La Carreta

Great menu.  I chose fish tacos.  The fish was a little bland and could use some lemon and cilantro.  I will be back to try more off the menu.

The food was good but our waiter was a bit slow with the service. I ordered the fish tacos and they came with a good amount of tilapia.

While my husband and I are frequent customers, today I experienced a problem that I constantly have with La Caretta.  It bothered me so much that I felt it was necessary to finally give them a review. The problem with La Caretta is CONSISTENCY! There is none.  I ordered a quesadilla to go and the quality and consistency was awful, and you can tell that the consistency issues stem from laziness of the cooking staff.  My quesadilla had almost no cheese inside, therefore there was nothing for the steak and veggies to stick to and the filling was falling out all over the place.  My quesadilla was also only grilled on one side (normally they flip it and grill both sides), therefore the bottom of my quesadilla was flimsy and falling away from the top tortilla, causing even more filling to fall out all over the place. It was hardly grilled on the side that appeared to have been grilled.  My husband ordered the Tacos de Barbacoa and he was given the Tacos al Pastor.  Usually the guacamole is tremendous, today it was under seasoned and bland.  It is lack of attention to little details that kills this place sometimes. It is very frustrating because when they get it right, the food is awesome.  I have not been to the mexican restraunt La Mesa that is across the street from La Caretta in almost a year because we prefer La Caretta more, but now I know I will start going back to La Mesa becuase these types of issues are becoming more and more frequent. We went on lunch time too and there was only two other couples in there, so it was not due to being busy. A few months ago I would have easily rated a 5/5.  Consistency and quality is gone now.