Carmela's Mexican Restaurant — Restaurant in Arcata

I had a very disappointing experience tonight. I ordered two regular carne asada burritos with green salsa on the side. The total for this order was $19.27 even though the last time i got the same thing it was $17.97. I went to pick it up, paid, signed the receipt for $19.27. I checked my bank statement almost immediately because I wasn't sure why the charge was different, and for some reason it was $4.00 more than what I was supposed to be charged. The burritos were really good the first time, but they were smaller and wrapped loosely the second time. I called and spoke to them on the phone and they said they would take care of it, but when I went in they told me it wasn't their fault and that they wouldn't do anything about it. It's not really about the price, a couple dollars isn't a big deal, but its disappointing that they messed up the transaction and wouldn't do anything to fix it. The burritos didn't taste bad, they're actually pretty good, but the service was subpar. I don't think I will be going back...

My friend and I ordered two VIRGIN blackberry margaritas. We are both lightweights and both have to drive. The older waitress brought our drinks out and because I'm a little paranoid, I said "these are virgin, right?" Queue drama-fest.

"She never said virgin. Are you two underage?" "No, we just don't drink." "Well she never said anything about virgin. She's going to have to drink them both."

She chewed the younger girl out right next to our table before stomping off and offering the drinks to another table so they wouldn't go to waste. When she returned with our VIRGIN margaritas, we said thank you and she huffed and walked away.

We were hungry and wouldn't have made it to Rita's in time to order and eat before closing time, so we stayed. I ordered a small super nacho, my friend ordered the flautas combo. The food is the only reason they get an extra star. The servings were massive and everything was DELICIOUS.

Fire the crabby old lady and this place might...

Sit down restaurant with a parking lot, full bar, tables and seating booths. Decent decor, music, lighting, food and windows. Purpose built with some wear showing on fabric seats. Friendly and prompt service, moderate food and paper bill preparation time at midday with two other tables seated at the time.

Chips and two sauces, red hot and red chunky brought promptly. Tortilla chips large and distinctly home made, sauces in syrup containers with two plastic bowls with very good flavor.

Menu extensive with ala carte and combos. We ordered taco salad and an enchilada chili relleno combo with bean choice black, good garnish but, no crema or avocado. Taco salad had a good amount of very good flavor meat and included tomato, avocado and crema. Good mexican cheese with relleno made with poblano pepper and enchilada with Mexican cheese. We used the sauces on our food and we finished it all and...