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a regular. i enjoy ninfa's and dine here regularly. it has changed some over the years, but the menu is the same i believe andserviceis always good. all of the other tex/mex & mexican restaurants in town seem to taste similar and not worth the price in my opinion. ninfa's is the opposite, moderately priced quality food that has it's own flavor.

we were seated quickly and the servers were friendly, butservicewas kinda slow. our waitress couldn’t pronounce and/or remember the names of things... so she may have just been newer. wish they indicated the kids meal coming with defries beans. we ordered the bean& cheese burrito for our son, and his plate was basically a ton of defries beans. otherwise the food was delicious. portion sizes are huge. and they were able to sort of customize my husbands burrito which made him very happy. we’ll definitely go back again

food was okay but overpriced. not as good as it was when it was ninfas before. servicewas terrible. we had to go get the waitress to come take our order after waiting about 20 minutes. we were a large group of 18-20 and were seated in a private room of off the entrance. the waitress appeared to be playing hostess as well and had no additional help for a group this large. likely will not go back anytime soon.

overpriced and lacking quality. i rarely find myself writing a negative review of a restaurant. mainly because i think that when someone owns a restaurant know what they are doing. this doesn't seem the case. we went here for lunch. i'd thought there would be a lunch menu, but they didn't seem to have one. why would a restaurant on aserviceroad next to an interstate not have a lunch menu? you're competing with at least a dozen places within a half mile; how will you lure new customers?

our server acted as if he didn't want to be there and gave us the chips and salsa. the chips were stale, oily and cold; this tells me that they were probably made the day before and they couldn't bother reheating them. the salsa didn't have any particular unique taste that most mexican restaurants have, because most make their own homemade salsa. being a person who could eat mexican everyday, i found myself only having one cup of it here.

i tend to eat fajitas when i go to a mexican restaurant, namely because you can't microwave it. however, i didn't order it here because the cost was upwards to 20 dollars, which i find very overpriced. instead i ordered the fajita burrito, which costed 14-16 dollars, which i also find overpriced. however, i am a person who will pay any particular price, as long as the food matches its price. the burrito here is a $7 one at best. the fajita meat was hard and blackened; i'm guessing the cooks over cooked the meat and decided that wrapping it up in a tortilla was a sufficient way to sell food.

overall, i believe this place has potential, but it needs a lot of in-house work. first, revamp the food quality and cooks. you can't possibly believe people will pay $16 for a burrito that is made of over cooked meat; that's what taco bell is for. second, retrain all bartenders to properly pour drinks. we had some margaritas and they tasted off putting. there's a reason the drinks have particular measurements, you have to follow them. people aren't asking for triple shots of bottom shelf tequila in their drinks; it makes the drink worse. lastly, teach the servers to greet and have a positive attitude in front of guests. this seems like a fundamental concept, but clearly it needs to be stated. servers make their salary based on tips. if the servers don't care about greeting the customers, then they should not be working the front of the house. one day, i'll give this place another chance. i hope when i do, i can delete this review and write a positive one.

change for the better. oh my goodness - i don't know what happened but i look forward to going here. for the past 20 (+ or -) years - the only thing my husband gets is shrimp gabriel. i, on the other hand, have had trouble finding anything i liked, much less overthetop about. until last saturday - the best beef burrito ever. i thought a fluke so we went back today (a sunday) - best beef (fajita) burrito ever. and the pickled carrots are back. sorry other people will criticize it now but they are wrong. (theserviceis always great.)

best tortillas i've ever had!. really was impressed with this place! price was good, food was good, absolutely no complaints.servicewas excellent! tortillas are made inside restaurant, and are excellent!

best mexican food ever! the dishes are always fresh and theserviceis so quick! the salsa and other dips are delicious! we come all the way from new orleans to eat here, it is our favorite!!!!!

it's ok. the only reason we went there is because they make their own tortillas which is really hard to find in b.r. for some reason. i usually end up making my own and doing real mexican at home which i probably should have done.however theservicewas really good. the food not so much.

i am a mexican junkie, and even i thought that this restaurant was disappointing.servicewas nothing special and the food came out within seconds of ordering, which suggests that it was pre-prepared and thrown in the oven to melt the cheese. not to mention the food tasted like they used poor ingredients to begin with.

possibly the 'best'. this was my second trip to ninfa's (first was back in 2007) in baton rouge, a restaurant with deep ties to classic houston mexican cuisine. being from houston, i knew what to expect, but did not expect how well the ninfa's on the outer rim operated.

getting past the food (superb) and atmosphere (dark, clean, inviting), i could have enough good things to say about the staff. i could tell the manager/owner(s) were very pleasant down-to-earth people, because you could see it had rubbed off on the staff. this establishment may have the very bestservicein town. our waiter took time out to talk with us about drink choices and everyday life in general for nearly 15 minutes in all.

the treats are the queso (wrapped and plattered at your table - only place in baton rouge that does this), and the sopapillas.

10 out of 10.

great place to eat. ninfa's is a great place!! they had a special tonight. fiesta platter for 2. comes with 1/2 pound of steak fajita meat, 6 tampico shrimp, 2 pork carnitas all on top of grilled onions. 2 charo bean soups, rice, queso and tortillas. sour cream, guacamole and pico too all for just $29!! it was mucho delishioso!! food came out fast and was very fresh. good waiterserviceto.

great food. bestservicein town. by far my favorite mexican restaurant in baton rouge.

monicaschroeder. okay, i admit it. i'm a food snob. few places i can eat these days. found ninfa's by chance, down the street from my hotel. what a fantastic surprise! theservice- excellent! the atmosphere, perfect. when they brought out the burrito with the freshly made from scratch tortilla, omg! i was in food heaven. the salsa, perfect, different from anything i had before, almost like there was a little cream in it? the sauce, the meat, perfection! i was so excited about the food, i took an order of a pork dish to go for my husband. i cannot say enough about the food! fantastic! the traffic in baton rouge is a nightmare, horrendous, but i would brave it all again to eat at this restaurant that is doing it right! well done! thank you so much for the delightful experience. i will eat there every time i am in baton rouge!

i voted i liked it, but i will not be going back. the food andservicewas good, but the restaurant is basically a tourist trap off of the interstate. food was good, but it was very over priced.

okay, but not my favorite.. first time i went to ninfa's shortly after it opened i thought it was okay and would eventually go back. that didn't happen till many years later and after that visit i'm not inspired to return.servicewas okay, atmosphere was too loud... 80's alt rock was cranked up to the point that everyone in the place was competing with the music to converse. tears for fears is not my idea of appropriate music for a texmex joint. i decided to try the carnitas, roasted pork platter. what i got appeared to be a grilled pork chop that was cubed and put on the plate with bean/rice/etc. dry, tough and boring. guacamole is decent, but not enough to give them another chance. oh well, there are plenty of other options so i don't feel like i'll be missing anything. good luck if you do decide to try them, the chick fajitas i had the first time were very good... but i can't vouch for them over a decade later.