Buena Vida Tapas Lounge

Really fresh and delicious food. The prices are decent as well. Great service. Would definitely go again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

First time going the drinks are super good and food was one of the best mariscos I have had in Bakersfield 💯

Ordered chiliakiles and recieved nachos,so disappointed, food wasnt what i expected

I enjoyed this place, I will recommend it, especially for friends gathering, family gathering, the service is excellent welcoming the servers very friendly, the atmosphere its nice kind a quite not loud it's clean wich is very important when you eat out . When it comes to the food, Omg delicious tis Mexican restaurant most of the time it's one of my choice .

Service was almost nonexistent

Surprised by the very flavorful food! I had the birria breakfast sopes, perfectly cooked egg, purple onion, over beans. My wife had the chorizo breakfast flautas. They were crispy and so flaky. Not big portions but good enough so you can get your drink on. The Mexican espresso martini was delicious. The mimosa flight was good but some were a lil too sweet. Overall we’ll be back. Ambiance was nice for the girls to do their ig pics and TVs for the guys to watch games.

Good food, not too loud for the over 50 set. I would like more options that weren't spicy, but that's what you get when you go to authentic Mexican restaurants.
I didn't really see any tapas in the menu though?

Great food and attentive staff. The acoustics are pretty bad as it's very loud, but the drinks were strong and my ribeye was perfect.

Come on guys.. . . ..where is your reservation number...should be answered both days and nights. Also, where is your website. Best you do not leave things up to Yelp or Guru....I'll review again after dinner tomorrow night. Thanks

Service: 2

Had fantastic Pulpo/Octopus and empanadas. Also great Margaritas with fresh-squeezed lime juice. Liked it so much the first time that we went back again a couple of days later before we left town.

My #1 dislike was a surprise service fee that I didn't notice any signs or indications that we were going to be charged.
That really bothers me when they surprise you with a fee that's not on the menu

The food was pretty good, a 4.7 or 4.8 but the kitchen had a lot of problems getting items out together.

We received our queso but our chips for the queso didn't come until 10 minutes later and the dinner was served in stages with three plates coming out at once and then a single lighter and a single later.

The drinks looked appealing and were excellent!

The restaurant is a bit noisy but they do have a nice outdoor seating area that's quieter.

I suspect you could bring a pet to the outdoor area, but I don't know that for a fact.

Wow. This place is incredible. Every single thing we tried from the fries all the way to the octopus tacos was top notch. The margarita flight is a must try.

Food was on point, service was excellent. Would definitely recommend!!

Came to finally check the place out. Environment was nice with live music. Service was slow even there were four tables in the restaurant. The drinks were a bit subpar. Waiter didn’t tell us they were out of ribeye, till we started to order. Plus my wife got only two tortillas with her giant plate of food. They charged us 1.50 for two more. I just believe it’s an overpriced hangout spot.

First time trying and the staff took forever cause they were attending a bday table that was loud and obnoxious but we stayed and glad we did cause the food was really good. Cafe de Olla was good. Iced coffees not so much.