Amazing menu. Authentic as F. Great service and ambiance. Definitely a must. Oh and great drinks.... read more

La Veracruzana - Nachos w chorizo - Mexican Near Me - Easthampton, Massachusetts

Ok good was cooked fresh and tasted good except it was to bland for my taste for I like spicy with sauces! Service was good. Ambiance was very laid back being there were only 3 customers at lunch time? When you see the front you think it's questionable to eat there but once inside it's pretty nice and clean but booths are older with seats taped? Basically it's worth eating there and may just have to ask for more sauce and spices. As for cost I got out with less than a $20 cost with tip! read more

La Veracruzana - Enchilada shredded beef and chicken tamale sampler with beans and rice! - Mexican Near Me - Easthampton, Massachusetts

Some might say we're a little obsessed with La Veracruzana, and they'd probably be right! We find ourselves returning to the Easthampton location time and time again. What keeps us coming back isn't just one thing, but a perfect combination of factors: the food is always fast, fresh, and bursting with flavor, and the menu is loaded with variety. One of the biggest reasons it's our favorite spot is its incredible flexibility for dietary needs. When we go out with friends or family who have restrictions, like gluten-free or vegetarian diets, it's such a relief to know they have so many options to choose from. Nobody feels left out or stuck with the same dish every time. While all of their locations share the same commitment to great food and service, the Easthampton restaurant stands out as our personal favorite. It's the easiest to get to, with plenty of parking, and the spacious layout means you never feel cramped. It has a relaxed, welcoming vibe that the other, often busier, locations in Northampton and Amherst can't quite match. It's simply our go-to for a reliably delicious and stress-free meal. read more

Great food, we ordered the plantains, and queso for apps they were delicious. For our meals i ordered the shrimp tacos on corn tortillas and i love them. My daughter ordered the grilled chicken tostadas came with 2 she said they were good and her fiancé ordered the steak burrito which was huge. The house margarita with good for only $7 and the seasonal apple cider margarita was awesome. We also got the churros for dessert with chocolate and Carmel sauce. All in all i would recommend this place the food coming out looked amazing. You had to wait online to order your food but it was very fast. read more

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Good food. Large eating area. Was a little confusing first time there. Margaritas were so-so.

Terrible customer service. I would definitely not recommend the Easthampton location to anyone. Only part of my order was delivered and the food was very greasy and cold. will not be returning and will be sure to let people know about my experience. I even spoke to a manager who tried to lie. Very dissatisfied. read more

La Veracruzana - Mexican Near Me - Easthampton, Massachusetts

I was not a fan of their restaurant in Northampton, where I live, but I'm often in Easthampton center. So, with an hour until the bus picked me up and my chores done, I popped in here for a bite and to kill time. Unlike my experience in Northampton, the outlet here prepared my food promptly, well, hot, in a reasonable amount of time, priced reasonably, and unlike the experience of a reviewer below, brought me my food at my table. I've been back several times since. Mid-afternoon the place is quiet and peaceful, it's quite clean, and even when the bar is full of patrons, you can still hear conversation at your own table. I wouldn't give LV top marks -- it's still sorta TexMex fast-foody -- but I'm perfectly content with the value I've gotten here. read more

Great food, great service. We've eaten here several times and always been satisfied. Once, we ordered family portions for a potluck and we were so happy. Excellent prices! They were helpful and made good recommendations. read more

Was delicious food & very nice & professional people..I recommend this place.defenetely will return. read more

La Veracruzana - Good food & drinks - Mexican Near Me - Easthampton, Massachusetts

The main reason for my negative review is not the quality of the food (though that could have been better, too), but the fact that the prices posted on the menu boards are not the prices you are actually charged. For example, I ordered a pork burrito, listed at $10.99, and was charged $13.99 for it. They have a small sign on their counter saying that costs have been rising, and so their prices might be higher than what is listed. WHAT?!?! Prices have been going up everywhere, but this is the only restaurant I know (the one in Northampton does the same thing, so this practice is coming from management) that refuses to change its posted prices to reflect the prices they actually charge you. To me this is false advertising, plain and simple, and I think it is unconscionable not to be transparent about your prices. As for my pork burrito, it was small, dry, and had lumps of pork that were so desiccated and hard they were almost inedible. Definitely not worth $14! I have had nachos before here that were very good (and huge), but if you are looking for a good burrito in the area, Bueno Y Sano is much better - both for quality and prices. read more

