Los Compadres Mexican Grill

Definitely a hidden gem! I was craving nachos for my cheat meal and saw them, so I beelined into the parking lot and looked up the menu. I ordered the Nachos Texanos and it was deliciously unique. I loved the bell pepper and onions incorporated into an otherwise common nacho. The meat was extra seasoned. I ordered a passion fruit margarita also, it was delicious. There wasn't much alcohol, so it was more of a dessert drink. The margaritas are "2 for 1," but at the price of $14.99, you're actually paying for two.

This place was pretty good, I found my mexican chimichanga with steak to be quite tasty. It was crunchy, the tortilla was flavorful. The steak was good. The queso was a little runny, but still good! Beans and rice were just okay. The burrito supreme was also good. Their peach margarita is great! Their frozen mango margarita is okay, but it had an odd stale taste to it? Not really sure how that happened. Regardless, I left feeling pretty satisfied! They were a little dead when we walked in (around 5pm on a Monday), but around 7pm people started flooding in. Service was great, waitress was attentive and helpful! Great prices and portions too.

Food coming out piping hot on sizzle plate. This place is always packed when I go but we are always taken care of quickly. Authentic Mexican feel.

I came in for a late lunch/early dinner. It's in a strip mall with loads of parking. Inside is nice, typical older mexican restaurant feel..kind of dated, but clean. Chips and salsa were set down. I ordered guacamole, and a carne asada burrito combo. The guacamole was just ok... it had some flavor, but not a whole lot. The burrito came with mole sauce on it (love that) rice and beans. The meat was ok, a little over salted... the mole was real good. I liked the rice with peas and a little potato. Beans were pretty average. Service was a little slow. But overall, ok. I'm giving 4 stars, but it was more 3.5.

I honestly really like this place. You can always find a seat in here and they have rotating specials each day. The day we went you got a small free queso! They also do 2 for 1 small margs on certain days. I had the pollo loco, which is essentially rice, chicken and some veggies doused in queso, which was delicious! My friends both had quesadillas that they enjoyed too. This is a good option for Mexican food on the West Bank!

When you go to a restaurant it is mostly about the food, right? The food was okay, but mostly bland. If you put enough salsa on it the taste improved. The salsa was good. The chips were a bit thick, hard, and tasted of the oil in which they were fried. The salsa was good and made them palatable. We had the sample platter as an appetizer. It seemed as if it was still frozen when we came in. I had the L5 'Pepe's' Chili Relleno & Beef Taco. The chili relleno was good but a bit bland. The beef taco was just like the Taco Bell special. The refried beans and rice were good. My wife had the L13 Fajitas Special. She liked them. A good 'tell' as to if the food is authentic mexican food is how many mexicans are eating there. There were no mexicans eating there. The atmosphere was nice, somewhat authentic, colorful & circus like. Our waitress, Monica, was nice & good. A big negative is that they charge you to use a credit card and it is not disclosed until after they charge you for using your credit card.

Los Compadres is located on Highway 23 in Gretna. The food & service is very good. We love there PolloLoco. It is a chicken & rice dish. Grilled chicken, Mexican rice, cheese, & Pico de gallo. Is also is served with flour tortillas. The portions are very large. Our server Gabbi is very nice & alway very helpful.

Compared to El Patron... service is about the same. Maybe a little better. Food is not up to par. Hot sauce is spicier so imo, better. I came for taco Tuesday. Almost all tacos are $1, even their fish. They also serve complimentary chips and salsa. Lengua - seasoned well. Didn't have any funny after taste and they filled the tacos up. Barbacoa - not done with pork. I think it might be done with goat. It was very gamy. My dining companions did not mind, but I was not expecting it so I didn't enjoy this taco. even the hot sauce couldn't save it. Carne asada - extremely dry. Would not order again. Pastor - everyone at the table's favorite. Done well. Seasoned well. Nice and juicy. Chorizo cheese dip - they don't do this as well as El Patron but the cost is only a fraction. So try it if you're wanting a dip. Guacamole - better than El Patron. Might need a little more lime. Overall, not sure I'd choose this place over El Patron as they are basically in the same area. Not bad. Maybe I'll come back for happy hour or during a Saints game.

Came on cinco de Mayo. There was extremely loud music playing outside. Had to get the party started I guess. We were promptly seated and brought chips and salsa. Salsa was ok. Chips did not taste very good. Like maybe they were old or the grease they were fried in was old. We ordered the Speedy Gonzales dip. It was pretty good. We ordered a pitcher of margaritas. It was too sweet and had no taste of tequila. Do not recommend getting pitchers. We were brought free shots of house tequila. These were half shots. I poured mine into my margarita. Much better! I ordered 4 tacos: pastor, carnitas, chorizo, and barbacoa. The pastor and carnitas were kinda dry. Chorizo was good. Barbacoa was great! Service was slow. Things were being forgotten. Food was ok. Some of this I can understand because it was cinco de Mayo. Very crazy day for Mexican restaurants. Some of it is just the restaurant. Probably won't return

This was our favorite place to go every week but not anymore :( A few months ago prices went up, food quality & quantity went down..4% credit card fee, we tried over and over and we are now done, we won't be back. Meat has been very tough & dry, chips stale, service slow and poor. It's unfortunate but many other places that are a lot better than here now.