Taqueria La Parrilla — Restaurant in Athens-Clarke County Unified Government

We came here last year at this time and had a fiesta with my father in law's friends. We are back this year having another fiesta with my father in law's friends again! They frequent this joint every Friday. Talk about a loyal group of people!

It was busy tonight. There were quite a few of us tonight but our server got our tables handled. He started us off with our drinks. I ordered a peach mango virgin margarita tonight. After drinks were passed out, dinner orders were taken. Our server handled business! He got all off our orders squared away and then refilled drinks, chips and salsa dishes.

My peach mango margarita was so good! I was perfectly salted on the rim. The margarita was flavorful with peach and mango. It took a lot out of me not to suck the whole thing down in one drink. The flavoring was the best when you licked threw salt and then took a drink. So yummy!

I ordered the shredded beef flautas for dinner. I got 3 chunky flautas covered in fresh lettuce, cojita and sour cream. My side of rice and beans looked super tasty! My flautas were perfectly crunchy with tender and savory beef in the middle. The ultimate bite was the flauta, lettuce, cojita and sour cream together. So good! I ate too much of the chips, cheese dip and salsa so I only had 2 of the 3 flautas. It was a hearty meal! The cheese dip is money so order the cheese dip! You won't regret it!

We ended dinner with a fried ice cream. The size of this ice cream is no joke! I love the heavy dusting of cinnamon on top of the ice cream and whipped cream. The corn flakes were sweet and chewy. The ice cream was creamy! The perfect bite was the ice cream, corn flakes and some with the cinnamon dusted whipped cream. A fantastic treat after dinner!

I did notice the gentleman next to me eat something called Bobby's plate. It's grilled veggies with a piece of grilled chicken, a plate named after a customer after he passed. It was his specific meal he ate all the time. That is what I'll be having next year! I had such a fun time tonight and a fantastic dinner. Looking forward to next...

My service was poor and the food wasn't that great. I went here today and the hostesses were all very young and inattentive - on their phones, laughing and talking to each other like I wasn't even there. My waitress also seemed to have a little attitude. She sat me at a table with a huge spider web that touched my leg. I had to repeat my order 3 times because for whatever reason she didn't want to write it down. And she probably checked on me a total of 2 times while I was there. Then when she finally brought my ticket out after I finished eating, she told me to just go to the front to pay (which is where I encountered the inattentive young ladies at the front), but every other guest that ate out on the patio was brought a booklet to pay their tabs without having to get up and walk back around to go through the front to pay. That was my service experience. Now on to the food... I ordered queso as an appetizer, which was okay. I ordered a pear margarita, which was also okay. But the tacos I ordered were disappointing. I couldn't even eat them all. The steak was not very tender and had a charred taste. My beef tacos also weren't satisfactory. I would have been better off ordering from Taco Bell lol for...

My new favorite Mexican restaurant in Athens. Hot food that is delicious and well prepared. Great margaritas, super friendly service!

We were invited by some friends and really had a great experience. We've been there twice now. Both times we had excellent service and food. Flor and Edward were our servers. Super attentive, but not intrusive.

We tried a wide variety of entrees and everybody enjoyed them. One surprise was the shrimp cocktail. It's almost like a ceviche for shrimp. Served Cool and packed with shrimp.

Plenty of fresh chips and salsa.

The burrito was piping hot and excellent. I got it with rice and beans and they were all delicious.

The atmosphere is casual. It's an older location but clean and cozy. Lots of interesting artwork on the walls.

There is plenty of parking. There's not much going on in the shopping center other than la parrilla. But it's...