Fast. Crazy good flavor. The zucchini sticks are really good. Servers are spot on and very friendly. It's fairly quiet. Gotta walk of the heaviness of Nacho Reales at nearby Menards!! Definitely worth a stop if you like good Mexican food. read more

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Staff purposely contaminated my food!!! I use to take out my entire family every week. That's over now!!!

This used to be a nice Mexican restaurant. Recently though , the food quality hasn't kept up with their pricing, especially the 16% increase reflected on their most recent "new" menus. All of the "basic" dishes are $12 and up. Three mediocre steak tacos is $15. read more

La Isla Mexican Restaurant - Three steak tacos @ $15. - Mexican Near Me - Terre Haute, Indiana

I can't prove it, but I think the staff purposely contaminated my food order. It's a shame, I did like the restaurant in the past. However my family and friends won't be eating here on my dime anymore!!! read more

Great Mexican food, super margaritas, efficient and courteous service. Highly recommend.

I ordered pollo Tapatia and extra side of rice with cheese just to get Pollo Tapatio and them to write extra on one container when I asked for extra rice on the side because I did not receive what I paid for. I only received an order of Pollo Tapatio. read more

Finally, after years of eating here (a couple times a year) we actually had a good waitress in February; a white woman. Every time we go to La Isla (or any of the local Mexican restaurants, Real Hacienda too) we expect to have our waiter/waitress bring our food and we never see them again. Can' even flag them down, even to get our check so we can leave. Hope they keep this girl. Food is ok. Nothing to rave about. Kind of bland, but that seems to be the theme of food in Indiana, bland. What makes it worse is the price increase lately. Finding it hard to pay that much for mediocre bland food and no service. read more

We love La Isla. The food is good and the service has always been excellent. The takeout is excellent. I recommend it highly.

most delicious mexican restaurant in TH. The chicken fajitas are the best!! they're cheap and delicious. Customer service is good and the atmosphere is so nice! Love the decor inside read more

La Isla Mexican Restaurant - steak fajitas - Mexican Near Me - Terre Haute, Indiana

Great food and some of the best margaritas in town. Staff are attentive and make good recommendations.

#1, Beef Enchiladas, and Pollo Tapatio are our favorites. Chips, salsa, and cheese dip are fantastic. Always fast service.

Really like the new place! Nice atmosphere and newer menu. Loved the Chipotle Tacos (grilled catfish). Great flavor. Fast and friendly service. The new booths are comfy and can sit a lot of people. Really nice bar area too that I want to check out soon. read more

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Ever since they moved locations, food and service quality have gone downhill. Multiple times recently, I placed orders ahead of time only to find out when I go pick the food up, they haven't even sent the order to the kitchen. I'd be fine if it were a one time thing but this has literally happened 4 times in the last two months. read more

Perhaps my husband & I raised our expectations too high based on the other reviews. Or maybe we came to La Isla too early (Sat @ 4) & the kitchen wasn't humming with its usual vigor. Regardless we found this restaurant to be nothing more than average. The service was excellent! The dinning area & restrooms clean. The food was average at best. We were expecting amazing after reading all the reviews, but we didn't have anything worth raving over. We expected delishously home made chips, but got the standard typical chips served at Mexican restaurants. This was the first time ever we asked for top shelf tequila in our Margaritas and were denied. We were told they only had the lower quality brand & one way to make the drink. Again, our cocktails weren't bad, just average. If you are looking for a safe, average dinner - Isla is your place. If you want to be wowed... Keep hunting. read more

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I've been a regular customer for 20 or so years and was treated horribly by the owner today. We placed a $98 to go order and they put refried beans instead of black beans we specifically ordered on my daughter's nachos. I asked them if they could please remake them and the owner said no they can't because we ordered refried. We didn't. We had it written down and read it to them word for word. I ask again and he says he knows he's right and shows me a paper where he wrote beans. He says I can only order again, pay for that order, and it will take 20 minutes (while the rest of the $98 order goes cold) because they are busy. This is for literally chips, cheese, black beans (everything else was given to us on the side so it wouldn't wilt/melt on the way). I left angry thinking I will not come back to this place I've been going to for two decades. A family member decided to go back. The owner said they didn't have black beans today and remade them without. So the owner decided on the phone "any bean will do" and then doubled down on this when I asked about it. If he said "we don't have those today" we'd have just ordered them without. If he said "I'm sorry. I screwed up we'll remake them", fine. Instead it was "No, you're wrong! Pay me again and wait!" and he's lost multiple long time customers. Even if he believes the customer is wrong in this situation, I don't see not remaking something that costs under $1 to make considering they just paid you $98. I've never left a Yelp review, but this was so ridiculous that I had to. read more

