Azteca Fresh Mexican Grill

When we walked in, it was just after half-​time of superbowl; 9 ish? We were told if we wanted food, it would have to be fried or they could offer us tacos; she said that they were cleaning the grill, so no grilled food. Okay… no big deal. So we ordered nachos and a margarita, both very good. What’s not good, is turning away customers and sending them to a restaurant across the street, well before your posted closing time. It was right after half-​time of the Super Bowl, so not late by any means. I honestly couldn’t believe that when they already had two sets of customers in the restaurant eating… why would you turn down business?

Not wanting the rice and beans that came with the two tacos. They charged me full price and also charged me $ 1.50 for extra side of sour cream .
Service was bad and little food for the price !

The food is very good and authentic. The price fair and nice to sit outside just a block from the beach. The guacamole is excellent. A little small size portion but very yummy. The chicken tacos had fresh ingredients and marinated chicken with nice presentation. The chicharronnes de pollos were excellent. A great Latin dish with really fast chicken with fried onions. The black beans and rice excellent.

Food was pretty good, but the service was really slow. Waited for about an hour for food. Personally, I don’t think there should be only three servers, no bartender or bustboy on New Years.

Been here twice now and had the chicken tacos and chicken burrito respectively. Great quality ingredients with lots of flavor. Got their queso (cheese sauce) on the side and doused my burrito in it :)

Very bad experience, waitress could not understand English and we could not understand her entire order was wrong and she just tried to argue, 1^st and last visit

My rating is for their sax player. He is really good. He plays very well he was here on Friday and he was plains it beautifully.

5 star for the steak fajitas! Loved the seasoning and the steak was tender. Also the margarita was nice. Nice spot to have by the beach

Yum yum yum is all I can say. I had the taco salad with steak and it melted in my mouth! It is so so savory. My friend had the chicken chicharones with rice beans and sweet plantains and she licked the plate! (Not really) but she didn’t leave a crumb. Will be back again

This place is 0 star! I’m going to keep it simple… Americanized «crap» as I ALWAYS call it. Frozen rock hard ceviche and margaritas are pure brow colored sour mix NO tequila in it all. Waiter was very nice. DONT COME HERE! Go to Dos Amigos in Pompano best REAL AUTHENTIC MEXICAN FOOD! DID I SAY REAL MEXICAN FOOD AUTHENTIC LOL also go on Groupon $ 18 for Dos Amigos

We were here for a vacation recently and this was the first place we stopped into. The margaritas and burritos were excellent. What a cool spot so close to the water and right in the middle of the Lauderdale-​by-​the-​Sea central area.

We eat there fish plate. Very poor taste
No wonder that notch much customers stop by
It is not even close to Mexican taste

Mediocre «Mexican» food at best. Ordered the taco platter and chips and salsa for carry-​out. Got back to the hotel and realized they didn’t include the rice and beans. So we paid almost $ 23 for 4 tacos, tortilla chips and a half cup of tasteless salsa. The taco shells reminded me of the Old El Paso or Ortega shells I buy at the grocery store. Tortilla chips definitely came from a bag as well. Nothing tasted horrible, but it was boring and certainly not worth the money.

Service was a little slow but the food was excellent as well as the waitstaff. I ordered the Azteca enchilada in which you could taste the fresh seafood. The waitress was very friendly and accommodating, she rushed to get us beers right at the end of happy hour and was extremely pleasant. It’s a nice location and I recommend sitting out side to people watch and look at the expensive cars riding by.

Horrible! horrible!horrible!never return, plZ don’t ever eat there service is incompetent
The food is terrible and management is rude.

I really enjoyed my flautas the meat was very fresh !! I’ll be back. The server was very nice and very helpful with ordering !

I got the Chicken Nachos and Margaritas it was so Good!!! Very Friendly Staff and I will be coming back I just moved here to Ft. lauderdale and I’ve been to a few other places but this place Rocks!!!

Eh
I Would Not Eat Here Again… Ever!
I have never left a bad review, But I cannot help myself. Bad Food, Low Quality not at all authentic Mexican. The Owner/​Manager Sat at the Little Bar (the entire time I TRIED to enjoy my food) Talking VERY LOUDLY on his Cell Phone. At one point when I 1^st came into I smiled at him and he looked at me with daggers in his eyes! I believe he is in Real Trouble.
The ONLY thing this Dump has going for it is the two very nice waitresses! I hope they find a nice place to utilize their Skills
I took leftovers out but I just threw them in a Trash Can…

Everything tasted like a dirty fryer. Is there anything I could say to make up for that?

Azteca, a chain restaurant, has one of its newest locations vying for the tourist dollars on the southeast corner of Commercial and A1A in Lauderdale-​by-​the-​Sea. It’s a good sized restaurant with entrance access both from Commercial and A1A. Like most new chains, the colors are bright, the establishment clean and well organized but with that sort of with that typical chainy sterile ambiance about it.
The menu, as expected is well thought out with four «Signature» dishes of coconut fish, Salsa fish, grilled fish Veracruz plus a shrimp and coconut. They also have a good selection of some eight salads and soups, nine choices of burritos, about four of what they term traditionals which includes a special «House Chili,» but surprisingly only two tacos being beer battered fish or a choice of a rather steak or chicken all only offered in a soft tortilla with rice and choice of bean.
As a surprise for a chain they had a special of the day being crab nachos which I selected. It came served with the plate heaping full, exceedingly well prepared but I would say in a style more «Americano» than anything I’ve ever seen in Mexico. Indeed in eyeballing the dishes of other patrons, it’s rather obvious that there isn’t any intent toward what may be Mexican authentic, but clearly all Americanized take offs which isn’t meant to be any sort of a put down because the Americans have taken many the foundations of Mexican foods as well as styles of preparation which in my opinion are, instead of being some compromise, are in fact a specific style all of there own and in many cases superior to the culinary dishes from which they originated.
They also have the traditional salsa bar, all with fresh tasty ingredients but somewhat more limited than found in most competitive Mexican chains.
The staff is friendly, polite and helpful. Unlike most such chains the staff actually takes their time to be sure that they get your order correct and, if necessary, offer any help you may need.
One oustanding thing about Azteca is the price. For the most part you can get a decent meal for aournd $ 10.00 and the meals you get all seem to represent one of the best «bangs for the buck» to be found.