Casa Real

Love their food! They are always so nice and include chips and salsa. We eat here a lot!

What has happened to Casa Real? The last 2 times I was there the service was slow and the food was terrible. In all my years I have had chicken chimichangas they have all been between good and great. Until last week I had never experienced a bad chimichanga. I hope they get back on their feet and turn this around.

This is always a go to place when craving Mexican food. The staff is friendly and the lunch prices are great, a full meal for under $ 10. I also have found the food at Casa Real to be quite authentic tasting. The only reason I don’t give it a full 5 stars is the lack of atmosphere compared to other restaurants.

I was very disappointed in the food. The service was slow. Met the owner he was very nice. Just was not impressed with establishment

I’ve been here several times and it is always good. But I came on 11÷25÷15 for 50 Cent Taco Night. I had a shredded beef, a ground beef and a bean taco. (3 in all.) All three were excellent. Maybe the best tacos I’ve even eaten. Very very good. And for 50 cents each! I highly recommend.

I have had multiple items from here and they were always amazing from service to food. Wouldn’t eat Mexican anywhere else. From lake Orion to Oxford. If you go to sage brush you’re a fool who has no taste buds. Get the real deal at casa real.

I enjoy the food here, it’s always very quiet and I actually prefer their salsa compared to Sagebrush. The portions are a good size. Margaritas are good.

We went out to eat here a few days ago. It was a Saturday late afternoon/​early evening. They weren’t too busy but did have several tables full.
Our server was great. She kept us in chips and drink refills. She was very nice and personable. The atmosphere was nice but felt the table we were at was a little dark.
I got the El Mega Burrito which is huge. Was only able to eat half when I’m the type of person who normally cleans my plate. I got the chicken and steak mixed, the meat was awesome, very tender. But I feel like it was missing something, even with the sour cream and guacamole it seemed a little bland. But like I said for the amount of food you get for the price it is well worth it. I think next time I’ll try one smothered with either cheese sauce or red sauce to see if the other things are bland.
My roommate is a vegetarian and really wanted chili rellenos. She couldn’t find it on the menu but our waitress said it was no issue to do a combo with them, so she got cheese chili rellenos which she said were awesome. There was 2 big ones and it was served with rice and beans.
We will definitely eat here again.

Why am I still here? I need to just give up on CR and mourn its demise.
This was the place to go for years. When the owner still ran the restaurant and was here nightly, everything was golden. Now he is off expanding across metro Detroit, and he abandoned his flagship location. It’s sad and frustrating.
There are nights when the food takes forever, arrives cold, is made wrong or never comes. Tonight, we were supposed to be warned at the hostess station that food was taking 50 minutes. This was mentioned by our completely checked out server. I’ve seen potatoes with more expression.
With all this time to burn, we used up our 3 baskets of chips. There are no more. They are not making more. A Mexican restaurant has run out of tortilla chips. I never thought I’d see the day. They are so easy to make too. This place just does not care.
Instead of doing the right thing and offering a free appetizer, she just shrugged and walked away. This is the new normal since the owner left his sister in charge. She couldn’t run a blender let alone a restaurant.
The last time we were here, it was 7 pm on a Saturday. The place was deserted. The owner’s sister and our server ignored our empty drinks in favor of sweeping the floor all around us. We were next to the bar. It wasn’t a huge task to refill some sodas.
I think this will be our last visit. It’s sad. I emailed the owner several months ago, but his sister intercepted the message. I doubt he ever saw it. He may not know his sister has run the business into the ground. I give the place 6 months tops.
Food ended up taking 30 minutes, not 50. Prices are still great. It’s just not worth the hassle.

Me and a group of friends went here for the taco special they had going on, and I personally won’t be coming back. Our waitress was very short with us and was possibly talking about us in Spanish to the other wait staff (since they were looking at us while doing so.) She barely checked on us too while we were eating our bland, lackluster tacos too. The whole experience was degrading and unfriendly. Won’t be coming back.

Loved this place. Nice décor and fast service. The salsa was outstanding! Loved the flavor.
The wet burrito was really good too, good price/​value and I have no complaints. Would definitely return.

The place has degraded badly. Waitstaff seems to not care and the food is just not good anymore.
Unsure of the cause but it’s a shame. This place used to be really good.

