Fiesta Healthy Mexican Grill New Jersey — Restaurant in Bergenfield

Expensive. Not sure about the entire Halal presentation. Quality not as promissed. the manager/owner took some time to explain that the ingredients are coming straight from Mexico, that they take utmost care of food quality, and recommended the birria tacos. The owner seems to use his personal approach to customers, which is easy because the place is empty, this seems to sway people to post good reviews after they felt that they were personally taken care of by the owner.

Quality isn't as great as promissed, radish slices had spoilage marks, French fries are some of the worst I've ever tried, it was just a taste of bad oil and 0 potato, and it was $8-10 for a small portion. Have you tried Five Guys French fries? Birria tacos were way off base, not sure if that's how it is usually prepared, my first time trying it, and it actually looked good, but Oaxaca cheese that was melted over the taco completely blocked all the flavor, and just filled the taco with oil+ birria juice was just a leftover beef grease that would make the taco even more greasier together with cheese, 1 taco fell apart from all the oil from cheese alone. There is reason why tacos don't usually come with cheese, especially excess of cheese.

Horchata drink was the only thing that actually enjoyed, but it was only a small cup for $8, when I was told that it was a large cup.

I paid $36 for 3 tacos, French fries, and horchata, that's a robbery for a meal that didn't even taste great. The entire approach to Mexican food is way off, unfortunately. I think many people would be put off by Halal in Mexican food instead of embracing it. No reason to reinvent the wheel. Not surprised I was the only customer there. Why put " healthy" in the name of your restaurant when it has nothing to do with the food served there? Lots of deception on many levels.

update after owner response: changed the "pork" to "beef", that was my mistake. theres nothing really to address with the owner when the owner talks up a storm and then doesnt actually make sure that the food comes out perfect. I stand by my comment about deceptiveness: no good reason for high prices (I asked the owner if its because of Halal, he said "No, its because of high quality meat and vegetables"), french fries shouldnt even be on the menu when they are that bad, small drink is not a large drink, theres nothing healthy about a menu that serves so much grease especially in Birria tacos, Halal doesnt...

Nice Mexican restaurant in Bergenfield.

Lots of menu options, even a few things that a picky eater like me will enjoy.

Prices are in a good range. Employees are friendly.

The dinning room is in an interesting layout where the right side is divided by an old Deli counter glass case. If the owner can afford to do so, I would recommend a slight remodel to remove this glass divider to maximize the floor space for easier walkways and seating. If the divider provides a little more privacy to the dinners, then a slight redesign would also benefit by removing the old glass and putting up a simple, wood wall. Maybe even use real wood. It would be a nice feature to have maybe 10 real tree trunks sprouting from the floor in a row. Or horizontally to make it like a log cabin. Then sprinkle the wood theme all over the restaurant to make it a complete theme. Other ideas could be to make it appear to be an exterior wall from a traditional Mexican house.. complete with a partial terra cotta roof just high enough to give privacy to the guests sitting at the tables on the right side. A less expensive redesign would be just a more modern glass wall, maybe frosted glass on the top half and trim it in metal or wood painted to the main theme of the restaurant.

Currently one wall is decorated with the George Washington bridge with silhouette wall stickers showing both the Fort Lee NJ and NYC sides and painted clay fish randomly mounted in different spots with a nice mariachi hat up high. Also there is some stone masonry themed area on a column that looks good especially with the hard wood floors. Overall everything looks pleasant... but for me it doesn't reflect a Mexican theme very well. I am including one photo of a Mexican restaurant I ate at in Florida near Daytona Beach. Note the real wood chairs, the walls and ceiling decorations which also include the traditional Mexican flags hanging by stings.. it adds color to the theme, it stands out as something special and definitely Mexican.

Anyway I think this is a nice place and it is in a good location. Plenty of parking and free parking. But just a caution, the restaurant is on a 1way street, so park in the large free parking lots on the left or right before you turn onto the street where the restaurant is located. It's a super easy walk from the lots to...

This is a new tiny place in Bergenfield area. It's halal and it has vegetarian options as well. The service was excellent and the space itself was clean.

Now to the main point. My boyfriend ordered the chicken tacos with cheese. Sadly the chicken was pretty dry and no flavor and the cheese was not it. I ordered the birria ones and although they were better than the chicken ones, they weren't my taste. The main point here is that the food is cooked previously and set on the counter with the hot water at the bottom, but for this kind of food you MUST cook it and serve it, if not will overcook and dry.

Another problem is the price. The portions are average but the price is expensive for this kind of place and I'm saying this with the knowledge that they gave us the drinks for free. So I don't want to know how much more expensive that could be.

Like I said, the place and service are good. It has potential, but for me and now my rate is...