MAMA ROSA MEXICAN FOOD — Restaurant in Olive Branch

My wife wanted to eat at a new place for her 60th birthday and we chose Mama Rosa's because they take reservations, and most of our other options did not. As a reservation restaurant, I expected a fairly high price, so I wasn't too surprised by the ticket, which ran about $20 per person before tip.

We arrived around 1pm, and were seated right away, party of 9. But with only 7 place settings, which never got rectified. I ended up taking my granddaughter's napkin and utensils, as she had no use for them because her meal was all finger food.

It took a while to get drink orders taken, and we tacked an appetizer on top of that, which was a good thing, because we waited 15 minutes for drinks, another 10 for the appetizer, and then our waiter didn't come by and take our order for our meal. We got to talking, and were surprised when we'd finished salsa chips and appetizer and he still hadn't come by to take our order. I had to go to the front desk to get our order taken. My expectation is that he'd just headed on break when the drinks came. Your mileage may certainly vary, as this is a well-reviewed place with a lot of 5-stars.

After our order was taken, it was about 20-30 minutes before the food arrived. We DID get multiple refills on our drinks in the meantime, so our server was taking care of us.

I'll say this. The food was outstanding. My wife got the Katrina and was amazed. I got the fajita quesadilla and it was perfect. My grandson with the dairy allergy (epipen level) was taken care of, and we were all satisfied.

Yet we didn't get the check. I almost went looking for someone to say 'Quiero la cuenta por favor'. Our waiter sailed by and I asked for the check. My daughter and her husband had to leave before we were out of there, and as you can see by my last pic, I finished signing the check after everybody else had headed out. At a little before 3pm. I wasn't in a big hurry so I didn't mind that much.

As a recap, the food here is 5-star. Top Shelf. Outstanding. The atmosphere was open and friendly, with a lot of families there, soft music playing, and an open air feel of the place from all the large windows. The service could have been better, but...

We were so excited about them opening up and had been waiting patiently for months. We go in get seated and had a nice little wait before the waitress came to get our drink order. We just had water and my wife got a Sangria. We also ordered chips and salsa which you have to pay for. A girl that couldn't speak English brought our chips and 1 small bowl of salsa to the table so I asked for another bowl of salsa she went and got another guy that was dressed very nicely and may have been management came and asked what we needed so I told him a nother bowl of salsa he said ok but never brought it, we had to get our waitress to get us a bowl. Now the chips were not that good and we only ate half a basket of them and most of the time we would have been asking for more. My wife got her Sangria and it was pretty good. We finally got our water and it was brought out in a bottle and no ice added to the glass so we had to ask for ice. My wife ordered the fajitas quesadilla and my son and I got the Birra tacos. My wife's quesadilla was ok but was full of mostly bell peppers and a little bit of chicken. Our Birra tacos were not the normal Birra tacos as it was just birra meat put in your choice of flour or corn tortillas and not soaked in the consomme and then fried. The birra meat was very dry and not as flavorful as we would have liked. My son got the rice as a side and he wasn't happy with it nor was I with my coleslaw. Their prices were a little high for the food we received. We do realize that they had just opened and everyone was still getting into the swing of things but we just didn't have good vibes from...

Moma Rosa was a great experience. This was my husband and I 1st night at this restaurant. We did have to wait for about couple of minutes to be seated because there was a family of 2 waiting before us. We were a little hesitant to eat here because there was a family of two waiting before us and we were made aware by them that they were not greeted yet and when we looked around, there were a lot of staff available. We were happy to finally be greeted by a nice man who was our server. I cannot recall his name but he was so pleasant and was very knowledgeable about the menu. We started off with the wholly guacamole, which was good, it was served with skins which was a different spin. I believe if the skins were hot and had a little salt added, it would be great! For the entree we got the Luis Lamb Chops and Barría tacos. Both entrees were very delicious. The entrees were plated very beautifully. Although the lamb were small, they were grilled to perfection. And the tacos filled my husband right up with the flavor being in every bite. We finished dinner off with a recommendation from our awesome server which was the churro bites which you have to try because they were so yummy and the ice cream was so smooth and flavorful, did not taste store bought like certain restaurants. Thank you again Moma Rosa for the...