La Costenita — Restaurant in Indianapolis

I visited this location this past Sunday. The customer service was cool. My waitress didn’t understand me really. I came in for a frozen margarita, and I was highly disappointed. It more watery than frozen, and it had a real peculiar taste. I never tasted a margarita like that ever. I left it untouched after taking one sip and spitting it back in my cup. She took it after seeing it just sitting , I told her that it didn’t taste like a frozen margarita. I then decided to order a Patron margarita. I made sure it wasn’t premade, and she confirmed that they make it from scratch . It tasted the same as the first one. The patron shot that I ordered smelled and tasted like rubbing alcohol when I stuck my tongue in it. I knew it wasn’t Patron, and I watched her pour the shot, and I didn’t see a Patron bottle anywhere in sight. You know when something isn’t what it’s supposed to be when you get it often. I decided to order a steak taco, and it was very chewy, and it didn’t look or taste like steak to me. It wasn’t eatable and not the usual authentic in my opinion. Long story short. I left everything untouched besides the salsa and chips. They didn’t seem to know much English; if so, I would’ve asked to just be refunded. I still left a tip, but I would never visit this...

Possibly the best Mexican food within at least a one mile radius, and still inexpensive.

This is an authentic Mexican restaurant, so some miscommunication is possible, supposing a customer lacks fluency in Spanish.

There are a hifh available dishes, including a variety of excellent tacos in the $3.50 to $4.00 range (eg, asada/steak, pollo/chicken, lengua/tongue, cabeza/cow-head, chorizo, fish, shrimp.)

Tables seem to come with complimentary chips and salsa. More tortilla chips should come if ordering the excellent queso dip (cheese dip), although you could be stuck with like a jumbo $7.00 jump bowl if you're not careful.

Establishment serves alcohol and can potentially get loud in the evenings; or at least on karaoke...

Service was great until the end. they charged $6.00 fee to pay with card. And they automatically charged for gratuity. Although i had added $20 Tip. I didn't check my bill until I was at the car. My bill was $118 plus $6 fee to use card plus gratuity $17 plus my Tip of $20 I had left for the girls great service.. I decided to go back inside and cancel my $20. This restaurant needs to notify customers by law of fee for using a card beforehand. And that gratuity is automatically charged on bill. Manager or owner seem upset. But they need to correct this. I have forwarded this...