La Playa MEXICAN GRILLE

Where do I even begin? If you come to port a - please do your self a favor and stop here. Ask for Angie - she is the absolute best and a gem of a human. We ate so much and my first time ever having Black Drum fish and they cooked it PERFECTLY! We came to port a for my daughters 16th and Angie and La Playa started the weekend off so amazing. It was great food, great atmosphere and honestly who even cares that's it's cash only, it's been like that for 20 years. And I love it. I love that place! We tried to take pictures of our food but ate it too fast

Best Mexican food restaurant on the island! But you gotta WAIT to get in! It’s worth the wait! You get some great attitude from the hostess. Lol You either deal with it or go someplace else. Get there at 3:45 pm to write your name on the list. Then comeback at 4:45 to get called in. If you miss your call, you will get crossed out. Once you’re inside the waiters are nice and the hostess is a sweet lady! We ordered the beef enchiladas, crab enchiladas, kids meal chicken fajitas, and kids meal beef fajitas. Man, ALL of it was good! Kids meal was like an adult meal! Wish I had taken pictures of theirs. I highly recommend coming here! I look forward to my next visit next summer!

La Playa does not open until 5 pm and they do not take reservations. It’s very casual cantina style restaurant but you’ll see some people dressed in nice shorts and button down shirts. At 3:45 pm they will put a clipboard on the door where you write your name and then leave or walk across the street and kill an hour at the souvenir shop. But you have to be back a little before 4:45pm and wait for your name to be called to be seated. The food is good. I had the crabmeat enchiladas ($17.99) and the wife had the shrimp stuffed enchiladas de Camerones ($16.50). Both dishes were good. Our tab for two with one margarita and two Mexican beers was about $76.00 before tip.

We were down to Port A for a week. We love the food at La Playa so much, we ate there Tuesday AND Thursday! My absolute favorite is Crab Enchiladas. Ate them both nights. Our Thursday server, Sally was exceptional! The Margarita went down just right. When we visit, La Playa is dinner at least once. The arrive an hour early to put your name on the seating list and returning before 5 is well worth it, as is cash only. When we first started eating there, you could get on the list about 15 mins early. Too many know about this gem!

Food was served warm with barely any seasoning on it. Definitely was not worth the price. Mike is a good waiter that was the best part of eating there. I would normally give a place like this two stars because of the sorry food and high price. Definitely not worth a 30 minute wait. I've had better fish tacos at Long John silver's.