L’Argentina Grill

This place has a great location! Killer Vibe! The server kinda recruited us off the street and when we looked at the menu we thought… Looks great! Decent price and they take credit cards! We’re in! We sit down and all is well. We order shots. Bottles of water and chips n salsa. Then we don’t see the waiter for a long time. Long like at least 10 minutes. Then he brings the drinks but no salsa. 10 min later the salsa comes and the food to follow 15 more min later. Now the salsa was awesome! And the veggie fajitas=great! And my 10 $ (16 pesos) mushroom quesadilla! Wow! Weirdly good! But after we ordered-​He never came back for over 20 min. We wanted more water and shots and hot Sauce (I actually went to bar and got sauces myself) — so while the food was great! The service was not good. The homemade hot Sauce is bomb thoug!!!
So we get the check and give him our card and he says… Like a taxi driver that gets you to your destination and then says «oh sorry! Our credit card machine is down!» — well that was one of the the reasons we ate there and we would have brought more cash if we knew that?! So we somehow used all our cash to pay for dinner. Leaving no more cash to pay for whatever we did next so we could only go to places with credit or try and find an ATM. All good. Even with all that– it was a pretty swell dinner! I’d get the quesadilla to go for sure on my walk by !!

Very good drinks, great service from a warm Argentine, fantastic ceviche with octopus and great fish tacos loaded with guacamole. Fun place to while away the afternoon.

First of all, the blackened tuna was very good. It was cooked & seasoned well. But… the salad was embarrassing. It was made up almost entirely from lettuce scraps and had only two sun-​dried tomatoes in it. Further, a side dish consisted of cold spaghetti noodles. That’s all. Considering that this was one of the most expensive dinners that I paid for on the island of Isla Mujeres, it was hardly worth it. I would not recommend this restaurant.

Wish I had read the reviews before stopping at this place.
I ordered a filet mignon fajita — the meat I got was definitely not filet mignon but a much inferior cut. It also came without beans, guacamole, Pico de Gallo or anything but the meat, rice and tortillas. Very disappointed and actually upset about the blatant lie to call it filet mignon.
My husband had a burger which supposedly was not bad and he said the drinks were fine too, that’s why I give two stars, my personal experience was worse.
As other reviews say — they automatically added a 20% gratuity, which I definitely would not have given for the quality of food and the service (very hard to get a hold of the waitress after we got our food).
So if you happen to read this before you go there — don’t go!

so… while dining there that was the only place in my 3 days in mexico that i tried paying with my AMEX card.
today i am getting a call from amex that someone tried to use my card in mexico for a $ 9,966 Costco purchase .
what a great business model, stealing from tourist to run your business.

After several days eating Mexican food, which I love, I decided to try something a little different so I tried their pizza. Our server screwed up the order and wanted to argue about what I told him rather than fix the problem. I ordered a Hawaiian Pizza and he brought me one with capers and anchovies. He didn’t even take it back. His solution? He brought me pineapple slices to put on top of my salt laden pizza. My wife’s «Salmon Salad» was lettuce with cold canned salmon on top.
THEN, he added a tip without asking because he knew that his service was terrible and he wouldn’t get a good one.

The worst fajitas — in fact some of the worst food — I’ve ever eaten. The margarita was undrinkable, and the portions were measly. And then we — a party of two — were presented with a bill that slyly included a 20% tip. AVOID THIS RESTAURANT.

25% tip on a large group?!? I have NEVER experienced that in all my years of eating in restaurants.
Avoid at all costs!

the food is average, but bw careful they may charge you extra tips because the tips was already included in the total price and another line in the bill request for tips again. so it is not a pleasant experience eating there.

Staff was very helpful and nice. I was disappointed to see that they tried to pass off a lesser steak for my filet minion that came with my surf and turf. The flavor of the food was excellent. Be careful to read your bill carefully, as they automatically add the tip to the price, then offer how much you should tip your «table» for good & excellent service. I was all about tipping just not double tipping. Good food but just be careful for the deceit.

**BAR REVIEW ONLY**
We lost a beach day due to annoying rain, so we did the next best thing: got trashed at a bar.
Other than the name, you’d have no idea that this is an Argentinian restaurant. The outdoor bar area has a Jamaican-​esque vibe and feel, while indoors is like a trendy island lounge.
Our bartender was the greatest. Wonderful expat from Canada. I can’t even begin to recall the amount of beers, cocktails and shots we consumed. The bill was literally a mile long.
Food: french fries galore. A couple apps that I can’t recall (re: mile long drinks bill) but I do know the shrimp app was not a fan favorite.
I’m guessing the Scorpion Tequila shot is the thing to do here. Basically you eat a baby scorpion then chase it with tequila. Yea, um, no, I’m good! But the one cray cray friend in the group did it and she’s still alive so there’s that.
Some cautionary tips:
— Credit cards incur a 4% fee. Ouuuuuuuuuch!
— Bathrooms are unisex. Septic system is mega weak so no throwing tp in the toilet.
Someone with an very fast digestive system did deuces in the toilet and well, if it won’t flush tp… you get the idea.