Spicy Cantina

Located right on the Seaside Heights boardwalk, it's one of the biggest Spanish restaurants in the area. The location is at an ideal place, plus, it's nice there are both indoor and outdoor areas to dine in the upstairs section of the restaurant. Downstairs, though, it has more of a bar/night clubish feel seeing that they have a stage and dance floor.

We were seated promptly seeing that the area wasn't too busy for dinner. First, you get free chips and salsa, but the chips were a bit stale. Thankfully though, it didn't take long before our meal was served. I ordered a chicken burrito with refried beans. On one hand, I applaud that the Chicken Burrito was a large portion on its own, but the Spanish rice and refriend beans serving were a little lacking. Moreover, they cover the entire burrito with melted cheese, which meant that I had to use my fork and knife to eat it - as opposed to simply being finger food.

Overall, I can't say that the food was the tastiest thing I've had. I'd say it's average at best, though, it's a little bit on the expensive side at $15. Actually, I think the dish lacked any spicy spices to make it stand out - and at times, I couldn't get the thought of bland tasting out of my mind. On top of that, the rice didn't seem as fresh as I'd like - as if it were just microwaved.

Honestly, I can't say I'd come back to check it out, seeing that you can get a better value picking up something from Taco Bell - while being tastier too.

Nice , but slow servers. Good ice tea. so much for the good. The carne  asada was terrible. A couple of pieces of meat drowning in a greasy, sweet goop. Also the tacos shells were supermarket grade at best. Not recommended unless u are hoping for a random snookie sighting. In fact jersey shore ppl come in after we write seated and service slowed to a crawl while the servers worshipped them. Benny haven. Try surf taco

I really really dislike this place. The first time I went for dinner, the food was pretty gross. They even managed to mess up guacamole. My brisket tacos had no flavor and were so greasy. We went back again with friends just for drinks at the bar and decided to get nachos. How can you mess up nachos right?  This places figured out how to. I have had better movie theater nachos. They don't use real cheese and they throw random stuff on top that just doesn't work. The store bought chips were soggy and really it was a waste of money. The only reason this place gets two stars is because they have great bartenders and cheap drinks. Don't waste your money on the food.