We walked in with only a few tables of individuals throughout the restaurant. Not being from the area and familiar with the restaurant we weren’t sure what to do– seat ourselves or wait. Nobody greeted us so we waited till we came across a waitress. I politely asked should we wait to be seated or sit down and she said at anywhere and I’ll bring you menus. So we sat and waited for over 10 minutes. In this time she has waited on the surrounding tables twice and had yet to even bring us menus. We decided to leave after waiting for 15 minutes total with none of the four waitresses acknowledging us.

We often frequent Casa Real when we’re driving through Oxford. It’s definitely one of our favorite mexican spots when we are wanting more traditional mexican. My wife and I both love the Las Chimis, cheese dip, tacos, tamales, chips and salsa. We really have never been disappointed with our meal and enjoy the fun, festive ambiance.

Friday night and the place is full … They told us 10 min to sit two of us … People sitting next to us waiting have a table of 10 to sit they were told 10 min also they have been waiting 45 min … There are open tables in the bar area … Been here before food is good so we will see been waiting 20min so its not looking very promising so far… So after 35 min we get to a table (that was empty for the entire time we waited) it was in full view ! The food was OK and the service was very very very slow … I am thinking they are very under staffed … Not the customers problem!

Two star for edible but I would never recommend it.
There are only a couple waiters/​waitresses that are excellent at there job here and care about the customer. If you are unlucky and get anyone else be prepare to wait for long periods of time for drink re-​fill, ordering food, and getting the check. I would say out of past five time I was forced to go there only two were good waiter/​waitress experiences.
Now the food, it generic. I have tried quesadillas, fajitas and burritos. The beef quesadilla was dry and not cut so it was a bit hard to eat. Also, they only put a small ½ tablespoon of sour cream on the side. When I ask if I could have a bit more, 20 min later (this one of the bad times) I got a room temperature carry-​out sour cream that tasted spoiled. The half beef/​half chicken burrito was ok but was clearly microwaved. Cheese does not look like that out of an oven. If you find yourself here I would stick to the fajitas. I had the chicken previously and they are pretty good.
If you are craving Mexican I would not pick this place. Forest Mexican and saga brush in lake orion are way better.
Taco Bell is better too at least if you get poor food and service you did not pay much for it.

I have a friend who lives in Oxford who told me the fajitas for 2 for $ 20, are fabulous, well I found myself in Oxford Monday afternoon.
Got here at 2:30 pm between lunch & dinner, were promptly greeted & seated.
Also a bonus was Mondays are $ 3 off any fajitas & margaritas $ 3 20 ounces $ 5
(but I was driving so no Rita today)
We ordered the steak — chicken fajitas for two, $ 19.95
Soon after ordering Jose brought out the sizzling-​well stocked cast iron skillet
plus we each were provided our own plates of
Beans
Rice
Lettuce
Guacamole
Sour Cream dollop & 8 tortillas
The chunks-​hunks of meat were cut perfect & were oh so tender
Onions & Peppers were caramelized to perfection without being soggy
we asked for no tomatoes for 2 reasons
1. out of season 2. bride is very allergic to them
Next time I will order double beans as the rice did not work for me at all, but the bride loved it
The fajitas were so plentiful that we each had 2 roll ups, filled
& got two more meals at home later.
Hoping the Casa Real in Madison Hts is as good?

Over charged on beer special. Also extra charge for hot sauce. No other Mexican restaurant ever did that. Food is good. Just good, not great. Very good server Michelle.

This place just opened. It used to be Juans Hacienda which I frequented in the past. The inside has been redone and now it has booth seating. I would say the food is a step up from the previous establishment. I judge all Mexican restaurants on one dish — FAJITAS. And Casa Real has pretty good ones. This is Casa Real’s third restaurant in the area I believe. Hopefully they keep up the good work.

The food was good. I wish I had a bigger portion. I had the Arroz Con Pollo, but with how big their plates are and how small the portions are — it was visible that they tried spreading the dish out to cover the plate.
The chips/​salsa is real good. The wait staff is real good about refilling when you are out of chips/​salsa. No complaints there.
The noise level was our biggest concern. The Birthday celebration has to go. It is very obnoxious and loud. We weren’t able to communicate as others in the restaurant had this parade of instruments come to their table. It was very off-​putting. The waitress we had was awkward as well, coming by our table at one point to ask if we had gotten our food yet (do you see food?).
Although the food was decent, we won’t be back.