I've ordered here before and picked it up. The food was good but I think they probably have things that they specialize in. Like special enchiladas burritos or tacos which I'm planning on trying. read more

Quit changing it. It sucks now. Less food higher prices with a lower quality. Not good. read more

Lacie the has been a family favorite for many years! Excellent service. Excellent food. Always fast and delicious! We love their fajitas, chimichanga, LaFuente burrito, enchiladas, and they've got great guacamole. Definitely recommend LaFuente for anyone looking for great food fast with excellent service! read more

The food is so good and the service is fast. We go for date nights and love our food everytime. Great people!

Why ? How ? Why are you serving people what you call " Food " that is tasteless, lifeless, and the Mayor of Blandville ? How can you stay in business when all your food, especially the salsa is boring and spice-less ? You should close your doors in disgust. read more

Ordered food for carryout on Menufy online. Ordered Pineapple fajitas with steak and corn tortillas. Got home opened it up and got chicken with flour tortillas. Called the number probably 10 times and it never was answered just would ring a bunch then disconnect. The other meal was ok. Ordered green sauce and a side of guacamole for the chips. Green sauce was sour and nasty. Guac was only so-so -- they usually have some of the best guac in town. I will have to stop in tomorrow as they are closed now and ask for a refund. Used to be an awesome place to go eat but it has been a while since I was there. If this is where they have gotten to, I won't go back. read more

Every time I come to La Fuente, I receive the BEST service every single time!! The staff and ambiance of the place creates a warm and friendly atmosphere. The food comes with generous portions, always cooked to perfection, and my cup is never empty. Coming here, you won't just receive great service, you will get a memorable experience. I will continue to recommend this place over and over again. It is truly a beautiful place! P.S., don't forget to ask for Ricky..an amazing server! read more

This place was awful service was terrible so my friend did not tip and when we left the server chased us out of the restaurant demanding tip. When I called to inform management of what happened they refused to come to the phone and claimed no manager in duty. As a server my self I know that's not true. I would never recommend going here again. read more

Southern Californians here. We had the California Burrito, chips and salsa, chicken tenders for our little guy, with horchata. Seems like the drive thru speaker isn't working, but they took our order at the window, and we had our food within 10 min. Everything tastes fresh and good flavor. The salsa is on the watery side, but still completely enjoyable. We absolutely will be coming back. read more

La Fuente 291 Hwy-Independence MO location now has an 18% gratuity policy for parties of 5 or more. We eat there pretty often but today the service was poor, one meal came out wrong and everything took a very long time. I would have still tipped something but not 18% today. I will not bring my family of 5 here again knowing that I do not get to decide the tip amount based on service. read more

I absolutely love this la Fuente Most of the time i get tacos and this time I got shrimp tacos and asked for hot sauce on the side. I come here occasionally with friends and family and they never disappoint. Delicious food and all the waiters I've had are always nice and make us feel very welcome. This time they even sent me home with extra chips and salsa. This place is a 5 star for me! read more

La Fuente Mexican Restaurant - Shrimp tacos Caldo De Camaron - Mexican Near Me - Independence, Missouri

La Fuente's has plenty of seats, nice casual atmosphere. The food is superb. I usually stick with the steak fajitas, you have to ask for corn tortillas if you would prefer them. Service was spectacular this visit, no cup was left unattended. Even the chips before our meal came, was refilled without even having to ask. read more

Horrible tacos !!! Omgee paid $18 for this crap! No cilantro or onion in my tacos! My tortillas were not fully cooked. They broke mid bite. Salsa was horrible no flavor !! Omge why is this place open? DONT EAT HERE ! read more

La Fuente Mexican Restaurant - No cilantro or onions with my tacos. I specifically asked for this. And tortillas not fully cooked. Horrible!! - Mexican Near Me - Independence, Missouri

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La Fuente was surprisingly a decent Mexican restaurant. The food always tastes freshly made. I love the fresh chips and salsa. The staff are friendly and prompt. The atmosphere is clean and it seems to stay fairly busy. I recommend the carnitas plate as this is my go-to when I come here. read more

La Fuente Mexican Restaurant - Carnitas meal - Mexican Near Me - Independence, Missouri

You can't go wrong here. Reasonable price. Good quality, good quantity, great service.

