La Bamba Mexican American Restaurant
6101 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA, 50312
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Address :
6101 Grand Ave
Des Moines, IA, 50312 - Phone (515) 255-8238
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Opening Hours
- Mon :11:00 am - 10
- Mon : 11:00 am - 10
Specialities
- Takes Reservations : No
Delivery : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Dinner
Parking : Private Lot
Bike Parking : Yes
Wheelchair Accessible : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Attire : Casual
Noise Level : Average
Alcohol : Full Bar
Outdoor Seating : No
Wi-Fi : No
Has TV : Yes
Waiter Service : Yes
Caters : No
Categories
Mexican Cuisine
If you enjoy Taco Tuesday, then you have officially fallen in love with the Mexican Food. The main grain of Mexican cuisine is maize. Also known as corn, maize is grown for the past 9000 years after the crop was discovered by the people in Mayan civilization. Mexican empire flourished when they started growing beans, tomatoes, chili pepper, sweet potato and cactus. Till this date these ingredients are used in cooking authentic Mexican dishes and drinks.
Great use of spices, fresh chili pepper dishes like fajitas, tortilla chips, corn chips, salsa, chimichangas, burritos, nachos and quesadillas are invented in America. But when you are looking for authentic Mexican food then you must find a restaurant in the city that serves Rajas con Queso, Garbanzo in a Guajillo Chile Sauce, Pork Filled Chiles Rellenos, Chiles en Nogada, Molcajete Salsa, Pico de Gallo and Frijoles de la Olla. An eye-opening fact – Mexican don't like their food hot. They use fresh chili and other spices to create a flavor that lingers in your mouth.
Mexican food is great for those who are Gluten Intolerant as they use Corn instead of wheat in most of their dishes. Also, you can easily find many beans based Mexican dishes. Another dish which didn't get similar glory as tacos or nachos is the Mexican hot chocolate. If you love something hot on a chilly day, then go for Mexican Hot Chocolate. On merry days, you can enjoy the authentic Mexican Drinks like Tequila, Mezcal, Tecuí, Sotol, Bacanora, Charanda, Posh O Pox, Puebla and Pulque. Mexican Cuisine is for people who enjoy strong drinks and hearty meals.
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Holly H.
Everyone needs a neighborhood Mexican restaurant where everyone knows your name; where you run into your community regularly. La Bamba on Grand Avenue is mine. On any given night I can recognize neighbors or my kids' school mates dining there. The staff have watched my kids grow up and know them both by name! If I ever "need" to go to another Mexican restaurant, I feel like I'm cheating on them! The service is fast and friendly. Special touches include separate salsa dishes to allow for double and triple dipping, as well a little bowl of refried bean dip. My kids get annoyed when we need to go to another Mexican restaurant while traveling and they don't have this feature! Their $2 house margaritas fall on Thursday and Saturday nights. Perfect! Only thing here is that recently they started serving them in regular glasses rather than the margarita glasses that I prefer. I generally order the shrimp fajitas or fish tacos which are both fresh and delicious. I wouldn't mind seeing more (somewhat healthful?) seafood items on their menu. Lastly..they recently upgraded their booths and decor, which was needed. However, they added big screen TV's, of which I am not a fan.
(4)Patrick T.
I really like this place, really good chips and salsa and they bring out a bean dip (vegan) to the table for free as well. They have different drink deals every night! I like going on Monday's where all the draft beer is 2 bucks a pint! Perfect for indulging in a bunch of chips and salsa. As far as meals go I have had the veggie fajitas and taco salads. Both which I thought were great.. My wife usually orders something with meat and she always seems to dig it as well. Some people have talked about the cleanliness in the place, I think it's pretty good. The bathrooms are not the finest i have ever seen, but way better then a lot of Mexican restaurants I have been to in my day! The service has always been great and they always work with me, on making sure they can do what I want Vegan. I appreciate that.
(4)Lisa J.
Super fast service, even when it's busy. A margarita and steak California burrito are an excellent hangover remedy. So delicious.
(5)Kyle H.
I'm not sure by what standards midwestern Mexican food is judged, so I can't really review La Bamba from such a perspective... but in coming from a place where good mexican food is serious business, this place is pretty horrendous all around. The meal started with some chips with salsa and beans. I'm not sure if the salsa was made in house or not, but it tasted like a bad, cheap grocery store salsa. No flavor, no heat.. no anything. The beans pretty much tasted the same, which was a big theme with this place in that everything was bland and everything tasted the same. Mexican food, when done well, bursts with flavors. I don't know what they are serving here, but it's an insult to call it Mexican. Sometimes good service can somewhat overcome less than quality food. This is not one of those places. The service here is terrible. The place was almost completely empty when I was there, yet the server couldn't be bothered to check back even ONE TIME to see if i needed something else to drink... and I really wanted some water. The guy was just standing around doing nothing for almost the whole time I was there. It also took about 30 min after I was finished to get my check due to the same problem of a worker who obviously doesn't give a damn. I rarely give 1 star reviews, but this place is just all around awful. To the person who said decent authentic Mexican food... wow. I feel sad that you've apparently never had real Mexican food before.
(1)Deren S.
Went there with coworkers for lunch. I personally wouldn't go again. The tables are way too small. Our food almost couldn't fit on the table. I ordered one of the lunch fajitas. Meat was chewy and over cooked. Beans and rice were ok but nothing special. I would rather go to tasty taco or even Chipotle.
(1)Nicholas K.
The food tasted ok, but nothing special. My wife and I both felt sick to our stomachs later that night. Not food poison or anything, probably just low quality food. Would not go back to.
(2)Mary S.
Lunch here is excellent. My co-workers and I dine here regularly because of the consistent quality and cost/value of the generous portion and the good, fast service.
(4)Larry P.
We were a bit concerned about the cleanliness of the place. But, the food was tasty. The service was mediocre. The prices were tolerable. Definitely could have been better. Definitely experienced worse. The parking leaves a lot to be desired too.
(3)Lucy S.
Decent authentic Mexican food on Grand Ave. in Des Moines. The rice and beans are excellent, and the steak tacos could have been improved if they had tomatoes on them and were a lot spicier. Also, if they used home made tortillas for their taco shells rather than the kind you can get from a taco kit at the grocery store. I don't know what that note about the cleanliness or the parking lot below is about--in my experience both were totally fine.
(3)Sara P.
We recently moved to Des Moines and were looking for a good Mexican restaurant. My husband believes that you can tell if it will be good or not by just two factors: do they serve free chips and salsa, and do they have flan? Well, when we arrived, we looked at the menu and, sure enough, La Bamba met those two criteria. In terms of food quality/taste, we were not disappointed. The service, however, left much to be desired. We have eaten at many restaurants pretty much identical to this one, and the food at this type of restaurant typically comes out super-fast. Not the case here (though it wasn't THAT slow). After we got our food, our waiter was nowhere to be found. We finished our dinner and sat there for a good 10-15 minutes staring at our plates. Finally, we saw him and my husband asked for his flan (which was also good). He ate it and then it took probably ANOTHER 10 minutes before we saw the waiter again and could ask for our bill. It was not explained to us that we should pay up front, but we figured it out. I should point out that it was a Wednesday night and there was only one other table seated--it's not like they were busy (also, another table had left not long after we arrived, and by the time we left ~45 minutes later, that table still had not been cleared). I'm hoping that this was just a fluke, because the food and prices were good. I'm giving them 4 stars for that.
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