Lydia’s La Canasta

Great Food and very friendly service. I will be back. The chips and salsa are excellent as well as the crispy tacos !

Wow! What a breakfast!!! Steak with perfectly cooked eggs. Tasty and filling, I cleaned my plate. Been in the restaurant biz for over 30 years and this place has breakfast covered! Waiter hovered a bit, (only need to ask how things are once or twice) but all in all great. Can’t wait to try lunch and dinner.

My new favorite Mexican food place! The food is excellent and at a good price point for its portion sizes for my dining budget. They did okay with the space they had, but it’s a strip mall setting.
Friendly service and everything I’ve tried so far on the menu has been better than the last — machaca, taco salad, and the tops has been Lydia’s fry bread!

I love La Canasta’s. I summer in Ohio and winter in Wickenburg. I couldn’t wait to get back this year to partake of Lydia’s delicious, authentic and oh-​so-​scrumptuous enchiladas. I prefer the machaca style, but they are all yummy. The price is right and the service homey, too.

Wonderful food! Tasted fresh and delicious… and great service, clean restaurant. Would surely come back! The fajitas and steak picato were very yuuuuumy. And for dessert the cherry cream filled chimi makes my mouth water still!

So glad I stopped ! The food was great and the service amazing. A must stop if your passing through wickenburg.

OMG! I was travelling thru Arizona last weekend and found this totally by accident. So happy that we did. From the time that we walked in the door we were treated like family and made to feel very comfortable. Lydia’s daughter (sorry. Forgot your name) waited on us and gave us a history lesson on the business and recommended some breakfast dishes. Three of us had machaca and one had chorizo and egg. We are all Mexican or lived in Mexican environments and we all agreed that this was unique and better than great! I tried to get the chili recipe but was told that it is a family secret. I told the girl that I would marry any unmarried women in the family just to get the recipe. Oh god, it was so good. Instead of the eggs being scrambled with the meat making the traditional machaca, the eggs were cooked separate and laid on top of the meat. The chorizo is all home made and The proof is on the pudding. The tortillas and salsa really compliment everything else on the plate. The other customers were all friendly as well. Hope I get back out there for some more. Thanks «Lydia» !!!

We visit this restaurant at least once a week. I LOVE their green sauce! Everything is made from scratch — none of that out-​of-​the-​bag guacamole. Their menu lists the usual Mexican cuisine, but influenced by old family recipes. The place is very clean, the prices are reasonable and the staff is friendly. We think it’s the best Mexican food in Wickenburg.

Good mexican food. Stopped in with some girlfriends for lunch before heading to a ranch near this location. They were pretty empty, and I think we were the youngest crew in there. The food did not disappoint. I recommend the green chili and cheese fry bread! Yum!

I have eaten here a couple of time and not been disapointed. Love the green chile. The hot sauce needs work. Overall worth the trip.

Ate there for the first time last week and I was really impressed. The place was clean, the service excellent and the meal I had was fabulous. Mexican food is my favorite and a many Mexican restaurants serve very bland food, but not Lydia’s-definitely will be going back the next time I am in Wickenburg.

I hate to be the only one to swim against the dominant paradigm, but this place left me wanting. Went last week and the service is absolutely phenomenal! The food, however, is just above Taco Bell. I ordered a Chimichanga. It came out without any sauce or cheese on the top and looked and tasted like it had been in a grilled sandwich press. Also, more tortilla than filling. Only one type of beans are available — refried, instead of ranch style or something better. They serve no alcohol whatsoever, so I could not even have a beer with my dinner. I ordered iced tea and it was clearer and weaker than the water I was also served. The one chink in the service is that I was never asked if I wanted a refill on my tea. Sorry, folks, but raise your game.

This place is amazing. Authentic as it gets. The food has taste unlike the competition in town (Cough «Anita’s)
Staff is friendly, food is excellent and fast, service is A+. You cannot go wrong. I can see (And hope) that this place eventually squashes the disguising competition.

The menudo was amazing! Perfectly cooked and incredibly filling. Finished off with a Pineapple Chimi which was also freakin’ good!
Service was insanely good. This is the original location and has many others throughout the valley.
Highly recommend!!!

The food is excellent!!! Best mexican food in Wickenburg! Do not eat anywhere else… enchiladas, tacos, red chile, rice and beans are the best!!! Fast, friendly and great prices!

You like happy, friendly service with your good food? You like chile rellenos? Hot food with delicious sides? Don’t go anywhere else. Love this little place. Not fancy, but very good.

Great service, fresh ingredients, food made to order and correct. Wonderful staff. We are from Napoleon, MI visiting family and everyone was very pleased with their meals.
Highly recommend for an affordable, yummy meal.

Yummy food, great service, highly recommend!
Ordered for pick up food for 8 people and they got it all right with a good price too.
Highly recommend the enchilada combo!

This is authentic Mexican food the way it is meant to be. I especially have fallen in love with the enchiladas, but the burrito, flautas and chimichangas also have been quite tasty. Service is friendly, too. The only thing I wish for is a homier ambiance. Because it is a square space in a strip mall, it has the feeling of a square space in a strip mall. Some authentic rugs on the walls, a little more vibrant color and better furniture would help. But go there for the tasty food!
Well, that didn’t take long. Days after this review, over Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday (2014), The owners added some nice booths, new furniture and opened an addition by cutting into the space next door that used to be a little fitness center. Well done!

This place is great. The ambience is very casual the prices are very low. The menudo is well worth your time. All you can eat for only six dollars.