Reviews for Takos Cantina Ranch Lake Blvd in Bradenton, FL

Fun spot with a large menu and many options to choose from. The food and experience is not spectacular but it?s solid. Portions... were large and very filling, the table side guacamole was very fresh and tasty, the chicken fajita was also good. Don?t plan ondoing strenuous activity after this meal, your body will be needing all its resources to digest. Overall a good experience,wouldn?t mind eating here again. Read more

Nicely decorated Mexican restaurant! The food is pretty great as well to top it off. We got the fajitas, it came with a lot of... beef, chicken and shrimp. Most places skimp out on the meat and just give you more veggies. Not this place! Chips and salsa weregood as well and a really nice atmosphere! Friendly staff and they also speak Spanish and English here. Read more

I don?t know why there?s too many negatives on here. Most of it being about service it seems. We are in a time where many... restaurants and other businesses are shorthanded. And if you go on a busy night and they don?t have enough people that?s gonnabe a problem. We went on a off evening which wasn?t that bad it was busy but not a wait. The service was amazing along with theguacamole cart. I saw somebody recommended fajitas which they were spot on and they were amazing. Everything was cookedwonderfully along with the shrimp tacos that I got. I recommend this place. The staff was really nice. Read more

Found this restaurant near our hotel this evening and it was a pleasant surprise. Best service in weeks of any place we?ve been... from Iowa to Florida. Super friendly staff who all seemed happy and like they enjoyed working there. Service at the bar fromLeighton was top notch. She makes a great margarita! Food was excellent as was the casual fun atmosphere. Hope to come back whenwe are in the area again. Read more

Such a lucky find. The food was absolutely incredible!!! The salsa was great too, liked the spicy one. Very clean inside and... the servers were wonderful!!! We will go back often. Read more

Let start with the positives, I love the food and decor here! I have tried so many Mexican restaurants in the Bradenton/Sarasota... area and this is the best food I have had. The table side guac is fantastic! Burritos, enchiladas and taco salad allexcellent. The decor and furnishings are really cool and modern. Now, unfortunately all three times I have been the service isabsolutely horrible. We were the first two there for lunch the other day and it took an hour and 40 minutes. They keptapologizing saying they are short staffed but others who were sat way after received their food first. We have sat and waitedfor water and chips & salsa as well. I get the staffing challenges but it?s almost not worth us going again until they haveproper staff which is a shame since we love the food so much . Read more

The Mrs and stopped here based on a friend's recommendation. First we liked the "Day of the Dead" decor. The place looked... great. The hot salsa that came with the chips was really good. The frozen strawberry margarita was reported as reallygood. The Mrs taco salad was just good. I had the Macho burrito. This trended to bland for me. It didn't have the spark that Ihad hoped for. Service was really good but surprisingly we were not asked if we wanted a second drink. In general the placewas ok and it is worth your consideration. Read more

This place has been around for 1 week, and I was really excited to have a new restaurant close to home. When we walked in, you... could tell a lot of work went into this place. The menu was large... many items to choose from. There is a large indoor diningarea and also a big bar with ample seating available. At our party, 4 different meals were ordered. Grilled chicken bowls,Caribbean chicken bowl, trio amigos, and tacos. I want to say the food was delicious because it looked and smelled amazing. Mybowl, HOWEVER, had a foreign object in it. Luckily, I saw it before eating it. But the worst part is that I ate half my bowlbefore seeing it. I don't even know what it is... We tried to guess.... part of a necklace pendent or fishing lure....... when Ibrought it to the waitress attention, she said she would order me a new bowl and did. The new bowl was delivered by a differentserver, and a *I'm sorry* was said while placing in front of me. After I paid for my bill.....which included the price of thebowl....a woman came over, didn't introduce herself, and said since I paid my bill she would remember my face and give me adiscount next time. She didn't take my name or offer a gift card....just said she would remember me. It felt as if she waitedfor me to pay the bill before even addressing the situation. It was pretty busy, and they seemed short staffed, and it tookawhile before someone took our payment. It's not like the opportunity wasn't present. We were pretty disappointed with themanagement. I'm giving it a 3 since it's new, and the food was okay, and our waitress, who seemed to have a dozen tables, wasefficient and friendly. Read more