Reviews of Viva Mexican Kitchen--- (Restaurant)

Shamika & Gary Sanders

Trash! My husband and I asked for shrimp tacos three separate times. We were given beef, then we were given chicken. Then no one came to check on us at all. Our server was more concerned about flirting with her co-worker that making sure the customers were taken care of. They can’t seem to get it right and we do not plan on returning.

Sean Williams

My wife and I are visting the Raleigh area and were craving Mexican food. We visited here based on the ratings. The service was good, as was the food. But, neither were great. We were looking for authentic mexican food, but all we got was spicy. Again, the food was good, but it wasn't worth the $25 a plate it cost us. If you are from any border state and know true mexican food, this isn't the place for you.

Purity Sogomo

Their food was fresh and delicious

Grace Yusckat

Lots of options for street tacos, all standard favorites on menu, and the was incredible. I would highly recommend trying the desserts. Everything tasted fresh, and homemade. Pricing is competitive for Raleigh, but you still get a lot of bang for your buck.

Barbara Yanok

Great meat dishes. Pulled pork was best I ever had Round here. Vintage based

Kim Caldwell

Not impressed - we arrived an hour before closing and they were mopping - the bleach smell was very strong! Food was okay, service was not what you would expect. I asked if lettuce, tomato, pico, etc. came with the meal I ordered and was told yes - when it did not arrive with my meal, I was told it would be extra if I wanted this. I would have picked something else if I had been told accurate information. There are too many great Mexican restaurants out there for me to go back to this one.

Joshua Souther

Great food, fun modern atmosphere, all at a good price.

naveen venkat

Nice drinks menu and ambience

Lilo Ley

It's a nice place. They have really good margaritas.

Kayley Spilman

Best food around the area for Mexican food! It was the best chimichanga I’ved had. The service was the only thing that wasn’t the best. Our waitress was slow and took a bit but still nice otherwise. Will be coming back.

Amy McCool

Have been multiple times during lunch and the service is always fast and efficient. Food is excellent, prices are very reasonable. Staff is always friendly and the Manager always makes a point of stopping at every table. Will definitely be back!

Joanne Karunakaran

This place has the coolest decor! And yes the food is good too

Vivek Bhargava

Good plentiful food and great service.

Mark Joseph

Cinco de Mayo 2019 - limited menu with no presentation, plastic cups, paper bowls. Food was unusually quite bland, and rice and beans were not served with tacos as usual. I understand they expected an unusual volume, but the reduction in service and value a big disappointment. It won't keep me away however, the food is normally good, but I will stay far away from here on 5/5.

Steven Mason

The owner is always here making sure that patrons have an enjoyable experience. I wish they'd open another restaurant closer to us!

Diego Rodriguez

The food was fresh and delicious. Atmosphere was fun.

Jesse Ellington

One of my favorite local Mexican places. Not quite your standard Tex-Mex place with the very standard menu Viva tries to be a better and it works. It still has most everything you could ever want and the drinks are reasonably priced as well.

Dev Mankad

We've had a few bad experiences with the service in the past, but this restaurant really has come around recently. The food is constantly good and very creative. There aren't too many vegetarian options but the ones that are there are very good.

Ken Simons

Had to good fortune to arrive on taco Tuesday and enjoy a Mexican beer and a very affordable taco that was excellent. The second or third time that I've been here and always found it to be good service and food.

Barbara Mivshek

Excellent, fresh food with generous portions.

Bronson Sedeno

I got uber eats from here and I have to say I am very satisfied with the packaging. Everything was sealed tight, and to my surprise, even included salsa with my chips.

Anthony Barnes

The meal was great, customer service was excellent.

SJ Davis

Great service, great food. My new go to spot for mexican food.

Dee Patil

Amazing food. Great service. Friendly staff. Reasonable prices. Went with colleagues for lunch. I ordered chimichanga and it was perfect. Fried with lots of cheese and amazing flowers. Chips and salsa are really good too. Hostess brought some spicy sauces for us to taste.

