The worst service I have ever experienced. We were there for 2 hours before we even got our food. Guacamole took 45 minutes to come out. The food itself is pretty good but I will not be returning because I just don't have the time to waste. Genuinely a miserable experience. read more

Quick service and received food quickly. Enjoyed my tacos and a strawberry margarita (although it wasn't very strong). $1.50 charge for a side of sour cream seemed excessive but overall a good meal. read more

Great food and sangria! Authentic Mexican food served with corn tortillas. Great flavor in the tinga (chicken) tacos. Love the guacamole too. The sangria is very flavorful and contains a lot of fruit. Not just wine on ice like you get some places. read more

This is a great family owned restaurant! The food is actually quite close to the real deal. If you are expecting a tex-mex then you won't get it here. The drinks are quite good and the tacos! read more

Wow, hands down the best Mexican food in Bloomington.. I ordered a chimichanga and it was scrumptious. Bloomington doesn't have a very wide selection of Mexican food but it doesn't matter because this is all you need. My only downfall was they do not serve tequila shots?! What kind of Mexican restaurant is that? They do have margaritas but they use a beer in them and they were very weak.. Más Tequila Juanita!!! read more

Juannita's - Chimichanga - Mexican Near Me - Bloomington, Indiana

Probably my favorite Mexican place in btown. Sitting area is pretty small but has a nice feel of a classic Mexican restaurant. Chips are great and I almost always eat way too many of them. Menu has plenty of options and I have always found the service to be friendly and fun to chat with you. The food comes out pretty quickly and has always been hot and tasty, deff would recommend to a friend! read more

Probably the best Mexican food in9m the area. But this is not the typical TexMex fair that most people are use to having in chain restaurants. This is the real deal...authentic home cooking you find in Mexico with fresh ingredients. Terrific! Nice cozy atmosphere. The place has only been opened for 4 weeks and it was packed and everyone seemed to love the food! read more

Juannita's is filling a void left in my life after the decline of another favorite Mexican restaurant. I've eaten their a few times, and while at the time I felt their vegetarian options were lacking, I was impressed with what they did with a veggie fajita. Service is solid if less than perfectly attentive, and I heard many people say this was their new favorite spot. Unfortunately, Juannita's has opened in a location that has historically been TERRIBLE for restaurants (it's the fourth one in that building since I moved to town four years ago), so I'm waiting until they pass the one year mark before i declare them a must-visit. However, if you want good, AUTHENTIC Mexican food, this is the place to go...but hurry, there's no telling if they can break the 1 year record. read more

Definitely the best Mexican food I have had in Bloomington. Their carnitas are incredibly good! Their beans and rice are perfection. They also have excellent margaritas. I mean what's not to love?! I tend to go at dinner, and the service and the food rivals my favorite Mexican restaurants. If you want more authentic and better quality, this is the place. read more

Never had a bad meal at Juannita's! Really tasty food and very nice staff. They're great at accommodating 2 people, or 20. Try it if you haven't already. read more

Pretty much the saddest tacos I've had. Dry and under seasoned meats. Also, very expensive for anyone who knows how much tacos should be. They've apparently recently changed owners, and while I didn't have many dishes before, judging it based upon their current food offerings, stick with the free chips and salsa. read more

My husband and I visited this establishment with the hopes of eating some real authentic mexican food. The food certainly was authentic but really lacked in flavor. I tried the beef tongue taco and honestly couldnt eat it due to the lack of flavor. The pear catcus they slap on the plate is slimy and tasted like a really old pickle. The service was prompt but honestly other than the homemade enchilada sauce I wasn't impressed. read more

Probably the worst Mexican restaurant that I have ate at...food was terrible and the service was even worse!! The taco salad was more like taco soup and I was disappointed in the chips and salsa. Won't be going back. If you want really really good, authentic Mexican food try the Social Cantina downtown Bloomington!! read more