They have a beautiful new building and everyone really seems to enjoy this location. I've picked up that almost all of the Mexican restaurants in Terre Haute are owned by the same people, which is fine and explains why they are all about the same. We had excellent service and the wait time was reasonable. I ordered a shrimp steak fajita that was delicious and my date had taco asada, which we didn't expect to be only filled with steak, but was still good. Very reasonably priced as Mexican food typically is. We had a good time and will be back! read more

The salsa used to be good and now its like spaghetti sauce. The beef wasn't cooked all the way. The queso was cold!! My husband ordered red potatoes with his steak and got soggy french fries. We will not be coming back. read more

We came on a Sunday afternoon when there were maybe 6 other families here (basically the place was empty!) . We waited 5 min to be seated and then once we were seated we waited 45 min for our food to be served. Once it was served not only was it wrong but the fajitas weren't grilled enough for my stepson. The rice and beans were subpar. We had to ask multiple times for drink refills and chips and salsa. We didn't even see our server other than to take our initial order and had to ask multiple other servers for help. I'm not one to post negative reviews, or many reviews period but the service really is the downfall here. Save your money and go to any of the other Mexican places in town unless you have over an hour to spare for less than appetizing food. read more

At first look you wouldn't think that you were going to get anything special. Once you sit down and your dinner arrives you realize why the place is full of locals all enjoying themselves. The chips are fresh and hot and never run out, the food is just the same! read more

Typical Mexican fare, such as Mario Bros. or Real Hacienda, or the rest of them. Still, service was prompt, the place was clean, and service was good. My first indication of a place like this is the salsa and chips, and both were fresh and tasty. Couldn't see or taste any difference in the food from other places with the entrée, though. We were there on a Sunday afternoon, well after the lunch rush, so it wasn't that busy. The only thing I didn't care for was the atmosphere of the dining room we were in, which seemed a bit confined? read more

Service was terrible! Took over 20 minutes for a server to even acknowledge our table. People that came in after us being seated got their food before ours. Not impressed at all and server had no compassion read more

Wow. I would have put 0 stars but I wasn't able to. First thing I have to say about la Isla is I used to love their food. However now I have changed my mind. I have gotten food poisoning twice now. This time I called just to let them know(I didn't ask for a refund or anything) and i got told by the "manager" that no one else had gotten sick so I must be lying. Then he proceeded to tell me to go to the hospital and they would happily pay my medical bills. I have insurance and informed them of this. And they toldtme because I got it delivered how do I know that it was them that got me sick and tried to pin the blame on the delivery driver, then they hung up on me. Needless to say I will never get food from here again. read more

Booths are so tight my children cant fit in them ages 8 and 9. I couldnt fit in the booth and the place had many open seats. Stupid how this place has packed in the dinning room full of booths that are WAY TOO SMALL. I wont be back, ever. read more

Great service! Employees work hard for their customers and the new building looks great! I'd eat there daily if I could!

Really, really, really good Mexican food. The service is very good, and the food always comes out quickly after the orders are placed. My family and I have tried many of the dishes there, and have never had anything that we didn't love! The only downside that I can think of is that I wish they had more of a variety of hot sauces. They only have two on the tables; a red habanero sauce and a green habanero sauce, and they are both far too hot for me! Six thumbs up! read more

Taco salad always has water in the bottom of it . I recommend fajitas . Mexican fried ice cream is delish . Darnal is the best waiter read more

La Isla Mexican Restaurant - Steak and chicken fajitas - Mexican Near Me - Terre Haute, Indiana

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they took our order wrong to begin with. Also charged us a dollar for taco sauce that was barely drizzled on the burrito. Charge almost four dollars for the smallest thing of queso ever. On top of that they charged a carryout fee and didnt even tell us over the phone that there was a fee for coming to pick it up. Which pick up is the only option we have since theres a PANDEMiC going on!!!!! Worst experiance ever and very shady buisness i will not be coming back any time soon. Tacos and tequilas will be my new go to read more

