La Barca Mexican Restaurant

24 U. S. Hwy 71, Arnolds Park
(712) 332-6200

Recent Reviews

Dave Yager

The Burrito Deluxe. Yum Yum Yum! Great restaurant.Kid-friendliness: Nice friendly restaurant.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa

Dakota Rossow

Lunch-time buffet is simply amazing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Janetlynn Wiese

Food was really good! Service was great as well. Very nice time.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Enchiladas Supremas

Darrin Somnis

Love this restaurant, been eating here for over 20 years. Owners are awesome people!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Enchiladas Supremas, Fajitas Mix, Sour Cream & Guacamole Dipping Sauce, Rice and Beans, Street Tacos Al Pastor & Asada

David Offutt

Very good food, great service. Atmosphere is just ok.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 4

Bruce S

Family owned and operated. Authentic Mexican food with a full menu, bar, and daily lunch buffet. Great food and service (we will give allowance for our new waiters' learning curve)! I definitely recommend the buffet! Quality food that you don't usually see on buffets like fresh fajita (my favorite) mix and it might be the best salsa I've ever had. We'll be back soon!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fajitas Mix

Prize Plays Games

This place is as authentic as you can get. They brought us free chips and salsa as soon as we sat down, and extra bowls of chips for the large table. The food was top notch, the server was incredibly friendly and got all of our orders (EIGHT of them) right, despite many of us having special requests. The food came out quickly, too, which surprised me. We ended up sharing many dishes with one another because of how good they tasted. The portions are great for the price, and the music was a nice touch. La Barca absolutely deserves this five star rating.Vegetarian options: Entire section devoted to vegetarian options.Kid-friendliness: Full kids menu with options for sides (we swapped out rice for fries).

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Shana Willenbring

Very good food. Some new staff still learning but working hard to offer good service.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Chile Relleno, Street Tacos Al Pastor

Susan M.

Wonderful lunch buffet! Several delicious entrees, the rice and beans are always tasty, the fresh vegetable toppings and condiments are plentiful and the dessert items are a good way to end our meal!! My sister and I meet and then drive 45 minutes to have an enjoyable lunch and time to reminisce about our lives, families, and good food! La Barca is perfect for us! Susan and Sally

Robin Jaquis

Food was great! Had the street tacos and the flavor was wonderful. If you like things spicy, ask for their spicier salsa. Very hot, but great.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Enchiladas Supremas, Street Tacos Al Pastor

D B.

Food was ok. Fairly good but nothing special. Service here was pretty bad. Although the waitress was nice enough, she took her time taking our drink order, then our food order. Then she brought out our food piece by piece. It's a bummer when you get your hot fajita platter, but no sides. The. You get your sides, but still no tortillas. Then you're halfway done with your meal and the tortillas finally come out. One of us still had no meal when most of us were done. Empty drinks everywhere. The grand finale was chasing down the waitress twice to beg for our check. I won't be back.

D Gregg

2 stars, for the Slowest service I've ever had at an authentic Hispanic place, waitress was fairly rude ignoring our table for the first 20 minutes at the restaurant , but the food was hot and delicious .

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Street Tacos Al Pastor

Matt Skibicki

The street tacos are very good..The meat has wonderful flavor and the spicy salsa it comes with is a great compliment. I want to come back and we haven't even left yet ??

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Street Tacos Al Pastor

Kenneth O.

Great Mexican restaurant and excellent food. Good for a large group and menu was extensive. Service was good even though staff was limited they served 13 of us in a timely manner at lunch time.

James Rogers

Food and prices were great. Portions are big, to say the least there are leftovers.Food was flavorful, when back in town there again, we will return

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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