Great food, great staff. Definitely recommend if you're in the area! Margaritas are larger than life

Absolutely horrible service even though restaurant wasn't busy. Asked twice for sour cream and never received it. Took a long time to take order and once we had our food, they never returned to check in or refill our drinks. Will not return to this establishment. read more

Horrible service they got 2 of my 3 orders completely wrong ,put a lime in my Budweiser when I asked for no lime . Put guacamole and sour cream on my quesadilla. I asked for a chicken taco in chicken enchiladas they gave me beef! Waiter was completely rude ! read more

Adorable, cute and bright. In the old Nature's Pantry location. My Android had a hard time navigating to the location. I was pleased once I found it. A bit put off by the window signs, which I've taken a picture of. My family and I were surprised when we opened the door, and the bright colors blasted from the chairs and booths. It's crisp and fresh. Between the three of us, there was one burrito supreme, one number 3 (with a taco, chile releno, and enchilada), and a number 14 (chile releno, chalupa-no meat-and enchilada). The Restaurant bought us chips and salsa, free. The chips were crispy and warm. The salsa was mildly perfect, not too hot, not too mild. I had the number 14. The portions were more than I could eat. I enjoyed the chile releno. The breading was about 1/16th inch, with a light coating of salsa. The cheese filling was spicy, but not too much. The cheese filling melted out of the pepper. The enchilada was basic, it had beef in it (I'd rather cheese, but needed the protein, so I accepted it). The enchilada shell was light and cornmeal based. The chalupa was covered with refried beans, then plenty of lettuce, and guacamole. I had to take half of mine home. For drinks, I was driving, so we drank water. I have driven by this restaurant many times, but never stopped. I'm glad I did. This was a bold move for this establishment. It is larger than it looked from the outside. I will eat there again. read more

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giving this la fuente location a one star rating if I could give is a negative star I would. I am local to kc. I've been to a number of la fuente locations all where great, no complaints. this location is absolutely terrible. this will be a long review, just a warning. first off, it took 10 minutes to get chips (all crushed btw) and to place my drink order, another 15 minutes to get my drinks, (ordered food when the waiter delivered the drinks). waited 40 minutes!!! for our food, mine was kind of warm it was also THE WRONG order, my wife's entree was cold. I informed the waiter my order is wrong, he didn't say sorry. Within 2 minutes I got my correct order, again no apology. We ate our dinner, went to pay, hostess said how was everything? I said unfortunately terrible. She said well try another Mexican restaurant next time?!?! what?? we left and never to return. read more

This is their "curb side pick up" was told my order would be ready at 6:30 just to wait in line for 60 mins in line. Definitely understaffed for Cinco de Mayo. No one at front desk either so people can cancel their orders. Very disappointed. read more

La Fuente Mexican Restaurant - Line outside - Mexican Near Me - Independence, Missouri

Margs are amazing food Is delicious and authentic, my favorite is the spicy salsa that goes with the chip! read more

La Fuente Mexican Restaurant - Margarita - Mexican Near Me - Independence, Missouri

My family has been eating at la Fuente for many years now. We always enjoy fast service, delicious food, and courteous waitstaff. If you need something, they are happy to get it for you: just ask. Most things are how you like it, so if you want something on your taco, just tell them! read more

I didn't care for it. Ordered the taquitos with rice and beans. Didn't get guacamole? Food was flavorless. Service was okay. Could have been cleaner. Nope won't be returning. read more

If I could keep this price and negative star I would I WILL NEVER COME HERE AGAIN!! I ordered my food on my drive home so it would be almost done by the time I get there, if I had to wait a few minutes no big deal. I sat there waited and waited and waited...... People came in AFTER me ordered their food and got theirs before mine. The waitress finally came out and essentially told me the wait was NOT HER PROBLEM..........I have worked in some form of customer service my whole life. I can understand sometimes there's some glitches and things happen. If she had told me I'm sorry ma'am we had something pop up we will be right with you, I could have been more then fine. But when I'm told it's not my problem throws my food down and totally walks away........... #NEVERAGAIN I call when I get home and they said there's no manager there and there's nobody in charge read more

I cannot seem to find a Facebook so I cannot leave a review for la Fuentes's at 23rd and 291 in independence. We have been there before and it was fine but today which was the celebration of my daughters birthday. Every order was wrong. Took them an hour to even come take her order . after they took out order, they didn't bring drinks and when we asked for our drinks, they said sorry the soda machine is out. then they brought, two orders of chicken fajitas which were ordered with onions and jalapeños, but they forgot the onions so after we told them, rather than remake them correctly, they brought us a plate of onions to dump on our fajitas. Then my granddaughter's bean burrito turned into a bean tostada, so everything was wrong and at the end they actually said we will only take $10 off of a $75 bill which seemed insane to me, since all was wrong ,although I did pay it. Now I can't even leave a bad review. Anyway, I've been there many times before but today no one really seem to care if everything was wrong. and they didn't care. And they weren't even busy. Sad so we won't be back. read more