Wonderful food but BAD experience as a customer. Ordered takeout from the counter and wasn't given any directions for pick up - ended up waiting ONE HOUR in their dining room for our order because no one came and gave us our food or alerted us that it was ready! When we finally decided to go up and check on the status of our order they pulled it from a shelf far away without an apology or anything. They asked us how long we had been waiting and we told them about 40 mins -- their response was, "oh. You have to come up and ask for your order" ??? Now we have warm lettuce in our food and hot guacamole. Seriously you guys? Come up with a better system. Not only is this extremely disrespectful of customers time, but it ruins the food!! Extremely disappointed with this service and lack of effort in trying to make things right. read more

Pretty frickin fantastic taco experience. Huge menu, spacious, welcoming, hip atmosphere. Full bar. Lots of house made hot sauces. Free self serve tap water (tasted amazing) I had the mahi mahi tacos with side of guacamole and rice and beans. The tacos were huge with tons of fried fish and I almost regretted getting rice and beans for the extra $4. The guacamole was very flavorful, quite lemony. The fish was very hearty and meaty, closest thing to chicken I've eaten in a long time as a pescatarian. My co worker had beef tacos and said they were moist and delicious. Rice and beans were pretty generic but definitely had plenty of flavor, cooked perfectly. I loved it! read more

La Veracruzana - Mahi mahi tacos, side of guacamole, add rice and beans. Asked for cup of cilantro, self serve hot sauces from the sauce bar. - Mexican Near Me - Easthampton, Massachusetts

We always love the wide variety of dishes along with the friendly staff. Always a nice treat to sit on the bar side and chill with a nice margarita cocktail. read more

Impressive. Food was delicious, fresh and priced fairly. The atmosphere was also comfortable and relaxing. One of the best Mexican restaurants around and you don't have to empty your wallet to eat there. Portions are also generous and they have a small bar with craft beers and margaritas. read more

La Veracruzana - the interior of a restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Easthampton, Massachusetts

The rice was good is the most positive thing I can say about my last meal there. I ordered chicken mole' and it was clear no one cared when they made the sauce or the refried beans. The chicken was dry and hard and not worth even $10 never the less what I was charged read more

Ridiculous and gross experience with zero follow through from staff. I've been going to Vera for seven years, but never again. I bought an order of 12 tamales for an event I had the day after (the tamales are $35). I went home and put the tamales in the fridge. When I took them out the next day, they smelled FOWL and had mold on them. I called and staff told me that they should have unwrapped them and checked them before sending them out. I told them I had twelve tamales wrapped in pairs with shrink wrap. So, no one checked them. They said to throw them out, and they'll refund my card. Days past and no refund. I called again and she said she would call the owner to expedite it. More days, no refund. I call AGAIN, and they said they're so sorry, they will refund immediately. Nope, no refund. At this point, I was really upset. I called and asked for a manager. I hear the worker ask someone else "are you a manager?" And the other worker say "no, but there's no one else". (Nice) She gets on the phone and I explain the whole story again, and she says she will call the owner and call me back. I have called four times, more than a week has passed, no one ever called me back, no refund. I feel scammed and grossed out. read more

Very disappointed in this place. They are extremely poor at running the restaurant. We walked in and ordered two burrito bowls, and waited nearly 20 minutes before going up to ask what the hold up was. The food had been made and was sitting behind the cashier, and when we asked why she hadn't called out our name she had an attitude, telling us it was our fault for not coming up to ask- may I add, this woman took our order and watched us standing 2 ft in front of her waiting, the entire time. She didn't even offer an apology. My husband works in the restaurant industry and I have a lot of leniency when it comes to restaurants and food, especially nowadays when many places are understaffed. However, this was just rude and unnecessary. And expensive! We were not the only ones waiting- one poor guy came in to pick up an order he'd placed over an hour beforehand and they didn't have it ready. Pro tip: pare down your stupidly large menu, prep your food in advance and let people know when their food has been made. Not coming back here. read more

