La Doña Authentic Mexican Taste — Restaurant in Fairfield

The food was good. Not overwhelming in flavor, but not one would say stay away from. Just not an every weekend spot IMHO. The flavors were appropriate but on the light side. I prefer strong, deep flavors with depth. The buffet had a surprising amount of top shelf items. Fajitas, shrimp, mole, Chile Verde, etc. I liked the fact they had Menudo (best flavor for the meal) on the brunch. That all said, there was not any comfort food to balance out the top end items. Personally, I would have liked to have had some basic items such as Enchiladas, Chile relleno, or tamales. I felt my meal was meat and sauce heavy. When we arrived near 11am there were only 3 tables of patrons and all the buffet dishes were full. Way too much food setout at the beginning. There was a lot of standing around which tells me they can use their time more efficiently to keep things hot and fresh. I expect the 12 o'clock customers would be getting dry and luke warm offerings since when we left, the chafing dishes were pretty much still full. They need to slow roll the offerings to keep them fresh and hot. Asnit was the temperaturedid not excite me. I did like the fact the tortillas were made in-house (it seemed), and I am a fan of thick chips, so good there, none of that thin stuff you find other places. The server miss communicated with drinks for the buffet, but the owner was gracious. Overall, it's not bad, I would mix up the offerings, and with the price being $25.00, add other drinks besides tea coffee and fountain drinks. A good brunch needs a great...

The food was very good. Which I was happy with because it’s hard to find authentic Mexican restaurants with how saturated the business is now and days. I loved my food and so did everyone else with me. The 2 star review comes from the service provided to us by our waitress (short hair with blonde tips and glasses). Either she was new or just didn’t care to do her job properly. My dad asked for a caldo de camarón and upon arrival she didn’t offer any salsa or cilantro and onion for it. When we asked her about it she said “I didn’t bring it?” We said no and all she said was “oh”. I sat down assuming that meant she would bring it out and she did eventually but she definitely took her time with it. We had also asked her for extra salsa for our chips and she forgot to bring out and when I got up to ask about it she gave me attitude and told me to take a seat and to give her minute, mind you we were the only people there and all she was doing was standing behind the counter. When she came to give us the salsa my dad asked for another round of his michelada and she just looked at him then walked away didn’t say “ok one moment” or anything along those lines. On top of everything else she never once came to check on how we were doing. I was really disappointed considering I was genuinely enjoying the food. If you’re just looking for good food and don’t care about the service I would totally recommend this place otherwise I’m sure you can find a better place where they have better...

I normally don’t leave reviews but this has been my go to place for about 8 years now but lately I would say the last year and half at least the service has went down hill. Today I went and grabbed a one combo lunch with a side taco and it cost 21.49!!! I was kinda shocked but in a rush to get back to work but kept thinking throughout the day how that was an expensive lunch. So I look at my receipt and it has 12.00 for my combo , 3.75 for my taco with cheese and 4.00 for cheese ?!?. I was confused so I called and the lady who answered couldn’t tell me why I was charged 4.00 for cheese. I asked her if it was the side of cheese for my taco she said I don’t know I guess.. I said so you’re telling me my taco was 3.75 and the speck of cheese you put on was 4.00 she said I guess I don’t know. Ridiculous!!!!!! And when I initially went In today I just brought a 20.00 not expecting it to be over 20 only to have to turn around and go get more money out of my car and the lady you collected my money said in a snappy way I said 21.35 and they were in the wrong they overcharged me. It’s sad I use to love this place but now it’s just not...