Casa De Bandini at The Forum

This place is awesome. Has been around for a long while and had maintained its quality food and service everytime I have been over the past 20 years. The salsa is excellent,my favorite sit down mexican spot in this region

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We stopped by after visiting Legoland. The place is huge but on Saturday night they were packed and there was a lot of people waiting. We waited for 35 mins. It was worth the wait the food and service was amazing. This a must try place. The star rating is not wrong. It is really good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Loved the food and the atmosphere

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The Chili Verdi was excellent and our server Roy was fantastic. There were five of us and he did a fabulous job of answering all our questions and gave us terrificservice. We had an all around wonderful time.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place was a little pricey for 2 item combo but it was delicious

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was excellent. Waiter is very pleasant. Helpful

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Excellent food ; service was excellent specially Huberto; atmosphere noisy but okay
It was a long wait to seat but as soon as you seat excellent service and fast; that is great management. Our server was excellent

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

This restaurant is as authentic a Mexican cuisine as Olive Garden is to Italian food! It's tacky decor with cheap stereotypes sets the tone to serve up Am- Mex tourism food. The chips were flavorless and the salsa as bland and colorless as it could get - essentially tasted like ketchup added to some tomatoes. The margaritas we ordered tasted syrupy and lacking in flavor. The fajitas were uninteresting and accompanied by the stale, thick tortillas, splendidly added to the mediocrity of the place. There are so many Mexican outlets run by families from Mexico (without an expensive Diane Powers label) where the food is bursting with flavor - I would keep way from this place and no more repeat visits for me obviously!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 4

Why in the world would you go to get Mexican food at this place when you could get authentic, tasty Mexican food at so so SO many other places own by... (wait for it... no, you should know better!). Well, my husband and I went here thinking maybe there was a reason this place had 4.5 stars and there just isn't. The decor is gosh, the food is ick and the drinks are just not cutting it. The staff are top notch and probably paid badly. No, no and NO!!!! Go to a Mexican restaurant for God's sake!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 5

It's amazing here!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It's been a few years and had changed ownership since we were last there but... It hasn't skipped a beat. Excellent service, friendly staff and delicious food. It was crowded but we were sitted and served promptly.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I was really looking forward to tonight. We chose your restaurant to celebrate a family birthday dinner for my husband, and I was excited to return since we used to visit regularly. Unfortunately, this experience was so disappointing that it makes me hesitant to come back again.
Our service was very poor from start to finish. Our order was not taken correctly, and my meal came out wrong. Even more frustrating, our appetizer did not arrive until I was already halfway through my main dish. During that time, our server was nowhere to be found and never checked on our table.
When a food runner brought out our plates, he asked if everything had arrived. My husband explained that the appetizer had not come out. He apologized and said he would bring it and inform our server so it could be removed from the bill. However, when our server (Jose) finally came over, he asked, “The appetizer never came out — do you still want it?” This showed a clear lack of communication and coordination among the staff.
Throughout the meal, our server never returned to check on us. We had to go without tortillas, chips, salsa, and drink refills because no one came by to assist us. For a bill totaling over $200, the level of service we received was unacceptable.
The most disappointing part is that we were there to celebrate a birthday, and due to the lack of attention and service, the occasion was never acknowledged and we didn’t even get the chance to sing happy birthday.

I’m very disappointed with this experience and hope this feedback is taken seriously.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

Great Mexican restaurant

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Honestly, the prices are high and the food is mid.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

We enjoyed dinner here with our friend and neighbor, at his recommendation--and it was an excellent choice. We shared the ceviche as a starter -- it was quite good, with lots of shrimp. I had the Mole Poblano Chicken, and it was really delicious, very good flavor. The other dishes at the table, which we all tasted, were the Cilantro Lime Shrimp and Enchilada, and the Ultimate Green Burrito.

The portion sizes are very generous (bring to-go containers, else they add a small charge if you want to use theirs).

The corn tortillas are pillowy and perfect.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5