I work in Bloomington and thought Mexican sounded good for my lunch break. I opened up the Yelp app and saw that you could order Juannita's for take out and delivery (which excited me!) It was easy to order and I liked that I didn't have to pay until I picked it up. Upon arriving I was impressed with the outside of the building. It was a nice little space; small but had character. My food was immediately ready when I got there but it almost made me think it may be cold. It was kind of just sitting on a shelf by itself. There was confusion on if it was actually my food or not, nobody seemed to know. I paid and left. When I got back to my car and began to dig in I noticed right away the portion was very small. Although it was a lunch special I still thought there would be more food. I got a beef enchilada with shredded meat. The enchilada sauce was delicious but everything else was so mediocre. Again, my food was cold. I understand that may have been due to how long it take to get there to pick it up, but still I was not impressed. They give you chips and salsa with your take out, which was nice but the salsa had very little flavor and was very watery. Overall, I don't think I'll go back. read more

I'm coming here with high hopes. It looks like a promising place to obtain authentic Mexican food and is supposed to be around $5 lunch $10 dinner according to their ad on the radio. I was sat down and given chips and salsa but not asked if I wanted a drink. I began looking at the menu and notice that hardly anything is $5 or less except on the taqueria menu where you can get single burritos for $5 or tacos for $3. Nothing on the taqueria menu comes with rice and beans so you have to pay an extra $1.99 for that. After spending about 5 minutes deciding what I wanted I sat the menu down and proceeded to play on my phone. After a couple of minutes I started the stopwatch on my phone. After 8 1/2 minutes they finally came to ask if I wanted a drink. They brought me my water and hesitated before finally asking if I was ready to order. I ordered a burrito with the spicy shredded chicken and then waited for another 26 minutes before receiving my food. The portion size appears to me to be fairly small. The meat was bland and Luke warm. The server didn't come back to check on me until I was finished and had pushed empty plate the the other side of the table and waited. I will probably not go back there d/t quality of food and value for what you get. read more

Juannita's - My $5 burrito. - Mexican Near Me - Bloomington, Indiana

Good restaurant. Wasn't blown away by the food. The salsa was actually sub par but we ask our waitress if there was something spicier that we could have and she brought out some different sauces and we made our own. Prices were fairly reasonable, and even though our order was messed up our waitress was super nice and the replacement food came out within two minutes. This place does have margaritas which was nice, as I am pretty sure it's the only one in brown that does. read more

I just ordered a steak taco from here and have not had anything as authentic since the amazing taco trucks and dishes in California and Oregon. Made with corn tortillas, steak, onion and cilantro...served with some sort of cilantro salsa as well as chips and salsa...yummy! Well done and great service. read more

Disappointing. There were no drink menus and margs were not worth $10. Salsa, chips, chicken were all bland and dry.. The food did come quick and in good portion sizes, that's what I'm giving 2 stars for. read more

I'd recommend being careful when reading the menu... the descriptions are unclear and oddly worded. El burro "wrapped in lettuce", but what is the burro being wrapped? Ordered one with chicken, and it appears the burro being wrapped is an absense of chicken with tons of filler rice and beans, and then the lettuce and other things inside. They were nice enough not to charge me. Otherwise, the salsa was bland and the guacamole portion was decidedly small. read more

The food was ok or less than ok but still you could think about returning; even though the service was the worst ever, starting from the way our server treated us. She acted in a rude way; won't let us order if we didn't go in the order she said; complaint to us if we didn't count the number of drinks we had per person even when she had separate checks; they brought by mistake plates of rice and beans for all and when we already tried them, they noticed they were not ours and simply just took them away from our table and mouths and passed them to another table apparently. At the end we told the lady that the service was not good and she said she didn't care; that she was the administrator and the owner. Wow!!! Off course notttt comming back everrrrrr!!!!! read more

Finally something in Bloomington that resembles authentic Mexican food! Came here with the family and we all enjoyed the food, it was good not great. The Mexican tacos are good but extremely expensive. The pozole was the standout dish that night. If you really want Mexican you should go here since Btowns but please if you do decide to come here don't order nachos or something of that sort it will defeat the purpose. read more