Nic Smith

It was amazing. Ana V. was by far the best server I've had in a while.

John Goodyear

Good Mexican food, a new look inside that is fun and lively. Some dishes can be a bit spicy but its all good food. Staff is nice and the atmosphere is fun.

Paul Parker

Very good lunch head their acp

John Henderson

The staff is amazing. I do wish they had a better alcohol selection, but the infused tequilla is fantastic!

Matthew Watkins

Great food, fun atmosphere

Chintan Desai

Good place to eat during lunch. Their bowls are pretty good at reasonable price. I would recommend.

Brandy Bateman

Really great food and good specials on Monday night! Any Marg on the menu 4.99!! Will be back soon. I had the enchiladas and the red sauce was rich and flavorful. They used tinga chicken in those as well so there was a lot of additional flavor that you don't typically get from your average mexican restaurant. The portions were huge and the ambiance was very nice with the bright colors and neon signs.

Mary Roby

Absolutely love this place! Great fresh food. Friendly staff. Excellent menu.

Caroline Curran

My husband and I have been to Totopos before (which we believe is their sister company) and have always enjoyed the food. Viva Mexican Kitchen has similar food items, but the service was exceptional. All of the staff were very friendly and came back frequently for refills. The manager also took our order personally and made sure to greet us at the end of our meal as well. Good food and good service. Will definitely be back again.

Alaina Nash

Ok Mexican food. We go here when we know the other places are crowded. Staff is a little slow. Overall I'll come back but not my first choice.

Belle Duvall

They served a orange drink to me when i said i wanted mango which was the color orange but not the flavor orange. I am very allergic to oranges and thankfully i only took one sip before realizing it and the server didnt understand much English so my food order got wrong 4 times

Shiv K

This was my second visit, first visit being when it operated as Viva DF. New ownership kept the same menu for the most part if I remember correctly. The ambiance has steered a little away from “street taco / tequila bar” to a, well, Mexican restaurant. We went on a Friday evening for margaritas, chips and dips. Margaritas were okay for the price. Overall not bad service.

Nate Newell

Tender meat, good hot sauce, horrible everything else. The mojito is a joke- basically just sugar. They could put more effort for the price paid.

Anna Benitez

The food was DELICIOUS! I'm from Texas and love me some Tex-Mex so this place made me pretty happy. Amazing queso, great chips and salsa, and my taco salad had the works (rice, beans, cheese, both chicken and beef....etc). The service felt a little short since it was the lunch rush, but the server did check in often, even if for a quick second.

Marie Smith

Wonderful! Authentic food. Would certainly go back! Even the other diners were AMAZING!!! VERY pleasant atmosphere!

Bobby Norton

Great tasting food for less than $10 at lunch.

Cynthia Carlson

Good, inexpensive Mexican.

Dennis Bennett

I had lunch with my son. Very good food.

William Davis

Pretty good place with really good food. Stopped her for lunch with my wife. We ordered the guacamole as an appetizer, I should have stopped there but ordered lunch anyways. I ordered the steak fajitas and my wife ordered the keto bowl with tofu. I was amazed at the sheer size of the platter they brought out for my lunch time fajitas. I ended up taking most of it home. The steak was good, not great, but it's for fajitas so I am not expecting a steakhouse level steak. Other meats and veggies were great. Rice and refried beans were on par with other local restaurants. My wife's keto bowl had a plethora of ingredients that I should have paid closer attention to. She said that the flavors all mixed well and that the bowl had a kick of heat to it

Amanda Lindsay

All their Margaritas are completely “sugar based” according to wait staff so don’t expect authentic margaritas. Food was still decent

Andrew McMurdie

Fast service and the $1 taco Tuesday special is great.

Rajanikanth T

It’s good place to have Mexican food. Good customer service and good food. Prices are reasonable. For kids they give drawing sheet and crayons. Tortillas chips and salsa for everyone. Salsa was good. If you are there for bday dine or lunch don’t forget to ask them for bday surprise.

Bob Horton

Spectacularly good food, excellent service, and nice specials on Mexican beers. Don't miss this hidden gem if you're in the area.

