Las Palmeras

I first heard about this restaurant years before we even moved to Red Deer as it was my husbands favourite growing up. The food is great, the service is amazing and the margaritas keep me coming back for more! Great place for a casual night out regardless if you are with your kids or on a date. Definitely worth a try if you like authentic Mexican food!

Good stuff! Worth a try for sure. Prices are fair, everything seemed to be freshly prepared.

I have never had a bad meal here. I love the fresh salsa and they have awesome refried beans. The service is always great, and the drinks are even better!

I love the food here the same gentleman has been running the restaurant since it first opened their friendly and the food is good and it’s always with a relaxing atmosphere I recommend A ++++

Not that great, but not as bad as others make it out to be. Meh, is an apt term to describe this place.

Dude. Seriously. I should have known when I spotted the jambalaya and Alfredo on the menu. I should have known. This is awful Mexican food, and it isn’t too great for just food either. The kind of thing that if your aunt invited you over for dinner you would politely tell her it was great and wave off seconds.
I ordered the chicken soft tacos. For $ 16 I might add. I received, two tacos, neither soft nor crunchy, with sliced blackened chicken in the tortillas. That is it. Nary an onion, not a flake of cilantro, and no queso in sight. Just chicken. Did you pick up on the blackened part? And I don’t mean actual blackened, I mean that mixture of spices used in pseudo-​Cajun cooking. On a freaking taco. The chicken was dry, almost certainly nuked and absolutely prepackaged and seasoned. Fortunately, I received a complimentary dollop of sour cream so I could moisten it up enough to eat it. Had I required additional sour cream/​lubricant, it would have cost me $ 2.
My boyfriend ordered the beef enchiladas. Not actually enchiladas. My Scotch-​Irish Midwestern self could make killer enchiladas compared to… whatever those were. They were taco shaped, smothered in yellow cheese, and full of what appeared and tasted like leftover pot roast with just a hint of enchilada sauce.
I was genuinely offended by the lack of quality.

Rare to find this quality of Mexican food. Friendly staff and a very clean restaurant contribute to a great dining experience!

Great food — but service is inconsistent. The free chips and homemade salsa are great! My favorite meal there is a Dos Equis beer and Tacos de Carnitas… Delicioso!

HORRIBLE FOOD. I ordered the chicken enchilada meal and I’m not sure what was served, but it wasn’t enchiladas. The enchiladas which should be an actual corn tortilla was instead something I’ve never had before and it wasn’t good. The chicken tasted almost Italian… bad Italian but definitely NOT Mexican. The beans tasted slightly burned and the rice was similar to something you would heat up in a microwave from Uncle Ben’s. I had heartburn and stomach pains for SIX HOURS after eating here and will NEVER return.
I consider myself somewhat of an expert on Mexican food because not only am I Mexican and grew up with homemade Mexican food but I’m from San Diego, California which borders Mexico. I’m new here to Canada and I have yet to eat anyhting that even resembles decent Mexican food… aside from my own kitchen.
I’d like to apologize to the city of Red Deer because you definitely have no idea what real Mexican food is and if you think this restaurant is good, you’re being deprived of authentic Mexican food!

Very good mexican food, very clean environment, family friendly. The food was very good, well cooked and quick. Was not greasy as commonly happens at other Mexican places we’ve eaten. Service was reasonable, and considerate.
The only complaints would be that the food was not as spicy as we’d like or have had elsewhere, and the prices were a little higher than expected.