Monte Alban Restaurant — Restaurant in Hiawassee

Monte Alban's revenge! 😨😲 I have been to Monte Alban Restaurant twice and while the meals are edible and not too bad (not even close to the best I've had), the salsa tastes like burned siracha sauce mixed with tomato sauce. The chips are fresh and crunchy (the best part). The problem happens during the middle of the night after eating there each time. My wife coined it Monte Alban's revenge. It gives you the the runs so bad it is worse than cleansing for a colonoscopy and you get gas and cramps like crazy. No amount of medicine helps! I don't know if it is some type of spice or if the food is bad. I will never eat at another Monte Alban ever again. I do not enjoy being sick. My whole family gets sick each time too. Mexican food is my favorite and we eat it all the time, but there is something wrong, very wrong, here. Save your time and money and find another Mexican restaurant or just go to Taco Bell down the street. At least it won't...

This place is a hidden gem, and I’m so happy to have found it as a tourist. I am from Mexico and this place had some of the best Mexican food I’ve had in the US. The menu also has some stuff that appeals to Americans like the ground beef hard tortilla stuff, but they also have authentic food & tacos. The tacos are DELICIOUS, so are the flautas, the guacamole and the chicken soup (that’s all we could try in the 1st visit). Everything was fresh and flavorful. The flan is AUTHENTIC and home-made. We initially ordered one flan and then we ended up having three. The place is CLEAN, they respect SOCIAL DISTANCING, and it is well ventilated. The chairs are artesanal and good quality. The staff and the waiter were very nice and friendly. Our waiter even recommended a beautiful spot to go walk in North Carolina and see the lake. If I’m ever around this area again I’ll...

This has been a go to for me over the past year. I eat at Monte Alban about twice a month. The food is great. Over the past month or two, the service has gotten more and more lacklustre. I stopped by today for a qick, quiet meal. It was neither. While my tea was empty and salsa gone and the extra napkin never brought, three servers were loudly dissing customers, especially people who call in orders. Then i heard all about parental issues of one young lady and how she hates peppers. Ultra loud laughing and a customer in the other room had to come ask for drink refill. Took 5 minutes for the waiter to return with a refill of my unsweet tea which was now sweet. This all wouldn't have been bad if not for the volume of their rude banter and the unmistakable indifference the serving staff had for the customers. Yep. Time to find...