La Isla Restaurant

Lunch special. Only customer.Depressing, sad atmosphere. Watery salsa.Ordered Chile relleno. Disappointed it was microwaved. It was watery. Beans were gross. Rice was overcooked.

Had a ceviche craving, so I googled ceviche near me. This place came up. I popped in, had ceviche for lunch. Enjoyed it! But I'm not sure what happened, because hours later I had the worst stomach pains, and every bit of that ceviche came back out in every way possible! I'm not sure if it was food poisoning, the preparation, or what, but it made for a miserable night! This could just be a one off situation, idk! I hate that cuz I love ceviche and I thought I had found a spot to go to when I wanted some, but now I'm scared to return!

Sadly I would say this place is just so-so. Was disappointed because a coworker loves it and she recommended it. Maybe it was just me - but my tacos, enchiladas, queso, and salsa were all just meh.

La isla has a very friendly staff. They just got tabc license, so not all alcohol was available when we came. Their salsa tastes like it is Pace salsa from a jar. Not bad, but you can tell it's not homemade. I am also not one to hate on someone's music, but they really need to switch their playlist.. their Christmas music includes some not very adult friendly kids songs. My husband and I were a little annoyed. Also "Jesus loves me, yes I know" just isn't appropriate for a public place that's not church. I ended up ordering the sour cream chicken enchiladas. They really weren't anything special. I probably wouldn't come back here again.

I ordered for delivery today 2/12/21 at 6:12pm. I ordered fish ceviche and beef fajita. Yummy... I love their ceviche, they seasoned it perfectly.I'm excited to try their other food on the menu. I love this place. Come try out their seafood combo. It's worth your money.

Customer Service = 5 STAR"Vuelva de Vida" Seafood Cocktail and Seafood Soup = 4 STAR I would definitely return for those. The only reason I won't give it 5 stars is because I've had my best seafood on the coasts and borders of Mexico. My rating is only on the food I had. Table Salsa = 2 STAR (Take into consideration I am of Mexican decent and I love spicy food)

This isla location is okay. I personally think the food, ambiance, and service is better at the location off cooper and park row . However based on my experiences at this location is can tell you the food doesn't disappoint. Usually this spot is pretty empty every time I've come by. But the good part is that there's no wait and the food arrives within minutes. My favorite plate is the ceviche. It is fish ceviche served on a big platter. Usually restaurants don't give big servings of ceviche which I'm assuming is due to the fish cost? But la isla is very generous with their plate sizes. I always ask them to add jalapeño to my ceviche, which is how im used to eating it from everywhere ive ordered it. Thats the only thing I don't like about the way they prepare it Their Bistec a la mexicana is hands down my favorite Bistec platter. It is delicious, spicy, juicy, saucy, and the meat is tender. The rice and the beans are also tasty. Another good dish to try is the Caldo de camarón. Their complimentary chips and salsa are good also , specially when they make the salsa spicy. Try this place out. If you don't mind being at an empty restaurant, the food is definitely a must try.

Got the Caldo de Camaron and it was so bad the shrimp literally tasted like they were gone bad. I bit into it and the texture disintegrated in my mouth and had the worst taste. I told the lady at the front and she was sweet enough to make me another bowl with small shrimp because apparently it does happen that the big shrimp just don't taste good according to her. 2nd bowl tasted worse I left and got a stomach ache afterwards.

I went to La Isla for the first time in years last week. I'm not usually in this area, so that's why I don't think to go here. It was great! The refried beans are really tasty. We had bean and cheese nachos, chicken flautas, and a combo plate, the Danielita. We went before a Rangers game on a Friday night and it was not too crowded and was very conveniently located to Globe Life Field. I highly recommend it!

Good Mexican food and great service! Definitely recommend trying it out for yourself.