I found a half dead (or still wiggling but stunned) cockroach in my menu recently here. When we flagged down the waiter and made him aware of the situation the only thing he said was "for real?" took my menu and then acted like nothing happened. I won't be back to this location. When there's one cockroach you can see there 100 more you can't. So no thanks. Rumor has had it for YEARS that this place is pretty nasty anyways. I was a long time fan/customer but never again. read more

This place is awesome. I've been here several times over the past few years and love it every time I go. The atmosphere and decor is bright and clean. The staff is courteous and prompt, and the food is top-notch. The price is very reasonable to, especially the lunch menu. Chips and salsa are complimentary and are some of the best I've ever had. If you're looking for a great place for some awesome Mexican food...this is it. read more

Top notch mexican in Terre Haute. Always consistant food at reasonable prices. Friendly staff.

terre haute in I use to like la isla in terre haute in BUT the man at the check out WAS RUDE he clamed I was stealing by not paying the full amount ??? We had a party of 11 people and had a 3 dollar coupon. When my buddie check out out the waiter took his ticket and money and took care of it . But when I took mine to the counter r..l was very anger and said I tried to cheat him ? My buddies bill was 30.27 and mine was 25.77. R..l rang up his bill for the same amount as mine. whos fault was that ?NOT MINE ! So my buddie paid the what he owed no problem right! well this r..l was still mad at me (for what)??I paid my bill in FULL my waiter tried to make things right with me ok cool But R..l was still bitter at me (for what)? We USE to go here all the time well that will change ! So watch your back at this place read more

What an excellent restaurant! I've been coming to Terre Haute every month for the last two years and can kick myself for taking so long to try this place! Actually authentic Mexican food! Terre haute has nothing close to this, very good job! Keep it up La Isla I wish you much success! read more

The menu was so worn or bleached out--could hardly read it. Food was mediocre. My husband ordered the grilled chicken salad, was chicken on top of a bunch of lettuce, no salad dressing. Taco salad had only lettuce, beef, and a little cheese and sour cream--no sauce or dressing of any sort. Stuck back in a corner and then put a big table of people in front of us---never saw our waiter once we got the food. read more

Great service!!!! I have never been disappointed with my service or food quality. The prices for a family of five are very affordable.

Great service and fast, hot and very reasonable Mexican food. We have been a couple of times and each time it was great! the value for what you get is great. We will definitely be back again. read more

Love it. Never disappointed. Mexican is one of my favorite cuisines and this is some seriously good mexican food! The best I've had to date.

Everyone else is right, this place is incredible! Hands down the best Mexican in town...and there are like 15 Mexican restaurants. The beer is cheap, food delish, and service quick. I can't recommend it enough. read more

Two women were working and completely ignored me, I was 1 of 4 dining in the restaurant on a Friday afternoon. I sat in front of an empty plate for half an hour as my waiter was on break. The two women talked about me waiting loud enough for me to hear, but never came to help me. My waiter was wonderful and I love eating here as I work close by, but will not be returning based off how these two women treated me. read more

This was my first time eating here. It was at the new location. The food was fresh and the service was excellent. I was pleasantly surprised. read more

Went out of the way to eat here because of all the great reviews. As it turns out, the people making the reviews do not know what a good Mexican restaurant is. Ordered the cheese dip with ground beef in it...can't remember what it's called. It was a glob of ground beef mush with a little cheese in it....very disappointed. Should have just ordered the cheese dip. I ordered the beef/chicken/shrimp fajitas. The shrimp came on a skewer and were so salty I could hardly eat them. The chicken and steak in the fajitas were so over cooked the meat was dry. They brought the set up for my fajitas and my friends dinner and I had to wait over 5 min for them to bring the fajita hot plate. They brought one basket of chips and never asked if we wanted more. When we went to pay the bill, I paid mine and my friend paid hers as we were on separate checks. After the girl waitress rang mine up and I paid with my debit card, the waiter came to the register and started speaking to her in Spanish. He then told me she had charged me incorrectly and that I had to pay more money. Would not go back. Food was very disappointing. read more