Jacob Myers

Food is ok but the service is terrible. You wait 5 minutes for someone to acknowledge you are the door, another 15 minutes for someone to even ask you for your drink, 20 minute wait on food, then if you are lucky someone will bring a check 10 minutes later if you do not have to flag someone down to get it. I could have driven home and made my own tacos from scratch in the time it took for someone to take my order. Save your time and money and go to one of the many other mexican places in the area.

Ashwin Pasumamla

Great Mexican food. Good party ambience.

Shakhnoza Fahriddinova

Once we were seated, we had no set waitress. When we asked to place an order with the waitress who took our drink order, she told us she wasn’t out waitress. Once we received our food, mine was cold. No wait staff checked in to see how everything was.

Ashwin Punj

too hot, came in and had to leave because it was the same temperate as it was outside

Vincent Wiggins

Food was below average at best and WAY OVER PRICED. My “plate” was $13.99 but all I received was a very small poblano pepper with a few tiny salad shrimp thrown on top with some cheese. That’s it! No beans, no rice - NOTHING ELSE - $13.99!! I couldn’t believe it when she sat it on the table. I kept looking at the door to the kitchen thinking she forgot something. NOPE! It’s partially my fault though - I did not look at the price before ordering and I assumed the “plate” came with rice and beans like most meals at a Mexican food place. Service here was sloppy and below average - had to ask the waitress to refill our drinks several times. The few times I did see any waitress at all come from the kitchen was when she was in a dark corner of the restaurant texting on her phone. No one smiles here - the employees/staff we “encountered” seemed tired and unhappy with their job. Also, we sat for a very long time with dirty dishes on our table after we were done eating before someone FINALLY came to remove them. The gnats and flies buzzing around were very happy that the dirty plates stayed on our table for so long though... We will NOT be returning to this restaurant. Mi Cancun Mexican restaurant is WAY better than this place and the service there is PHENOMENAL!! I’m going back to Mi Cancun!!

Ryan Rivenbark

Best Mexican food I've ever had. I came back 3 times just to make sure it wasn't a fluke. These guys are the real deal.

Tenaya D

Absolutely loved this place! Good options, good food and amazing service. Will come again.

Claudia Ramirez

Nice and clean restaurant, great atmosphere, we order a meat plate for 2, it came with a few tortillas, plate with rice and beans, the chorizo is spicyyy and like ground meat

Veronica Catete

Good gluten free options, dedicated brunch menu and tasty food. Would recommend as a chill place with good prices and great brunch.

Maggie Gross

Good, fresh and tasty food! Nice staff.

Brian Hutchinson

Hot fresh food that tastes great and the staff are friendly and courteous

Earnest Parish

Very good. Great atmosphere. Friendly staff.

Manu Bumb

The last time I got food from here, they had my order sitting on its side behind the hostess stand, so all the food had smushed onto one side of the container, and the quesadilla was greasy and disgusting. Pass.

Teresa V

The food was great but the server CARO changed the tip amount after I left so that I was charged $5 more than what I should have paid. VERY dishonest and she didn't even give good service!!!! I won't go back because of that. I've never EVER had that happen before. I still can't believe what she did. Good food isn't worth dishonest servers!!!!!!

Andrea Brent

This place is amazing! The food is good, the tacos are amazing, and the atmosphere is great. Our server Yeli was amazing and so kind.

Dave Anderson

Tried it last week since we had a Groupon and it was excellent. Food was very good with healthy size proportions. Service was great and they even surprised my kids with ice cream! Will definitely eat there again.

SALONI T

This is such a well done place. The decor is lovely. We entered with high expectations. Unfortunately food was not as good. I'd recommend the hot sauce. Guacamole tacos was just about okay. I read Monday to Thursday happy hour deals and they looked quite tempting. Tuesday is $1 taco. So definitely gonna try again but not on a weekend.

Katlyn Wright

Delicious food, beautiful decor and atmosphere, friendly staff, great prices! Highly recommend!

