Rita's Cantina

401 SE 5th St, Des Moines
(515) 777-1012

Recent Reviews

Emily Smolinski

Fun summer joint. Awesome Quesos!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Angelika Kappel

One or two vegan options unfortunately BUT amazing choice of margaritas!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

Allie Bohr

Their queso flight is sooooo good!! The food is good and everyone is always really friendly.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Queso Flight, Margarita Flight

Bryan S.

Went for a day date, my wife wanted to try the margarita flight. She enjoyed the flight and was feeling pretty good. The food was surprisingly good, we went for the drinks and the food was a added plus! Great patio and atmosphere. We will be back.

Nakinya Janell

Chips & salsa along with the flights are absolutely amazing!

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa

Hannah Rice

Phenomenal food but the service was almost comically horrible. My coworker and I were made very uncomfortable by both the waitress and bartender. The waitress was in general very rude and inattentive and the bartender accused us of being underage because we are from out of state. Overall very odd experience, but the food is absolutely wonderful.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Birria

Vinoth Sekar

They've got the best salsa and margaritas. Food and atmosphere was amazing and a great place for happy hour. Parking is always hard to find.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Jaci S.

The food here is so incredibly yum - the interior/exterior concept is absolutely gorgeous & super fun to do little photo ops with. Service has always been amazing every time & everyone is super knowledgeable of the menu. Modifications can be made to make your food more to your taste & I can't recommend the street corn enough!! I have returned a few other times to simply retry their drinks - I was most excited to get their margarita flight & found that none of them tasted like margs, simply flavored water. If you order any drinks that are stand alone, you can actually have an alcoholic drink it appears. That would be my only note for improving - as we ordered 3 different marg flights to test & swap & they were one of the selling points & did not live up to the hype.

Linda F.

Went there for the first time today... food was awful, had no flavor.. service was good, but the manager was absolutely rude. Definitely won't be going back!

Joseph Blubaugh

This was outstanding. The food was terrific, the staff was friendly and quick. The atmosphere was fun. Come here.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Marcus M.

BEST FOOD IVE EVER TASTED service is immaculate love the aesthetic of this place like i've never tasted anything this good before. this is special, amazing!!!!'

Rojane Francis

Staff was very friendly & the atmosphere was amazing and welcoming!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kelsey

We have driven by this place many times and always comment that we need to check it out. Today we finally did, and Rita's Cantina did not disappoint! Food was delicious and atmosphere very enjoyable. The patio is perfect for summer dining. We will definitely be back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Queso Flight

Fran will

The service was friendly and knowledgeable. The food was unique and delicious. And the drinks were Amazing! I can't wait to go back. Great place. The patio is very nice and the whole place is colorful and festive. ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa

Gail Tomlinson

Was with a group of 9. We sat on patio.The waitress was GREAT she kept us straight drinks filled. They didn't have much for low-carb options, but what I had was tasty. Only complaint, no artificial sweetener available.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

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