Lola’s Tacos And Tequila

The service was absolute wonderful at this restaurant. The wait staff were friendly and had great energy. I felt at home dining here. I was astonished at how fresh and delicious the food was. The restaurant is clean and the environment is pleasant with great decorations. I look forward to coming back and tasting more delicious entrees and drinks on the menu.

We stopped by Lola's after a long morning of shopping and we were starving. It's a very cute restaurant and the staff is so nice and friendly. We immediately had chips and salsa which were very good! We had a hard time deciding what to order, because the prices were so incredibly high. We ended up not getting our first choices, because we couldn't justify paying $24-$28 for a lunch. We both ordered the chopped salad. The chicken was really yummy, but the rest of the salad didn't really do it for me. There was a "cilantro dressing" which I assumed was going to be a creamy cilantro dressing, but it really just tasted like someone had squeezed a lime over my salad and the flavor was a little overwhelming.Overall, friendly staff and great environment, the food was just not doing it for me and it was very overpriced.

First time coming to this place. I've seen and heard about but haven't been there. Had a girls lunch date on a Sunday. It wasn't too busy which was surprising. We went all in and got the strawberry margarita tower. Very good. The waitress told us they put a whole bottle of patron which we were really shocked about lol. You get complementary chips and salsa and we also ordered guacamole. It was good. Entree wise, we all got fajitas. I ordered the shirt fajitas. So delicious. Would seriously go back just for they. Shrimps weren't small which was a plus.

It was good. My dining companion and I worked up an appetite walking around Gurnee Mills and stopped in for a quick nosh. We could have filled up on the chips and salsa, but wanted to try the tacos and an appetizer. We started out with the shrimp cocktail appetizer. I think there were eight fresh, medium shrimp bathing in a tomatoey soup. I enjoyed it. Dining companion was overwhelmed with the tomatoieness (if there is such an adjective). I tried a coconut tequila cocktail and it was good, but a bit on the small side for the price. Dining companion enjoyed the al pastor Taco. I enjoyed the steak taco and a pork taco. Brought home leftover chips to snack on later. We will be back.

Decided to stop by Lola's on a weeknight for a quick dinner. This place is located inside Gurnee Mills. Decent crowd on a weekday. Our waitress was super sweet and nice. But wasn't able to answer a few food questions we had on the menu. We decided to order 1 Al Pastor taco and 1 Carnitas taco and also a Ranchero Steak Entree. None of us finished our food. It was very disappointing. Mediocre at best. Definitely not worth the money. Overpriced and food was not good at all. Doesn't taste like it's freshly made. The Ranchero steak was over cooked. Hard to chew. Had two bites and nobody wanted to eat it . I did like the Carnita taco. It had good flavor. However, the Al Pastor was disgusting. I wouldn't recommend anyone getting it. The pork was very mush. Tasted like leftovers. The pineapple was not fresh at all. The flavors did not compliment each other. $4.50 for that? It was REALLY BAD. It was worse than a Taco Bell taco :( The rice and beans were not good either. Not authentic at all. Beans didn't taste freshly made. The rice lacked a lot of flavor. Again, worse than Taco Bell... I'm not sure how this place got good reviews lol overpriced and worst than homemade Mexican food. I hardly leave one star reviews but it was a very disappointing meal and definitely not worth $50.Maybe they are known for their drinks? But I wouldn't recommend this place for food. There's better places nearby that are cheaper and taste 10000 times better! The one time I didn't check Yelp before coming to a restaurant and this is what happens lol

Lola's Tacos and Tequila is a Mexican Restaurant in the Gurnee Mills outlet mall.I was a little biased about this restaurant at first, because it replaced Chicago Woodfire Pizza Co. (former restaurant before them) which was very good. Nevertheless, I decided to give Lola's a try. Upon entering, there's a ton of fun decor, and outside decorations and lights on the trees and in the vestibule as well. Our waitress was very friendly & gave us complimentary chips and salsa before our entrees came out. We had the Mexican Chopped Salad & the Sizzling Shrimp Diabla- both were very good. The Shrimp has a very nice kick to it, if you enjoy spicy food I think you'll really enjoy that meal. I didn't check Yelp! before coming, but I'm honestly surprised at the low ratings in the reviews (but I did not try any margaritas). The only thing I didn't like was the beans - it just didn't taste very fresh/hot when they came out while the other food did.Overall, I'd recommend stopping by at least once, good service and food and reasonably priced.

The atmosphere is decorated cute and is clean. The food is very good. We enjoyed the burritos and chicken and steak fajitas. The chips and salsa were really yummy. We were immediately met at door and welcomed and seated. The waitress was quick with drinks and order. I will be back. Very good Tex- Mex.

Great and friendly service. Food served very fast and fresh but the food taste little bland. But the chip pretty flash salsa pretty good

Just so you know, don't make reservations on line!!! I made a reservation on line through Open Table. We got to Lola's and the hostess told me "you can't make a reservation on line." I showed her the confirmation I received and she told me once again that they don't take reservations on line. We had a party of 7 celebrating a birthday where people were coming in from Wisconsin so they crammed us into a corner because the restaurant was pretty busy. The food was fair. The waiter did his best to remedy our situation. They sent over a huge display for the birthday celebration that had a cupcake on top. I don't think we'll be going back though.

Service and ambiance were great, but that's about it. Food was just not good and we didn't even finish the drinks.