Playita Mexicana

Reviews

• Account A.

  star star star star star 25 July 2026

  There are three things in life when it comes to lunch that I am a fan of. If you can nail two of three, i'm in. First, price. And Playita Mexicana nails this to the nth degree. Let me ask you a question. Do you remember lunch menu prices around.. oh... 2001? Well head on over to Playita because their lunch menu prices are still the same as you remember!
  
  I got lunch fajitas for $6.95 including chicken and steak. And they bring it out on a sizzling platter, not the little sad plate of very little you get at most mexican places when you order the (often $9) lunch fajitas. And this brings us to the second item, value! For that $7 i got basically what counts at other places as a dinner portion of fajitas, with three tortillas, and the traditional accompaniments. And it wasn't just a lot of food, it was delicious! I am willing to say, and i will stake five stars on this, it was the best lunch fajitas I have ever had. And the other lunch specials? Well, how about this... there is one on there for $4. That's right, nuff said.
  
   Three, comfort! This is primarily a blue collar place and a lot of the people coming in for lunch had been out in the heat so the AC in there is blasting on full. It felt glorious! What a magnificent respite from the Memphis summer heat.
  
  In conclusion, go here for lunch, friends, just do it. You will be comfy, spending very little money, and eating good portions of delicious food.
  
  Finally, I just have to say, the rest of the menu there looks great. Their seafood is apparently magnificent, and I made a note to try it if i can ever tear myself away from the value!

• Madison S.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 22 July 2026

  The people here are so rude.
  I had a party of 7 standing at the door for 10 minutes while waiters and waitresses walked all around. Back and forth to the kitchen and checking on their tables, all while not acknowledging us at all.
  Finally i asked someone If this was a "seat yourself" place and he said "no, that's why I'm pointing you over to this table."
  We left.
  You don't want our business, then we will go somewhere that does.

• Alexandria E.

  star star star star_border star_border 6 July 2026

  Had a craving for Mexican and decided to do take out from this place. I ordered a shrimp quesadilla. There was a 30 minute wait, which is longer than I like to wait for takeout, so I suggest calling in your order. The place looks clean with interesting decor. I liked the tortilla chips. The salsa is typical and what you would expect from a place like this.  The quesadilla was served with refried beans and rice. I didn't like the rice, the beans were so so. The quesadilla itself was lacking. They do give you plenty of shrimp and they are a nice size, but it just consisted of the shrimp and cheese, an ample amount of cheese, maybe too much cheese actually. I would've liked for it to have some veggies, other than the lettuce and the small amount of tomato. Maybe some onions and Bell pepper or maybe some pico or guac served with it. I would go back maybe to try the drinks.

• LaDonda C.

  star star star star star 1 July 2026

  It's hard to find a clean, authentic, and great tasting Mexican restaurant. I was very satisfied. Lots of shrimp with the ceviche- soooo worth it!

• Bruna K.

  star star star star star_border 30 June 2026

  I was really craving Mexican food and my SO took me to this place. The food was really really good. I got the pollo loco which is just chicken smothered in queso with rice and beans and my plate was huge! It was really yummy. My boyfriend got the chicken fajita and unlike most places, they didn't skimp on the chicken. I thought the food was really delicious. My one complaint would just be the service because our waitress disappeared for a very long time so we had to find someone else that would give us the check.