Going to a concert, I figured Mexican food was a safe pre-show bet: cheap, fast, tasty. Spoiler: none of those boxes got checked.
First red flag — there’s no real sign. Just a tiny sticker on the door that looks like an 8th grader doodled it. Inside it was dark and empty, and the waiter waved us to sit anywhere. Chips and salsa came quick, but the salsa was so spicy it felt like it was forged in a volcano.
Menus? Not until we asked. Drinks were taken before menus even appeared. When we finally got them, they didn’t look like any Mexican restaurant menus I’ve ever seen — just a generic, thrown-together list. On the back was a story about “hardworking Mexicans back in the day,” which was touching, but didn’t make the menus any less odd.
We ordered guac & chips and a salad as appetizers, and the taco/burrito/tostada combo as our entrée. The appetizers showed up 30 minutes later. The entrée? A casual 1 hour and 15 minutes after we sat down. And it’s not like the kitchen was slammed — when we walked in, there was one other table… also staring into the void waiting for food.
The guac was particularly tragic. Imagine someone scooped a single spoonful of avocado, plopped it onto shredded lettuce (or maybe cabbage?), and called it “guacamole.” No salt, no lime, no seasoning. Just avocado cosplay.
During the long wait, I had time to notice things: water-damaged ceiling tiles, chairs unraveling like they’d been attacked by raccoons, and the constant ding of a microwave. The music? Not mariachi, not salsa, but The Beatles. Another red flag: not a single diner looked remotely Hispanic. At this point, I’m convinced the food wasn’t made by Mexicans at all — more like a committee of confused Midwestern dads who once saw a Taco Bell commercial.
Around 7pm, the one table that had been there before us finally received their food. At that point, we were honestly just curious if ours would ever arrive or if this was some elaborate social experiment. The waiter, perhaps sensing our despair, brought over some mystery “on the house” dish in the meantime. Let’s just say I wouldn’t feed it to my dog, mostly out of respect for the dog.
Finally, the entrée arrived around 7:15. My burrito looked like a depressed Hot Pocket drowned in marinara sauce, with chicken that tasted exactly like Costco rotisserie leftovers. The taco was soggy mystery beef, the tostada was sadness on a shell. Culinary theater at its finest.
And for the finale: cash only. With two margaritas and a beer, the bill was $71. For that, I could have bought three actual Costco chickens and eaten them in the parking lot. Honestly, I now want to drop acid, bring a group of friends here, and just watch their minds unravel trying to process this “restaurant.”
Somehow this place has a 4.2 rating. Unless in the past year the restaurant suffered catastrophic apocalyptic damage, the five-star reviews are either bots, family members guilt-tripped into posting, or people from the same bizarre dimension this restaurant seems to exist in.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Estefani “Effie” Gumenik
I really wanted to like this place, but unfortunately the experience was disappointing from start to finish.
There’s no real signage outside, so finding it was already a bit confusing. Once seated, the wait times were excessive — about 30 minutes just for appetizers and another 30 for the mains. We ordered everything at once, but it still took about 30 minutes for appetizers and another 30 minutes for our mains. The pacing made no sense since the kitchen already had the full order.
The “salad” we received was literally just shredded lettuce, a few tomatoes, and cheese piled on top (see photo). None of the food seemed to have any seasoning — it felt like “toddler food” with no flavor. The beans tasted straight from the can and just microwaved (you could actually hear the microwave going from the dining area).
Pricing also doesn’t make sense: a combo costs the same as an entrée, which felt unfair given the quality.
The dining area itself looks dated, with worn-out chairs and a tired setup, which didn’t help the overall impression.
Sadly, with so many great Mexican spots in NJ, I wouldn’t recommend Fiesta Hut unless major changes are made in both the kitchen and service.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Bob Bay
Awesome casual, no rush Great food, try the pickled cactus.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Scott M Aber
Best mexican ever
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Enchiladas
Eric Oberman
Food, as always, excellent
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Salad, Chili Con Queso, Enchiladas, Enchilada Tostada and Tamal
mra6
Love this place. A hidden gem in the neighborhood.
Jim Supple
I have been going to the fiesta Hut for approximately 46 years and it has never disappointed me
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Jalapeno Soup of the Day, Napolitas, Chili Con Queso, Enchiladas
George
Don’t go here. We want to keep it a secret. Small family run long time Mexican restaurant been a staple in North Jersey for 40+ years. We come for the food and for being part of the family. Cash only. Normal selection bar. Be part of the family or don’t come. Food is ridiculously outstanding. It’s
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Enchiladas, Chili Con Queso
Margaret Arnold
The food is always excellent and the servers are great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Enchiladas, Chips and Salsa, Tacos
Dawn da Silva
Local favorite. Can be slow but food is consistent and great quality. You can feel the love in your plate!
