Frontera Mex-Mex Grill

Took long time to just get chips. Awful service tonight by waitress shannon. Kitchen rushed food out while we were just starting eating soup and they were empty on a cold snowy might. fajitas were over cooked and greasy, cheap meat. They also ran out of several draft beers or were too lazy to change keg. Place seems to be run by children during the week.

We usually come to Frontera when we receive buy one get one free chicken fajitas coupons in the mail– not a bad deal at all! The service here is always on great, and you get chips and salsas to start the meal off, so I don’t usually leave hungry. They are familiar with the coupons and don’t give you a hard time about using them. They usually have a good crowd here but I’ve never had to wait for a table. There is nothing extraordinary about the way they make their food, but it’s nothing to complain about either.

The inside is niiiice. Came here for lunch to try it out but I had my doubts since good authentic Mexican food is hard to come by.
I just didn’t find it here.
Bf ordered the lunch combo #1 two enchiladas one taco and side of rice and I ordered the #4 two tacos, an enchilada and chile con queso. Unfortunately I’m not the biggest fan.
Food was alright, service was okay and bill was less than 20 $ w/​o tip.

What could have been decent Mexican food turned out to be an exercise on how to train employees. Several servers had a last minute party call ahead. Three servers decided to yell across six tables, loudly drag over 50 chairs and the Manager (Juan) joined in. So we had four employees yelling from the stairs over our table and directly next to our booth. I spoke with Juan about it. His answer was that he was sorry but this party booked with short notice.
I’ll be back but after trying out other restaurants that care about the customers that re already seated and eating.

Typically over-​salted, uninspired chain Tex-​Mex food. If you are a fan of staying in that comfort zone, you might be happy. If you want anything approaching a real Mexican food experience, look elsewhere. However, the salsas are good, the chips are crisp and the service was friendly and prompt. Wide menu will please even those who do not like Mexican, so families with picky eaters may find it a good choice.

I have been coming to the Frontera on Sugarloaf for years and it is many notches above other Mexican restaurants in the same class and price range. The two flavors of salsa are both unique and hand made fresh. The chicken avocado soup is awesome. They have many items that you do not typically see in your run of the mill Mexican restaurants (several varieties of real steak, great chicken wings in many flavors, hamburgers, ribs, grilled corn on the cob and chicken sandwiches). If you are a hot sauce lover they have several homemade flavors and the hottest one is truly a scorcher. Again, something you don’t see at many similar restaurants.
The service is friendly and the food is brought out pronto. The usual bartender is awesome. In response to some of the less than flattering reviews, all I can say is that the place is usually full of regulars/​return customers and it has been in business for over 15 years. There is significantly more good about this place than bad. Give it a try is you are in the area.

(Sung to Beverly Hill Billies Theme Song)
Listen to a story while I BARF! Chicken Tacos shouldn’t be that Hard … asked for Baja Style, damn was I a FOOL!
Out of the kitchen came a plate FULL OF GRUEL!
Hurling … That’s me!
wiping my face off!
Don’t go back!
Ya Hear! :)

Oh my! We are in town for a big tournament and this was close to the hotel. The décor was actually really cute and colorful and they had a live guitar player. That was a plus.
The food was terrible and I do mean terrible. We had a party of 5 and no one’s food was good. We had your typical tacos, enchiladas, quesadilla, and tamales. I hate enchiladas made with low quality cheese and bad flour tortilla.
The worst part was for refills… the waiter took our glasses to the back and came back with what appeared to be our previously used cups. The concern was… who’s glass was who’s??? My Mom was so grossed out, she refused to drink anything.
Anyway…total bummer.

This place isn’t bad. I’ve had better service before but maybe the waiters don’t think to bother with anyone too much unless there are more than 1 person at the table. I tried the chicken fajitas. They were good, but I didn’t like my pico de gallo mixed close to my guacamole. Not much to complain about with this place. The price was right as well.

Very bad service by bartender! He does know we are servers otherwise he would be good!!!

Very mediocre Mexican food. Bland. No flavor. Reasonably priced for the quantity. But would never come back here because of the weak flavors. Felt like I was sitting next to everyone at the restaurant. Lots of better options for Mexican. This is bar food at best.

Great mexican food! We had the lunch menu it’s and they came out very quick. I love their white cheese with jalapeños. I had the chimichanga with the cheese poured over it. Soo good!

We stopped in here for some drinks and tacos before a concert last night and it was packed. We got lucky and grabbed a high top table in the bar area. We were greeted by a nice waitress and ordered a bucket of beers and our food. Got the beers… 40 minutes later we asked about our food and it was clear she forgot to order it. It came out a few minutes later and I took a bite of my el pastor taco to find the driest and worst tasting pork ever and bit into something hard. It was so gross. The waitress wanted us to fill out some little ticket to win some stupid cruise and when we declined she put us on ignore mode. Whatever. Won’t be back…

This place is your average Mexican restaurant. The cheese dip is really good! I usually get the fajitas! They get really busy around lunchtime but there is almost never a wait which is really nice! I do think they need to hire a few more wait staff bc they are always too busy to give really good service!

Bring your spices with you because the food is very tasteless not bad tasting but just no taste to it at all. They had live music and the volume was perfect you could enjoy the music and talk at the same time.

