Gone downhill in food and service. Fajita chicken was seriously overcooked and tough with no flavor to the dish. Marg was wayyyy too sweet. Service was lacking the server had to be tracked down for everything. read more

Margaritas are huge, strong and delicious! The food is really good too. Tacos and cheese dip are my faves. read more

La Pinata - Dayton - Strawberry margarita - Mexican Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

Stop, drop, and roll seriously though let me tell you about our experience here today on Taco Tuesday. $1.50 americanized taco which I love I got the chicken which was moist and not over cooked 10/10. And the ground beef I know boring but delicious and my meal was only $3.00 yep only $3.00 We did start with chips and salsa the chips was nice and warm and the salsa was the perfect consistency not to chunky or salsay I really enjoyed the bits of onion in the salsa yumm. Then we ordered the nachos with 3 different kinds of meat. Holy protein when I tell you this is a meal 2 of us could have easily spilt I am not lying. I would never tell my fellow foodies wrong. They were lip smacking good. Chicken, steak, and shrimp with all the fixings. Foe Mt non traditional plain Jane tacos they have tacos for you too. And my husband really enjoyed them. The inside is so pretty with nice touches and bright colors. The staff was so friendly and the food came put really quick. Definitely check this place out, we will definitely be back read more

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La Pinata is perhaps the best Greater Dayton Metropolitan Mexican Restaurant. We in the Dayton area have seen a proliferation of Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurants, and there is no consensus on the "best." Our nomination is La Pinata, and our favorite is a newer free standing restaurant near 48 and Sheehan. We like the abundant parking, the patio dining, the bar area, the outer and inner dining rooms, the "newness,".... Always a great greeting with options of seating to suit clients rather than server convenience. Service is excellent. My wife always requires more time to decide on menu items; I am probably going to recommend a steak fajita. We like the abundant windows and cheery furniture, near perfect service, ambience, and the dining. The fare is appropriate for the tariff. read more

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Had a great time here! The drinks were so good and the food was amazing. I will definitely be back here again and will be telling anyone and everyone I know about this place :) read more

This was a pretty nice, Mexican restaurant We showed up right about noon time or a little after and had the lunch special, which was chicken fajitas and steak fajitas Service was very prompt. The food was quite good and the price was very reasonable will definitely return. read more

Went tonight and had a good meal, as always. The chicken quesadilla is made with pulled chicken which is very tasty.

Fun place for a Mexican meal. Food is consistently good and the drink selection is good. I love the salsa fresh made

The server was nice but really scatterbrained. The food came out hot, but the chicken was over cooked and the tortillas were rubbery. I'm not sure that I'll be back to this location anytime in the near future. read more

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Ordered chicken and rice soup. It's consistently good soup. We showed up at opening and they brought our food out quickly. Drinks were overpriced for the area, $2.75 for iced tea. I've paid more but not usually in a restaurant in a residential area far from the "city". I'm always happy with food and service here though. read more

La Pinata - Dayton - Chicken n Rice Soup - Mexican Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

I like the ambiance, the service, and the food. My favorite dish is probably the carnitas. The new location is much better than the old one. read more

El Burrito Loco or Grande is hard to beat. It will actually feed two people when split into two portions. Their Margaritas are very good and the chips are also good. The restaurant looks like any other decent Mexican restaurant. The plates and silverware are generally clean. Service is prompt. read more

Really enjoy La Pinata in Centerville. Have found several dishes that are yummy. One of my favorites is Chessy Camaron. They are very friendly and accommodating there also. read more

Always been a decent place to eat but tonight we were sat and nobody came to our table. When we were sat, they even told the server on the walk to the table that they were seating us with him. After 15 min we walked out and went elsewhere. Will give them another chance sometime, but super disappointed read more

The food was okay. Everything was kinda dry especially the lunch combo. I had upgraded from shredded beef/chicken to steak and It tasted alright but wasn't really worth the up charge. Anyway, the tacos were good and the salsa was nice (has a stronger onion taste than most) read more

La Pinata - Dayton - 3 taco combo! - Mexican Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

