Vida Vida

The gourmet tacos were absolutely amazing. The server was very knowledgeable and patient explaining the menu to a group of 8 that had never ate there before. The margaritas were reasonable priced for down town Charlotte. Again amazing food. A must try. The server Michael was awesome. Super personable and made the experience fun. Will definitely come back.

Good music, good food, my first ¾ visit were good. My 4^th visit was not so good, no silverware, no drink refills we had to ask for those things like trying to get a taxi in NYC. The food came out cold twice by the 2ND time i just decided to eat it anyway. They were busy at lunch time. I figured this was just how it was gonna be this way this time. We’ll try back again on a nonbusy time. We hope to get that experience we had the first few time. THAT’S WHY WE CAME BACK.
The view, the music, the tasty food. I’ll keep my fingers crossed. I swear my first few visit were something to brag about!
Wait wait, the parking situation is terrible. I had to carry my baby stroller up 2 flights of stairs because there was no elevator. Sooo… nexttime, maybe I’ll get a babysitter or prepare for a workout. Again, my first visits were good. My 4^th visit was unfavorable. Especially because we knew what to expect.

I LOVE their nachos and their jalapeño margarita. Nothing beats either of them anywhere. I nice place to chill and chat. The bartender rocks… in fact, I was there around closing time on 6.1.16 and the entire staff was genuinely kind and hospitable. Always hit up this place for some late night feast! Taco.Nacho. Jalapeño Margarita… wow!

Going to vida in Epicentre is the equivalent of going to Guy Fieri’s restaurant in Times Square, a waste of time and money… vida does have a great location and good drink specials at times and that’s a stretch.

Good vibe, awesome outdoor terrace for people watching the funny stuff that rolls down Trade… myself included.
Shrimp jalapeño taco is a must have, chips & salsa get the thumbs up b/​c the chips are salty & salsa is spicy, carnitas taco was decent too.
If you love tequila they have one of the best selections in the city.

Decent food here and decent drinks. As far as Mexican food goes, it’s not exceptional and it’s not horrible. After a couple visits, I’ve come to expect a nice experience. Just want out for the people at Rooftop 210. Sometimes they like to throw drinks on people sitting outside at Vida Vida.

Vida vida had the most sexual tacos I’ve ever seen with my young eyes. I ate them an hour ago and I’m still pulsating from it. It is absolutely appropriate to say that two tacos changed my life.

Disappointed with my experience. Service in the bar was mediocre. Waiter took upon himself to serve me top-​shelf mixed drink (and charge me for it) even thought I didn’t ask for top shelf, ridiculously expensive; then made no effort to remedy my dissatisfaction even though I told him I would not be coming back. Although it looks exceptional from the street, that’s where it stops. Food was just mediocre, menu is limited.

Well, I rarely post reviews of places I didn’t care for, and usually post for great places. But Vida is the exception here. Disappointed is the best word I can find. The tacos were served room temp and tasted bland… not what I expected for a $ 5 taco.
But hey, at least I had poor service! The guy serves our food without silverware, then still forgets after 2 reminders. Finally I had to get up, find another waitress who promptly brought us something to eat with and lemon for our water. We wanted to tip her instead.
Anyway, we won’t be coming back to Vida anytime soon.

Everyone was nice here but the food was not very good. The authenticity stopped at the decoration. Oh well!

A nice little spot at the Epi center. They have a smaller menu, but good tacos. I had the buffalo chicken and the Asian shrimp taco. The Asian shrimp taco was my favorite. This place definitely seems like a fun drinking place rather than food place. I will have to come back at night to check it out :)

