La Carreta Rochester — Restaurant in Rochester

There are now (2) NEW American style Mexican eateries in Rochester, NH. There is a downtown one, a MALL based one & a real Mexican food eatery serving authentic dishes & drinks. My friends & I visited La Carreta on a Saturday approximately 2:00 pm. There were about (20) patrons overall in this cold, sterile looking eatery. We were greeted asap & handed pages & pages for menus with impossible to figure out offerings. Some dishes came with rice, beans while other dishes were a la carte?? Like a Fast Food joint - drive - thrus. So many, many complicated - overly complicated menus. My friend ordered "VERA CRUZ" which is a deeply blackened, mixed grill of vegetables, shrimp & mushrooms that was beyond way over cooked!! I ordered a "Verde something" which amounted to a plate of HOT, chopped chicken breast NOT GRILLED - smothered in VERDE (green) sauce & slathered in oily, melted cheese. Red tasteless rice was also on this plate, nothing else! When this dish 1st arrived, I thought it looked like dog food, but I was paying & willing to give this HOT MESS a try. Awful! Flat, tasteless, bland - ultra-bland with no burrito's or anything to eat it with beyond the flat, tasteless rice. Is this what Mexican food has come down to in USA?? AWFUL! We ordered (1) Iced tea & (1) Club Soda for drinks & no dessert. Non-liquer drink refills are FREE! Salsa arrives in clear plastic, wine decanter (not sure why?) Salsa is pureed tomatoes with only a memory of a taste of other vegetables. The waiter greeted us promptly & brought our drinks, asap. He impatiently asked for our order & disappeared. He stopped by 3 - 4 times to ask how our food was, making no eye contact, ever. He refilled our drinks, without us asking him to do so. My friend had finished her meal, completely, while I could not. The Verde thing was truly disgusting! I had to stop eating it, several times & the waiter came over to ask if we were done eating, he did this twice. He seemed to be in as much hurry to get out of there, as we were! The 1st time I was deciding if I was going to eat anymore & said "No, I am not done!" He arrived back a 2nd time & asked in a more direct manner: "Are you done?" By then, I had enough of looking @ the awful mess & said "Yes". My friend took the rest home to her dog. Her dog loves PSEUDO, AMERICAN- MEXCIAN food. This is NOT an eatery I would return to for any reason. I spent $42 .00 (usd) on terrible food & very insolent waiter....

Was there at 2:15 pm, only one in lounge/bar area. Ordered a beverage while looking at the menu,Got the beef burrito and chicken enchilada w/ rice and beans. Never offered chips and salsa, food came out pretty quick. Wow ? Beef tasted and looked like Taco bell. Enchilada sauce over both and we're very small, sauce (canned?) Old el pasta maby. Baby crap refried Beans, green peas in Spanish rice? I was very hungry, ate it anyway. Put silverware and napkins on the plate and pushed away never asked how it was. Walked buy many times, on cellphone texting and talking. Another customer Walked in to the area, got a big "Hola Amigo" gave him a menu and chips and salsa, made his drink and chatted with him for for 15min ( watching the clock on the TV.) More customers came in same thing ok. Came over and asked if I wanted another beverage. I said no tab please and dropped it off. Took other customers orders and was off, back on the phone. Another 20min took my $, again never asked how it was, dropped the change off, no have a good day and walked away. I am a former restaurant owner and chef, I'm very understanding as I have been in there shoes. But Margaritas and other Mexican restaurants have nothing to fear from them. I really hope they read this and make some positive changes or training....

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Flavor Fiesta Alert at La Carreta – The Ridge, Rochester! 🌮🎉

Listen, if your taste buds have been feeling a little meh lately, do them a favor and take them on a spicy vacation to La Carreta at The Ridge. I ordered La Favorita, and let me tell you — she’s not just a favorite, she’s the main character. Cheesy, saucy, sassy… just like me on a Friday night.

Now let’s talk Salvador — our server, our guide, our mealtime hero. This man delivers service smoother than their queso dip. He made us feel like honored guests without once rushing us, and somehow always appeared with what we needed before we even asked. Magic? Maybe. Talent? Absolutely.

The vibes? Immaculate. The food? Divine. The experience? Worth texting the group chat over.

So go ahead, cancel your dinner plans and head to La Carreta. Your future self — and your stomach —...