La Carreta of Gresham — Restaurant in Gresham

Ok ya'll... after living in Eugene for over three years, after living in San Diego for over 15 years.... well let's just say I was searching for a good Mexican place up here in Oregon.

After seeing some reviews, I chose this place to try. We happened to go in Thursday, which.... is two combinations for $16.95 day (basically by one get one half off).

We walked in the first time and the was a small wait, which made sense since the parking lot - which is large- was packed and I had to park all the way down the street. But alas, they won me over because, like any good Mexican restaurant worth it's weight, they serve chips and salsa at the table! I love that they carry salsa in pitchers around to refill the bowls! Their table salsa has a bit of bite, you can ask for a really mild salsa... just know you'll have to add salt! Lol I like the table salsa....

My parents tried the special on combinations... they both loved their combinations! Enchiladas are good and certainly not short of cheese and sauce! Burritos are huge and not filled with rice but packed full of meat. The tostadas are good and presented and look like a large salad. Rice and beans are ok... but I'm not a huge fan of sides 90% of the time!

I love the bean dip you can get at the table and I mix it with salsa!

I, however, orded the chicken beef combo fajitas... I cannot stress this enough.... not only are these awesome but the portion is huge... as in this lasted me for 4 days (note I don't eat as much as most). The tortillas were soft and flavorful...I can't tell if they're homemade or not, just that they're good! The sizzling platter came out as it should .... well.... sizzling ha ha ha! The meat was all lean and tender... and full of flavor and the platter was full of meat with some vegetables NOT just onions and green peppers. I would most definitely order this again. I will, however, be happy to share it with someone next time.

The nachos are huge and absolutely unable to be finished by one person. I watched a teenage boy attempt to finish them. After a strong effort and twenty minutes he got to about half of them and still filled a to go box completely full! Looked like they were loaded.

Next time we visited I ordered a taco picadillo... as in a side taco.... it was brought to the table and looked like a taco salad... tons of toppings and definitely a meal in itself. The gal at the table next to me ordered the super taco thinking it would be the same as mine just with guac and sour cream.... um no it was 2X the size! Anyway I may just order the taco when I come in next. It was great with flavor I the ingredients were fresh!

Their drink menu is something to be envied. Like a stephanie drink heaven... so many fun sweet snowcone type drinks... haven't tried any, but I need to come back just for drinks!!! Volcano Colada is in my future!!!!

At the end of your meal who needs dessert?? They auto bring cinnamon flour tortilla chips (bunuelos)... with a small scoop of ice cream, sauce (sometimes strawberry), whipped cream... pure yummy!!!

Anyway this is my new Mexican fix eatery!

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Without a doubt, this is one of the longest operating restaurants in Gresham history and perhaps would even extend one of the longest-running restaurants with a Mexican theme/cuisine in the Portland area. The staff is always excellent in helping explain anything on the menu that you want to know and they have also in my opinion, have the largest and best nachos in the city.

Their pricing is reasonable and their portion is very large. I'm always impressed when I enter the restaurant how quickly you can see it yourself because they have ample seating even on busy days, afternoons and evenings. The restaurant is always clean and being cleaned such a sweeping floors wiping tables and the Busboys are always busy and careful about their job cleaning up.

The food is extremely good and authentic and they give you plenty of it. If you are an overeater or a pig, you're going to love this place! Rarely, I go home without a to-go container filled with another day's meal or leftovers. Another classy move, upon arrival you get fresh water and free corn tortilla chips and each person at the table gets their own bowl of salsa. They do not mind refilling the chips or the salsa for you complimentary.

I have been here many times and I consider it one of the most authentic Mexican flavor experiences that you can have and at a...

This restaurant is terrible first off our customer service was horrible I saw him go to every other table asking them if they were Alright and refilling drinks for them but not once came to our table to ask us if we were all right and needed drinks refilled We kept having to get his attention and ask him for things that he took forever to give us and the food was terrible he also charged us a tip without asking first and claimed their policy said they can make anyone pay a tip basically I paid $30 tip, my sister paid a $15 tip my mom paid a $15 tip basically my whole table was charged a tip overall he got over $100 in tip and did not let us know the tip was added to our receipt then tried to not give us a receipt of everything we paid for cus they knew they were scamming u and for that we will never return back here and I advise anyone that wants to eat here to make sure you don't get scammed like we did and that you get good customer service cus we got terrible customer service he had a terrible attitude towards us for no reason we were so polite to him and said thank you every time and yet we still got terrible customer service It gave that...