I ordered takeout to be ready at 6:45 tonight. When I got there my order was sitting behind the front desk and when I got home the food was soggy and cold. I called back up to the restaurant and spoke with a girl named Genesis. When I told her about our food and before she rudely hung up on me, she proceeded to tell me there was nothing she was going to do about our order to make it right. She then hung up. I called back and of course no one answered my call. I will NEVER eat here again and if nothing is resolved I will be filing a complaint with the BBB. read more

Ordered from La Fuente for the very last time. In the last year service has gone done, and the food has been following miserably. The hostesses are rude, and we order carry out a LOT and have to deal with them. They say allow 15-20 min... you end up waiting 45+ minutes. Tonight the hostess was snooty, the food was ready in about 25 min after being told 15 min but once again our food was messed up also.... Chile Relleno wasn't cooked all the way, the queso was soupy, the salsa is never consistent, AND I asked for no vegetables, no onions/peppers, meat cheese only on our nachos and they apparently loaded them with extra nachos. D-O-N-E! read more

I always order the same thing. Cheese dip, tacos, and rice. Every time they're delicious. But it's hard to mess those up. I know we end up waiting a long time for things though. read more

They forgot my damn cheese dip again. AGAIN. What is wrong with you? How is it that hard to include everything that was ordered?

I got the fajitas, my fiancé got the burrito supremo (2). Queso dip was on point, as well as the salsa. Chips were crunchy and light, the perfect vehicle for all of the cheese. My fajitas were delicious, as well as the chicken burrito. The beef burrito was lacking, as well as the Mexican rice. read more

This is a folow up to my previous review. We ordered 3 items to go and 2 items were incorrect. My husband didn't get the rice and beans on his Chimichanga (we paid extra for) and I didn't get grilled chicken on my Cheese Quesadilla. Our receipt clearly states grilled chicken and add beans and rice. I couldn't talk to anyone that night because the phone was off the hook. (Called for 2 hours) The next day I called and they told me to contact *. They worked very hard trying to help but after 4 days and 6 emails, they still didn't show any record of our order. So it has been 5 days without this issue taken care of and I'll call La Fluente tomorrow and give another update. Basically didn't get what we ordered and then they sent me to * who has no record of our order. We won't be going back there again. read more

Glad I found this place its probably the closet to authentic I have had in a while. Ive had the Steak Fajitas, Shrimp Burritos, Xangos, Mexican Pizza of couse Salsa and Guac. The establishment leaves a lot to be desired especially the on 40hwy next to Quicktrip. All in all I will be going back for more. read more

Que bueno. We really enjoy dining here. My husband, a true foodie, is a great fan of the Carnitas. They are tender and crisp, and incredibly flavorful. I tend to lean towards the Pollo ala Parilla, and Fajitas La Fuente. If you are a Chimi fan, the shrimp Chimi is tasty, and drizzled with their subtly spiced white cheese sauce (fundido). I really prefer the lighter grill items myself. Best Drinks: Dos Equis on tap, served in a frosty mug, and unbeatable price. Comes in 2 sizes, regular, and OMG. Strawberry Margaritas. Share a small pitcher for like 10 bucks. You won't be disappointed. Great lunch for birthdays, they sing and put a sombrero on you, take a polaroid, and you get free Mexican fried ice cream. Bring your camera. It's a hoot. They used to offer you the option of a shot of tequila for adults in lieu of said ice cream. Sadly, this tradition is no more. :) read more

So, I love mexican food. I love it. I recently moved to Independence from Kansas City and have been bummed about my restaurant selection. We've turned to eating at home most of the time, which has its perks. Tonight, I was craving mexican food. I didn't want to hit up the same spot we always go to. It's good, mind you, but I want to explore Independence's restaurants and expand our options. So, after some online research (thanks, Yelp) we decided on La Fuente. First impression: typical suburban mexican restaurant. It's placed in a rundown strip mall and is vividly painted. Sure. The host was friendly and our server came to the table promptly. We each grab a menu and start perusing. I notice an additional menu on the table and look to find a "Featured Dish" menu. Fun. They had listed there a fish chimichanga! Sold. Then I saw shrimp and crab enchiladas! Sold. Since I couldn't decide between the two I asked our server to pick for me. He very decisively said the Chimichanga de Pez. Let's do this. My boyfriend is a die-hard taco fan and ordered a plate of shrimp tacos. As an appetizer we got queso con chorizo and, of course, the customary chips and salsa. There was nothing too exciting about chips and salsa, same for the chorizo dip. Both were plenty tasty, just nothing to write home about. My boyfriend enjoyed his tacos, but said they didn't "blow his mind." I was rather pleased with my entree. First off, I've never heard of a fish chimichanga. I love fish and I'm not really too picky about it. The chimi was topped with cheese dip, a zesty chipotle sauce and some mango chutney. Mmm. I did find one tiny bone at the end of my meal but that didn't really bother me. Ok, things that bugged me. My boyfriend's fork had something sticky on it and the paper napkin stuck to it. No biggie, we'll just ask for another one whenever the sever comes back. Problem being that our server didn't come back. I thought he might stop by to ask how we were liking our dishes...nope. It wasn't til my boyfriend had nearly finished his meal that I was able to flag our server down. Another thing. One of the food runners dropped a dish while taking it to a table. Not a big deal, it happens. What bothered me was that none of the other employees seemed concerned about the broken dish and food sitting on the floor, in the walkway, for nearly 10 minutes. What?! I've worked in the industry for a long time and it was making my eyeball twitch. All in all, I enjoyed our dinner there. I will be going back (I still have to try the shrimp and crab enchiladas!). The restaurant is good. Not great, but that's ok. read more

