start his birthday evening at FC... I will politely decline, swallow the creeping stomach acid in my throat, and resist the lure of cheap drinks, offering to take them to dinner another time.
My friends and I went there the night before Thanksgiving for their Jello Wrestling. Thought it would be funny and entertaining. Â I was absolutely disgusted on how the woman were protected by the staff of this place. Â My friend Melissa already wrote a lengthy review which lays all of the situations out. Â If Fiesta Cantina wants to do something like Jello Wrestling, then protect the women from the drunk men. Â It was disgusting how they were treated.
Review Source:First of all, I want to say that the people who worked here seemed nice, and that they were very generous with the drinks. For each of those, they get 2 stars. Â
The reason I refuse to rate them any higher was because of the absolutely disgusting display that I witnessed there. I went there with some friends to watch Jello wrestling yesterday. We went because some of them had experienced it before and found it, rather than sexually titillating, to be absolutely hilarious. Â
Now, for any of you who have not gone to see the Midwest Jello Wrestling Federation...I'm gonna clue you in a little, and I hope you forgive me. If you look at their website, the girls look mature, pretty, and curvy. Well, the girls that were at Fiesta Cantina were young...VERY young, I doubt they were even 21. They weren't that cute, and they definitely had no curves. There was nudity involved, but when you don't even have breasts or ass there's not much to look at. Being a straight female, obviously this didn't bother me, except that the girls just looked so incredibly young. Also, they were extremely DRUNK. So, whatever. It's their choice, and obviously not the bar's fault.
What upset me about the bar, is that neither the "Midwest Jello Wrestling Federation" nor the bar seemed to care too much about what happened to these girls. First of all, a couple guys were selected to rub oil on the girls. ON THEIR BACK. And the guys took the opportunity to put their hands under their bikini tops and feel them up, or under their panties to feel their ass. WHAT? And they were only half-heartedly admonished about that. Then there was some time (They said there were rounds, but they barely kept track), where these girls wrestled around, amidst the guys screaming for them to get naked. STANDING RIGHT ABOVE THEM. SCREAMING. The entire spectacle, far from being a fun time, was uncomfortable...it felt like we were watching some guys make amateur porn with severely intoxicated girls in their basement. These girls were so drunk they couldn't even stand upright! During breaks, 2 of the girls would get on the stripper pole and dance. And a couple of the guys came over, and literally started pulling down their panties, their faces just inches away from their ass. And I don't mean young guys, there was one in particular who looked just like Uncle Fester from the Adams Family. And these young girls, as they started to sober up, were FREAKED OUT, and tried to get away, but were unable to. One actually came over and asked us to pretend we knew her so one would leave her alone. I actually had to go over and pull one of the men away and tell him his actions were disgusting and unacceptable. The guys that I went with had looks of horror on their faces the entire time - they had been to Jello Wrestling shows before but had never experienced this.
I'm a bar patron. I shouldn't have to feel that I need to look out for the girls involved in an event that YOUR BAR is sponsoring. If you plan on having girls get naked, you better make sure there's some protection in place, even if their "Federation" doesn't. These girls were molested, and about an inch away from getting raped, it seemed. Take responsibility for the acts you promote!
Aside from that horrifying display, there was jello all over the floor which NO ONE came to clean up, and people were falling all over the place. One girl fell over and smacked her head on the table. Luckily she was ok, but someone could have gotten seriously hurt.
Fiesta Cantina, I could have loved you for your service and drinks, but now your name makes me want to vomit.
Note: this review is based on my experience coming here to watch UFC. I have not eaten any of the food and can speak neither for nor against it.
That said, this is one of three places I have been to watch UFC, and it is no better or worse than the others (but to be fair, as I said, I haven't tried the food) as far as being able to see the fight. The drinks are reasonably priced, there's a decent selection of beer, service was fast even on a night when the place was packed for a championship fight, and the employees act like they're happy to be there. Overall, the atmosphere was very festive, and while tooting vuvuzelas at the start of each match might annoy some people, I didn't find it excessive. I'd come here again to watch another fight, especially if I was already in the area and low on cash, since other similar venues charge a cover and Fiesta Cantina does not (or at least, they haven't when I've been there).
I've not been Yelping much lately, but my positively atrocious experience at this place last night has motivated me to start again, and not in a good way. Â I don't rejoice in leaving scathing reviews, but I also don't like being ignored, overcharged, and having lousy, overpriced food and drinks, so...
I had been looking for a place that was showing the UFC fights, and this place is walkable from my apartment, so I figured I'd try it out. Â My first hint that this place was bad news should have, perhaps, been that it was eerily empty for a place that was showing the UFC fights with no cover. Â Most places I go for the fights are packed, especially if they don't charge a cover. Â There were PLENTY of tables.
