La Casa Lopez Mexican Grill — Restaurant in Winston-Salem

My favourite Mexican restaurant! I've been coming here for years.

I was last here before the holidays; last night I came in and the physical menu now has stickers to cover the prices. You have to use a QR code to see them. That's new. I really hate needing my phone to look at menus! This is why I removed a star. Browsing a menu is part of the restaurant experience that I love. Apparently with the QR code, you can now get pick up or delivery. Hopefully more of the $ goes direct to the restaurant than other 3rd party delivery apps!

The prices have also gone up, though when I asked management about it they told my menu photo was 11 years ago. I was able to find a menu photo from last year though and confirmed it DID go up since my last visit, both my usual order and across the board including lunch specials. My order was + $4 from last year, and my partner's was + $5. $6.99 lunch is now $10.99. I understand food is more expensive and restaurants don't have much choice, though the sudden hike is kind of steep. Our normal chill dinner now costs as much as any other sit-down restaurant.

With these changes I worried the restaurant had new management. Fortunately it seems to still be run by the same managers/family. The staff are always very friendly, the food is still very good and the portions are still very generous even for the new prices. The shrimp and veg are always perfectly grilled, and the salsa is always very fresh!

La Casa Lopez is still my favorite Mexican restaurant. I'm sad for some of the changes, but I know that's kind of how it is now - times are rough for restaurants. I'm glad they held on as long as they did before the hike and I will continue to support...

Wanted to try and eat some Mexican food last night, and my go-to spot of Pancho Villa had a 45 minute wait (In hind sight would've been worth waiting) I used to go to Lopez when I worked across the road for lunch, and it would cost around 10 or 11 dollars for a lunch ACP with a drink, that's been about 2 years ago. Well, I remembered it and went there last night instead of waiting at Panchos, it was me, my girlfriend and her sister ordered a non-alcoholic Pina colada. Our bill was $80 for a cheese dip, ($13) 2 dinner plates ($18 each) virgin Pina colada and regular Pina colada with 2 fountain drinks. The food was decent, i won't say it was bad, I would just say it wasn't worth the price. Can go to a 4 star mexican place and the food will be the same price and will be even better. Should've been a red flag when the menu had all of the prices covered up, so scanned the QR code and seen the prices of the food after we had ordered, I don't see how the online ordering prices and the actual menu prices are the same. Typically a % goes to the 3rd party company for the delivery app, but I guess they just go off of their prices. A regular ACP should NOT be almost $18, same wotg 2 chimichangas. And a mixed drink was almost $12? That's the same price if you were to get one at a football stadium or something. Absolutely insane. Everywhere else we go the drinks are $5-8 depending on what it is, and the same food we ordered is typically $12, and large cheese dip is always $8 while a small is around $5 everywhere else. Will not be going back. Don't enjoy spending Fratelli or Ryan's money, for some basic...

Terrible dining experience.

The only good things about this visit was the refried beans, which were tasty, the tortilla chips, which were warm, and the young man who initially helped us, who was pleasant.

I ordered the mango margarita which was pretty much watered down mango juice with salt on the rim, and my wife had a mojito, which, well, I didn't know La Croix made mojito flavored seltzer waters but this place has them.

The food we ordered for our children was decent enough. I had the mojarra which was OK. My wife clearly ordered two side orders of chicken quesadillas, as she has a smaller appetite. What arrived were two enormous quesadillas, of which my wife only ate half of one when she found a long strand of hair.

The bill in total came to $77 after tip. When questioned why it was so expensive, the woman who, sadly, replaced the very nice young man who originally sat us and took our order, explained very rudely that we were charged for two quesadilla MEALS, not sides, and then stated she never over charges, and the quesadilla "meals" didn't come with side salads anyway.

Worst dining experience I've had in a very long time, and I'm typically a very forgiving customer.

Do not eat here. And if you absolutely must eat here, DO NOT waste your money on...