This was my go-​to place earlier on in life, when I didn’t know any better. That is not to say that Fronter is bad, but it doesn’t accurately depict what Mexican food (of any region in Mexico) is meant to taste like. It’s billed as «Mex-​Mex», but it really is just Iowa-​Mex, or Atlanta-​Mex. Name your geographic area, and apply the word «Mex» just after it, and you’ve got Frontera.
Now, that diatribe out of the way, there is what IS good about Frontera… The portions are large, and the pricing in on-​par with suburban Atlanta fare of this type. Some of the sauces are bland, but the salsa is tasty with a nice spice that isn’t altogether original, but good. Frontera has positioned themselves well with what works for their given areas, so I applaud them for this, and adjusting as necessary, BUT that doesn’t represent the Mexican food usually found in, well… Mexico.
I get that most people use Mexican food as a catch-​all for spice with chips and salsa, but if you explore your areas a little bit more, you will find actual Mexican food, for a lot less money. I won’t recommend any places locally as my palate may not suit your’s, but stop going with easy for a change and branch out from nachos, or Speedy w/​rice. You are doing yourself an injustice by saying «I want Mexican, let’s do Frontera»

Excellent experience here! Great atmosphere, super fast and friendly. We had chips and salsa at our table before we had a chance to sit in the booth! Our waiter Luis was on the ball with drink and chip refills we never had to even ask. We ordered the enchilada stack and the steak bowl both excellent! Very impressed wish they had one of these back in orlando. Manager Mr. Juan made 2 stops at our take to personally check on us. Couldn’t have been happier so High Five owners, managers, and staff I would be a regular here for sure if we lived closer.

Our service was horrible and slow.
A group of 8 of us went to dinner last night. We had to ask twice for a refill of chips and still someone from our party had to get up to eventually go get the chips. Drink refills were also terribly slow and it took a long time for our food to come out.
But the biggest disappointment was feeling like our waiter pulled a fast one over on us. When we arrived, he asked if we wanted cheese dip or guacamole. Since someone else in our party already had cheese dip we went with the guacamole. It wasn’t like your «normal» guacamole– it was more like a salad with avocado chucks. It was okay but not good. When it came time to order, my husband and I decided to do the 2 for $ 20 offer. It consisted of an appetizer or dessert and 2 entrees off of a list. My taco was pretty good but my husband was very disappointed in his pork tacos and didn’t even finish eating them. When our waiter finally brought the bill, he said that our guacamole wasn’t eligible for the special. He apparently didn’t bring us the normal guacamole but rather the «homestyle» guacamole. And it turns our that the homestyle was $ 9! Ridiculous for the amount and taste.
We spoke to the manager about the situation but no offers were made to remedy our waiters fast one.
We will not be returning.

My first review on Unilocal!
I went on Cinco de Mayo with my boyfriend in the late afternoon and it wasn’t busy surprisingly. There was a band outside setting up for tonight’s festivities. Very live Hispanic music playing! Great atmosphere! It took awhile for us to order our food even though their were five waiters standing around, carrying conversations amongst themselves.
It took about 20 minutes for us to get our water. I ordered a Coronarita and they ran out of the huge glass they usually put the drink in, so I was handed a red cup with liquor and beer over spilling. My boyfriend didn’t like the replacement cup, but I was fine with it. About 40 minutes later, we got our food. I was okay with the wait because I understood other orders were being put in at the same time. I ordered the flautas (4) and it came with refried beans, Mexican rice, lettuce, tomato, guacamole, and sour cream. Out of the entire meal, the beans were to my liking. The flautas were too crispy. I didn’t really like them much. My boyfriend ordered the enchilada stack which I liked! He didn’t like it so much, but I did! I had a taste off his plate.
When we asked for the check, it came out quick which is great! I like the atmosphere and music. I would definitely go again and try something else on the menu!

Wow! This was quite an experience. I came here with a friend after watching a Gwinnett Gladiators game at the arena (my first hockey game). It was a rainy night and we went in about 20 minutes before they closed. I usually get a little nervous about the type of service i’m going to get when going to a place shortly before they close. In this case, there was no need to worry.
As soon as we walked in, we were greeted and seated by a very friendly staff member. Shortly after we sat down, Stefano (our server) came and greeted us. He told about the drink specials. Everything was very reasonably priced. We had a patron sunshine drink and it was pretty good, especially for the price. It had lots of ice though so you may want to ask for light ice.
It came time to decide which food to eat we decided on the 2 for $ 20 deal. It comes with 1 appetizer, 2 entrees and a dessert to share. We had the xochitl soup. PLEASE try it. IT was delicious! When I had a spoonful and saw how delicious it was, I was excited to see what the rest of my dinner had to offer.
I had the chicken quesadilla. It was a great portion, the chicken was moist and filling and the onions and veggies were flavorful. It’s not like the typical skinny, quesadilla appetizer you get at some places. My friend had the steak fajitas. They came out steamy and hot with a bunch of warm tortillas. He tore it up so I assume it was good. The dinner was very filling. I had to take half home.
I used a Unilocal Check in deal to get a free dessert so we didn’t have to share. I had the fried cheesecake. It was really good. My friend had the ice cream sundae and he enjoyed it.
Stefano was a great server. He was friendly, had great suggestions and was very personable. Even though it was close to closing time, at no time did we feel rushed or dismissed. There were still several people in there when we left. They had a gentleman singing while we were there. I think his name was Tommy. He had a great voice and I enjoyed it when he played the saxophone. The décor in the restaurant was really festive The booths felt a little tight so if you are larger you may want to try a table. Overall it was great and I would recommend it.