Quintanas De La Plaza

Toughest fajita meat ever! Taste not great either. Place is steaming hot inside. Not what I expected.

My partner and I have been coming here since I moved to St. John's twenty years ago. We are going again tonight. I expect it to be thoroughly delicious. Clean, friendly staff and terrific food. I don't drink, but my missus always has at least one Margarita.

My favourite restaurant in the city! Consistently great food and service. Try the "Mexican Flag" dish.

Had a reservation.waited a long time to be seated and left frustrated. Asked to speak to owner.he just stood there and let the server serve her attitude.
We have always loved this place but would be hesitant to return.

Excellent service and food. Parking not always easy and prices a bit high.but you do get what you pay for.

The food was good and music lively too. Our waitress was amazing BUT it took 30 minutes to get the cheque! Perhaps they should hire additional staff, to make things easy.

Food took forever to come out and was unevenly heated, obviously had been sitting under a warmer for too long. Chips were stale and salsa tasteless. Server was absent and food was overpriced relative to the overall experience.

I’m changing my review because the next time we went with my friend, the food and drinks were much better! I order tacos, and we had a pitcher of Margaritas! So yummy!
(Past review: 3 stars. I’d recommend the margaritas and sangria but not the food in general! The burritos did not have any greens, and the salsa was not fresh. The taco was ok!)

Going to try Quintanas again this weekend, it has been about 6 years since we've been. It used to be a favorite many years ago, but in the last 10 years, it is a bit of a roll of the dice. Service is generally good, sometimes great.sometimes awful. Mostly depends on how busy they are. The menu has changed over the years, some of the old favorites are still there, but the last 2 times we went it was quite noticeable that the portions were smaller and some of the signature delights were more like afterthoughts. We used to love the variety of in house salsas.last go round.not so much. Desserts, taco salad Jicama salad, all used to be amazing but over time rarely seen, or offered without the flair if earlier years. Karl Wells did a review in recent years that nailed the problems.we keep wanting to believe that ownership will find their way back to the restaurant we loved. Will find out this weekend if our old favorite is back.or we take another extended vacation from Quintanas.

Our place to go for Mexican cuisine, excellent friendly service combined with good food made for a great dining experience. We had the Habanero Burrito and 3 x tacos, caution as this place knows how to bring on the heat, for me it was perfect.

We walked in. Immediately we were given lip for not having a reservation. He grabbed menus and stalked off in a huff without saying another word. There are other restaurants. If there are no tables available then fine tell us, it is a fine day and there is a park across the way.

We looked at each other and shrugged and followed. He was actually bringing us to our table. Great.

There was some confusion on the menu. The menu they gave us was a link to the site we had checked before coming. We asked for some of the items listed under one of the headings on this menu.

We were told they were unavailable. We were asking for clarification as we had made the decision to eat there based on this menu they had just given us.

I asked to talk to the manager, and the same sorry soul who greeted us came out to the table. I was asking for some clarification, at least an apology or acknowledgement that such a misunderstanding was reasonable. He gave us more lip about us not having a reservation, huffed that it wasn't an argument (we were never arguing, just trying to understand how we were supposed to actually understand the menu if it wasn't listed what parts of it were actually available).

He then stalked off without as much as a 'how do you do' - shocking as we had already spent $40 on drinks.

It was a sorry state. We then went to Jungle Jims without a reservation, got smiling service without a reservation and had an absolute feast with perfect service without a reservation.

Damn us for trying to support an independant local establishment and not a chain restaurant. This was a shocking state, and I am sorry to see that such a lovely local restaurant that I enjoyed frequently while in university (woo MUN) had fallen so far.

I hope it was just this one manager as then the rot could be quickly fixed.

Love it here! Service is great and friendly! I always go with my girlfriends so it's always a great time!

Excellent service and recommendations from Tom, our server. Everything was delicious from start to finish.

I eat at Quintana's several times a month. It has enormous helpings; I usually have no room for dessert. The food is absolutely delicious, with a great variety; the salsa comes in a wide range of flavours and degrees of hotness, something for all taste buds. The staff is extremely courteous, helpful in explaining the menu options and specials and attentive to diners while they eat. The change of ownership some years ago was smooth and seamless: maintaining the stellar reputation and the quality of food and service are the watchwords for the new owners. Anyone who criticizes Quintana's needs to have their heads examined!

Food is always delicious, and they have a wonderful selection of artisan drinks. Menu is full of authentic Mexican cuisine! A spicy delight in Newfoundland!

Warm and friendly with great food, great service. Just finished a meal with a group of 15 with no hiccups.

2 plates of food, a drink, dessert and awesome Mexican pizza cost me around 65 bucks, ambience is good, waiting staff are excellent. Overall a decent solid dinner outing.

Simple, savoury and delicious. Food was tasty, hot and fresh. Servers were polite and professional. Highly reccomend

This place is great if you're looking for Mexican food. My girlfriend had the nacho platter and I had the chimi Chang's with a side of home cut fries, although there are many other choices like salad, refried beans and rice. Both meals were fantastic and I would gladly come back. Also, another thing to note is that the salsa and cream is home made and is delicious

Great food everytime. Love this place, my 6 year old says it's her favourite too. Everything is homemade and fresh.

Great proportions of food for the price, staff was friendly and professional. By far the best Mexican food experience I've had.

Save your dinner and go to any other place but this one. Super expensive and really bad food, I don’t think they know what Mexican or Tex Mex food is. Kids food is a joke ($9 for corn chips with some cheese). Not coming back!

There food wasnt good and overpriced. Me and my wife never really ate are food because of the taste. Seems they think there a keg quality by there pricing but I'd put more at a macdonalds quality. There pricing should be cut in half for the quality and the fact that its dirts to. Place wasnt very clean either you could see the cob webs in all the lights and every just looked a bit run down. They havent been cleaned in for ever. The only good thing I can say and what gets it 2 stars was the service, it was great. This was my first visit to this place and will be my last.

Delicious food, pleasant staff, prompt service, and nice atmosphere. I had the flautas and there were excellent. The only complaint I have is that it cost $2.00 for extra sour cream.

Awesome spot! The beans and rice side dishes stole the show. The menu does need some better descriptions or pictures.

I was so impressed with this restaurant! The portion sizes are amazing for the price, for starters. But the food is delicious, and very curious wait staff!

This place never disappoints! The food is awesome and the staff are fun and attentive. I highly recommend the Mexican flag and a jug of margaritas!

Food was delicious, very friendly service, and great accommodation options for vegetarians! The decor was adorable kitchsy-Mexican, very fun look.

It was great for a Canadian Mexican place. I'm from the southern US.so maybe im too tough on the em

Great food, fresh made and generous portions and attentive service. I had a the chicken taco salad in an edible bowl that was really good, the chicken was yummy. Honestly one of the nicest taco salads I've had. Would recommend for sure! Playing right on front is metered but in the plaza a few meters away it's free.

We had our first meal there last night and it will definitely not be our last! The food was excellent! It was so fresh and tasty and served in a prompt manner as they knew we had tickets for a show! We can’t say enough about it all - taste, service, fun atmosphere and all done by a hard working and local bursiness! Congratulations on your lovely business! Keep on doing it right! #yyt #supportlocal

It was ok. But not the best. The food arrived cool and lacked something. I wanted it to be better than it was.