This space is very well done. It's attractive and very functional. It can seat larger or smaller groups. The bar is beautiful, and there is always a group sitting there. The TV's are consolidated there, too, and not out in the rest of the dining area. There's a large sports contingent. I have been to the Northampton La Veracruzana many times. This space is cleaner, larger, and better laid out. The food is better, in my opinion, but I will agree with other reviews that it borders on authentic. It's not BAD food, tho. This place has become a local favorite for my partner and I. We like that we can eat well for a reasonable cost. (Contrary to some previous reviews, the price point here is not that high. Most dishes are under $10. Also, most places do not give you tortillas for free any more. None of the local establishments do that.) They have several really good Salsas available for free at the salsa bar. My favorite is the Chipotle. All of the portions are sizable. The Nachos in particular are ginormous. We always leave full. The staff is friendly and helpful. They take my money and bring me food. (And wash down and clear tables, and empty the bins, and clean up, and pour drinks, and cook the food, and deal with you bad attitude people.) My only knock, so far, is that the Tamale's I had were very salty. Like, unpleasantly so. I will be back, repeatedly... At least until the other new place opens up, and I start going there more often cause it's walking distance... read more

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Great tacos. Great enchiladas. Family friendly. The staff was super friendly and all home cooked as we waited read more

Great service and fantastic food! My Family planned a dinner one evening here in Easthampton and I was surprised how well the food taste and the presentation. We used to order takeout from here in the past with average results ,but dining in was a completely different experience. read more

Easthampton restaurant is excellent! Great service, great food and the bartenders are perfect!

Never disappoints! Ordered takeout last night- tamales with rice and beans- it was devious! Fresh guac and pico! Fish tacos are great too.

I went in from the bike trail, locked the bikes out front and went for some chow. I think the pulled beef burrito is my favorite thing here, they have a really interesting "zuchini corn chowder" stuff that they served with both a spoon and chips... I didn't know how to eat it so I tried both seems like the spoon got best results, as there is melted farmers(?) cheese at the bottom. I don't know what its called but I'll be getting it again. I'd recommend the place they have bar service, and a salsa bar. read more

Well I've been here a bundle of times. There soup and tongue tacos are amazing!!! Yes I'm a true Mexican Connoisseur! I eat the best. But really my thing is carnitas, if they make them right I'll come back. Or tongue tacos right! I like traditional style baked in lard then crispy fried in the fryer or in the oven. Not sure where Vera got this recipe from but it is not carnitas style they need to change the name to Pork stew, or pork in red sauce. Needless to say I was disappointed. And I got four pieces with four pieces of plantains on it. Um no I don't ask for a plantain dish? I ask for carnitas. I took it to go! Then it had guacamole in the the dish, which made the guacamole warm. That was really weird. Why did they put it in the hot food plate and not separate. Anyway I'll come back I still love them though I'll only order carnitas if I want stew. I read more

This review contains two experiences and is long. For background, I am half Salvadoran and I grew up in California having lots of Mexican and Salvadoran food. My Salvadoran grandmother has a Mexican/Salv tamale business in CA. 1. So I came here a couple weeks ago (maybe a week before the AC was put in) with another person and we ordered the House Nachos with chicken, Enchiladas Suizas and Chicken tamales plate (with rice and beans).The House Nachos were flavorful, the chips were not burnt, the toppings were abundant and the chicken was cooked perfectly. My Enchiladas were delicious and the cheese sauce was very good. I tried the tamales of my of dining partner and I was a little underwhelmed and so was he. They were quite dry but the flavor was good. Overall, we really enjoyed this first experience and wanted to come back. The service is friendly and the atmosphere is colorful and chill. 2. I came back today for lunch and ordered the 6 taquitos plate and my dining partner got House Nachos again. The experience was night and day. The nachos were actually visibly BURNT all around the plate. How could you serve something that -looks- burnt! Just remake it! It makes me think there's no quality control and the cooks don't care.The chicken was visibly dry and overcooked. It also tasted of nothing. I also never had taquitos this bad. The chicken was the same as in the nachos. Extremely overcooked and dry, and completely unseasoned. I've never had to use a salt shaker on my taquitos, but today was that day. No juices at all. the outer tortilla shell was very hard to bite into. The guacamole on the side was also flavorless like it had minimal seasoning. I added salt to that too. I ordered horchata as a drink and that was perfectly fine, and honestly the only thing I liked from my meal. I was pretty disappointed today and felt like I wasted my money. I feel like, if there was someone coming to check your table at least once after serving, I could give feedback in a timely manner. I know I could have gone up to the counter to tell them but it is admittedly awkward. On the fence about coming back. Seems to be a consistency issue. read more

Solid 4/5 Mexican Spot. The chicken loaded nachos were great (would have taken a picture, but we ate them all too fast). AND the Skinny Margaritas were 10/10 read more

