Great place to stop for Tex Mex cuisine. Good selection of beers and liquor. Gotta try the burrito! read more

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This place has gone downhill since being sold. My husband got a salad and it was made out of shredded lettuce! His 21 shrimp dinner had only 18 shrimp. We asked why and were told that they do it by weight for the shrimp. Asked about the salad and were told that is how they do it now, even though the menu doesn't state that. Not impressed at all. read more

If you want good Mexican food, this is not the place for you, although that is their theme. Friendly, attentive staff, cold beer, small town bar atmosphere. If you want a burger and a beer, that is about their speed. Entrance on the side, lots of parking. Ida is a nice community, but not a hub of Mexican cuisine. read more

Half way through my wifes dinner she found a Hair in her food. When brought to the attention of our waitress she took the food back to show someone in management as far as I could tell. Then she came back never offered a replacement (at which that point we didn't want one) and said they would take 10% off of the bill. I feel we should have been refunded for the food with the hair. read more

Well what can I say except if you dont care about the food you sell then maybe you should stop selling food. Dont waste your money the food here is about par with some cheap frozen bland food that you'd find at your grocery store. Tasteless!!!!! Imagine buying a tortilla ground beef with no seasoning on it and then covering it in 5 lbs of shredded lettuce and shredded cheese. The worst burrito ive every had by far!!!!!!!!! Everyone who was with us and ordered different dishes said the same thing about each and every dish they ordered tasteless and bland....... Dont was your money there are a handful of other restaurants in the area with far bettet food!!!!!! ITS AS IF THE OWNERS GAVE UP CARING ABOUT THE FOOD THEY SELL!!!!! read more

Dios mios, man. I've never had worse "Mexican" food in my life. So bad that we drove to Taco Bell after to get our teenager a quesadilla because we said we'd bring him one. Service was good, she seemed embarrassed to have to serve it. read more

Carl's Hide-A-Way - "Refried" beans with cheese - Tacos Near Me - Ida, Michigan

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I don't understand why some people like this place. The portion sizes have really decreased over the past year or so. The food is unremarkable--Americanized Mexican, unimaginative and bland. They have an odd habit of serving burritos with a greasy brown gravy. The last two times the service has been slow--so slow I had to go to the bar and ask what was taking so long. I got some response like "We had a lot of orders all at once ". Really? We live in Ida. We won't be back. read more

Mixed feelings here. I like the food and location. Now on the drink and service aspect: If you draw the wrong bartender youll get weak mixed drinks... good flavored but weak. If you draw the right bartender youll do fine. Now about service at the bar. Another reviewer said it sucked. I have experienced that and can explain why i believe it occurs. Even on a friday or saturday evening during peak times they have 1 bartender where they need 2. That one bartender is making drinks for every single person in the place. They could have 65 people on a rush. The time it takes to return to bar patrons after their drink is empty...... is poor. This is management being cheap and running the bartender ragged . There are Mexican Resturaunts EVERYWHERE and my wallet has GPS. In conclusion: Food good Prices good Drinks hit or miss Service at a table good Service at the bar during peak times... Needs improvement. SPRINT CELL SIGNAL Acceptable. Has WiFi read more

Pile in if you want to have to clean your shoes off when you leave because you'll be walking along the nastiest restaurant floor I've ever seen. I honestly don't think they own a broom. The salsa is also in old parmesan containers that were stripped from their labels and reused after every meal for the next table. The chip warming machine off to the side was glass and so foggy you could barely see the crumbs of chips you're about to be completartily served, which weren't the slightest bit warm either. Aside from the grimy appearance of the restaurant, the food was absolutely horrid, we ordered a couple of tacos and sat there for about an hour until they gained the courage to put the plates down in front of us which contained 2 corn tortilla taco shells, that were probably dollar store brand, overflowing with shredded cheese and definitely not an hours worth of heat to the meat, maybe even unsafe temperature to even serve ground beef at. Over all was not a good experience here and wouldn't recommend anyone to go here read more

Carl's Hide-A-Way - ows a boy eating a donut - Tacos Near Me - Ida, Michigan

Visited this place three times. The first time was great! Food and service was great. The second time was bad. The third time was beyond bad. Unfortunate because it's a cool little spot, with patio seating too. Not sure if there was a change in ownership/management or if they lost good cooks, but currently would not recommend. read more

Ordered a BURRITO, Food came to table with shredded yellow cheese not melted.Then took a bite the meat inside was horrible salty taco seasoning meat. They refused to give me a refund . Food was gross. Salsa( mild ) was Pace...NASzTY food and Management. read more

Not the place it was in the 90's. The restaurant is cleaner now but the food is lackluster. You can make a better burrito at home. The chips and salsa are okay but that's about it. The wait staff is nice but it's just not the same. Don't waste your time or money. read more

First off it looks like the 1970's threw up inside of here very out dated .The prices for what you get are ridiculous we paid $15 dollars for chicken fajitas that didn't come out sizzling and there was maybe 8 pieces of chicken covered in peppers and onions. Then we tried to order 2 margaritas and this old wrinkly woman came to our table and told us she couldn't serve us I was only drinking water and my boyfriend had only had a few beers she accused him of being too drunk. I was very insulted not to mention I felt ripped off by the nasty food I will never go back. Served us microwaved rice and beans save yourself from this disgusting place and when your in ida go to the ida tavern! read more

