I wish I could give it a -5 seeing that my friend and I have been sick with food poisoning since last night, about 9 hrs after eating lunch there. Â My water tasted funny, should've walked out then and there. Â She had the texas burrito and I had flautas. Â I contacted Lake County Health Dept and filed a complaint. Â I also called the restaurant to speak to the mgr in hopes of preventing anyone else from getting sick. Â I explained what happened and was told to call back in a bit because the mgr very busy right now with something else! Â Are you kidding me right now! Â Wow! Â I tried to do the right thing, too bad they couldn't. Â I hope no one else gets sick like we did!!
Review Source:I really didn't like the food here, but my friends did. It kinda tasted a little "processed" to me. Like the regular "chain" type, been there done that food, but then again I live in a neighborhood with tons of authentic Mexican food, so I guess for Indiana this is good food for them.
Review Source:I have been going to La Caretta for several years and the food has been consistently good. Â I find this to be rare for Mexican restaurants. Â I will add that I generally get the chicken fajitas and have by no means sampled most everything on the menu. Â But my wife and I have had several other items and found them to be very good. Â One reviewer stated that she received jarred salsa and bagged chips--that is absolutely not what I have experienced. Â It is clearly homemade. Â The reason I know is because one batch may not taste the same as another. Â Don't get me wrong, it's always good but if you visit the restaurant enough times, you'll notice the variance. Â Sometimes its absolutely great and other times very good. Â Perhaps the other reviewer was jaded because she went in thinking it was Cuban food as implied in her review. Â Yelp needs to correct the type of cuisine because it is clearly Mexican--and good Mexican at that! Â Enjoy!
Review Source:Hello potent margaritas. A place that makes good margaritas is a place I need to frequent. They have some excellent lunch specials. I ordered the chicken fajita dish which was pretty good with the complimentary chips and salsa. It was funny coming here since everyone knew my friend. Also, it seems like in Indiana, you can still smoke indoors in the designated smoking area (for those of you that do smoke) The workers are very friendly here. It definitely persuades anyone to want to come back again.
Review Source:I love this restaurant. Â I've visited the one in Merrillville and fell in love with the place, and now I tried the one in Schererville. Â It has the same great,fun atmosphere. Â The drinks are incredible. Â My boyfriend couldn't stop eating the chicken - it's not ordinary - so the chicken tacos, chicken fajitas - is delicious and spiced just right. They even let me bring in a special cake I had made for him; the staff was so nice they even gave him a free shot! Â They treat you like friends and family.
The only down side is the wait. Â So many people love this place that you will have to wait. Â It's worth the wait though ; )
Loved it! I was worried it would not be as good as the original, but this is definitely not the case. As a consequence, the wait times are just as long as the original. (an hour for dinner on the weekend)
-Food was great, everyone in our party enjoyed what they had, although for my tastes, I would not recommend the carne asada tacos.
-Servers and staff were friendly.
-Full bar serves up all kinds of delicious looking drinks.
-Prices are reasonable, and the portions are huge.
-Restaurant is decorated very festively.
Bottom Line:
In my opinion, this is my second favorite restaurant in the region (behind El Taco Real). I highly recommend this La Carreta.
PS Their refried beans are some of the BEST I've ever had. Also, ask for their spicy salsa. It's smokey and delicious.
Outstanding service. Food is good with sizable portion...it is a well execution for the non-adventurous type looking for commercialized mexican items (there's nothing cuban about this place...not sure where that descriptor came from) ...This is not the most authentic Mexican cuisine out there, and some of the ingredients lack in quality. Â But this place is consistent in their execution and the staff are very attentive.
If you are looking for a place you can depend on to get your mexican food fix, this is the place by schererville...Although for something that will out and out wow you...you'll need to drive a bit.
Nooooo! This place is NOT Cuban - hell its barley Mexican. This place is a Mexican joint for folks that have no idea how Mexican food is supposed to taste.
One reviewer mentioned Taco Bell - well that is about how Mexican this gets.
Now I did not go in expecting top line Cuban food - I expected and hoped for authentic Latin food. That was not the case.
I knew it was not going to be good food when, on Saturday afternoon, I entered into the "Mexican" version of TGIF Chilli's.
Oh how Yelp let me down with this one.
Come on reviewers - be honest - so I can make a better decision of my food selection.
Everything tasted as if it came out of a can or some sort of package. Nothing was fresh. And when I say nothing - I mean nothing
On our table was placed bagged chips and jarred salsa.
We ordered:
~ Chicken and rice soup - which happened to be the best thing on the table. - even though they just threw some frozen vegetables on top of some chicken soup.
~ Enchilada Verde
- one bean and one chicken
- came with beans and rice
the beans tasted super processed - worst then can version
and the rice was flavorless.
- guacamole was prepackaged and green - nothing else.
What a let down.
I was hoping that Schererville had some sort of hidden gem.
Not at all - they got another chain like place that is passing boxed canned packaged food off as Mexican.
Oh the shame. The shame!
This place was really amazing, we went on a weekday afternoon, and it wasn't too busy. We were seated right away. I wish I could remember our waitress' name because she was fantastic.  Answered any questions we had about the menu checked on us regularly but not so much that it became an annoyance. Refills were on our table before our drinks were empty she really was great. The food was very very good as well, my fiancee had the taco lunch special and I had the chalupas both had a very  generous amount of meat that was very flavorful. My daughter ate up all her chicken fingers and fries. Overall we were very impressed with this place, amazing service, great food with good flavors, and good prices. We got food for all of us got a few tamales to share and desert for under 30 bucks not to mention free chips and salsa. Try it out if your in the area.
Review Source:This fantastic little restaurant is the perfect addition to one of Schererville's main thouroughfares. Â I must have driven by it 6 or 7 times before I asked a friend about it and after she said it was good, I decided to try it out. Â
*This place is the perfect place to throw someone a surprise party!!!
The atmosphere is nothing short of charming, thanks largely in part to the beautiful murals on the wall. Â They depict life on a rural Mexican ranch, (la vida de rancho) with children joyfully scampering in the foreground, a sunset in the background, and a big hairy rooster standing on a post. Â (HMMM...I'll have to do my research to confirm the existance of this supposed Wooly Rooster...just cuz you can paint it on a wall, doesn't mean I will believe it exists, Buster!!!) Just as my cohorts and I had begun to openly ponder a rooster with fur, our food arrived. Â
I ordered the Enchilladas de Maria (or something like that...) and they were pretty darn good. Â They were served at a suitable tempurature, unlike those OTHER Mexican restaurants who serve the food boiling lava hot!!! Â Ay Corumba! Â That's way too picante for my discerning pallette. Â Fortunately that wasn't the case here. Â
So who should go here? Â Everyone, of course! Â You can take a date, a friend, your kids, or people you work with. Â Yay!!! Â The noise level is just about perfect, as you can easily carry on a coversation with your cohorts, but you never forget that you are in a place that' designed to for F. U. N. Â :)
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