We have visited on multiple occasions, and keep coming back for the food despite the service being only mediocre.

Hey, I won't profess this to be great Mexican food, but there is something quaint and old school about the place. Maybe it is because it has been around forever. I love the chips they serve and the food overall is not bad,

La Tapatia is classic Escondido Mexican comfort food. The perfect place for a family to be cared for. The staff is pro. The food is great! Not cutting edge, but not trying to be. We go here once a quarter, and the wait staff all...More

We ate at La Tapatia last week..This place has been around a long time and it shows. There were 2 other tables in use, one by a party of 12 .We went for an early dinner and both ordered shrimp. My lady had Camarones Costa...More

Food is ok use to be better. It’s local to where we live. They have music some week ends. Booths need repairs .

Had dinner with a friend there last Friday night and thought is was awful. I had one taco and a chile relleno along with a bean and ground beef burrito. The taco was a greasy slab of luke warm meat in a over cooked shell...More

Enjoyed having a Kiwanis club dinner here at Christmas....nice patio seating...good food and good service

Each time we come here .... the food is very tasty. We don't run into the problems of other reviews ........ guess we are lucky , service great , food really good .......Margaritas ..... tasty ...... will go again when in the area.

We have eaten here several times for lunch. The food here has always been very good. The lunch menu has very reasonable prices. There Margarita is strong and tastes great. The service was good.

There was nothing really bad or really good. Just average. I personally didn't care for the chips. They were thicker than usual Mexican restaurant chips. The salsa was good. The restaurant appeared clean, but it could use a bit of TLC and sprucing up. Service...More