Fiesta Cafe — Restaurant in Champaign

Walked in and the “host” said nothing to us or even acknowledged our presence until we continued to stand there waiting to be sat at a table. He told us we were able to sit anywhere we he finally looked at us. I asked for a high chair as soon as we chose a table and the employee looked at me as if she understood what I said but she clearly didn’t. Not holding that against her or the restaurant at all for my review just giving a total experience to the person reading this. The same young ladies that I asked for the high chair quickly brought us chips and salsa like almost immediately as we sat down that was awesome. Soon after a very sweet and courteous waitress came over to take our drink orders. Had it not been for her I don’t think I would leave any stars for this review. She checked in on us multiple times as we were looking over the menu it was all of our first times at the restaurant she made sure to give us enough time to look it over but also enough attention so that we knew she had forgotten about us. We ordered and the food took way longer than what I thought it should have seeing as how the restaurant was nearly empty. Once again no fault of our lovely waitress she brought our food over was very cautious letting us know which place were extremely hot which was nice because I had my baby with us and she will reach for anything LOL. The food was just 2/5 if I was blindfolded I wouldn’t even for sure be able to tell you what I was eating. Our waitress once again the star of our entire experience came over at the end offered us to go boxes which I declined because there was no need to take him food that I knew I wouldn’t eat again. As we were walking out of the restaurant the same host doesn’t acknowledge us once again no have a nice day no how was the food no thank you please come again just nothing. Had the service been better by everyone else other than our waitress and if the atmosphere was more lively such as having music a more attentive staff I think I could see how these reviews measure up but the reviews don’t match our experience...

Most of what I ate had an off flavor that I couldn't identify. Compared to other places in the area, the chips and salsa were about the worst I've had. I don't know what it was, but the salsa tasted really off (the mild and spicy were both this way), and the chips themselves weren't much better. For what it's worth, my wife thought they were fine, although nothing special. When my entree arrived, the rice was hard, and the pinto beans had a strange taste to them. Unfortunately, I also had a burrito which had the same beans inside. I had an enchilada with the flank steak chipotle and that was OK. On a positive note, the Diet Coke was some of the best I've had, and the chorizo taco was quite good. My wife had a tamale that was very dry and dense, but she did enjoy the fried fish tacos she had.

Although the menu is very large, I found it oddly lacking compared to options offered elsewhere. No chori pollo (chicken, chorizo, cheese), or pollo el rey (like fajitas, but with chicken, chorizo, potatoes, onions, and jalapenos). Overall, the experience was a bit disappointing. There may be good things you can get here, if you know just the right food to order. We used to come here pre-COVID and thought it was a lot better before. If you want some better Mexican in the area, I recommend either Huaraches Moroleon or Casa Del Mar,...

Been to a lot of Hispanic restaurants and always had a great time at every one of them I ended up just wanting a light lunch and I just ordered french fries and they give you about 12 chips in a basket as where everywhere else gives you a whole basket of chips so I ended up eating two baskets of chips and ask for another basket because it's literally the smallest basket out of every Hispanic restaurant I've ever been to I was told no I did not spend enough money I spent $6 and I got told that I couldn't have any more chips because I need to spend more money also every other Hispanic restaurant that I've been to does not charge $6 for one taco their prices are way over and the only good service I had was from the guy that ran the register he was very polite I gave him my last $2 in my pocket as a tip because he did not disrespect and was very nice but the owner of the restaurant was very rude I would not recommend anybody to go there that does not have a lot of money in their pocket because they do judge you it's very sad that the world has come to this and the french fries that I got was super soggy but because I didn't have a credit card I was...