La Fogata Mexican Restaurant

This restaurant is open all year long! The food was excellent, arrived quickly and was large portions. I had the Carne Asada - very flavorful. My husband had the Texas fajita. Neither one of us had any issues with the food. Service staff were friendly and attentive. It was in Feb 2025, so definitely the low season, and not very busy. A good place to get a good meal without all the noise of the bars.

We are still La Fogata regulars when we are in town. It is usually once per week, because we are going to eat Mexican at least twice and split our dining between here, 3 Tequilas and Los Antojitos. AAdvantage Dining is one of the reasons we continue to patronize La Fogata but we also like the food.I almost always order huevos rancheros. La Fogata makes a very good version and it is an order of three eggs. The huevos rancheros are served with red ranchero sauce, rice, refried beans and tortillas of your choice. I take half the order home. They also have great carnitas and this is one of my guilty pleasure orders. I also like to have an order of chiles torreados with my eggs or carnitas. They have a good, tart spicy salsa verde that tops off the pork well. Ms T will always order ground beef tacos, no matter where we are. That is what she likes and these are just fine. In ranking the three Mexican places we go routinely in the area, I would put Los Antojitos as the most authentic, since they are more of a taqueria with lengua, birria and other meats for their street style tacos. 3 Tequilas is a little more sophisticated and makes the best fish tacos and great black beans. La Fogata is the only place with huevos on their daily menu although the other places will normally make them if you ask. We like all three places and are comfortable with what we order on a regular basis. I will say that La Fogata does not make good enchilada sauce, so I steer clear of that. It looks and tastes like chick broth thickened with cornstarch and enough chile to make it orange. It is essentially flavorless. We are used to a pure red chile sauce so this is not something we could recommend.Regardless, we keep going back. As with many places, you have to find what you loke and fortunately, we are here often enough to experiment. A poorer experience will not keep us away.

We came here on a Friday night and got seated quickly, which was a plus. I ordered the steak fajitas, but stragely only two tortillas. The steak was not really tender or flavorful. Overall the food was just okay, nothing to write home about. Service was decent. If you are in a pinch for Mexican food, I guess this place will do.

Stopped here with some friends some we were wanting Mexican food and this place had good reviews. It was busy and the service was good and the food was great!! Only downside was had to pay for extra chips and salsa but otherwise would go again!

Service was absolutely awful and at 7:30PM on a Sunday night!!! It was evident they were short-staffed and my food did not come out the way it had been ordered! Even more unacceptable is that my daughter called before we went to specifically ask if there was a wait to be seated and were told "no". But upon arrival we waited more than 30-minutes and behind several others to even be seated! The wait for our food, once ordered, was even longer and the waitress completely forgot the order of guacamole and chips my daughter ordered with her meal. Next time we visit OBX/Nags Head we will NOT return here!!!

Best burrito I've ever had. We got pickup and Everyone working there was also super nice.

Nothing upsets me more when i visit a Mexican restaurant and the food sucks. The cooks are Mexican. The staff is Mexican but the food is American. What the hell is going on here. Where are the spices? The heat the flavor. Did you leave it back in Guadalajara. Very upsetting. Avoid going here unless you like the food bland. Shrimp fajitas were bland no flavor and the shrimp was tough. Steak fajitas were also bland. Generous portion but where the hell is the seasoning. Do your family proud give it the real authentic Mexican flavor. Don't hide it use it darn it!!!!

Ordered for pickup and when I went to pick up, the lady handling orders was rude. I asked for an estimate for when the order would be ready and she said 15 min. I go to a bakery nearby and while enjoying a dessert the app told me the order was ready. I went to pick up my order and told the lady that the app said it was ready. She shook her head and said no. I asked again for an estimate of how long it would take and she said, "it will be ready when it's ready" her attitude sucked. She had no people skills and she was just flat out rude. She even wanted to argue with me. All I wanted was an estimate of how long it would take. I will never come back here. Your people (employees) are the face of the establishment. If you can't get at the very least respect for your customers you will lose many of them. It's sad as I ace always enjoyed Mad for Chicken. Not anymore. They're not the only good Korean chicken place and they just lost a customer.

We had visited La Fogata at their prior location near Nags Head, a few years ago. We liked their food back then, and by the look and tastes today, only GOT BETTER... I got Parrillada, which is described as ....."Grilled beef, chicken, pork and onions. Served with rice and beans on the side and two flour tortillas", and was really quite good. The beans and rice and tortillas complemented the VERY HOT PLATE full of meats and sautéed onions.... For a great meal at Outer Banks resonable prices, give this place a chance.PS: Our waiter is a long time employee, who was very happy to serve great food with a smile.

Ignore critical reviews. Wife and I were not that hungry but needed to get out of hotel. Walked to La Fogata and ordered a la cart two chicken soft tacos and one beef burrito. Both were full of flavors and spice. Very nice!