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This is a 2.5 star review. La Pinata just opened their new location in Centerville. It is larger and brightly decorated. Services is still crap. A large group of friends and I went to the old location for taco Tuesday. We all agreed we LOVED the tacos. The flavors were fantastic. We also all agreed the service was TERRIBLE. We know larger parties can be a challenge, but we also take care of our servers and try to be a fun group. I went back again (non-taco Tuesday) with a smaller group and the restaurant was mostly empty. Service was ok, but given we were practically the only people in the place, I expected nothing less. A few weeks ago my mother was visiting and we decided to give the new location a try on Taco Tuesday. The hostess didn't seem to have a grasp of her job and had a system of keeping track of people that wasn't efficient. Multiple times, she called the wrong group for their table. My party and I waited close to 10 minutes for our waiter to approach the table. He spoke quickly and with a heavy accent which made it difficult to understand. The language barrier was difficult for he and for us. The wrong food was brought and we noted other tables experiencing difficulties as well. Again, the food was good, flavorful, and worth returning for. The service, however, was so poor that it will make me think twice about recommending La Pinata to anyone. In general, I feel that if you can't execute the service component well enough, then perhaps you should rethink offering "special" dinner nights. Obviously the staff was overwhelmed and the general diners around us seemed frustrated and annoyed. La Pinata, you have much work to do on your service aspect before I'll return or recommend you. read more

Festive, fun and delish! Our first snd second times here. Not disappointed by the food or wait staff! Great signature dishes and everything arrived hot and fresh. You could taste the freshness in the salsa and sides! Service was excellent too. Noted the noise level again and after second visit, we've decided its REALLY noisy. I don't mind a little ambiance and hum but the acoustics are really bad. When you couple that with incredibly loud, uncontrolled and obnoxious kids, its a bridge too far. Plenty of great restaurants without the noise and out of control kids! We won't be back. read more

The food is delicious. Friendly service. Carry out was quick and easy. The only downside is they get so busy and don't answer the phone

I've been coming to La Piñata for a few years now. I feel like the portions have been getting smaller. I love the chimichanga's and the fajitas. I do think this place is so much better than El Toro. The chips always taste fresh and the salsa is great. The restaurant tends to be very warm inside and I do notice that the servers wear Face masks which would be so hard when it's hot in there. Margarita's are delicious? read more

I'd say this is one of the best Mexican restos I've ever been to! Really nice interiors, great staff, a wide variety of food selection and super delicious food!!! I had their Pollo Al Horno, oh man. It looks simple and typical but it's really good. Their nachos and cheese dip was tdf!!!! Their sour cream is different too. Idk what makes it different but it's better than those i've had before. Their pink lemonde was also so yummy! Idk why everything here is better?! Lol! Great experience! read more

La Pinata - Dayton - Pollo al Horno (yellow plate) Fajitas Vegetarian on the skillet - Mexican Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

After having eaten at the Colerain restaurant, where the food and service were excellent. We decided to try the Centerville location . Service was mediocre, food was good , But the prices were quite a bit higher for some reason. Will definitely go to the Colerain location again, But Not the Centerville location . read more

Amazing service, food, and environment. I'm pleased to say that this place is highly recommended by my wife and I also great place for children read more

My school's organization (Pre-Law Society) chose this restaurant for our annual Christmas outing. The servers here are very frIendly and joked along with us the entire time we were there. The food is very affordable and I paid under $8 for the food I ordered. Along with affordable, the portions are also very big and the food is amazing. The chorizo and potatoes was a good mix, and it came with tortillas that I placed the chorizo, rice and beans onto along with their hot sauce and mild sauce and it was great ! The food here is good and the art throughout the restaurant makes it pleasing to be. They have lunch specials where the food is extremely cheap (which most of us ordered), but the regular food was not too expensive either. I would recommend if you are in the area. read more

La Pinata - Dayton - Chorizo, potatoes, rice and beans - Mexican Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

We absolutely love La Piñata! The food is delicious and the service is great. With us being at its new location there is so much more room and openness. There are tons of choices on the menu and they are willing to make things not on the menu. The salsa was chunkier and had a great flavor. We come back time and time again. The prices are comparable to local restaurants and its well worth the money. This is definitely one of our favorite Mexican Food places around. It's definitely worth the drive to. read more

Have tried out several Mexican restaurants since relocating to Ohio from California. La Pinata is the best we have found so far. The food was good. Everyone was friendly. Service was fast. Definitely will go back and recommend to friends. read more