My son and I went to Vida Vida Friday evening. It is a very laid-​back restaurant. You seat yourself and you can even fill out your order using a notepad at the table. I don’t know if people ever actually do that. We just utilized the services of our friendly server. We ordered nachos with beef as an appetizer and two tacos each. I chose the Red Chile Chicken Taco and the BLT Taco. My son chose the Red Chile Chicken Taco and the Taco of the Month, which was a Southwestern taco. Our server asked if we’d like the nachos first and I said we would. Oh well. Everything came at once. That’s really not a big deal to me, especially since it was all ready so quickly, but I know that’s an issue for some people.
I was immediately disappointed with the nachos. It consisted of a large pile of chips with a small scoop each of beef, pico de gallo, and guacamole. The queso was not visible. There were several abnormally large slices of jalapeño which needed to be cut up to be reasonably edible. The taste was wonderful but it was ridiculous that my son and I got about 4 chips each that had any topping. I asked the server if she could bring some more of the toppings to go with the rest of the chips. She sent the manager. The level of customer service we received was exceptional. I tried to make it very clear that I was not upset at all. I simply wanted a bit more topping. I wasn’t looking for anything to be discounted. The manager was extremely considerate and understanding. He offered to send an entirely new order of nachos. I assured him that was not necessary, but he insisted. He was bothered that our dinner at Vida Vida had been less than perfect and wanted to make up for it. Again, this was unnecessary, but he wanted us to leave having had a wonderful experience. He really cared about that and it was very nice. He sent new nachos, which were perfectly done and when we got the check, we saw he had discounted our bill. This manager went above and beyond and because of how well we were treated, we will definitely be back.
As for the tacos… the Red Chile Chicken Taco was wonderful. My son and I both enjoyed that one. He said the Southwestern taco was not very flavorful. The BLT taco was not great to me but simply because the bacon had a strong «smoked» flavor and I don’t care for smoked foods. It probably described it on the menu, but I just saw «BLT taco» and went for it. I also ordered one of their specialty drinks; an Orgasm #8 or something like that. It was very fruity and quite tasty. They could be rather dangerous. lol
Overall, the food is pretty good, but being treated like your business is appreciated is something special. Based on our experience, I will be back to try the other tacos and drinks and get some more nachos.

I’ve been here twice before games at Time Warner — while it’s nice to have a sit-​down fast casual place in EpiCentre besides Moes, I wish the experience and food was better. All the taco’s tend to be bland, which is odd given that Vida makes some solid food. Worse, they aren’t a good value — two people really can’t get a meal and drinks under $ 30 there, which seems a bit much for mediocre taco’s, canned guac, and average service.

The service left a lot to be desired. I sat at the bar for 10 minutes before I was even asked if I wanted a drink. There were about 10 other people in the place so I am not sure what the problem was. I ordered a to-​go order and a beer while I waited. About 5 minutes after ordering, I still didn’t have my beer, but the staff found plenty of time to chat it up with each other. Finally got my beer and my to-​go order. I ordered the Asian Shrimp taco and the Mexican tots. The taco was the smallest taco I have ever seen and had very little shrimp but the flavor was good. The tots were good and the picked jalapeños were very spicy which was a great addition. I would not recommend this place as they have a lot of kinks to work out.

I wanted to like Vida Vida a lot more than I actually did. I was excited for some great tacos and sadly didn’t get great tacos. I got the Philly Cheesesteak and the Chicken tacos and found both to be vastly underseasoned. I gave up eating them before I was finished because I felt so bored with the flavor.
All was not lost, though. The queso was wonderful and easily among the best I’ve had. I’ll be back for the queso alone, and hopefully the tacos will have a bit more flavor on my next visit.

I feel like a rookie for not knowing that Vida Cantina & «Vida Vida» are two separate restaurants. Thankfully someone showed me the error of my ways because Vida Vida is a great place for a quick and cheap Mexican lunch!
Per my server’s recommendations I tried a Fried Chicken Taco & a Philly Cheesesteak Taco. He wasn’t wrong, they were both pretty darn good. I think The Fried Chicken was probably the better of the two though … the jalapeño bacon set it off! If you’re feeling extra hungry, go for three. Ordered with a side (pretty small) of rice for only $.50 made it a complete meal.
$ 6.50 for two pretty good size tacos and a side of rice is a great lunch value in my book, especially in Uptown and especially in Epicenter. I’ll definitely be back here again!