Best Mexican in town! Bloomington has been missing something authentic and delicious like Juannita's! Super friendly staff and really good food! The chips and salsa taste super fresh and homemade! They also have great tamales, burritos, and chiles rellenos - good veggies options! Will be frequenting this place quite often! read more

I've been to Juannita's a few times now and while the food is generally pretty good, the service is simply dreadful. I ordered fajitas today and the heaping pile of steak and onions (which were delicious) came with three corn tortillas about the size of a coaster. The food was good, but I clearly needed more tortillas to enjoy it properly. By the time I got someone's attention and actually got them (the first waitress I flagged down forgot in the fifteen feet it took to get to the kitchen), the food was cold. It's been like this every time. Wrong orders, empty glasses, wait staff that forget you exist, and when you do flag one down to ask for something, it's down to luck as to whether you actually get it. Oh, and to add insult to injury, those three extra mini-tortillas cost me $1.99. It's really frustrating. The core here seems solid, and I really want to love this restaurant, but every time I leave, it's not satisfied but fed up and glad to be getting out the door. read more

Last time for me. Food is good. Prices are ridiculous. Servers are nice but the facility is horrendous. It is always something with them. This time We went in with a group of 20 and they sat us in a room that was 90 degrees and stifling. When we got there they rolled in a couple AC units and plugged them in...one would only blow hot air...just silly. Would have been cooler to sit on the deck with the air circulation. One server for 20 people...and he was amazing but totally soaked by the time we left. They say the building owner won't let them install AC ...I say move. I am done. Updated response.... You asked... No not the first time for me. Every time i go there something goes on that makes me not want to come back. Your "I'm sorry" wont bring me back again. Your killing your business and your servers in that facility...why on earth would you stay there. First lets talk prices. Food is good...not amazing but good. But $19 for a large margarita made with agave wine and that was on special for $3 off? $18 for fajitas? A burrito stuffed with rice for $12 and it doesn't come with any side...now at some high end restaurants I could see these prices. (OK I take that back...I have never heard of such prices.) I ate at El Rancheros last night and a beef burrito with no side is $4. Steak fajitas are $11 and a just slightly smaller (probably a 16oz. margarita is 6.99 and that facility is amazing. Your overpriced apples to apples. I am not cheap but I am not stupid either. Second...instead of moving or installing AC...your building an new outside patio...in the parking lot. You barely have enough parking now. Where are these people going to park? Third...You have a rear entrance to patio seating...but no sign that says "check in first on the first floor"...we waited 20 minutes in the heat at a table to find out this. Get a sign... Fourth...there is no communications...a month ago we had to tell our server (same guy) about the daily special and the fact that even after making reservations that our party of 20 were coming at 7pm, the portable AC units were not turned on upstairs prior to our arrival...the temp there after an hour of running the unit was still 89 degrees...maybe your used to it...my 85 year old parents aren't. I would hire that server any day just to save him from you. read more

I'm writing this review to highlight how great the cloth napkins smell. My tamales were ice cold and I had to send them back but it was almost worth it for the napkins. read more

Best Mexican restaurant in all of Bloomington. Up there with my favorite overall too.

Ordered tacos and they were horrible. The chips were stale and the salsa seemed like water with red food coloring. Honestly was a waste of money and I won't be coming back read more

Love this place very nice people great food and fast. Juanita's is real Mexican food. The cheese sauce should be a food group.

I've only ever had excellent service and excellent food here. One time, I forgot my to-go box with half a torta in it. It still haunts me...

