Casa Fuentes

Food is good, menu offers a wide variety. Everything appears to be freshly prepared. Margaritas are ok but from a mix-​nothing special.
If you’re looking for a quiet atmosphere don’t let them seat you in the bar area. Very noisy with music, TV and lobby area noise. Ask for a table in the dining area.
Nic place for casual Mexican food. Appears to be family run.

Great food & Service was excellent, Waitress went above & beyond to find our son some soy sauce! Chips with Salsa were a great starter, we got plenty of food, had leftovers to go !

The El Vulcan is awesome. The wait staff is really nice, especially Lily. Very good food with a few different options from the other Mexican places in town.

Absolutely the worse swill I’ve ever paid for … I say paid for because I took one bite of my meal and about gagged it was burnt and just nasty. The salsa with chips should have given me my first clue… how can a place call themselves a Mexican place and have horrible salsa? And lord help whoever is the cook… you have to try really hard to screw up a steak Quesadilla… Good lord. I don’t live in Decatur anymore but I’d never eat there if I did.
The thing that really killer me was the waiter saw I had only eaten one bite and I told him it was inedible and he just said oh OK and still gave me a check for full price. I should have asked for the manager but I just wanted to get on the road.

My husband and I ate here on a Thursday night. The seating area is bright and cheerful with Mexican music that was fun to hear. We were seated immediately and served, very tasty, tortilla chips and salsa. Our waitress was very attentive, and efficient. Our food arrived before we ran out of tortilla chips. My husband ordered Mahi Mahi Tacos, which he said were good, but a bit bland, although, he really liked the rice. I ordered Chicken Fajitas, which were delicious. The serving size was generous, so I ended up taking half of the Fajitas home. A manager and possibly, the owner, checked on us during our meal, asking if the food tasted good, and if we needed anything else. Overall, it was very enjoyable. We will definitely return in the near future.

My mother and I were soooooo excited, we always drove by trying to see if Casa had opened yet, as we are such fans of good Mexican cuisine. And what a complete let down!
We came in around 6 pm last Saturday, Jan 24. So it was active but not so busy that they were slammed, so the poor service we received (more on that later) was inexcusable.
Folks at Casa Fuentes, I am writing this review in hopes you will read and IMPROVE your faults, because Decatur needs more excellent cuisine and our first experience there is NOT one that would make us return!
Now I will say when you walk in the atmosphere was charming (this place once housed Carlos O Kelly’s) and the décor is fun, the sounds of Mariachi music fills the place, and you get a warm friendly greeting.
Well, sadly after we were sat, I knew our server did not have it together! First of all, my mom and I are excellent to servers; she is the sweetest, and I have been a server myself, so we are very good ladies in which to have as your patrons. We are not demanding and give a «please» and «thank you» when asking for service!
One of the biggest mistakes our server made was to come to the table right next to us, then walk away without seeing if there was anything we needed, so when we did get her attention, we had to ask her to multi-​task quite a bit, of which was not her strong suit, Not to mention, she did not have a very warm personality for serving, which is something that can forgive a lot of short comings as a server (voice of experience here!)
Here is an example: my rather poor meal (more on that later) arrived minus the guacamole which listed in on the menu (trust me I checked). When I requested it, her answer, instead of «sorry let me get that for you», was «O you have to ask for that…» Well… NO… because it’s listed on the menu, Dearie! By the way, even after requesting it, I never got it!
I will back up and say the margaritas are EXCELLENT! I would say, come and have the drinks and some chips and salsa and call it a night!
Now for the real disappointment, which should be a high light, the actual food! I ordered fajitas (the true test of a really good Mexican restaurant) which according to the menu (that sounded lovely) had Mahi Mahi and crab meat.
I told my mother that fajitas should always come sizzling at your table. Mine not only were not, but looked like they sat under the heat lamp for awhile. Also, I asked for corn tortillas, I got flour, and told our server of that at the same time of reminding her of the guac (I got neither, may I remind you, I was being nice as can be, I have dined with friends who would be calling for a manager by now).
Not only was there no sizzle, but everything was swimming in grease, and the crab meat was charred black and the mahi was practically non existant!
Mom’s enchiladas were not much better, not as MEH as mine, but not very flavorful!
Sigh…just such a let down, both in cuisine and service. Thank goodness for the margarita buzz!
I am still rooting for you Casa! We may wait awhile and try again. Please read and try and improve your over all experience!