La Casita — Restaurant in Kalispell

We decided to try La Casita yesterday based on great recommendations and reviews saying that the food was authentic and tasty. We got tacos (al pastor and carnitas) and a burrito (al pastor). Everything is an upcharge here, which I feel is important to note - there is no ice water and no fountain drinks (only bottled drinks), cheese is extra, chips and salsa are extra, rice and beans are extra... Our total for two people was around $40. Which I can get past but our food was mediocre, at best. The al pastor was very bland, chewy and full of fat/gristle. The carnitas was better but still lacked flavor. The flour tortillas are made in house and it did improve the burrito, however as a whole, the burrito was filled with more than half rice, very little meat and beans (I could not detect any cheese or guacamole) and overall lacked flavor. I opted for the red sauce on top which is labeled mild, and it definitely is. I also got some medium salsa on the side, which I considered mild but I poured the entire container on my burrito which helped the food. The texture of everything was also very strange with the cabbage in it.

I would definitely not call this authentic. It was decent American style, but not authentic. We plan to try again for breakfast to give it another chance, but if you're looking for something flavorful and more authentic for a decent value, La Casita...

The perfect taco doesn't exi...

Wait, yes it does and it's the al pastor taco at La Casita.

I had the al pastor tacos here, and they were truly the best tacos I can ever remember having. We lived in California for years and have come to realize how spoiled we were there with the ubiquitous high quality Mexican food. Moved to Utah and it's really tough to find great Mexican.

So... Kalispell, Montana?

We're building a house in Whitefish, and our drywall installers, a handful of good dudes from Mexico, recommended La Casita to us. Imagine if an Italian native told you about a great Italian restaurant here or some German guy told you about a great hot dog.

You'd pay attention. We did and it was a great call.

Chips & Salsa were a B+. Salsa was an A+ and the chips were a C Horchata was really good Prices were good, too - 3 al pastor tacos for $12.75

Improvement suggestions get rid of Pepsi products; more people prefer Coke products. It's just math don't force patrons to pay for water get a...

I was told this was the best place for street tacos and they were definitely WRONG. The Carne asada was tough to chew and had no flavor. My chili Verde burrito was just as boring. Looks like they use their pork 2 ways: it's cooked like pulled pork(not cubes), then they put green sauce on it and called it chili Verde!!!...& it still lacked any of the traditional spices(cumin,garlic,ROASTED PEPPERS,etc)I took 2 bites and threw it away. Their beans were the only thing on the plate that has any flavor. We also tried the chips and hot salsa. Chips were served warm,but not homemade. Salsa was ok,but definitely wasn't hot. We were excited when we walked in and saw people making homemade tortillas, but that was the only good thing about this place. Restaurant look stylish,good service, but BLAND INEDIBLE food that looks great on a plate,but lacks depth of any flavor. I'll stick to Vaqueros for my...