Casa Mañana Mexican Restaurant Santa Maria — Restaurant in Santa Maria

This was possibly the most disappointing dining experience I've had in a very long time. I'm from out of town, and picked this restaurant from its 4.3 star rating.

I arrived early, around 5:15. The restaurant was not busy. I was brought a basket of stale chips and salsa. I ordered a highlighted item, chili Colorado, which is one of my favorites, from a menu splashed with dried-on food.

Then I waited, and waited, and waited - 30 minutes. Chili Colorado is a slow-cooked dish with a rich red sauce that is prepared in advance. It typically takes 5-10 minutes max to reach the table. When my meal finally arrived, there were small scraps of beef, along with 5 chunks of fat swimming in a loose red liquid. I ordered flour tortillas that were left too long on the griddle and they were so dried out that they cracked when I tried to fold them. The refried beans were okay.

There are many positive reviews here. Perhaps they are from friends or relatives. Perhaps I got the one bad meal. I'd had a long day, and was looking forward to visiting this restaurant for the first time because of the positive reviews and also because I love Mexican cuisine. Unfortunately, Casa Mañana missed the...

First of all this resteruant has won the areas BEST for ten years straight ! They have been in very VERY good bussiness since 1960 and have many loyal regular costomers that come weekly ... not too many resteruants have even came close to lasting this long. And although once in awhile you might get a crappy server ... that is not the fualt of the resteruant or the management or owners, it is the individual who is only doing what has to be done to make money and really doesnt care bout the costomer a resteraunt management can not force a person to have a great way with people and isnt always aware that there workers are rude and what not. To all those who have made complaints and bad mouthed the resteruant all i got to say is ...it wont help your resteruants bussiness slamming Casa Manana im sorry that many mexican resteruants have come and go or dont do as well ...the only other resteruant in this area worthy of speaking of is La Mejor De Jalisco....it too is great but they specialize in seafood ......nun the less this resteruant has lines of people out the door at times .....its a gem and it is one of thee...

Cute little restaurant with a small interior, clean, and a nice atmosphere. Very nice servers. My husband ordered the large carnitas quesadilla and he had to stop himself from eating the whole thing. The boys each got a kid sized cheese quesadilla with rice and refried beans. I ordered three tacos, one hard shell shredded beef, one hard shell ground beef, one soft shell chicken and guacamole. All were delicious, if a bit small. Not a bad price, though. The water (we all just had ice water) was strangely delicious and refreshing, so I’m not sure where they get it from but keep getting it from there! They were out of tamales but I’m glad for it because in the end my eyes were definitely bigger than my stomach. The free chips and salsa were devoured by my kids. The salsa tasted house made, but I don’t know for sure. Either way, the salsa was very flavorful with a light background heat. My son discovered he loves Mexican style rice, which is great since he’s usually SO picky. The refried beans were really good, great flavor. I highly recommend...