Buena Vida Tapas Lounge

Staff contribute to a festive environment with a couple large birthday celebrations and everyone singing. Three of us opted for a booth for happy hour fare with tasty Chicken Tacitos, Potato Tacos (YUM!), Carne Asada Street Tacos, and sliced tender Ribeye with avocado. $6 margaritas were on point! Next time will skip chips and salsa flight. Chips are fine, but don't compare to other options.

Stopped by with a few friends after our night shift, (10pm) we wanted food but the kitchen was closed :( We settled for a few margaritas and shooters. The House Margaritas were surprisingly delicious! The tequila used didn't have too strong of a bite, and the mix wasn't too syrupy or sweet. Just right. A+ The shooters however might be designed for 21 year olds just learning to drink. Extremely sweet. Tasted like pina colada & was fun Nevertheless. Place looked cute, only 2 bathroom stalls thoThe waiter was tired and ready to go home & that's ok- we understand & we still had fun and will be back!

This is my favorite place for happy hour! We eat here at least once a week- everything is delicious, they have great portions, the staff is attentive, and the drinks are so good. The music is always on point and they have a live band on Sunday evenings.

My friend and I went here for brunch. The mimosa flight is good if you want to try more than one mimosa and something sweet. They were a little too sweet and not cold enough for me. The tapas we had and shared were pretty good. The service was alright, just was a little slow for being not so busy. The inside is beautiful. It doesn't feel likeDirty dusty bakersfield, so that's always a plus.

This spot is located where the old Chuy's was at on new stine rd, It's pretty easy to miss if you're driving by and don't look over into the shopping center.I happened upon Buena Vida after doing a quick search on Yelp. The Margaritas were delicious, to be honest everything we had was on point. The service was exceptional as well as the food. They have happy hour specials that we took advantage of and we're not disappointed by the selections offered. The décor inside reminds of being in Mexico it's really nice and there's plenty of seating for big parties.I would definitely recommend getting the margarita flight with a bowl of Ceviche or taquitos de papa it will not disappoint.

This place is awesome! Second time stopping by and it was equally as good as the first time I stopped by. Consistency for me is what matters so they seem to have that down. Service has been great the two times I have came by. The design of this resteraunt is also super cute so it's a nice vibe once your in there. Their happy hour menu is awesome. Very good prices for the portion of food you are getting. If your an early dinner kinda person like me, this is PERFECT. I've had almost everything off the happy hour menu and it's all SOO GOOD. Some honorable mentions are the Nachos, Taquitos de pollo, tacos de papa, the ceviche and the street tacos. All of it is very good and I highly recommend you try some of these items. Overall, I am very happy to live so close to this place. I know if I'm craving some good Mexican food, this is where I'm coming especially for happy hour. Make sure to check them out if you haven't already, you will not be dissapointed.

This is a really fun place. Nice decor, nice bar, a lot of neon. The waitress was kind enough to let us sit and chat even the the restaurant is not open yet. The drinks are cool, the margarita flights my friends ordered looked like a good time. The appetizer are also innovative. I ordered the octopus, is was cooked well, but it is a tapas place so the portion was on the small side. Overall everyone had a good time.

Amazing culture and food plus happy hour was incredible definitely coming back in the near future

If you're coming for the food I personally don't think it's worth it I got the costillas en su salasa and it only have about 6 pieces of meat. Their Mac and cheese was okay (not really my style) but still good. Now if you're coming for their drinks that's what really saved them. They have alot of options and really good ones.

My first time here & never again. We came in a party of 19, were very patient being aware of our large party but took over 45mins to get our food & then when we do majority of the food was cold to the touch. I understand we were a large party & we tried to take that in account as the manager states " it's standard to wait 30mins for food on large parties" in that hour of waiting & were only given the 10 waters for the table, none of us got checked on but once, we literally saw him overlook us 3 times but it wasn't that busy at all to not have been given more at least to the rest of the group, We literally had to share them. My daughters were eating the lemons because she wanted food & we couldn't get no help ( they don't offer chips & salsa free, we did order it right away & still had to wait over 30mins for them, crazy. ) Then food comes most of us cold to the touch & when given the check everyone had an 18% gratuity that the manager tried to make us pay saying " it's standard " but when I let her know the experience she had attitude when she took it off all the tabs. I completely agree with tipping especially with large parties but just like I told her respectfully, if you're going to tip every tab 18% then the service needs to be there with it. In the end my mom still gave $40 because she did feel bad but we would never come here again. & the food was alright, I mean cold food never tastes good. McDonald's tastes better