Huerta's Restaurant — Restaurant in Indio

STAY AWAY Visited a few years back and everything was fine… Arrived last night and we were seated… Asked the waitress if she could change the channel on the TV to watch our favorite football team and she said that only the manager could do that and he had left for the night… Then we waited for 15 minutes for her to return and she finally brought some chips… We then ordered a margarita which arrived another 20 minutes later…The chips were stale and the salsa was hot and runny… she reappeared after another 15 minutes and we ordered our food and by then we had been there for 45 minutes… We asked for more chips and she gave us a funny look and said OK… The second basket of chips arrives 10 minutes later…we asked her how things were going and she rudely stated that there were only two waitresses there and we should not expect any faster service…the food finally arrived after being seated for an hour… Our waitress was rude and made no reference to the slow service… Never again...

So we're spending a few days in Indio. We've never been here before and didn't know what to expect, especially didn't know what to expect for food. The first place we tried was Huerta's. It has good reviews so we gave it a shot. Didn't look like much from the outside but you can't judge a book by the cover as the saying goes. I ordered the carnitas plate and my wife got the shrimp enchiladas. My meal was good. The carnitas were cooked to perfection. Not too salty and not over cooked. I would rank it right up there with 5 puntos in East Los. My wife's dish was very flavorful. I would say it was better than my dish. If you live in Indio or are visiting, try this place. You won't regret it. Say hi to the hostess, Monika....

Service was fast and friendly; very authentic Mexican restaurant right down to speaking primarily Spanish to all but a few of us Gringo's, LOL. I only gig a point because I am deathly allergic to all forms of shellfish and the cook couldn't serve anything FRIED to me (shrimp and chips and everything fried in same oil/fryer) and had no other alterative way to cook so I was very limited to what I could order. My wife enjoyed everything though... Well until some kids changed the traditional Mexican music coming from the jukebox to hip-hop and somehow got the volume to double, extinguishing all conversation...