El Bamba Mexican Restaurant

We've driven by this spot several times leaving the Albertville Outlets and finally stopped by. This standalone building offers a small selection of indoor seating as well as a patio in the summer. We tried a couple of tacos as well as a chimichanga. We were pleasantly surprised with the large portions and cost effective pricing. While the chimichanga was tasty, the tacos lacked flavor.

This is a fast food style restaurant with about five tables. When we walked in four of the tables had Hispanic customers. Score! I thought. This must be authentic food. I'm not sure if it was authentic but I loved it. I loved the white cheese sauce. The guy taking our orders told us before we even asked that the most popular items were 1, 4, and 14. We ended up ordering the number one in the number 14. One was rice topped with shrimp, chicken, vegetables, cheese sauce, delightful! The other was a burrito with steak and their signature cheese sauce. Num! It's not particularly fancy, it's not particularly cheap, but we left full and satisfied.

This is not Mexican food... this is what white people want to see on Mexican food. The salsa verde on the enchiladas verdes tasted like vinegar... their "cheese sauce" is awful. This is not Mexican food! The service was ok.. the only good thing about this place was the ambience. It had good morning and it did felt like an actual little Mexican restaurant but the food was AWFUL! They sale a Philly steak sandwich......? How is that Mexican?.......

From good to Bad and getting worse!! When you can't even think about making a veggie burrito what can you do? A Bamba Burrito, second time I've ordered one without meat just extra beans and veggies which are extra and that's fine! they have both sucked...this one was a step up...last time was no cheese sauce and resulted in a dry tasteless burrito! This time, RICE...nothing but rice...yeah, a rice burrito....straight to the garbage! We comeback for my daughter who likes this place. Enough of that!

This fun colored fast food style service this establishment has a wonderful and friendly staff with are very fast serving time. Now to get to the actual meal I ordered a couple of there most popular items as well as there queso or there "cheese sauce" I was immediately disappointed by the queso being at a cold temperature although the taste wasn't as bad as you may think as white queso goes it was about a 6.3/10 now it is quite surprising that they served that as there main and only there queso. Another thing I noticed was the extremely small amount of chips that comes with the meal but I do understand why they would do that with the style of restaurant. As for the actual food I got the chicken quesadillas, le bamba burrito as well as the le bamba fajitas. The chicken quesadillas were about a 6.2/10 on the scale with a creamy inside but not a very large size to it. The chips themselves were your average tortilla chip but I do think it pairs with the queso quite nicely. As for the burrito which I got in steak and chicken options and I found that although it's extremely hard to eat without a fork I do think it is a 5.6/10 on the scale as the rice was well cooked but the beans where not the best it still was not very bad for how fast it was prepared. On the other hand I did find the fajitas to have a very light taste to them but the beans were still subpar so it lands a 6.2/10 on the scale. In light of all this I give the establishment a total score of 6.6/10

Ordered delivery and received some very Skimpy tacos!I will not order from El Bamba again and do not recommend.

Atmosphere: This restaurant is a small hole in the wall joint with a patio. My wife and I ordered takeout since it's February but will probably come back in the summer for some food on the patio. The over the phone order was super quick and they had the food ready within 15 minutes. We were both really impressed.Drinks: Didn't order any. I'd love to see a take out margarita (not sure if that's legal but it should be!) Food: We ordered the Pollo Loco, Chips and Salsa, and the Chicken chimichanga. The Pollo Loco was fantastic. The cheese, shrimp and rice melded together nicely and didn't last long on my plate! The Chimichanga had a bland favor but was filling. The salsa was good and we had enough to save for later. Not our Favorite: The chips were overcooked. The taste was off because of this

Restaurant place is so beautiful. I really like it. Food taste amazing and so yummy. services was very well...

Food was prepared quickly. We had takeout and It was still hot when we got home with our order.Staff was friendly and attentive.Food portions were generous and delicious.Highly recommend.

This is a really great spot for quick Mexican food. We had no wait time and the food came out super quickly and the chips and salsa tasted so fresh.