Tonight marks the last chance I will give this restaurant to deliver good for or service. The first time that I ate here I swore to never again because of poor quality and high priced food along with terrible service. Friends of mine urged me to give it another try which I did and had an even worse experience. the Manager who is also the bartender is as rude as they come. She acts put out if you would like to buy something and makes faces and whispers to other employees while both are eying you. On each occasion I had to sit there and listen to her complain when other customers would leave because she wasn't satisfied with the tips they left. Tonight the same friends that urged me to give this restaurant a second chance went with me to try one more time. I figure everybody has bad days right? After waiting for a seat at the bar so that we could watch the game the same bartender advised us that we need to stay at our table since we had already ordered drinks! Refusing to allow us to move to the bar? Again she complained and I did not ONE TIME witness her do anything but walk around with an angry look on her face. Our food (three cheeseburgers) took an hour to receive and when it arrived was cooked to a crisp. The only positive from the entire experience was our waitress tonight. She was very nice and on the ball. Unfortunately, it seems she has to deal with these issues regularly. We tipped her 60% on our entire bill to show appreciation as well as let the "Manager" see what she turned away at the bar. As I stated before, this is definitely the last chance I will give this establishment to deliver satisfactorily. I would urge anyone considering visiting to not waste your time or money. Also worthy of note is that this establishment has the lowest rating of any business, not just restaurant, in the city of Ida so that has to say something. read more

This place is great hubby loves the monsters burrito thir FRINDLEY we love this place owner is so nice great place to eat love the decorations and all the workers its a nice place to eat we move to Tennessee and miss it as soon as we can going to come up thair for a visite and go to this restrunt to eat cant wate to see you all thanks today i turn 61 i would come thair for my BIRTHDAY. read more

I had the shredded beef chimi. It was ok. The bartender was very attentive. Great service. read more

Carl's Hide-A-Way - Shredded beef chimi - Tacos Near Me - Ida, Michigan

Most of the food is very good. The enchiladas are excellent. The sauce (they literally only have one sauce that is baked on) is incredible. I love it. The chips are ok. The salsa tastes like Paco brand- ie not good. The servers are usually attentive and nice. It is, however, way overpriced! One enchilada with cause, lettuce, tomato, onion, and cheese runs somewhere around $9. At least you get as many chips as you want. They offer extras such as guacamole (not homemade), olives, etc. What they don't tell you is that each of these is an extra charge. A few (3-4) black olives adds something like 75 cents. Overall, a good small town place, but not the best value. read more

Went here with my swim team. It took them 2.5 hours to get us our actual dinner. Save your money, and don't go. Is it possible to give 0 stars? read more

If you are in the area and have a taste for Mexican food, stop in. You will satisfy the flavor, but the food is middle of the road. Chips need salt; salsas are ok. Service is the key in this small town restaurant that has been around for ages. read more

Boring, generic Mexican. It's okay for what it is, but really nothing special in the wider world of Mexican food. It gets a bit of a bump as the local competition (Taco Bell, La Fiesta) are so much worse. read more

I've been going to Carl's Hide-A-Way since I was five. If you're trying to find wonderful hole in the wall mexican food, look no further. Divey and delicious. read more

I have been going here for years, nice little small town mexican resturant. Not sure what this last person is talking about?? -Wait staff is pleasant, food is quick and tasty. Never had a complaint, for a family of 4 with adult drinks it was only $50 read more

Best Mexican in a 20 mile radius, yes its generic Mexican food, but the salsa is the best around in even perhaps a greater radius. Its the best restaurant in town, but you have to consider the town. If you find yourself in ida and hungry you won't be disappointed. I too, tho am bias, cause I've been going there since I was a child. read more

It's not the best Mexican food, but it's not the worst. The thing that bugs me is how out of all the Mexican restaurants I've been, this place has the worst chips n salsa. They don't even make it theirselves, they probably just buy a big container at GFS or something. It sucks. read more

I have lived in Ida all my life and this place has gone down hill with every new owner. I don't know why but we went there this after noon for a burger and fries. Bad burger and white fries. When ask if everything was alright we told her about the food. She didn't seem to care and we got a full bill. I paid it and we will never look back at Carl's Hide-A-Way. read more

Okay, cheap "Meh-xican" food for small town people who don't know the difference 30 miles could make!

