Reviews for Rita's Cantina in Des Moines, IA
Met some friends here. We each got a different margarita flight. They were all too sweet for me but still fun nonetheless. The... fish tacos are so good! The tamales; however, were sweet. We were looking for something savory when ordering those. They werestill good, just not what we expected. They gave us a birthday cake ice cream taco since we were all there celebrating ourbirthdays, too. That was really nice. I'd get the mahi mahi tacos again if I went back, and probably just order a regular marg. Read more
Fun upbeat atmosphere with flights of margaritas and queso! Both the queso and margaritas were excellent. Great service and our... food was quick out of the kitchen. Our meals were great. Looking forward to returning. Read more
While I think that the host & wait staff are wonderful I can't say the same about the kitchen staff. I ordered the shrimp tacos... for lunch & they sent out under cooked shrimp. I was flabbergasted. However I did inform my server & they took the meal off myticket. Because I like the vibe & environment I'm still debating on if I want to give them another try or not. Rita's word ofadvice cook your shrimp all the way through, nobody wants medium rare shrimp! Read more
Got the queso flight, the margarita flight, and the quesadillas. Everything was so good and the server was nice and attentive.... The patio is also very cute! Read more
No Hospitality at all!!!! Let me get straight to the point. I ordered the rice bowl and that was a disappointment?.the chips and... salsa also a disappointment and the hospitality is a joke. Our bartender was Makayla and seriously she needs some training. Mywife and I felt rushed to leave the place and mind you we were ready to order some Tequila. Anyways if you looking for blandfood and no hospitality Rita?s is the place! Read more
Great location in the East Village. There is a lot of outdoor seating, and it's all great. On a beautiful evening, there's no... better place. The indoor spots are also great because on a great night, the doors to the inside portion are opened. Betweenmyself, my husband, and my son (4yo), we had a house margarita, a coronarita, queso and chips, salsa and chips, shrimp tacos,ramen birria, and a taco ice cream order. The queso was pretty standard, as was the salsa. The margarita was great. Thecoronarita was fine, but a little beer-heavy. The ice cream taco was the joy of my 4 year old's life. My shrimp taco wasdelicious, and my husband's ramen birria was fantastic. The delivery of food/drinks was a little slow, but our servercontinually acknowledged when things were running slowly and let us know what was going on, so we never felt like it wasanyone's fault. We love this spot! Read more
10/10! Margarita flights were PHENOMENAL! So many different kinds to choose from. Also had the queso flight. So yummy! Super... cute setting! Read more
The margaritas are good! Love the basic beach flight. Food had spice to it in just about everything I tried. We had a big party... of 25 people, we kept asking for another table, the manager declined us.Finally we just took one and connected it to our groupso they could eat on a table. Our waitress Audrey did an amazing job keeping up with all of us. Great place for small parties of2-6, wouldn?t recommend going there to eat if you don?t like spice. Read more