Vegetarian options: Beans or napolitas are an option for most all on menu
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Enchiladas, Chips and Salsa, Tacos and a Tostada, Burrito, Tacos, California Tacos, Enchilada Tostada and Tamal, Napolitas, Taco Tostada and Tamal, Chile Relleno, Chili Con Queso
When my cousin raved about going here, I had high hopes. Once I got there, however, those hopes were dashed. The first sign something was wrong was the moldy smell coming from the entrance/foyer. Then, when you walk in, there's a tiny sign you could very easily miss if you walk by too fast that says "Cash Only Since 5/5/2022"...so if you don't have cash (like we didn't), you get to walk down over the railroad tracks to the Bank of America in order to get money to pay for your food. The free chips they bring out to start you off before the meal aren't salted, and neither is the near-liquid salsa, which was too spicy. Once your order gets taken, be prepared to wait. While you wait, try not to look up, because you'll see most if not all of the ceiling tiles are in need of replacement, festering with water damage. Oh, and if you dare ask about how much longer until the food comes, be prepared to be met each time with a snappier, more annoyed-sounding response from the one waitress who works there. The man who seated us seemed a bit friendlier. There is apparently only one person who is cooking in the back, so if you're in any rush, be prepared to wait. Once the food did come, it was underwhelming, both in size and taste. For the prices they charge, I expected much larger portions. I can spend less at Chipotle and get more food. Before I left, I used the bathroom, which looked to not have been cleaned in a while. If this is how they keep the areas the customers see, what do the areas we don't see look like? Overall, this isn't a place I would rush to again, or recommend to anyone.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Liz Heuser Bevan
Super fantastic food. Was there a few weeks ago. Will definitely br back soon. Thanks
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
prakash kancherla
Have been visiting this restaurant for over 30 years, never once was disappointed with the food, best place to go on a cold or a rainy day, now our kids go with their families.
Vegetarian options: My wife is a vegetarian she has enough dishes to enjoy
Going to a concert, I figured Mexican food was a safe pre-show bet: cheap, fast, tasty. Spoiler: none of those boxes got checked.
First red flag — there’s no real sign. Just a tiny sticker on the door that looks like an 8th grader doodled it. Inside it was dark and empty, and the waiter waved us to sit anywhere. Chips and salsa came quick, but the salsa was so spicy it felt like it was forged in a volcano.
Menus? Not until we asked. Drinks were taken before menus even appeared. When we finally got them, they didn’t look like any Mexican restaurant menus I’ve ever seen — just a generic, thrown-together list. On the back was a story about “hardworking Mexicans back in the day,” which was touching, but didn’t make the menus any less odd.
We ordered guac & chips and a salad as appetizers, and the taco/burrito/tostada combo as our entrée. The appetizers showed up 30 minutes later. The entrée? A casual 1 hour and 15 minutes after we sat down. And it’s not like the kitchen was slammed — when we walked in, there was one other table… also staring into the void waiting for food.
The guac was particularly tragic. Imagine someone scooped a single spoonful of avocado, plopped it onto shredded lettuce (or maybe cabbage?), and called it “guacamole.” No salt, no lime, no seasoning. Just avocado cosplay.
During the long wait, I had time to notice things: water-damaged ceiling tiles, chairs unraveling like they’d been attacked by raccoons, and the constant ding of a microwave. The music? Not mariachi, not salsa, but The Beatles. Another red flag: not a single diner looked remotely Hispanic. At this point, I’m convinced the food wasn’t made by Mexicans at all — more like a committee of confused Midwestern dads who once saw a Taco Bell commercial.
Around 7pm, the one table that had been there before us finally received their food. At that point, we were honestly just curious if ours would ever arrive or if this was some elaborate social experiment. The waiter, perhaps sensing our despair, brought over some mystery “on the house” dish in the meantime. Let’s just say I wouldn’t feed it to my dog, mostly out of respect for the dog.
Finally, the entrée arrived around 7:15. My burrito looked like a depressed Hot Pocket drowned in marinara sauce, with chicken that tasted exactly like Costco rotisserie leftovers. The taco was soggy mystery beef, the tostada was sadness on a shell. Culinary theater at its finest.
