La Buena Vida

My boyfriend and I came in because I heard about this place from a coworker. The decor is very fancy, and it seems upscale as a result.The menus had really small font, and the restaurant was pretty dark. That might not be the best for people who can't see well.I ordered the platano relleno. It was good, very flavorful. The plantains were delicious, and I'm not sure what all was on top. I ate the whole plate clean.Our server was Viviana. She was pretty attentive and recommended a bacon-wrapped shrimp dish. Unfortunately, they didn't have it in stock anymore, which was disappointing.All in all, good experience. Food is a little pricey tho! But the quality is good. I think I still prefer Esmerelda Grill for more authentic and less expensive options.

We came here for our granddaughters graduation after lunch gathering. There was only 4 of us at the table. The food was good but it came out in staggered shifts. They took 15 minutes to finally get all of us served.My biggest complaint was that the server only showed up once with a thumbs up on how the food was but didn't say a word. We only had 4 people at our table but included a 18% tip to our bill. Really!! NOT that great of service and automatically expected to pay 18% for just 4 people at our table?? Not sure we will come back.

Food is good and the drinks is spectacular Service is good as well, our server is pretty nice and friendly. Ambiance is nice as well.

Food was great with good portion size for the price. Love the atmosphere as well it's like dinner and a show !

At first I was super sad to see that Topopos wasn't here anymore but then we tried La Buena Vida and it was great! I thought the decor was fun before but I love what they've done with the place now. It looks like it was decorated by Justina Blakeney of Jungalow. I loved the music videos on the screens throughout as well. Oh, and the food and drink - fantastic! The manager came by our table to ask how everything was going and seemed genuinely interested in our impressions. Can't wait to go back!

This evening was our first time visiting. Not your typical Mexican food restaurant. No chips and salsa to start unless they are ordered hence the order of nachos. The service was good but they seem to try too hard. The decorations are cute but just not enough to encourage me to go back to this restaurant. Especially when the tip is part of one's bill and not my choice on what I want to give.

Food was a solid 9.5/10 literally hit the spot but atmosphere gives off a good aura. But a bit noisy but I ain't trippen tho, the food made up for it.

La Buena Vida is located in the space that was formerly occupied by Totopos and Chili's. The service started off slow but was good afterwards, I did see two tables walk out because of that. To start it was a Modelo then a top shelf margarita for me, a house margarita for my husband and an order of the queso dip to split. For food it was the chicken agave tacos for me and the fried avocado tacos for my husband. The top shelf margarita was not worth it for the price, the citrus mix was not fresh. I would recommend sticking to the house. The queso dip was small and I wish that we got complimentary salsa. The chicken agave tacos were really good but had a kick and the fried avocado tacos were just okay. We did feel like we were at the club so did not enjoy that. The music was bumping and the servers were walking around in all black with ear pieces. This space seems more focused on the social media experience.

Guac, beans & rice were all was too spicey. Told waiter about food allergies & were served items containing those allergens. Staff needs to make conscious effort to listen to customers. Quesadilla was delicious and huge!

Their flan is very dry and bland when I tasted it. I told the waiter it had a dry texture and very bland (they just added condensed milk and cream all over it but the flan itself is dry and bland) but he said I can't return if I have tasted it already. How will I know that it was not good if I haven't tasted it? Ridiculous right?I said, maybe i can just have another dessert and pay the difference but the waiter said no i can't do that. I just left because he insisted that the flan was good even if it was very dry. It was even flat.They also released fog almost every 5 minutes and music is loud.