Roylan Shaff

This is my second time here at Viva Mexican Kitchen. I have to say, the food was absolutely amazing! We ordered a parillada for 2 people and it was worth it! The chicken was seasoned perfectly. The steak was so tender, it was eaten in seconds! The owner, Salvador, is really nice. You can tell he cares about his business and he's personable. For the owner- Thank you for making this a great experience. There are not many restaurant owners out there that put a lot of care into their work or business. We will be coming back!

Karla Hernandez

My boyfriend and I tried Viva Mexican Kitchen for the first time and absolutely loved it! We had the Parrillada for two and a Viva la Piña Margarita ❤️ definitely recommend this place for simply hanging out or for a date.

Andrew Hogan

Delicious, great service...and they kept my wallet safe when I lost it. Ten stars!!!

Kinjal Parmar

Great ambience and decor. Even better food! I’ve never had their drinks but their food is delicious. The servers are great! Their spicy salsa for those who really want a kick is great, it’s in-house. Being a vegetarian my favorite is their enchiladas!

Ash Bisaria

Viva bowl for lunch at 5.99 was just the right price and right size lunch Good food.. Excellent price

stacey landon

Was in the area for work from CA. Fun environment, friendly staff and great food. Big portions too.

Hanna Smith

Literally the best nachos. Ever.

Ritesh Porey

Amazing food and good decor!

Yuranda Rolack

Poor customer service. Served me brown slaw cold burrito and the worst plantains on earth. No refund, no gift card. He actually told me , it's my food now. Lol.

Kirti Mehta

Good food, nice service.

Aimee St. Clair

Nice vibe and food was ok.

Derek Sawyer

One of my favorite local mexican places. Quick service, interesting design, good food, and not too pricey.

Mike Zamorski

Good service and food

Clarke Baker

The food was great, the atmosphere was awesome, the service however was terrible. I understand this place is new so there will be a couple of kinks along the way. Hopefully the staff will get better trained! Wishing y'all the best of luck

Manoj Bhatia

Awesome food. Lots of flavor in anything you order. Being vegetarian, they have a huge selection of items that you can order right off the menu. This is our favorite Mexican restaurant in the area.

gautam sikka

Been there many times and enjoyed it. We liked everything whether it was staff, food, or ambience . Loved there green salsa served with chips. Definitely recommended.

Ewa Kozlowski

Tasty food, at beautiful place :-)

Echo 52

Strangely fantastic, flavorful and wonderful. Worth a visit.

Rabiah Harrison

Nice people and great food

Savanna Billingsley

I've been to this place twice already with my boyfriend and its absolutely amazing. The staff r nice and so was the food.

Sheena Williams

This chicken taste amazing here..everything was delicious..service wasn't as friendly but prompt.

Michael Torbert

Delicious food. Make sure to try the fajitas!

Joe Zarandona

The place is portly decorated, the foos is bland and not very good. We had a new waitress that put straws in our beer! This place is the not good

John Anderson

Got the 6 Tacos - Their homemade corn tortillas are excellent, right thickness to hold up to goopy goodness! Steak, Carnitas, Barbacao were my favorites; tender meats. Fresh ingredients. Tacos of Excellence!

Virginia Ehlers

Have eaten here twice and both times did not disappoint. The salsa and chips you get upon arrival are super yummy. I’ve ordered the shrimp tacos (minus the chorizo) both times because they are fabulous. Friends and family have ordered the fajitas, fish tacos, and several other items and everyone has loved their food. Service is prompt and friendly. This is our new go to Mexican restaurant!

Sukanya Rathod

Amazing food. Very good options for vegetarians! Usually we don't get so many veggies in the dish at other Mexican restaurants other than lots of cheese.

Jonathan Taylor

So much food for the price. Chips and salsa are phenomenal. I eat there once a week and they take care of me every time

Gayathri Subramanian

Loved the food, loved the interior deco. The salsa, guac, burritos, rice all taste so wonderful. The tables are brightly colored and the kids menu has a drawing and 2 crayons on it, so kids enjoy this place. Very friendly waiting staff. Would definitely go there whenever I feel like having Mexican food.