Mediocre at best. I've tried it a couple times now to see if the quality has been any different and it's not. The queso isn't queso. It's a big glob of melted cheese, reminds me of pizza cheese. I want queso that is liquid. The quesadillas remind me of tacos, and the chicken is dry, very plain and unappealing. Guac is okay. The one thing I liked was the churros. But the rest I can forget. Other restaurants in town have better food. I'd pass on this one if I were you. read more

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Do yourself a favor and save your money from this place. A combination of poor service and food that is far from Mexican made us all feel ripped off. All in all, I consider myself a Mexican-food connoisseur, and this place is probably the worst "Mexican" I've ever ordered. I'm not even sure my dog wood eat this. read more

La Veracruzana - Mexican poop - Mexican Near Me - Easthampton, Massachusetts

Stopped here for lunch- sat outside- place order and food is brought to table- enchilada sauce tasted like tomato soup. The plátanos were good and the yuca and guacamole were all good. The beans did not have much of a taste_ not much in terms of seasoning and my soda was flat. read more

Wow! I've eaten at your restaurant before but I never remember it being this good. So glad you moved 3 miles from my house. Welcome to Easthampton I hope everyone loves you like I do. read more

Ordered nachos with Pico on side yet it came on top, top shelf margaritas just pure lime juice, and tacos 2 with 2 without tomatoes yet all tomatoes. Terrible service and no knowledge of what they are doing read more

For authentic High School cafeteria, institutional (as in prison), extremely bland, sorta Mexican, try this place. Everything on the menu tastes like it has been run through a state of the art flavor extractor. Tacos are fresh but absolutely blah. Guacamole tasted like it was straight out of a plastic bag. We had it with chorizo that was as tasty as a boiled Wendy's burger. Chiles releno was like something out of a box, thawed and microwaved, then drowned in sauce. And what a sauce. They must have opened a can of tomato sauce and thought about adding some chipotle or Chile powder. So, did they add it? Nah, why bother. Enchiladas, ditto..ugh. chips were very good. service was detached. Decor: Mall food court. Food was actually way overpriced for the bargain basement cafeteria quality. . read more

I placed a togo order for 4 cactus tacos, I picked them up drove to my destination to eat before my long drive home. I open the bag to find NO SALSA OR NAPKINS. read more

Love the food there I've been going there since I was little the service is great the place is beautiful and overall it's a great place to eat read more

The newest location is so pretty! Have always loved the Amherst spot. Northampton was good too..... Easthampton is spacious with a fun atmosphere and friendly staff. Wound up here because Northampton staff refused to make us a (very simple) item, not currently on the dinner menu. There were only about 7 people in the restaurant at an off peak time so we thought that was pretty odd. We got back in the car and came to Easthampton. No problem here! Thank you for being so accommodating and making some delicious Chilaquiles! (My absolute favorite.) We'll just come here from now on. read more

We love La Veracruzana. Great food, amazing staff. We live close to the Easthampton location but accidentally ordered from the Northampton location 20 mins before they closed. We showed up in Easthampton with 5 mins to spare and they completed the order. Unbelievable customer service...we felt horrible and there was absolutely no signal that we were putting them out. Highly recommend. read more

Nice inexpensive meal. The chicken mole enchiladas were winners as were the tamales with rice beans and guacamole. Fresh and authentic. Fast pleasant service. Chippy chips. The owners did a nice job with this place. I hope they do well and I'll come back often read more

Overall, not bad. But stay away from any steak choices, because the quality of the steak is awful---fatty, chewy, and tough. Not good. There are better Mexican restaurant choices very close by---El Cotillo in Easthampton (excellent!!) and Bueno y Sano in Northampton (better than excellent!!!) If you avoid the steak choices at La Veracruzana, you will probably have a good experience. read more

Just as delicious as the Northampton location. Decent amount of 4+ chair tables to sit down with your friends. Huge portions, huge flavor. I had the poblano plate with beef and it was oozing with cheese. Our party of 6 had everything within 5-10 minutes of ordering. read more

So excited they've opened in easthampton! Lovely staff, great menu, tons of choices, house margaritas are solid. Our only complaint is the lighting - it is cafeteria level. Please, please lower the light volume over the bar area - we choose take-out more than we want to because of it. Five stars for food and staff, but a two for bar ambiance. read more