Cantina Mexicana

We loved this place. Lovely staff and deliciously fresh food. We came at a quiet time, Sunday 12p.m The service was perfect. The mojito jug was lovely. The cantina fries with chipotle were perfectly fried. The deep fried jalapenos were moreish. The grilled prawn quesadilla was perfection. The grilled fish tacos were divine. We are so glad we read a few good reviews & gave this place a try. We will definitely be back when next in Bendigo.

9.5.25 Great food, service was lovely. A friend and I shared some food & a cheeky Margaritas. Had the corn which was so delicious. Also had the loaded fries with beef brisket, then shared a chimichanga with chicken. Will be back soon.

Love the food, atmosphere here. Lovely staff member served us with a bright smile over her face all the time. She greeted us and make sure we got everything alright by checking back on us. 10/10 for service. Great ambiance.

The tacos were amazing 😻 I’d definitely come again and also the stuff very friendly and nice 🩵

Service was a bit slow but the food more than made up for it, tasty adobo chicken and the fried jalapenos were a different way of dishing up one of my favourites. Will be back.

We thought the food was really great, but they brought everything out at once rather than staggering. Which means you rush eating or your eating cold food. Service wasn't great, no one was being attentive we had to grab someone to order drinks, then were.not asked again and our drinks were forgotten so we had to ask again half way throughout our meal. They did apologise which was nice, but kind of doesn't help when you have a rare date night and are in and out in 30min due to lack of service and food all placed at once. The restaurant itself is freezing, so you have to eat with your jacket on. Ordered take away for my birthday last year, might just stick to take away if I want to go back.

Had a great experience here. The food was fantastic and the Ladd is very children friendly (even has a play area at the back). The fried jalapeños was something to brag about and the... you know what, everything we ordered was great, hard to fault. Maybe wish the serving was bigger :p

Front of house service staff get 5 stars. They are young, but they are switched on and did everything possible to make my dining experience enjoyable and met my requests with enthusiasm. I can't rate them highly enough as their level of professionalism and ensuring efficient delivery of orders. What let this place down was back of house, both literal back area and staff. The corridor and toilet area was a little less clean and comfortable than what I'm used to when dining out. Even being what I would assume is a busy night, the chef hadn't prepped the item I ordered, so it couldn't be ordered by anyone. I had to reconfigure my meal, which was easily accomplished. I also ordered a takeaway churros with both sauces. The chocolate was not a luscious milk chocolate, but kind of a darker taste. What was really unforgiveable though was the caramel (or what is usually a form of dulce de leche, dolce de leite, aka cooked condensed milk) - it had been watered down into a thin runny liquid. A watery churros sauce is something you never want to experience or have served to you, trust me. So whether that was the owner or chef's decision, it needs to stop.

Unfortunately it took three attempts to get my order, and eventually I got a refund for my missing meal. Ordered online direct with the restaurant, and came to pick up my order. The restaurant is very noisy and I was handed two bags. I took them back to my mum's house and realised that it was not my order. Rang them and arranged to bring the wrong order back to get the right order. Went back to the restaurant (second time) and was given a bag. Made them wait while I checked if it was right. It was still missing items, and lo and behold, there was another bag with my items they had not given me. Checked this one and it seemed to be right and I left. Got back again and realised my own meal was the only one missing. Went back again (third time), and demanded a refund of my meal. The refund was difficult to process and eventually went through. While this was happening it came about that they no longer had any record of the order. I will not be back. Far too much stuffing around to get my order and refund.

Honestly loved it, even tho for me i felt that there wasn't enough food options, and low amounts of food on the plates, but that's probably because i like having loads of different option and i like food. Definitely will try again!