Ananthram E.L

Great place with options different from other Mexican restaurant. Gauc wasn't great though.

Ahmad Eied

Horrible food. I ordered the chicken Tanga. The chicken was so watery and disgusting. The menus were falling apart and looked as if they haden't been cleaned ever. Margaritas tasted bad. I came to this place about a year ago and everything was excellent. Things went down the drain including the decor and service they used to have. Way overpriced for the quality of food. DON'T GO!

D.E. Void

Food was excellent, the drinks are too pricey in my opinion. Great service though and a fun easy family friendly atmosphere.

Mo C

Bad service! They will argue with you and not fix your drink even when it clearly tastes bad ! When all 4 people’s drink tasted bad and they still wont fix it, its bad!!! Instead they will say that Patron is sweet and that its making the drink taste like that. Ingredients that are marked fresh come from commercial mixes! Dont waste your time if you are craving good drinks or good customer service!! This place is horrible!! Just wanting to enjoy an evening and becomes a horrible experience

Mangesh Gururaj

After enjoying previous visits we recommended our friends to come along. The evening was completely ruined as their and our children grumbled about the wait. We had to wait over an hour to have our food delivered to us which forced us to walk out. We were the first ones on the patio yet 2 other families got their food BEFORE us. Even after stressing multiple times that we were in a bit of a hurry, nothing was done. Poor service!!!

Kim Roberts

Love this place! Best food and friendly staff! The food is always so fresh. And did I mention the margaritas?? Best in town!!

Jim Shields

Excellent Food. Great place to meet and eat.

Nick Capets

Great casual mexican food, good deals on margaritas and large portions

Victor Lopez

Food is absolutely delicious...

Kelly Zuzulock

Food is always good. Kids love the fusball table.

T. Morgan

Awesome food.....Great staff!

Justin Brehm

Tasty Mexican foods. Very good service where they remember you and are happy to see you.

Posia S.

They have 1 dollar tacos on Tuesdays! The tacos are small but really good !

aishu

My family loves viva! it’s a cute restaurant and i love all the options they have! the salsa and chips are best from all the restaurants i tried

Peter Lamar

Tasty food, great prices, good for kids.

Mrs Lockette

OMG, this is Mexican establishment is on another level. Let me tell you something when my l kids loved the vegetarian plates I knew we had a good restaurant. We were looking to go another way in our food choices, instead of the same boring food we eat all the time. I think it's time to go in a new directions when it comes to food. AlI I know is my pallet got a run for its money. Thanks you ViVa Mexican Kitchen.

Andy Davidson

Order the agave chipotle chicken tacos and thank me later.

Kat McDonald

Viva is such an amazing restaurant!! The decor is vibrant and fun. The wait staff was phenomenal. Maria and her mother took great care of my sister and I. They were both extremely attentive and always served us with a huge smile. The Papi Churro is a must try dessert. I’d highly recommend this place to anyone that loves a good time and great Mexican food.

Mary Vegas

So delicious, OMG WHAT A TASTE

Kathryn Thomann

This restaurant has DELICIOUS Mexican food! It is also very budget friendly, and the service has always been quick and the servers have been knowledgeable and kind. Excellent place to hang out or for a date!

S.T. G.

Very good food for this genre. I live 20 minutes away from this place and the drive was more than worth it.

shamyra michele

I waited 10 minutes to be acknowledged the online lunch prices differ from the in store menu prices. The young lady at the front desk was extremely rude and condescending I was so turned off that I left and I will never go back there.

Chris Hill

One of my favorite places to eat Mexican food for eating in or picking up take out

Katherine Snyder

I’ve come here for work lunches and happy hours multiple times and each time has been a great experience. The food is always delicious as are the drinks. The staff is also very friendly. Would definitely recommend Viva!

Thelma Smith

Loved the friendly atmosphere!! The owner was very attentive to our needs. We will definitely be back. Can't wait to tell my friends and family about them