My boyfriend and I went here for lunch in Gastown today, and it was downright terrible! We started off with a pitcher of the strawberry margarita, which was as thick as a smoothie and bland tasting. Our server also rimmed one of the glasses with salt, and the other one with sugar. She apparently couldn't tell the difference! We then both ordered the mushroom chimichanga, which was obviously stuffed with CANNED mushrooms. They were soggy and awful. Both the beans and the rice were also extremely bland, they were basically only edible after dousing them in hot sauce. The room seemed cheap, instead of napkins they used straight up brown paper towel. I'm all for recycled products, but make them look good! There was also only one bathroom upstairs, and it was less then clean. I'll most definitely not be going back to this Mexican restaurant!

Quite possibly the worst service I have ever had. From an insufficient amount of menus and a 25 minute wait for drinks, to a server who barely touched our table and when she did brought an unpleasant grimace. My favourite part was when the server had the cahones to ask us if "everything was alright" because we only tipped her what was sufficient enough for a house tipout. The food was authentic, I give them that, but I can always ask my latino friends to cook me something.

Had reservations in their private room starting at 5:30. People showed up and waited ....and waited. Wait staff finally came and took drink orders, which took a long time to arrive. Just before 7 the owner (or manager) came down and informed us that we had to out of the room by 7:30 ...7:30?!!!! That left us a whole 2 hours for an office christmas party. After complaint he said he would move us upstairs for 25% off the bill. Upstairs we were spread all over the place, service was slow, food was not consistant, and overall of poor quality. One of our staff was asked to leave by the VERY RUDE manager for posing the question as to why we were asked to vacate the party room for a very small UFC party where HE was partying with the new customers. I left shortly after and was CHASED DOWn by wait staff saying I had to pay my bill. I did not go back and pay since I had already left $$ with other staff to pay my part when the group bill came later.Not going back, will tell my friends not to either.

One upset Vancouver employee.

Heard good things, and from the outside this place looks cute. We went there on a Tuesday night for a quick dinner, and we wanted quick because of early starts the next morning. Didn't think that would be a problem on a Tuesday night. It wasn't busy.
From the start the server wasn't very friendly. I am not sure if she put out order in straight away either. The wait for the food got longer and longer and she kept avoiding us. Finally, only because we were in a rush I had to go up to her and ask. No apology, just ït's coming'". Food took almost an hour (only two of us went.) We ordered a the chimichanga meal and a chicken burrito. The chicken tasted as if it had been microwaved and was smothered in cheese. Nothing tasted fresh, everything was greasy, sloppily presented and way overpriced. We didn't finish our food and the server did not once ask how it was. Don't bother going here there are much better Mexican restaurants in Vancouver.

Food was not really good. it was too bland. The server was very rude too. they asked me pay more tips. we were only 4 people and on the menu I didnt see any rules like that. however they said its legal in B.C which is not ture. I was going to pay 7 dollars which was already over 10% but they wanted more. I am never gonna go there again. It is totally not worth for your money.

I have been here three times, twice for lunch with a friend and once for dinner. The waitress at lunch is so nice. The night I took my friend out for his Birthday, I was embarrased. The owner or head waiter was so arrogant, he gave us our menu and then took off. When I tried to signal to him that we were ready order, he ignored me, when he walked by, I said excuse me, again ignored. That was not so bad, except the same thing happened about 4 times and it was not even busy yet. Finally someone took our order and the food was really good. On this Saturday night we were the only people in the place over 40. It seemed a trendy place for the young, god love them for it... If this were my place I wouldn't have amatuer staff with attitude turning people off because the food is well worth the visit.

La Casita is a family run Mexican Restaurant meets sports bar meets "place to hang out on the weekends with the guys". The portions were substantial and being that we weren't quite satisfied with our dineout meal that evening, we wandered into La Casita and were warmly greeted by the manager and waitstaff.

We were, admittedly, half-full, but it was the weekend and after flipping through their large menu, we decided to split combo #4, and two drinks that the waiter recommended, the Casita Sunrise. It was like a tequila sunrise, but with pineapple and orange juice, and (if I heard it correctly, 2 oz of tequila). Personally, I don't think it was two ounces of tequila, but it could have been the food that made me full, and not boozy.

Combo four came with two chorizo and mushroom quesadillas, a salad, and six hot wings. M really liked the quesadillas. He said that the flavour of the mushroom and chorizo really came through. I would like to note, and I appreciate that the tortillas were home-made. Home made tastes better!

I was actually getting a little full, and liked that the salad wasn't a plain green salad. It was a marinated slaw of sorts, and I love that they had fresh avocado garnishing the plate. The chicken wings were average, although I liked that there was extra hot sauce on the table for you to add as you pleased! Another bonus was that the food, although filling and rich, was not greasy. Finally, a Mexican restaurant that is not all about greasy fingers and shiny lips!

Service was great, considering that we had just come from a higher end restaurant with no service but almost triple the price tag!

We were really too full at this point but we finished the entire combo nonetheless. For under $30 and full bellies, we would love to visit La Casita again, perhaps to watch UFC? I was told that there was a larger group area downstairs, with karaoke and televisions.

For having been to Mexico many times in my life, I can say that in general, typical mexican food could never be considered upscale but it's good, fun fast food every once in a while... In that sense La Casita is pretty Typical...

Cheezy run down decor, just like in any respectable real Mexican restaurent, it even smelled like mold a bit in our corner, again just like in real mexico! But I don't think this is done on purpose... They make their own Corn tortillas, which is great, but unfortunetly, they are way too thick, so it's more like eating bread... Their salsa is ok, but I have had much tastier & the rice & salad that accompanied my Quesadillas were pretty blend... I was also surprised that they didn't put any lime on the table... Any respectable Mexican restaurent puts lime on the table, as Mexicans put lime in everything!

Overall, I don't think I will go again, but since it's just around the corner from my house, I might go back one more time to give them another chance & try something else.

Vancouver isnt as known for their mexican as they are for their sushi so its nice to find a place that has really solid mexican food. Nothing was amazing but the mole sauce i had on my enchilada was very good and so was the cerviche... cervich? An appetizer that came with a ton of seafod in lemon sauce it was really good. I found it a bit pricey for mexican food which is suppost to be on the cheap side but still really enjoyed my meal. Service was nice and so was the ambiance

it was saturday night about 8pm.....we didn't have to wait for a table. we ordered margaritas by the pitcher ($25)...yum. appies (flautas, wings & guacamole) all good. the main dishes varied thoughout the group......we all love mexican and agreed that the food was not exceptional, but good. being able to choose the size of your portion is a plus. i would def visit la casita again to try something else on the menu.
the timing of the food was a little slow between courses.......could have been planned since we were drinking pitcher after pitcher!?!
a member of our party was treated to a free b-day dessert, which was a nice touch......and the whole restaurant got in on the singing.
however, i was disappointed at the end of the night when the waiter brought us our bill. he had already added a 15% gratuity. the menu stated that a gratuity would be added for parties of 8 or more (we were 6). when asked about this the waiter seemed offended and replied "was ther something wrong with the service?" i said no, and mentioned that i would have prob ended up tipping him more than that.
he then decided to add a tip line to my visa receipt when he brought it to me...........pretty bold i thought since he had already secured a tip for himself. again, i was just a little disappointed, and maybe a touch insulted.
overall, if you like mexican, give this place a try.