And for the finale: cash only. With two margaritas and a beer, the bill was $71. For that, I could have bought three actual Costco chickens and eaten them in the parking lot. Honestly, I now want to drop acid, bring a group of friends here, and just watch their minds unravel trying to process this “restaurant.”
Somehow this place has a 4.2 rating. Unless in the past year the restaurant suffered catastrophic apocalyptic damage, the five-star reviews are either bots, family members guilt-tripped into posting, or people from the same bizarre dimension this restaurant seems to exist in.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
I really wanted to like this place, but unfortunately the experience was disappointing from start to finish.
There’s no real signage outside, so finding it was already a bit confusing. Once seated, the wait times were excessive — about 30 minutes just for appetizers and another 30 for the mains. We ordered everything at once, but it still took about 30 minutes for appetizers and another 30 minutes for our mains. The pacing made no sense since the kitchen already had the full order.
The “salad” we received was literally just shredded lettuce, a few tomatoes, and cheese piled on top (see photo). None of the food seemed to have any seasoning — it felt like “toddler food” with no flavor. The beans tasted straight from the can and just microwaved (you could actually hear the microwave going from the dining area).
Pricing also doesn’t make sense: a combo costs the same as an entrée, which felt unfair given the quality.
The dining area itself looks dated, with worn-out chairs and a tired setup, which didn’t help the overall impression.
Sadly, with so many great Mexican spots in NJ, I wouldn’t recommend Fiesta Hut unless major changes are made in both the kitchen and service.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Awesome casual, no rush
Great food, try the pickled cactus.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best mexican ever
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Enchiladas
Food, as always, excellent
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Salad, Chili Con Queso, Enchiladas, Enchilada Tostada and Tamal
Love this place. A hidden gem in the neighborhood.
I have been going to the fiesta Hut for approximately 46 years and it has never disappointed me
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Jalapeno Soup of the Day, Napolitas, Chili Con Queso, Enchiladas
Don’t go here. We want to keep it a secret. Small family run long time Mexican restaurant been a staple in North Jersey for 40+ years. We come for the food and for being part of the family. Cash only. Normal selection bar. Be part of the family or don’t come. Food is ridiculously outstanding. It’s
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Enchiladas, Chili Con Queso
The food is always excellent and the servers are great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Enchiladas, Chips and Salsa, Tacos
Local favorite. Can be slow but food is consistent and great quality. You can feel the love in your plate!
Vegetarian options: Beans or napolitas are an option for most all on menu
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Enchiladas, Chips and Salsa, Tacos and a Tostada, Burrito, Tacos, California Tacos, Enchilada Tostada and Tamal, Napolitas, Taco Tostada and Tamal, Chile Relleno, Chili Con Queso
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When my cousin raved about going here, I had high hopes. Once I got there, however, those hopes were dashed. The first sign something was wrong was the moldy smell coming from the entrance/foyer. Then, when you walk in, there's a tiny sign you could very easily miss if you walk by too fast that says "Cash Only Since 5/5/2022"...so if you don't have cash (like we didn't), you get to walk down over the railroad tracks to the Bank of America in order to get money to pay for your food. The free chips they bring out to start you off before the meal aren't salted, and neither is the near-liquid salsa, which was too spicy. Once your order gets taken, be prepared to wait. While you wait, try not to look up, because you'll see most if not all of the ceiling tiles are in need of replacement, festering with water damage. Oh, and if you dare ask about how much longer until the food comes, be prepared to be met each time with a snappier, more annoyed-sounding response from the one waitress who works there. The man who seated us seemed a bit friendlier. There is apparently only one person who is cooking in the back, so if you're in any rush, be prepared to wait. Once the food did come, it was underwhelming, both in size and taste. For the prices they charge, I expected much larger portions. I can spend less at Chipotle and get more food. Before I left, I used the bathroom, which looked to not have been cleaned in a while. If this is how they keep the areas the customers see, what do the areas we don't see look like? Overall, this isn't a place I would rush to again, or recommend to anyone.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Super fantastic food. Was there a few weeks ago. Will definitely br back soon. Thanks
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Have been visiting this restaurant for over 30 years, never once was disappointed with the food, best place to go on a cold or a rainy day, now our kids go with their families.
Vegetarian options: My wife is a vegetarian she has enough dishes to enjoy
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Tacos
Really good tacos. Delicious sauces.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tacos
one of my favorite places.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tacos and a Tostada, Tacos
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