Great authentic food and incredibly fast service! I ordered the tamale lunch, and ended up adding another chicken tamale, it was so delicious. I frequent the Tamale Place in Indianapolis, and I personally enjoyed Juannita's more. I had my food within 10 minutes of walking inside the door, and my waitress was very efficient. I will definitely be returning to sample more off the menu. read more

Unfortunately I have to downgrade my review. I've continued to experience poor service here. One time the waiter disappeared for 20 minutes while we waited for our check. I also had the same experience Regina W. had where a meal arrived with meat in it even though I ordered it vegetarian. I had to bring my plate downstairs to find someone to correct the issue. I tried my friend's Molote dinner empanadas that were vegetarian, and they were bland and dry. There are still a few decent things like the chile rellenos, corn tortillas, and beans but it's not my first choice. read more

They have cactus! It is delicious and absolutely recommended. The bright yellow restaurant is hard to miss. The food is good and okay, but what sets it apart from other places is that cactus! read more

Overall, it was ok. Not bad, not great, just ok. I was excited to try this place and read some great reviews, but having a place right near where I live that is incredibly authentic and delicious- and makes every other Mexican restaurant seem bland. I was definitely disappointed that they seemingly didn't have a liquor license, as the margarita was an agave wine cocktail- but it was pretty good. Overall, food was fine, not great. I wasn't blown away. Chips and salsa were tasty. Tinga (spicy chicken) in dishes was somewhat flavorful. Like I said, I wasn't blown away. I would probably try a different place next time I'm in Bloomington so I have a comparison (and definitely somewhere that serves hard liquor). read more

I am lost, I am ruined, I may never be able to enjoy one of those other Mexican places again! I fear their doors will be shut up for me as firmly as Chinese takeaway or fast food after eating at Juannita's. I just returned from lunch where I ordered a variety plate, expecting to eat half of it and be satisfied but not much more. It was all unexpected rather than routine and delightful. I gobbled every bite! How could I have let this place be on the pass-it-by of my day for so long? You must go in and order anything with Juannita's mole sauce! I am sincerely afraid to bring my wife. We often eat out at the easy to find Mexican places which are all over our town and most other Midwest towns. If she eats here she also may never be so easily satisfied again. What's a guy to do? It is off the main routes but packed at lunch which will tell you something too. I was so impressed I tried the flan for dessert. It was tasty and smooth in texture but much firmer than I am used to. So I am cogitating that. I may well have to try it again, but there are other things to sample and I am going back to try them. read more

Wow, this place is bad, ordered a chicken burrito and a carne asada burrito, the chicken was spoiled! Spoiled to where it was left out for weeks spoiled. The carne asada was just all tendons so it was super chewy and hard to eat. The salsa just tasted like tomato paste with tomato chunks and onions. It's was weird. Will never ever ever go back there!! read more

Prompt service!!! Amazing Mexican good. ONLY authentic Mexican food in town. Don't waste your time anywhere else!!!!

Very bad service on 6/22/18. Ate there with my family and the server Carmen was very rude and disrespectful. But enough of that. My bill was 72.42.$ as i left no tip on my card like I normally do. My mother in law left a 20$ tip. Today I checked my account and it shows that someone on their team added in a 26$ tip making my charge a total of 99.05$ . I spoke with my family members and come to find out that my sister in law was charged extra as well. I will be filing a dispute with Bloomington police department and my bank. I am assuming this has happened to many of their customers . read more

Some of the worst customer service I have ever experienced. I ordered online and called to inform them that someone else would be picking it up, before I could finish my sentence, I got yelled at, told they didn't have time for me, and they hung up on me. I cancelled my order with them immediately. It literally would have taken less time to listen to what I was saying rather than yell at me and tell me you don't have time. read more

Friendly restaurant in an old house. Claims to be "authentic" Mexican food. Menu offers typical Mexican fare with a few unique items. I had shredded beef enchiladas w/ a very tasty mole sauce. Chips and salsa were fair. Margarita was fair. Would recommend and probably will eat there again. read more

We frequented Juanita's in the early evening midweek; the dining room was busy, but service was prompt. We had chips & salsa water quickly and our drinks soon followed. Only had bottled beer(nothing on draft) but the margaritas were good.Best chips I've had in Btown and salsa tasted freshly made. We had the carnitias and tamales al Juanita. Both were excellent. The arroz and refritos were also really good. The menu looks solid and we both agreed to make this a regular place to eat. I'm already looking forward to exploring the menu. read more