taqueria la unica

first things first i'm from los angeles so i know good mexican food and this here is the best mexican restaurant i've had since moving to nc. awesome food carnitas are great. i never order them normally cause nothing compared tony grandpas but these right here are pretty darn good!!

i have eaten at this restaurant almost every week for the last six years!  the food is always excellent and in six years, they have rarely given me the wrong order or not prepared food exactly as i requested.  they bring four different salsas, a bowl of queso blanco, pico de gallo and tortilla chips for free while you browse the menu.  service is always fast and friendly, even when the restaurant is busy and there is sometimes a line out the door.  i highly recommend this restaurant... my favorite combo dish is the speedy gonzales - muy bueno!

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good food. as authentic as you're gonna find. had the chorizo and egg torta. the bread was really good and the four or five salsas they brought out - in addition to the warm queso blanco - were all awesome. and the biggest tortilla chips in history! coming back, that's for sure! gotta try it folks!!

service is terrible. the food was okay. the chips and salsa not so good. pick de gallo delicious. beware if you are in a large group with children. our waitress delivered a horchata to one of the children even though she didn't order it. the child asked the waitress why she was given it and ignored. the child told me. i asked the waitress if it was free and told no. i told the waitress to take it away and she questioned why i would not want the child to have something to drink. 13 of us crammed around three small tables and we all ordered full meals. when we asked for two additional baskets of just chips we were charged. (we had been served only three baskets when we arrived.)

this location is not owned by the folks who own the indian trail la unica. the service and food is much better at the la unica on monroe rd & waxhaw-indian trail rd location in indian trail.

being from los angeles. also being mexican and puerto rican, other than mexican food from my own kitchen la unica in monroe is the best we have had. so inexpensive also. truely authentic mexican food. the one in indian trail..not so much, even though it is pretty close to my house we drive out of our way to get to the one in monroe. someone earlier wrote they dont have crunchy tacos...ummm so authentic mexican tacos do not come "crunchy" you can go to taco bell for that.

horrible service (at our table)!. was looking on yelp to find a mexican restaurant that was good nearby and found this place.. two tables who arrived after us got their chips & drinks brought out and orders taken before we were even addressed. the menu doesn't have tostadas so i ordered them "off menu" with rice and beans (i wanted tacos, but they don't serve crunchy). the waitress didn't bring the rice and beans and when i told her i didn't get them, she stated "no." my wife had to remind her that i had ordered them and she said nothing, looking lost, so i ordered them a second time.
my wife's enchiladas did not come with sauce so they were dry and the cheese wasn't melted due to them being cold. they only had a green sauce to substitute so she ended up giving them to me and i used salsa on them. when my wife asked for lemons the waitress said "no, we have lime", and picked the bowl of limes up and a little angrily slammed them down on the table in front of her !!! and immediately walked off without saying anything! does she think that my wife is blind and can't see that there are limes at the table? also, my wife did not ask for limes, she asked for lemon! i felt that this was very inappropriate behavior, and for her to do this suggested that she was letting us know that limes were an acceptable substitute.. if we felt otherwise, don't we have that right?
throughout our meal the waitress seemed to have an attitude and was very concerned with going to the corner to check her cell phone and text during our visit.
everyone around us seemed to be getting excellent service,
with one table having two very attentive employees.
so, it's time to go and the bill comes..
there were no prices on the check and the girl at the register needed help ringing up our order (two girls rang in the check). i ended up being charged $12.50 for my meal, because apparently they didn't get the memo that when you order an entrée you don't charge for each individual item. i asked before hand if the meal was available to order as an entrée, but this obviously wasn't communicated to the cashier or written down (both girls seemed confused by the check and had to ask me what i had ordered..!?)
i see that everyone else is a fan, maybe we came on the wrong night (wed.) or maybe we are just far too picky..? the only positive is the food comes out really fast!
we won't be back!

chicken salad. lowest calorie option i've found here. super delicious smothered in the salsas they bring out!

the food is great that's why it is so busy all of the time. i like the carne asada tacos.

dont let the outside keep you out. they bring out several salsa's. food was fresh and fast at lunch. great place. i had the enchiladas suiza.

does not look like much from outside but it's bigger than it looks and nice enough but not fancy inside.
the food was very good and good portions too. service was fast and friendly.
i wouldn't call the food authentic as other reviews have....but it is very good tex-mex and a pleasant surprise to find in monroe where so many of even the "nicer" restaurants are not very good.

this place is amazing!!!!! cheap food, huge portions, and awesome salsas!!!

great food. really good food for the price, getting ready to head that way now!!!

awesome food. best mex i can think of any where...

huge portions

authentic

big yum!. absolutely the best mexican food i've had... big portions, great tasting food, and inexpensive.