Food was good. Everyone in my party was happy with their food. Prices were good. My mother felt her…read moretaco salad was half the price it is back home. The environment looked family friendly. Not real loud but the noise you'd expect with many families. Service was prompt and they answered questions for us about the menu.

My dish was fine but the pork seemed a bit dry. Others in the party loved their dishes. Our room…read morewas crowded but well taken care of.

I spent most of my birthday this year on a plane. We did eat a late dinner at Huck Finn in Oak…read moreLawn, Illinois, but my parents wanted to celebrate my (and Marlene's) belated birthday(s) with, well, Tom and Marlene, so my parents asked me to pick a spot. I love finding good places that Tom and Marlene haven't been. At first, I thought this was the Mexican restaurant on the south side of McKinley Street, but that one is long gone. I believe it was was called Cancun--or was it Acapulco? In any case, we drove separately because Tom and Marlene had some of their typical do-gooding to do, and I was a little surprised at how late they were. Well, they had gone to a takeout version of Puerto Vallarta (the same business?) located near where that other old closed Mexican restaurant was, but on the north side of McKinley. In any case, Puerto Vallarta--the real one tucked way behind a secret strip mall with this weird fire lane between the first line of parking spots and the storefront curb itself--is a great place. The menu is pretty vast for a sit-down Mexican restaurant in South Bend, and it's not just different versions and combinations of the same items, although you can seemingly get anything as part of a combination plate. The service is excellent and attentive. It was very busy when we came, and we were seated right when a lot of other people were seated, so our food did take a long time, but it wasn't ridiculously long, and our server continually stopped by to let us know what was happening and to refill water and complimentary chips. There are two or three dining rooms total, and we were seated in the one to the right as you walk in the door. I'm glad we weren't seated in the main (?) central room, because that's where they had a speaker on one of the tables playing music very loudly. I thought this would annoy me, but when you're in one of the other rooms, the music is at a reasonable volume. I guess their method is cheaper than actually installing a sound system throughout the restaurant, but I don't know who actually sits in that main room, because it was empty when we entered and had only two parties dining when we left. There was basketball on the TV when we were here, but the volume was turned off, and they have what looks like an antenna service without an actual antenna, so the broadcast was constantly dropping out for long periods during the entirety of our dinner. I wasn't interested in watching, so I didn't care, but if you're coming here to watch a game, you will be torturing yourself. Our dining room was festive and fun. It was also reassuring to see so many Latino families eating here and to hear them speaking Mexican-accented Spanish. I grew up in Southern California and have lived in the Golden State most of my life; I never judge a Mexican restaurant by who's eating inside it at home, but in the Midwest? Yup, Mexican restaurants get the same treatment as Chinese restaurants everywhere: The more Chinese people you see eating at the restaurant, the better the restaurant. It's also nice to see how many more Latinos there are in Michiana than when I lived there.

Great service despite a rather busy restaurant on Sunday midafternoon. Food was authentic Mexican…read morewith plenty of meat. Chicken chimichanga was great and almost big enough meal to split. Carne asada burrito also good with plenty of steak and lime. Fresh salsa to start mild but good, fresh flavor. Ambiance fine with many families. Key was excellent price point for overall quality food, service and experience.

Reviews are right about this place. Great food, great drinks, great prices , just burnt tortillas,…read morebut absolutely terrible service . Slow, says there were things on the menus but the server said they didn't have them so we were confused , and when they believe you're done they just leave the check and never come back not even to see if we want another drink. We would come back for cheaper Mexican food or drinks but we will stick to salsa's for better service

Great restaurant with the very authentic food. Reasonable prices. Decent service. Very clean. The…read moreonly thing we didn't like was the queso fundido that came out piping hot, but did not seem to have any queso in it.

This has become our favorite Mexican place by far. We have yet to have a negative experience here…read moreit is always consistently delicious.

You can't beat the price of an entrées here when it's surrounded by Carrabba's and Logan's. My…read moremeal, Pollo Al Pastor (?) the chicken was supposed to be "marinated" al pastor style and topped with mango pico. It was just a thin chicken patty smeared with pastor sauce topped with pineapple. The mango pico was absent. The table side quac will alway be the star. The menu is too diverse for there to be any focus on epic food. It's all gringo-ified for the Midwest. The service made up for the food not hitting it out of the park.

Tried to go here for dinner, but couldn't find it drove up and down the street several times. Then…read morewe realized it must be closed as there is a sign for a different restaurant covering up the Mexican restaurant sign.

Food was solid- Mexican fare with a traditional bent…read more Service was ik, ambiance/atmosphere was poor/confusing with violent ufc highlight reruns playing over YouTube on large TVs. The building was very simple. This was good post game food, but nothing worth going out of your way for.

Food was okay. Service could be improved. Communication between staff and customers needs to happen…read morefrom the start. We ordered drinks - we started sipping on our drinks and they tasted like pure sugar and lime juice. We were later notified that they did NOT have alcohol. Unsure of the reasoning behind this. The waitress stated, "We don't have alcohol, we just have agave like wine concentrate that we are using." Thankfully, they were able to remove from our checks. Inside the restaurant is filled with various Hispanic artworks, which is amazing. Just the service has declined. Friends and I went to some tacos and margaritas.

Chips and salsa were good, queso was okay but too thin. The taco was just okay, a little greasy and…read moreno salsa--not worth the price. The enchilada was good and the rice was really fluffy and tasty. The service was good, but a little slow (made sense for a Saturday night). The menu is huge and the place is beautiful. I'd give it another chance since it's still new!

Tampicos never disappoints! The food is fresh and delicious!…read more Service is friendly, and we go as often as we can! I always try to order something new or get something on special. Amazing!

Everything we tried at Tampico's was fantastic! Flavorful steak and chicken, fresh salsas with just…read morethe right heat, and amazing chile toreados with onions. Friendly service we'll definitely be back!

Like the food but my order to go was lacking. I might not have left a tip if I'd known it wasn't…read morethat good.

Great service and even better food! We have been to both Salsa locations several times and alway…read moregood.. This time we had 10 of us celebrating my birthday and everything worked out great! I thought the way the staff worked together to make sure all our needs were met was a nice added touch! No "waiting" for someone to get our server- they just helped each other out and got what we needed. Teamwork! Keep it up! Your patrons notice these things! Again Great job!

Great friendly prompt service. Our first time here and the food was incredible! The prices arent…read morecheap but well worth it as the portions are very large. We all got one of their famous milkshakes, not like anything ive ever had. It was huge topped with other desert toppings and was incredible.Would definitely go back.

When I know that a town has an arepas restaurant, the choice of where to eat becomes pretty easy…read more Service was prompt, portions were fair for the price, and my vegetarian arepa hit the spot. A shout out to the kitchen for their black bean recipe. It's packed full of flavor! My only critique is that I would have loved a sauce to drizzle on my arepa. Perhaps I'll ask for some pink sauce next time...because there will be a next time.