La Hacienda 21 — Restaurant in Southaven

TL;DR: There are better Mexican restaurants around and the menu here is quite limiting. If you do eat here, I recommend avoiding the chicken and rice.

We stopped in after a soccer game nearby and picked this place largely due to positive reviews. It was an unfortunate choice.

Salsa was a little bland. Not quite tomato juice, but it looked like it and barely tasted of anything more interesting.

Service was barely passable and I think our server may have been having an off day or something serious in their personal life. She was curt with most of what she said. And failed to check in on us. There were other issues that pointed to something else dominating her thoughts but I can't recommend this place based on service I did not receive.

My daughter ordered her usual (chicken quesadilla) but said the chicken was tough and did not taste good. She has a bit of a high bar for chicken but I didn't like it either.

I had the Arroz Con Pollo (chicken with rice). When I ordered the waitress asked if I was sure. That should have been a warning sign that this wasn't the best item on the menu. I made the mistake of thinking sauteed vegetables with cheese sauce meant peppers, tomatoes, onions, etc that are typical at Mexican restaurants. What came out of the kitchen looked like it belonged at Applebee's or some other steakhouse. Unfortunately the taste was subpar for that standard. The chicken was tough. I looked around for a steak knife and realized I didn't have one. I was unable to cut the chicken without moving most of the plate around. I decided to try the veggies and found them to be palatable but not great. The rice was bland and looked more like minute microwave rice than typical Mexican rice. After a second bite to make sure I hadn't gotten a weird bland spot, I stopped eating.

My wife ordered a chicken and chorizo quesadilla. She said the chorizo was wonderful but she couldn't taste much of the chicken. She enjoyed the quesadilla...

Not many places I go to get it right. Prices are good! Food is great. Salsa is their own blend too! Stands out from the other Mexican places in town. Great service to boot. Can't get any better than that. When I get an itch for authentic Mexican, this is the place I go.

Once again another great visit to this place! New pictures added of our great food from today’s visit!

Jan 2019 update: We still go every week here and its still a great place. Saturday lunch after league bowling at strike zone up the road, win - win. Service is 5 star, food is 5 star. If you haven't been here you're...

I have eaten here everyday for two years. Last night after work I stopped by for dinner with my family costing$48.48. The food is usually OK, but when I got home, I noticed that the food was old and the tacos were not the way I ordered them. They had closed when I made it home so I bought them back the next day and asked could they remake them. The owner says to me this is the last time I can complain. The waitress then tells me the reason why my food was wrong was because they were cosing and running out of food. I truly would never recommend anyone to eat...