The Little House

Location:

La Casita

1355 Bethel Rd

Columbus, OH 43220

(614) 457-0823

Another Mexican Restaurant?! Is this girl crazy?!  No, folks, I’m just in love with Mexican food.

In the style of Mi Mexico, El Vaquero, and other popular chain restaurants, La Casita provides a fairly accurate representation of Mexican food.  The servers are mostly Hispanics, the décor is sunsets and palm trees and large colorful birds, and the beer selection includes both Dos Equis and Negro Modelo.  It’s the food, albeit an almost line-by-line recreation of any other menu, that sets it apart from those chain restaurants.

La Casita is a small place with limited parking.  It’s best to go around three in the afternoon to ensure you get a parking spot and a table with no wait.  The best thing about La Casita is that aside from Fiesta Jalisco, they have the best English-speaking staff I’ve encountered. And they’re friendly!  When I went the last time with a friend of mine, we got there when it was a peak time, but our waiter was still attentive.  I ordered the chimichanga (of course) and he got a seafood burrito of some sort.  Most entrees come with beans and rice, and they start you off with chips and salsa.  My favorite part about La Casita is that if you ask, they will give you the spicy super hot salsa.  Mix this with their house salsa and yum yum yum you’ve got yourself a winner.  I enjoy their chimichangas more than most other places because they make two mini chimichangas and serve them side by side on a bed of lettuce and drench them with queso blanco.  There’s nothing like cutting through a film of melted cheese into the crisp shell and releasing the flavorful meat on the inside of a La Casita chimichanga.

In general, La Casita is a nice place to go if you’re tasting for some Mexican food on a Tuesday night.  The prices are fair, the atmosphere is nice, and the food is great.

Overall Scores: (1-5, 1 being lowest, 5 highest)           

Cleanliness: 4

Value: 4

Accessibility: 4

Friendliness: 5

Menu: 3