Based purely on simplicity, I’m a fan of this casual side of Vida. You can come in for lunch, have tacos and be back at work (or wherever in no time). Usually it isn’t that busy, but if it is, the servers and the limited menu make it quick enough. Mostly come in for tacos, but they have salads and I believe burritos available too.
The menu is one sided! the other side are all the fun drinks you can’t have during a work day, but maybe one day… ;) The dining room is large with lots of tables. Their tables and chairs remind me of a school classroom (heavy, colorful high-​top seats) and almost retro style tables with metal accents on the side.
I’ve never been here in the evenings, but I’m sure it takes on a different atmosphere. A decent stop for a night out… or afterwards to soak certain cocktails up from the other places at the EpiCenter. They’ve got some outdoor seating and based on their location, a great way to stop and people watch.

I came here during lunch time for the first time where it’s located at the epicenter.
It has a nice atmosphere with the outside patio and TVs located everywhere throughout. The service started off good but went down here from there. I only ordered three tacos but it took nearly 20 min to receive my food. When I finally received my food, it wasn’t as great as the pictures make them look. In my humble opinion, they were lacking in flavor. Overall, my experience here was just Ok.

This is just not my week for tacos. The speed of getting food in a fast casual establishment brand like this was abysmal. Management seems to be absent.
Monday catch up lunch with 3 friends to meet at 11:30 am. Most of us are there by 11:40 am, we get a table, the waitress brings our drinks. Ordering is sushi style, that is a pad of paper and pencils, and one marks the number of each item you want, and order everything all at once. I ordered a plethora: Chicken, Fried Chicken, Carnitas, and Veggie Tacos. Plus churros, I was hungry. At $ 3 each is what a taco should be. There is a platter special of 6 tacos for $ 17 but one is limited to 3 choices and I wanted to sample flavors.
Waitress comes by and collects our orders, my receipt says 11:57am. Our late friend arrives just after noon, he gets his order in about 12:10.
Around 12:20pm guess which item comes out first? Guess. The churros! One has to wonder how it takes 20 minutes to make fried dough rolled in sugar. It’s worse the dessert came first. Food finally arrived around 12:30. We were all so hungry we tore into it, so I’m not going to have a lot of nuance to say. The carnitas were moist, and a stand out among what was ho-​hum and coldish. All came on corn tortillas.
Waitress came by to ask how our order was and apologized for the churros coming out first when she brought the checks at 12:43pm. If someone had come out and said hey Vida Cantina’s kitchen was slammed I would have understood but being left waiting on such a simple meal is terrible.

Think of it as Vida’s more casual, laid back little sister. (I was going to say loose and realized wait that sounds completely inappropriate)
Vida is a restaurant that just happens to have a bar. Vida Vida is a bar that just happens to have food.
Tons of flat screen tvs, roll up garage doors, canned beers, frozen drinks, fish bowls, music… it’s a super fun vibe. Burritos, tacos, salads, chips and the usual suspects. Tacos come individually or in platters. Bring some friends and go the platter route. It’s a much better deal. My personal fav is the Philly Cheesesteak. Drink-​wise, I go with the Spicy Jalapeño Margarita. A mix of spicy and sweet.
Sundays usually feature a DJ. Monday is karaōke night. Tuesday is We Run Uptown… Charlotte’s latest run club. I’ll pass on the running. Just give me a taco. Although, I heard you get free chips and salsa afterwards. Still not enough to make me want to run.
My latest venture here was to kickoff birthday celebrations on Saturday night. The place was packed and we had a large crew. Two birthday girls… two groups of friends… one table. I was a little worried, but the service was great.
It’s the EpiCentre, so pull up a table on the patio and enjoy the show. The only thing that makes people watching better: chips, salsa and tacos.