So, first issue - they had not ordered the pay-perv-view properly, even though there was a large sandwich board outside advertising that they were showing it. Â 9pm start time came and went, and after myself and the guys at the table next to me asking about it, they finally got their act together around 9:45 and got the fights on the TVs. Â Hallelujah.
Next...I was ignored for a solid 15 minutes after arriving before the guys at the table next to me helped flag down the server for our area. Â She was clearly not hired for her attentiveness or stunning intellect. Â It was almost impossible to get her over to the table any time we needed her, though she had plenty of time to giggle and flirt with some guys she knew at another table on the other side of the bar. Â Awesome. Â Remember that drink I ordered? Â Yeah. Â She was quick to show up with the bill after my first drink (and I was in no rush to go anywhere, and had been planning to get a 2nd drink), but she could not seem to add, because the prices of the items I ordered and the total never actually added up to the same number. Â Multiple times. Â More on that in a moment.
The food is, in a word, awful...and I'm fairly forgiving with bar food. Â I ordered queso fundido. Â This is a standard tex-mex dish, and I thought a crock of melty cheese would be difficult to mess up. Â Clearly I underestimated the incompetence of the people in their kitchen. Â What arrived at my table was something that basically looked like a slab of somewhat-melted cheese in a cheese soup, or as I started calling it, "cheese water." Â I was rather horrified, but thought it might be another half hour before I got something else in front of me to replace it, and I was exceedingly hungry and ate it anyway. Â Bad move. Â My boyfriend's food also left much to be desired, and the "fajitas" were a joke for $16. Â Also served with no silverware, which took like ten minutes to get. Â Awesome.
The next, and probably most outrageous problem I encountered was their shady up-charging for drinks. Â I looked at the menu. Â $6 for a glass of sangria. Â Okay, seems reasonable. Â I had two. Â However, when the bill came, I had two $10 drinks on my tab. Â Surely, just yet another mistake from the mathematically challenged server...right? Â Wrong. Â "Oh, the menu says $6 but they charge $10 because the cups are bigger." Â I'm thinking, bigger than what? Â Than the other non-existent drink size that I was not offered? Â Your menu says $6. Â I'm paying $6. Â I informed her that she could tell the barkeep I'd be paying the price they advertised, not whatever they felt like. Â They did change my bill, but...not until AFTER they'd incorrectly charged my credit card for the initial, WRONG amount. Â Great. Â I'm still waiting to see if the correction/refund goes through properly. Â
All in all...disorganized, inattentive, dishonest, and horrible food. Â There is literally no reason to ever, EVER go to this place, especially with much better Mexican places very close by. Â I'd give no stars at all if I could. Â Save yourself the frustration and disappointment and go elsewhere.
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i had a written agreement with these people for an after pride party.
they completely disregarded everything we spoke about and agreed on.
it was a complete embarrassment.
the male owner was very aggressive and threatening.
i would not reccomend anyone do business with this bar. as we were trying to figure out our issues i witnessed the owner yelling and becoming very aggressive with another patron of the bar.
we were not accomodated and they took credit for all of my hard work.
we were never reinbursed for all of our promotional material.
i will never step foot in this bar or ever reccomend this place as a venue.
stay away stay away stay away!
The margaritas taste like lemonade while the chips are bland and salsa is too hot (probably to cover the lack of taste on the chips). Â We went here for Cinco de Mayo, and you'd think they'd play some Mexican music instead of techno but nope. Â Oh and they should have staffed more than 1 server on a busy holiday b/c service was horribly slow.
Review Source:I have NEVER had an unplesant experience here. The drinks are moderately priced, but trust me you get what you pay for, meaning the load your drinks with alcohol!!! All the employees are awesome and show you a good time. They will take shots with you and keep the party alive all the time. Alberto is by far my favorite tender at fiesta cantina, if your a newb to the bar ask for him and i can promise you he will take good care of you, as he has to my friends and i each time we visit for a good drink. The loaded nachos are nothing less than amazing and delicious.
My only bone picking i have with this place is that the bathoom is down a goooooood flight of stairs and its not super well kept, but aye its a bar.
Do not eat here. Â Food is NOT good. Â Food is overpriced. Â Drinks follow the same suit.
I ordered the taco platter. Â Soft shell only. Â Rice looked like it had been sitting under a warmer for hours. Â Tasted as so. Â Food was bland. Â Hot sauce would have helped. Â They did not even have a decent hot sauce. Â If you actually like Mexican, go next door.
Margaritas are expensive and small. Â We orderd pitchers of the Sauza. Â $7/glass for FIVE ounces. Â If you order individually, it's $10/SIX ounces.
With a plethora of restaurants nearby, do NOT go to Fiesta Cantina.
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