Loteria - Asbury Park

Finally, a great Mexican place in the Tri-State area. I may take their scams on Quesadillas (no punctuality that they are supposed to be saddened) and their tacos are very shameful. The service was in no place, and the place has a relaxing chill ambiance that makes your feeling comfortable. Shannon (the waitress) went beyond and beyond... The best service ever!!

We had pork mules, vegetarian burrito, salsa totopos. The food was good, but the chips are a la carte that the bill slightly higher than most Mexican restaurants

The food and waitress was good. The Margarita's were not. They barely had any tequila in them and it tasted too sweet. You should be able to get a good amount of tequila when you are spending $14 per glass.

Loteria hits on atmosphere and service, but whiffs on taste. The menu shows variety, but the actual food lacked flavor. The guac needed salt, the pork tacos we got were lackluster, the steak/asada were an improvement, but overall between value and taste, I'd probably not return.

I had a terrible time here? There was some serious potential here considering it had good reviews and seemed very busy. But to start, our waitress, Shannon was very rude. She was not friendly from the beginning. She also seemed to not care about our table compared to others. Multiple tables that came after us got served before us and when we simply asked for straws which we waited on for 10 minutes until we had to ask the host for them and Shannon never followed up about it. We ordered drinks and being from out of state, I understand needing a second opinion but instead of having someone come over, she just took our IDs to the back. Then every person in our group of four had a bad food experience. The tacos were served ice cold, the bowl was served with cold cheese still on top (to which the waitress argued about how it?s because cheese solidifies even tho it was still in shreds proving it never even melted), and the quesadilla had an unusual seasoning. The tacos were also advertised as being marinated but very bland. I understand being a server in a busy restaurant can be difficult but the manager never even came over to ask about our experience after we told the waitress how we felt (in a very polite way). We never asked for comped food or a discount, we just wanted to make them aware but she comes over to tell us the manager said no, they will not take money off the bill, which again, we never asked for. The two star are for the friendly hosts and good margaritas.