AutentiKa Express — Restaurant in Panama City Beach

Outstanding Mexican Restaurant – A Must-Try!

We visited this gem of a Mexican restaurant for the first time, and it was truly an outstanding experience from start to finish.

We kicked things off with a pitcher of their house margaritas, which were incredible. Everything is made fresh, with no sour mix in sight—just pure, authentic flavors that set the tone for the evening.

For appetizers, we tried the bean dip and the cheese dip with chorizo, both of which were absolutely delicious. The chips and salsa were equally impressive—fresh, perfectly seasoned, and impossible to stop eating.

For our main dishes, I opted for the El Pastor tacos with salsa verde, and they were out of this world. The flavors were bold, authentic, and perfectly balanced. My fiancé chose the fajitas, which came out sizzling hot and loaded with fresh, flavorful ingredients. Both dishes were generous in portion and left us completely satisfied.

Carmen, our server, was exceptional. She was attentive, friendly, and made sure we had everything we needed throughout the meal. Her warm and welcoming attitude added to the overall fantastic experience.

This was our first visit, but it certainly won’t be our last. Everything here is made fresh with obvious care and quality. If you’re looking for authentic Mexican food and stellar service, this is the place to go....

Had hair in my food and was missing food refused to fix it. I will never go here again Complete waste of money they over charge you and don’t even double check their orders before sending it out. I was missing 2 tacos I called to let them know I was charged 28$ and only received 5 tacos when I called to have them rectify the situation he implied that he had to check the cameras to see. who is steal 2 tacos when they just spent 30$ on 6 tacos then told me he’d give me a call back to determine where these tacos had gone as if it was my problem that my order was incorrect it was there fault and did nothing to rectify it or apologize for their mistake to tell me that I’m wrong and that he will send me a video of him giving me packaged food they can keep my money I hung up he called back 3 times after I told him he could keep the money I’ll just write a review and you will never get my business again they not worth the aggravation I wouldn’t go here if want some well portioned food is the smallest portioning of tacos that I’ve ever seen in my life smaller then my hand and I’m barely 5 foot tall this is just a tourist trap praying on rich white people who don’t know what authentic...

The waitress was really nice & recommended the fried Mojarras dish. The fish was clean & fried, but had no flavor. We let the waitress know who got the manager for us. The manager explained that they didn’t use salt or pepper & I replied that they could’ve marinated it.

We’re Haitian, so I explained that we have a marinade that we use to which she replied something along the lines of they weren’t a Haitian restaurant. However, every culture marinates their food & the dish I was eating was seasoned.

They returned the dish with a green sauce that should be included with the dish moving forward unless you like bland food.

EDIT

Thank you for responding, but it was NOT lightly seasoned. It didn’t taste like anything. I’m a very fair reviewer (check my history) & the dish didn’t come with the green sauce or a lime initially, so my...