MonteMar - Lawrenceville (GA)

5 /5 Maegan: Visiting from Jacksonville Florida and needed a meeting place to grab dinner with a girlfriend. This place had good reviews and I get why. The atmosphere was cute, good music, amazing service and the quality of the food was soooo amazing. The flan was perfect, the drinks were awesome. We kept saying how we were expecting a cheap Mexican establishment and ended up getting gourmet food. I would definitely come back here and highly recommend it. Hats off to the chef! Our server was very attentive, gave good recommendations and everything was cooked to perfection. The steak was incredibly flavorful. They do add a service fee to your bill so read your receipts but honestly we enjoyed it so much we still added on a $30 tip on top of the service fee. Well worth it.

2 /5 Mariangela Curiel7: The place have a cute decor. However it’s overpriced and the food is not good, we ordered the parrilla and the 1st red flag was that the waiter didn’t ask how we wanted our meat cooked .. of course when the parrilla arrived we knew why lol it was a very thin peace of beef, and 2 pieces of overcooked chicken and the rest was fried pork .. is not worth $50 .. we just paid $50 worth of fried pork.. we also ordered a hamburger that my daughter couldn’t eat it because the meat was overcooked and dry.. they don’t have refills on sodas and be very careful since they add a SERVICE FEE! This was our first time here and definitely the last one.

3 /5 Joua Nelson: (Late post visit in November 2024) This is located in a shopping complex, it was easy to find and plenty of parking spaces. We dined in on a Friday afternoon during lunch time. There were hardly any other guests there. The ambiance is warm and inviting. Our server was nice, but there was a language barrier. Part of my chicken was undercooked, but I didnt make a big deal out of it. The food was good, but probably not something Id come back for. Food is overpriced and they charge an additional service fee. For what? Be sure to read your receipt before adding extra tip.

1 /5 Ivette Moreno: I have been a customer at this restaurant for a while now since it has opened up. I always order the same thing (to go) and i’ve noticed that sometimes they charge me $6 more than the previous time. Today I asked one of the waitresses why this happens and she said that on “certain” days, the restaurant charges an 18% service fee. I told her that didn’t make any sense, since I was not dining in, and she just proceeded to say that the restaurant was working on removing “that”. I don’t know what she means by that, but this is not fair and it is not ok to be charging extra fees to customers without their knowledge. When I got home, I called and the same waitress took my call. I asked if I could speak to a manager and to her own convenience, she denied me the request with the excuse that the customer had just left the restaurant and would not return for the next several hours. After this experience, I will not be going back to this place.