Reviews for Santa Fe Mexican Grill & Cantina Totem Lake in Kirkland, WA

Excellent food and service. Highly recommend the fajitas, burritos, and the tortilla soup. Prices might be a little higher... (10-20%) than other neighborhood spots, but the food quality is much better, in my opinion. Read more

I’m from New Mexico. And I can say that this place has absolutely nothing in common with Santa Fe. We ordered two of their... standard margaritas, those were okay. Chips and salsa were okay. But the enchiladas… oh gosh. They were basically a burntquesadilla minus the cheese, with plenty of chewy overcooked beef, and not a drop of enchilada sauce. Our waitress was absentmost of the time, it would’ve been so easy to just walk out. Once we went up front asking for the bill, the young hostessasked us how it was, and we just said fine and smiled. She really thought that was funny and gave us quite a laugh. Honestly,this is possibly the worst food and dining experience we’ve had since living in this area. If your looking for Mexican, justgo to Cactus. Read more

The food was very good, but I wish the restaurant would update their menu and new prices. I ordered based on the online menu on... their website, one entree and one appetizer. Came out to be over $40 but should have been about $10 less Based on their websitemenu. Not sure when they updated the menu but it should be changed to reflect the correct prices. Read more

"If you are hungry - This is "NOT" the place for you to go" We had ordered 4 dishes and waited for almost 40 mins. We had to... stay because other restaurants would be closed by that time. The waiter took the order and didn't note it on paper. She keptthe items in mind but we got messed up dishes without the requirements we asked for. And coming to the taste -NotSatisfactory. We only liked the complimentary nachos and salsa There is a bar space which looks good We didn't order thedrinks. The photo frames hung on walls are quiet interesting and good. Read more

I been coming here for year and this last time was the worse. The manager was flirting with the front desk host. Witch was the... one the set the bad mood. As we came in she had a disliked face on. Not even a hi or smile on. She has red hair and no managerwhat so ever. The waitress was the only one who was friendly and had restaurant experience. After the host set the bad vibe onthe only thing I saw was all the guys flirting with her including the manager. The bartender made the worse michelada ever. Soymexicano y no me quejo de nada se que mi raza reine buenos y malos días pero esta señorita no tenia ni los modales ni laactitud de ser una host. No modales ni buena actitud el Santa Fe de Kirkland tiene mucho mejor servicio que aquí. Porfavoralgan algo que no quiero dejar de venir aquí. Read more

Very slow and bad service. Doesn't even get our orders right in the first place. Asked for the same thing over 4 times to even... get what we ordered. What's really worse is that there was a hair in the oil that shrimp was soaked in. Stickies flooring ever. Very dirty. Bathroom hot water from the sink is probably close to boiling point. Got my hand burned. Never returning. Read more

Food was good and generous portion. However, the free salsa they give is way too runny for me, I prefer it chunky. I highly... recommend the Mexican Guacamole as an appetizer also Veggie Quesadilla was tasty too. Read more

Excellent food! I did not have a wait for inside dining. They also had a ton of take- out orders going out so I expected it to... be good, and it met my expectations. The salsa was really flavorful. I had the carne asada. It was excellent and well seasoned. For dessert I had baked ice cream, which was a great finale. Read more