Frida Mexican Cuisine - Glendale

The restaurant is nicely decorated. Lighting is aesthetically pleasing and the furniture is great. The bathrooms were nice as well with full body mirrors. We went for dinner around 6pm on a Tuesday and it wasn't busy at all. Service was awesome. The waiters kept checking on us and the hosts were nice. The menu we received was one sheet, two sides with the front side being all food and the back side all drinks. I only saw alcoholic drinks. I asked the waiter if they had strawberry lemonade as we didn't want alcohol. He said they could make it for us. I think they also have sodas but I didn't see the choices on the menu. I get the feeling its popular for nightlife eating, if you like going out for drinks it would be a great place to eat and drink. The food itself was decent. I'm mexican myself so I expected a bit more from it. Things that should be flavorful or spicy were a bit bland. If you don't like strong flavors you will be fine. I wanted more flavor. My refried beans seemed almost from a can. The steak was cooked perfectly but wasn't super flavorful. The guac was bland, so was the avocado dipping sauce our taquitos came with. The salsa wasn't spicy at all. The taquitos were yummy and all in all everything tasted clean. I wouldn't say it tasted like authentic mexican food but it also wasn't super fancy either. It felt a bit overpriced for how it tasted but the service and ambiance makes up for it a bit.

Okay this was not our first time to this restaurant! We have been here many times since we met here back in 2012! : every time we are at the LA Americana at Brand in Glendale we stop by and have something to eat or drink! The food is very good and the services excellent.

Cool atmosphere and decor. Good food. Great shots! Shrimp enchiladas were decent. The refried beans and rice were alright. The tortilla soup had flavor out of this world! I would go back for that alone.

They were fairly empty on a Thursday at 6:30 but almost full by 7:45 when we left. The hostess was also our waitress and she was fabulous! Thank you Khristina! She recommended the Molcajete Frita and it was very good. It had some kind of melty cheese in it that was delicious. The fried plantains were semi crispy outside, gooey inside and the exact right amount of sweet. The Frita platter was a bit of a let down. The quesadilla was average. The potato taquito was just unseasoned mashed potato in a tortilla and the mini sopes weren’t edible. I couldn’t cut them with a knife or even bite through them because they were too tough. I did eat the small portion of refried beans on top of them and they were good. As you can see from the photos , all the avacado and guacamole was semi brown. That’s fine at home but not for a fine dining restaurant. We also two beverages, one being a coconut margarita. If you like coconut… don’t skip on this. The chips were a generous portion and the salsas were very good. I especially liked the bright green one. I would recommend this place because the molcajete Frita was something worth trying. Our total was $89 before tip.

Frida’s has an nice vibe, but the staff food, and prices pulled away from the experience. We ordered 2 enchiladas (red sauce and mole). The red sauce on the enchiladas felt very canned and the mole sauce was ok. The guacamole alone cost $17 for an appetizer which seemed extremely overpriced, we ordered a side of it just to get some. We ordered a chamoy margarita which was ok but not properly mixed. The server was nice, but seemed to be overworked and it was difficult to get their attention at times. This place feels like a pricier Chiles to me, wouldn’t recommend it for authentic Mexican food.