La Cabaña Restaurant — Restaurant in Exeter

My wife and I were in the mood to try out a new place. She had driven past here many times and was curious, so we gave it a try.

The place was VERY clean and well maintained with clean bathrooms. However, for the majority of our dinner we were the only ones in the restaurant, which was slightly off-putting, but that's not really the restaurants fault.

We decided to split an appetizer and entree - for $16, the quesabirria was DELICIOUS. Among the best we've had. We then split the 2-enchilada plate, green sauce and asada for the meat. This, too, was very good, though not necessarily something I would say I MUST have again or anything. But it was very good.

The only let down in our dinner was our dessert - we got the ice cream and church's. For $13 I sort of expected a home-made style churro and high quality ice cream. Instead the churros were very hard and only a little warm, and the ice cream had a bunch of actual ice chunks that had formed in it. Its not that it was that bad, but not worth $13.

Overall we enjoyed the food and the restaurant was clean and well maintained, and I would definitely get the quesabirria if I was in the area and craving...

If you want to listen to staff holler and argue while you wait an hour for your food to arrive, this is the place for you. Not only did it take an hour for a kids meal and a soup to come out, but the food was very obviously made with canned food and poor product. The rice was uncle Ben’s brand, the beans were watery, and the horchata was made from a winco mix and separated after our very long wait. The provided seasoning containers were completely empty and the “chili oil” was off brand chili powder mixed with enough oil to provide lubrication for the entirety of Ancient Greece. We were one of two tables with people during the “dinner rush” and honestly after tasting our food it’s very apparent why. There was one miserable waitress who looked like she was counting down the hours left of her shift so she could go home and drink away any memory of her job. Water was...

It's a good sized, nice looking and clean restaurant with a small bar on the side. The decor is a bit odd for a Mexican restaurant. I asked and apparently it used to be a Huckleberries. It took a little while for me to realize it though, so it's not offputting.

I felt a bit bad because I was the only customer in the restaurant for about half an hour until a man sat at the bar. The waiter almost looked a little surprised that somebody walked in. Granted, it's a random Wednesday evening so I didn't expect it to be packed, but come on, Exeter, this place was good!

I had the Enchiladas La Cabaña with shrimp and mushrooms with a white sauce, rice and beans on the side. They were excellent as was the service. I don't come to Exeter often, but when I do come this way again, I will come back. You all should...