Great Food & Service , great homemade salsa hotter than la fiesta, combo#3 was very good and my glass never got empty, would recommend to others and next time want to try the fish, perch or walleye, Great Job Carl's read more

Another location I have been fortunate to have still open after decades of dining. I love the Carl's Soft Taco. The thing has not changed in at least 30 years. It is even served on the same plates, with the same gravy, same everything. How many childhood favorites can you still get when you get old? This is one of them. For this, I cannot give less than five stars. I eat there several times a year and every time it is perfectly the way I have always remembered. The chips and salsa are just as good too. Carl's, please never change. read more

I really wanted to like this place but the food was disappointing. While the presentation was excellent, the food itself was too salty and tasted burnt. We ordered the cheese/onion enchilada and chicken burrito but could not take more than a couple bites. We also ordered the queso dip but this also was too salty. The one bright spot was the guacamole...it was the best part of the meal. read more

Horrible service from a younger blonde with glasses... Sat there and waited for her while she would just look at our table with out coming over to it to take our order. Ended up walking out. read more

It is near impossible to find, but well worth the search. As far as ambiance goes...well, theres none, but the food more than makes up for it. (The margueritas aren't bad either!) read more

We have been going for years and have had no problem. On Saturday December 7,2013 we went their to eat and drink before the annual lighted parade. We arrived at 2:30 pm to make sure we got a table, we had at that the time 8 people in our group and had ordered food and drinks. Later another 5 of our guest showed up and we moved an empty table to our table to accommodate them and was quickly told we could not do this because other people were waiting, we understood and excepted this and put the table back. The two people who sat at that table had two extra chairs they were not using, we ask them if we could use them and they said sure. as soon as we moved these chairs for our extra guest a waitress came by and rudely grabbed the chairs, put them back and told us we could not do this, we explained to her that the people at that table offered them to us, she replied when they leave would we put them back, we told her sure we would, she said right, that's what everyone tells us. At this point my family was so upset, they left and went down the street to the Tavern. This not only embarrassed me, it angered me. The waitress was also overheard telling another person that we had been holding up the table since 2:30 pm, since when does eating and drinking constitute holding up a table. We had spent up to $200.00 among us at this point and was going to purchase more as we were watching the football games while waiting for the parade to start. with the additional family members another $100.00 would have been spent. Mind you, we had only been in there for three hours at this point so that would equate to a $100.00 per hour for that table. This has hurt me deeply because we have been going there for years, we have had class reunion meetings, parties, and have invited many people here for the first time, as a matter of fact, this was the first time my sister and her family had been here on our insistence of how good it was, this just destroyed them from ever coming here again. Now it will be the last time I ever set foot in there. What hurts the most is that I have to post this as the owner was a class mate of my wife and we have know his family for years. As far as I can see this was about how fast they could bring people in and push them out to make more money. This whole situation just ruined a good time for all that night. read more

You will not be disappointed you made this trip. Best mexican food around s. michigan. Monster burrito is the star, but their chips and salsa is one of the reasons my family and I go there. read more

Expensive place for food that is just mediocre at best. The salsa is Pace brand and the rice is like Lipton out of a pouch, which is a tip-off to how the rest of the food is. $13 for a combo for food that was mounded in excessive lettuce and should've been maybe $8. Save your money and appetite for anywhere but here if you want Mexican. Try San Marcos in Toledo or La Fiesta in Dundee, MI. read more

I had a to go order last night that was very disappointing to say the least. I get to go Shredded beef burritos all the time but when I got home and opened it the burrito was only about a 1/2 an inch tall. There was hardly any beef in it at all. I don't know if they have a new cook or told the cook to size down their burritos but for $8.50 it should have been and always was before, bigger and filled with beef. The chips were wonderful as usual. read more

I was very dissapointed in this place. my friend and I ordered steak fijatas. The meat was horrible. It was so over cooked you could not even bite into it. When we complained, they took $1.24 off our bill for each dinner. Are you kidding me? That ment we payed $13.00 for bean fijatas? I would not recommend this place, just because they handled this very poorley. read more

Well worth your drive and money!! Only bad thing is when female owner bartends! Slow, unfriendly, and watered down drinks and looks ruff! Sorry not personable either!! Talk about amazing service with a smile ask for Jessie, Hailey, or Drew and you wont be disappointed with thier service, THAT IS WHY WE COME BACK, food is great but these servers are on it, please as always tip 20-50% They will learn your name and order ! Great staff of servers!!! If blonde owner is working bar, please ask to be seated in dinning area and stick to beer!!! Order fagitia chicken quesadia with peppers well done , AMAZING !! Thanks JESSIE, HAILEY, and DREW!!! read more

Food wasn't good. No flavor. Salsa was not fresh. Some of the chips were stale. Save your money and go to Taco Bell.

I was very disappointed, I had my son and Daughter in law over and I have lived in Ida for 3 yrs and my sister has lived here for 30 yrs and my brother in law has lived here his whole live ! I have tried to really support the township and businesses!! I'm a server my self for 35 yrs now and currently working at a five star restaurant in Toledo. We put a to go order in and felt the lady on the phone was over whelm , we had asked for salsa and there was none and they had forgotten our dinner sides . So I called back and asked for the items and she argued with me that we had the salsa when it was tomatoes and then refused to give us more when I asked . So my son had to make another trip to Carl's . I know how to handle a unhappy customer and that was not it !! Carl's really dropped the ball tonight and will not be getting my business ever again ! Really don't deserve 1 star for the mush we received tonight !!! Sad for Ida !!! read more

Wait staff are great, but the food was really,really slow in coming. The wait person even apologized. Food was meh when it finally arrived. read more