La Mesa Mexican Restaurante & Cantina — Restaurant in Sherman

Let’s be honest, those tortillas weren’t made in house. If you’ve had authentic Tex-Mex or Mexican or even Mexican fusion or Latin inspired meals at anytime in your life that you can consciously recall, please reconsider dining here. Unless you were like me, very hungry, literally next door, an hour and a half away from home and drawn in by the award winning propaganda go elsewhere. The service is fine prompt and professional. However the salsa was watery, the tortillas were clearly of the store bought variety, the re-fried beans tasted of the can of which they mostly likely were prepared from, the chicken fajita meat while a solid average in taste was briquette not grilled as fajitas should be, had no inkling of fajita flavors anywhere and by the state of the meat had obviously been pre-frozen, the shrimp in the fajitas were rubbery, obviously frozen and a confusing choice of spices for I couldn’t decide what the flavor was trying to be. I could go on about the vegetables of the fajita but their depressed, sunken presentation on an un-seasoned cast iron pan (which had an improper handle cover made of cardboard plastic to in theory prevent the customer or server from potential burns) was taste test enough. Overall the food is good in the sense that it is food and vaguely Mexican, however the only good thing I can say for the cuisine (should one be so inclined to call it that) is that the chips, like me, were...

Well we went there to meet with family from out of town for my dad's funeral the next day and they were not impressed at all with the food and then when we all got our tickets to pay for our food , etc we all like to have died ... At what time did the rules of tipping a server change from being at the customer's discretion to 17% of the total bill my table had 3 people at it in which did not want to eat but did have a drink so 3 drinks , 2 meals , a cup of cheese dip and 3 flour and 3 corn tortillas was over $56 , never again will we be going back .. You don't add the tip to the total of the bill especially when the server didn't do her job as a server ... I base my tips on friendliness , politeness, and pays attention to my drink glass , when I have to ask you 3 times to get a refill on tea there's your first mistake and then be rude about having to go 20 steps ( if that far) to get the tea pitcher just because it's 15 mins till closing time doesn't mean you stop working cause the faster you move and atleast act like you like your job the faster I'll get outta of your ares so you can go home ... We were made to feel as if we were in the way of doing something or they were gonna be late going somewhere with their friends after work ... I'll just stay where I know my money is always welcomed and appreciated.... I never did like this...

How this place is still in business is beyond me. Maybe customers get too drunk to realize what they are eating? No taste buds? Not sure. We have tried this place twice and not going to do a third. Previous reviewer tells the truth. The fajita meat is a big disappointment, its so covered in seasoning it dries out the meat. Not to mention its just taco seasoning. The only thing being cooked in your kitchen there is the the reheating of the food. You may add some things to "spice" it up, but I get better food and service across the street at Bueno. I love Mexican food and the rice was worse than that pasty stuff in frozen tv dinners. My refried beans were good, but really they are beans, what do you have to do to them. ALL Mexican restaurants give free chips and salsa with to go orders, not this place, its a small little bag and and a tiny cup. They got rude when I asked for more. I can cook better at home and thats why we have not been back. SAVE YOUR MONEY, Go downtown to CAMINO VIEJO! Much nicer and better food! IN RESPONSE TO THE RESTAURANTS RESPONSE:::: YOU MAY HAVE HAD A BUILDING HERE FOR 40 YEARS, BUT THIS PLACE HAS CHANGED OWNERSHIP MORE THAN ONCE. YES, 20 YEARS AGO, EXCELLENT FOOD. NOT SO MUCH NOW. OH, AND PLEASE SAVE YOUR SARCASTIC GOD BLESS...