Paseo Cantina

I recently went to the Paseo Cantina on Friday. I brought along my girlfriend, who is very Fine, and her sister. We all went there with the intention of having a great time, drinking and hearing the live mariachi band. The band was fantastic and the food was descent. My only complaint is that all three of us had 5 shots of tequila (Patron) within a two hour period, and none of us even had a slight buzz. On any other day 2 shots of tequila would have me on the floor drunk out of my mind. But for some reason these "watered" down shots of tequila didn't have any effect on me. So my advice to anybody that wants to have a great time with a good buzz, is to just order beer. Believe me! or else all you'll be drinking is some expensive water in a shot glass.

Our favorite Mexican restaurant!!!! It might be a little on the expensive side and the portions are not large, but the food is delicious. Great margaritas - we didn't try it, but they do have a $45 margarita - the regular and fruit margaritas are great. The Mexican orchestra is fantastic. We have never seen a Mexican orchestra with a harp. Very talented musicians - not too loud and played great music that people know and have heard before. Excellent, attentive service in a very well run restaurant. Totally unlike almost any other Mexican restaurant, very classy. This is a place you want to bring your out of town guests, very clean, neat, freshly decorated - even the orchestra's outfits were fresh and new. This is a great restaurant!

This restaurant tries way too hard.. The food is very mediocre and even worse, the service was bad and they were very unfriendly since I came with my baby. They claimed they could not find a booster for what appeared to be a very long time.. The waitress took too long and the food was very average quality..

4-30-08As we entered there was a live Mariachi playing and the restaurant had a real Mexican folklore feel to it. I was excited about eating at this place, but all that excitement quickly came to an end. As we sat at our table, I was missing some utensils. When the waiter came to take our order he recommended a margarita, which I would say was quite delicious. He also recommended the Guacamole which we said we would think about getting but didn't. A little later, a server came to our table ready to make the guacamole. We told him we had not ordered it. He talked to the waiter and we made it clear to the waiter that we didn't order it. When our food arrived, the orders were all wrong. We had ordered the 2 carnitas tacos suaves with rice and beans, taquitos, and the chicken enchiladas. They brought us the taquitos, 1 carnitas taco and 1 steak taco (no rice and beans), and albondiga soup. We told the server we didn't order the soup and that I had ordered the rice and beans with the tacos. I noticed the meat looked different on my tacos and i tasted a piece of meat from each taco and realized one was carnitas and one was steak. He checked the order and said that's what the waiter ordered. He called the waiter over and they realized the food they brought to us was for the party two tables away from ours. They took our plates and took them to the other party. I was in disbelief, the food had been sitting on our table for a long time plus i had tasted the meat on the tacos and they went ahead and served them to somebody else anyway...GROSS!!! Our correct order finally came and the food was not that great. To make things worse it took forever for us to pay our bill. This place has the worst service I have ever experienced. For a great dinner and Mariachi show, I would recommend "Cielito Lindo" in El Monte (Great music, food, and service). I would recommend you don't come to this place, unless you want to risk getting food that was picked on by someone else and BAD service.

On May 18th, I took my father to Paseo Cantina to celebrate his 87th birthday. He is an avid mariachi music lover and I am a Mexican food aficionado. The restaurant had been highly recommended by friends. We love the restaurant! Paseo Cantina has the BEST Mexican food in all of Los Angeles County. The restaurant was serving Sunday brunch when we arrived and the selections and quantities of food offered were simply outstanding. When the mariachi show began at 2:00 p.m., I and everyone else in my family were quite impressed with the talent and skill level of the musicians and dancers, something rarely experienced in restaurants and more akin to what you would enjoy at a professional concert where a hefty admission price is commanded. We found the service to be excellent and the margaritas perfectly prepared. Everyone in our family decided that this restaurant would become our new favorite Mexican restaurant. We are looking forward to going back again soon.