La Tapatia Mexican And Catering, Martinez

This review is strictly for the catering side of La Tapatia. They catered my wedding on July 10th of this year. Overall my guests loved the food and the dinner service went well. But we did have issues with the servers. They did an excellent job serving and picking up the plates they provided. However, when it came to picking up dessert plates, they were very pushy. Dessert was meant to be enjoyed from the moment it opened at 6:30 to the rest of the party at 9pm. SEVERAL times they tried taking guests' dessert plates away while they were dancing, and were asked SEVERAL times to please leave it. Later when no one was paying attention they came back to throw it away after having been told 2-3 times to leave it. Towards the end of the night we had guests helping with the final clean up and they had set aside my dessert along with my husband's. Along with other guests who wanted to take their dessert home. They set it down all together and had turned around to do something. When they turned back around the servers had thrown everyone's dessert out. This was very upsetting. My husband and I were so full and with the chaos just weren't in the mood to eat. We had purposely saved that dessert to enjoy later that night and now we can't even say that we tasted our dessert table. This is food we had paid for, the guests were allowed to take it home and ultimately it was OUR responsibility as the renters to make sure everything was picked up. (This is outlined in the agreement we had to sign with our venue). A lot of dessert we paid for was thrown out not just at that moment but throughout the night. Another guest later told me that she had just finished taking her last bite of dessert, and before she could take the fork out of her mouth her plate was taken away. Lastly, a guest had complained that she had left her table to mingle with someone for 5 mins. When she got back her wine had been thrown out by the servers. Again dinner service/clean up was great, but the servers were throwing out food and drinks they did not have the right to throw out. For starters, unlike dinner, dessert was meant to be enjoyed the entire night. And most importantly, the dessert and drinks were not provided by La Tapatia so it shouldn't have been touched. I sent an email regarding all of these issues to the event coordinator at La Tapatia about 2 weeks ago. To ensure this experience is not repeated with other couples and never got a response. So I'm letting other couples know myself.

I frequent this really tasty restaurant. They have the best chips, salsa, and bean dip that I've had at any Mexican restaurant in Contra Costa. Same for the margarita...it's amazing! People are always shocked when they have those items, and that's before ordering food from the menu! I usually have the chicken taquitos or the crunchy chicken tacos, which me satisfied every single time. The crew is really nice and friendly. Definitely one of the best Mexican restaurants to visit.

Great meal, wonderful margaritas! Good prices, too! We're here again and LOVE the food, drink, and service.

Love this place. The Fajitas salad is my favorite and the Tequila flight..

Shrimp, chicken, and steak fajitas, bean dip with enchilada sauce, homemade green AND red salsa were all soooooooo good! This was the best V-day dinner ever! We sat in their outside seating section and service was excellent. Was not loud or rowdy. Just perfect all over. The Mexican Painkiller cocktail was bomb too. We will be back!