If you are looking for an authentic Mexican restaurant with Hispanic wait staff, Mariachi bands, and specialty dishes like carnitas and paella--don't come here. Â You will be sorely disappointed. Â There is nothing authentically Mexican about this place. Â If you have a cholesterol problem or don't like the sight of yellow tinged oil seeping out of the melted Colby cheese, then don't come here.
On the other hand, if you figure God invented Lipitor for just such places, then come on down to Muncie's southside. Â I don't know that you are any less safe there than you are on the BSU campus with its C- safety rating. Â I don't remember a single sexual assault or shooting there, but I sure do for the BSU/Village area.
Some people really, really like this restaurant. Hey, after all ... they're still here! I personally do not care for it.
For one thing - and someone else mentioned this too - I don't feel confident in assuming this location is safe. That's not the restaurant's fault; as I said, they've been here a long time and surely things have changed in the area. But to me, it is a reason not to go.
Secondly, when I have gone (in someone else's car!), I have been less than impressed with the quality of the food. One word comes to mind: greasy. I mean, fast food is greasy, but I'm talking about pools of grease on and around your enchiladas. You know how you sometimes have to "blot" a piece of pizza? This is like that, but with a sponge.
Third, I know everyone likes to bicker about what's "authentic" and what's not, especially as there seem to be three well-known Mexican restaurants in Muncie all claiming to offer authentic food. But it really doesn't seem to me that this restaurant uses a cheese common in Mexican cooking. Somehow, it doesn't melt right and it takes on a Nickelodeon-like orange hue, oozing grease in some parts and being burnt in others. I'm not sure which Mexican region's cooking style that is common to, but I believe it is a recognizable feature of the Microwave Cooking school of thought. Thanks - I can microwave stuff poorly on my own!
Two stars despite this because hey, they've kept it going for many years and obviously some people really enjoy it. Even some people in my family like it. But I personally have never gone here on my own and certainly never will.
Taco Bell has a better version of Mexican food than this place. Very bland every thing covered in cheddar cheese with some beef tomatoes and lettuce thrown in. Very greasy, my stomach now hates me. Had low expectations and those became reality. Wish I had a corona to go with it because maybe it would have been a little better cause of the alcohol.
Review Source:I was trying to find an alternative to Puerto Vallarta-- boy, what a GIANT MISTAKE! I can usually find something nice to say about a place, but the only nice thing I have to say is to the fellow Yelpers!- AVOID LA HACIENDA! The food was horrible- not even close to 'authentic' Mexican food. The beans are straight out of a can, the rice is mushy and similar to microwave rice found in an Enchilada TV dinner. They do not use the correct kind of cheese- they use Cheddar, which causes an oily build-up on the food when heated. The restaurant itself is scary- no really, I did not feel safe there and I did not feel safe parking my car in their tiny lot.
The clientele were mostly bikers. The only way this place can stay in business is because they serve alcohol and maybe, just maybe people are too drunk to know what they are eating. I 100% am not being too harsh or hypercritical. If you have some morbid curiosity, then go and waste $30 (yes 2 dinners came to a whopping $30!!)- but if you disagree with what I am writing then please write another review.
Bottom Line: Overpriced Garbage! Honestly, Taco Bell would have tasted better than what we got at La Hacienda.
A little hole in the wall that tries to stay true to its Mexican heritage, but falls short on many occasions. Really not as good as I was hoping it was going to be, considering the other versions I have been to. There are two different types of salsa - one is sickeningly sweet and the other will literally burn all the taste-buds off of your tongue. Believe me, it's not a pleasant experience, and this is coming from someone who loves hot food.
The portion sizes are nice, but the prices are a bit steep, and the overall quality of the food is pretty bad...Not that things are out of date or anything like that, but most of the offerings are really bland. I think the intention was for people to put more of the table salsa on their dishes, but when both are terrible, you are stuck eating plain "meh" food. Really disappointing overall.
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