La Fonda - Deming

Wherever my wife and I travel, we like to eat at local places to get a taste of the opposite. la fonda is amazing! hands down the best authentic Mexican cuisine I ever had, and we went to mexiko. recommend this little jewel hidden in deming, new mexico.

I hate leaving a 2 star on this place but it would have been a 3 if not for one thing. The food was average but the one thing that dropped this establishment to 2 was the chile con queso and chips. The queso was water thin, had no flavor, it was like they dropped a can of great value chopped chile in it and the topper was it was served with potato chips!!! Like really? This is a Mexican restaurant and queso should be served with tortilla chips. On a positive note our server was extremely nice, attentive and courteous even though she assumed I was Anglo when I asked about the carne adovada tacos (she said they are made with really hot chile, which I love). We actually had a good laugh about that comment.

This was the poorest service I've EVER HAD!! The portions were VERY SMALL!! The lady that took my order over the phone was rude. When I got there she was rude. I got charged for food I didn't receive. When I got there my order was sitting on the counter. When I got home my food was cold mind you I live 2 min away!! I WILL NEVER WASTE MY MONEY OR TIME HERE AGAIN!!

Slow service possibly due to lack of help. I can look past that but the food was so lackluster that it was certainly not worth the price. If I order something from your menu and you come back to me 15 minutes later to tell me that you don’t have any; you don’t know what you are doing. We were dining with another couple at our table and their dishes were served 10 minutes before ours. Eat here if you want to be disappointed.

The presentation of the food was ok. But it has no flavor. Our waitress never bothered to come by to see if everything was ok. Had to get her attention to ask for the rest of our order. My wife's food was cold. Guacamole was not fresh but bought from a jar or can. My wife being mexican decent would not recommend this place anyone.