La Villa Mexican Restaurant — Restaurant in Carlisle

I had been coming here since they first opened. I ordered my Chili Verde as usual. It was really spicy hot, burnt my lips and inside of mouth pretty good. It looked like Chili Colorado, red, they had tried to pass off as Verde. When I told the waitress it was too spicy to be Verde and I could not eat it she said that’s just the way they make it. She argued with me and would not do anything about it, but ripped my plate away without asking. So they apparently cannot cook anymore and the help is bad. We’ve had trouble getting our check the last couple times we’ve gone. It’s been going downhill for awhile. Plenty of other great places in the area to get great green authentic...

We were a party of three ladies traveling from Des Moines. It was getting late and we were starving. We were hesitate to get off the main highway at night and this is in a dark, industrial looking part of town. No worries! There are several bar & grill restaurants located on the short strip. They were all well attended on Saturday night. La Villa has a large, authentic menu. We tried three different dinner selections. All were well prepared and tasty. This is home- style Mexican, not fine dining, but a definite jewel for a small town. They have all the classic dishes, ample seating and a small bar too. This will be a regular...

Not good this time. We ordered fajitas for two, and the portion sizes were smaller. Then the tins with the fajita meat had way more peppers and onions then meat, so was runny. More like fajita soup. Edible, but not that good for the price. Much better in the past. My husband called and complained, and they did offer to make another. Just too tired to drive all the way back to Carlisle at that point. Carlisle is so close to Des Moines that there are other great Mexican restaurants that get it right every time. Doubt, we...