Food is just ok and service is average. However, the prices for Mexican food are way high for what you get. I suspect they have to have higher prices due to the cost of the building and location. It's unlikely we will return. read more

We never tried this place before at the previous location. They just built here so we wanted to try it. I wont come back. Not worth the money. We came at 5 30 pm on a Tuesday. Not very crowded when we were seated. We sat at a table for 2. None of the 2 top tables have condiments on the table (salt, pepper, hot sauce etc). We saw on website the happy hour was 5-9. However we had no happy hour menus. The server we couldn't understand when we asked for specials. We were ignored a while after only ordering water to start. Then We felt rushed. The salsa had no taste to it. Flavorless. I asked for hot sauce and it came but it was extremely hot. I just wanted to add a little to the flavorless salsa. The food came it was barely warm. Cheese not even melted on our enchiladas. The tortillas for the enchiladas tasted raw. The beans and rice was not warm either. read more

Awesome service good food and a great large menu. A large (32 ounce margarita) for under $13.00.

3 stars, mostly for the service which was pretty good. The food was definitely a letdown. Once seated we were brought some chips and salsa. The salsa was a bit watered down and bland so we got the chorizo queso. We were disappointed with this also. There was a ton of chorizo, which wasnt the problem, I LOVE chorizo.. but there was barely any cheese in it. I felt like i was eating a chili more then anything. The pitcher of margaritas was fine, but the main entree wasnt good at all. I'm not sure what kind or cut of steak I was served but it had the weirdest texture. It was also well done which I didnt ask for also. The peppers and onions on top were fine but the steak itself was gross. I couldn't finish half of it and I love steak. With all the other options in Dayton for Mexican I'll be passing this place up from now on. read more

Customer service was terrible, food tasted very bad! Salsa tasted more like ketchup then salsa. Never coming back here again.. read more

This is our local go to place for Mexican and Margaritas. Its even better now that they have added a patio. We love sitting outside sipping Margaritas and eating good Mexican food. I have tried almost everything on the menu. It is better than most. They have a few authentic dishes which I am more of a fan of than the Tex-Mex style dishes. The service is always very good. The pricing is extremely reasonable. read more

La Pinata - Dayton - My Smokin Hot Wife enjoying a margarita. - Mexican Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

Congratulations on your new building! Awesome as always!!! Superb food, amazing staff!

Very good food, fast service, very congested and hard to even get up and put a coat on without hitting someone. But I will go back. It is very yummy. read more

La Pinata - Dayton - Mexican Near Me - Dayton, Ohio

Always good service, always good food. My wife and I love this place. Chimichanga's are delicious!

We've been loyal customers for many years, but the last two times we were there were disappointing. Queso dip as thin as water both times. Meat dish was very dry. A Chile relleno was tiny. I'll try someplace else next time. read more

We have been going here for years. The food and service was good till today. We had a server that completely messed up our order not once but, twice. She seemed to soeak English, I am not sure if she was so disinterested in her job that she could not care to take our orders. Very dissatisfied with this service today. Came back not having any dinner in the end because they never could get our order right!!! Just beware! read more

Today was my fifth lunch at La Piñata. So many smiles, fast and friendly service, and oh, such happy music playing. The colorful wood-carved booths provide a nice level of privacy and are roomy. I seem to always have to take leftovers home with me, the servings are so generous. I hope they can open in Columbus some day! read more

t This place is horrible. i cannot understand the mexican speaking workers. the food made me sick. they were all wrong on their prices. The cashier struggled to refund my money, just horrible experience- read more

Yes favorite place to relax and have Dinner with my Family ' The chips are always warm and fresh! Miss getting to sit and eat! Well call for takeout! Hope you are open for carryout! read more

We were loyal Centerville, Ohio La Pinata diners until they built their new restaurant and moved out of their former strip-shopping center location. The food was always good, the drinks satisfying, and the service snappy. At the new location, we stood at the bar for nearly 20-minutes before we were even acknowledged. When seated to dine, we ordered a pitcher of Marguritas (w/Cuervo Gold). The pitcher was so diluted that we believed they served only the mix and left out most of the tequila. When we were served the wrong meals, that was it for us. The next day we emailed our concerns, but never heard back from management. We won't be going back. read more