When I think of Mexico, I rarely think of Canada, but a Canadian recommended this restaurant and I do believe he may have been a misplaced Mexican. This is by far THE best Mexican restaurant in the Kansas City Metropolitan area. Food, service, location=MUY EXCELENTE! My fiance is from New Mexico and is often highly disappointed by the Mexican fare found in the mid-west. He judges the food based on the quality of the Chile Rellenos. In New Mexico they use Hatch green chiles, but here in KC, the Poblano takes its' place. Mr. Christopher really liked his chile this time. He said they didn't go crazy with the batter and the relleno part was great. Best Chile Relleno outside of New Mexico! Score for La Fuente! In addition he had a plate of whole pinto beans. Another thing, my Fiance LOVES sauces, so he had the regular salsa, the hot salsa and enchilada sauce to try on the complimentary tortilla chips. I must say, the enchilada sauce mixed with the hot sauce could be their next invention at La Fuente, it was beyond delicious. And then we shared some Veggie Fajitas. Mr. C and I are both vegetarians, and the availability of veggies on the menu is of the utmost importance for us. I generally have a problem with most Mexican Restaurants and the amount of oil they use on their veggies. I asked for little oil and had THE best veggie fajitas on the planet. The only thing that La Fuente is lacking is the availability of spinach. I love spinach enchiladas and would have opted for that instead. I really prefer corn tortillas in vez de (spanish for instead of) flour. This is why fajitas suffice, I don't HAVE to eat the tortillas. And now for the Jumbo Margaritas. They were on special on a Saturday night for $5! They didn't have much tequila, so we ordered two shots of Jose Cuervo to add to them. When we got the bill were only $3.75, so we scored. And when I say scored, I mean they were basically two shots in one. In all honesty we had four shots all together. We did not finish our margaritas because of this. In all, 10 stars if Yelp would allow it. Food: Delish Service: Fun Would I go back? Duh! read more

The food is OK - I grew up in Texas, and have had tons of authentic Mexican, Tex-Mex, and Americanized Mexican food. They tend to be a little heavy - the chips are thick, the hard tacos have very thick shells, but overall, pretty tasty. The two-star rating is for the staff. We finally quit going to La Fuente after catching waiters changing the tips on our credit card receipts. I tip, as a rule, a minimum of 20% for good service, but on several occasions, I found a tip on a $25 order being changed from a $5 to $8. I'm meticulous in my record-keeping, and I talked to the manager, who refused to discuss it. Go elsewhere, or pay cash. read more

If the other reviews are an indication of the quality of Mexican restaurants in Independence then I'm in trouble. Besides the disappearing service, dinner was completely disappointing and UNauthentic. I think the best indication of quality food is in the simplest dishes, which with Mexican, is the tacos. The tacos here are terrible: the filling reminded me of the roach coach tacos that parked outside of work in the morning in an Old El Paso hard shell. So tonight I had the taco, enchilada, and chile relleno combination plate with chicken for dinner, started off with a pitcher of margaritas, and had the chorizo and cheese dip for an appetizer. The chorizo dip was the only decent thing here, but you could put chorizo on pig liver and I'd probably enjoy it. The enchilada/chile sauce is bland and completely lacked chile flavor. The chile relleno...poor poblano... You didn't deserve a fate like that. You didn't deserve to be wrapped in a pancake and stuffed with Provel. You deserved a light, thin blanket with real, unprocessed cheese inside you. I wish you better in the next life... I'm sorry Independence/Kansas City, but you need a better representation of Mexican food here. I don't plan on being back. read more

So far, best rellenos. Great whole beans. GIANT margaritas.

Very good enchilada sauce very good burritos w/white cheese sauce oh man delicious!! Will definitely come back!! read more

La Fuente Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Independence, Missouri

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