La Una Cantina

Great lunch specials and full bar. Extensive tequila selection and delicious specialty cocktails. Taco Tuesday! Wonderful staff and good place for groups. I recommend the spicy margarita or the mezcal. Tacos: My favs are the Mole, Barbacoa, and Chicken Tinga.

I was in Bloomington for work, and asked a local where would be a good place to take a group, and they recommended la una cantina.I'm glad I decided to host my alumni dinner here! The service was great! Especially for a group of our size.I enjoyed two house margaritas.We had a delicious trio of dips! Salsa, guac and queso.For my main course I had tacos, the la piscado, el pastor and pork chochinita. All of the tacos were flavorful and delicious! I'd certainly visit again given the chance!

- Trio Dip Platter 9.3/10 this was absolutely amazing. The queso was great (little thick), beautiful guac, and very delicious salsa. - BlackBerry Marg 5/10 brutally sweet. - Chicken Tinga Taco 8.9/10 once again this slapped. Got really soggy and tortilla fell apart but the meat was so juicy I can't be mad

Well the food was so wonderful I forgot to snap a picture! It the chicken chimichanga! Is spectacular!

La Una Cantina has a modern Mexican ambiance with beautiful lighting, decorative walls, and bumping music. There is plenty of seating from smaller booths, tables, high tops, and larger group areas. There is (paid) street parking available nearby. Beware that around 9PM on Fridays a long line forms outside. Our overall dining experience was positive! The waiter we had was very kind and willing to offer his recommendations. We started off with the Dip Trio. The Queso was delicious, Guacamole could have used a bit more salt, and Salsa was okay (my husband enjoyed more than me - it tasted too much like tomatoes than salsa). For our main course my husband got 4 tacos. He absolutely LOVED the Carnitas. It had amazing flavor and the perfect amount of spice. I got the new Birria Tacos and they were delicious. It came with plenty of meat and consomé to dip them in.

You must try this. If you're looking for a different experience other than traditional Mexican where everything is just fried and coded in liquid cheese, this is your place.I got the street taco sampler platter. There were three different types and they used really cool ingredients like pineapple and cilantro. It was kind of an exciting meal. Street Taco PlatterChoice of three tacos: Al Pastor, Carne Asada and/orCarnitasServed with arroz verde or frijoles negros (gf) The rice was also totally different. It was not your traditional red fried rice. It is callled arrow verde...don't know what it means but it was delicious. It seem to be some type of natural green rice with different seasonings than tradition Mexican rice. My dad got the sweet potato enchilada and swears it is the best food he has ever had at a Mexican restaurant. We didn't get to sample the tequila because it was mid afternoon but there is a huge variety for you to try which could be fun instead of a winery if you like to try new things. I wish I could give a gold star two places that are so outside of the norm. This would get a gold star.

I've been a couple of times for lunch and really like the beef and chicken enchiladas. A lot of Mexican restaurants have large portions but their food is not great. The portions here are not huge but I feel their food quality is higher. It was not very busy the times I've went for lunch and service was great and quick. I love taco Tuesday's here. They have $2 specials on their pork, beef, fish, chicken mole, and chicken tinga tacos. In my opinion, the beef and chicken tinga is pretty plain in terms of toppings so I like the others more. Their tacos are a generous size so 2-3 are a decent amount for an entree. There is a parking garage nearby and it is only $0.50 an hour to park there. Great spot for Mexican food!

Always a great experience every time we walk in the door! Juan Carlos is absolutely amazing and makes you feel like you are his #1 priority! The food is always delicious, the drinks are always fantastic, the servers are so friendly and the atmosphere is superb!

Food, service and ambiance are horrible. I've ate here twice now and will never go back. When I asked the waitress to mention to the kitchen I was gluten free I was told everything is gluten free as she walked off. The FLOUR tortillas aren't! The noise and music level was so loud we couldn't talk and our waitress was to concerned with playing another tables request for a song we waited forever multiple times.

food is great but there's no point in telling them you don't want certain things on an item because they always bring it with the things you did not ask for. it's like the kitchen and waiters do not communicate one bit.