La Renya
202 W 4th St, Vinton, IA, 52349
La Renya Menu
Sorry, We are updating this restaurant menu details.
Visit below restaurant in Vinton for healthy meals suggestion.
Visit below restaurant in Vinton for healthy meals suggestion.
Visit below restaurant in Vinton for healthy meals suggestion.
Sorry, we don't have Q&A for this restaurant.
Sorry, No Coupons available for this restaurant.
-
Address :
202 W 4th St
Vinton, IA, 52349 - Phone (319) 472-4383
- Click To Get Directions
Opening Hours
Sorry, Store hours have not been updated. If you are the owner of this restaurants. Please update the store hours.
Specialities
- Takes Reservations : No
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : Yes
Alcohol : Beer & Wine Only
Waiter Service : Yes
Categories
Mexican Cuisine
If you enjoy Taco Tuesday, then you have officially fallen in love with the Mexican Food. The main grain of Mexican cuisine is maize. Also known as corn, maize is grown for the past 9000 years after the crop was discovered by the people in Mayan civilization. Mexican empire flourished when they started growing beans, tomatoes, chili pepper, sweet potato and cactus. Till this date these ingredients are used in cooking authentic Mexican dishes and drinks.
Great use of spices, fresh chili pepper dishes like fajitas, tortilla chips, corn chips, salsa, chimichangas, burritos, nachos and quesadillas are invented in America. But when you are looking for authentic Mexican food then you must find a restaurant in the city that serves Rajas con Queso, Garbanzo in a Guajillo Chile Sauce, Pork Filled Chiles Rellenos, Chiles en Nogada, Molcajete Salsa, Pico de Gallo and Frijoles de la Olla. An eye-opening fact – Mexican don't like their food hot. They use fresh chili and other spices to create a flavor that lingers in your mouth.
Mexican food is great for those who are Gluten Intolerant as they use Corn instead of wheat in most of their dishes. Also, you can easily find many beans based Mexican dishes. Another dish which didn't get similar glory as tacos or nachos is the Mexican hot chocolate. If you love something hot on a chilly day, then go for Mexican Hot Chocolate. On merry days, you can enjoy the authentic Mexican Drinks like Tequila, Mezcal, Tecuí, Sotol, Bacanora, Charanda, Posh O Pox, Puebla and Pulque. Mexican Cuisine is for people who enjoy strong drinks and hearty meals.
WE SERVE THE FOLLOWING STATES
Looky Weed - Buy Marijuana Online
Looky Weed is here to help you navigate the maze of legalized marijuana. We provide you with a complete dispensary directory.
Mark G.
Went to Vinton for work, nice small town that seemed friendly enough. Seen this place wasn't to out of the way and I had downtime to eat. I had the steak tacos and they were delicious, got them in a hard shell style. The steak had well seasoned flavor and was overall impressed with my food. Salsa for the chips was also pretty good. I could see myself giving a 5 for this place, but would like to try other dishes first. Has great potential to be 5 stars, if you are in town give them a try.
(4)Ben S.
After a long day of golf, we stopped in Vinton to get a bite. Choices are slim in small town Iowa, so we debated between pizza and Mexican. Since a parking space was open near the Mexican restaurant that's where we went. Definitely not a mistake. Started with chips and two kinds of salsa. Both salsas were excellent! I had a margarita, and it was perfectly made! The food was authentic and excellent quality. My burrito was bigger than a small dog! It was the best Mexican food I've ever had, and anyone that knows me, knows I've eaten about everywhere! We will definitely be back the next time we play golf in Vinton!
(5)Lane H.
This review is actually a combination of my last six visits. I've tried La Renya, really I have. I want to like you since you are the only Mexican place in Vinton. I want to like you because I like to see a small business succeed. But your food and your service haven't lived up to the hype. I came in this week and decided I needed to write a review. The building is in a great location. On the main street and next to the movie theater. Parking is on the street and free. You can park in back and walk around, but they have a variety of La Renya vehicles and food carts parked there. Inside is nice and spacious. Clean enough and bright enough. The chairs seem a little creaky, but since it didn't collapse, I guess it was fine. Drinks: Of course what does one want at a Mexican restaurant? Margaritas!!! But not only are they over priced for what you are getting, there is a distinct lack of alcohol in them sometimes. Note, I did say sometimes. Sometimes they taste great....but the other times? Lime Kool-aide has more tequila. Beer selection is ok, but again over priced in a small town where beers tend to be cheaper. Chips and Salsa: A staple that should be considered. They came out with two types of "salsa". The first was a runny canned tomato based sauce that tasted more like spaghetti sauce than salsa. The second was a type of pico that had fresh veggies in it and avocados. Now I love me some avocado. But this doesn't work very well, especially when it seems a little old...that metallic taste that tells me "old and stored in a metal container". The chips are ok, but much thicker and have a different taste than your standard chip. Appetizers: The run of the mill selection. Why does white queso have to be so runny all the time? Entrees: Have tried several of the grilled meat items. More often than not the meat is cooked so long that it has lost it's flavor and moisture. The green chile pork seems like the pork is cooked independently of the chiles because there is no flavor to the meat. The fajitas are obviously cooked in a skillet first because they then slide them onto the iron skillet at the table. The problem with this is that the meat doesn't have much grill flavor, it's cut into tiny little strips and then "stir fried" with the green peppers and onions until it is curling up into jerky. I have been to several Mexican places where this seems to be the cooking method and it sucks. I long for the days of Chi-Chi's where the meat was grilled whole and sliced after cooking. My husband also feels the same way about the meat items he has had. Kids had enchiladas and they were very bland. Service: It and miss. This week my husband and I and one of the kids stopped in for supper at close to 7pm. Only two other tables in the place with a total of three people. The two female servers seemed more concerned about their own food then they were with taking care of the guests. Time before we came in with a group and the young woman was totally overwhelmed with a group of 18 and no one else came to help her. So, will I be back? Not unless I'm really willing to take a gamble on the margs that day. Food? No, I think I've given La Reyna's enough opportunities to get it right. I'll head down to the Lotus or over to The Voo!
(2)Leah P.
Get the Sombrero. It's like fajitas covered in really good Chihuahua cheese. Awesome eats. Will definitely come back here if I'm ever in Vinton again.
(5)L. D.
This is the only Mexican restaurant in the city of Vinton. The only other ethnic restaurant is the Chinese restaurant along the same main strip of Vinton. It is a decent Mexican restaurant. The food is slow to arrive but it tastes fresh, as fresh as possible from Iowa. I was here for a luncheon with a coworker. 4 Mexicans came in and they looked uncomfortable. They looked like they just came from a job roofing or something. Although none of the customers looked at the Mexicans, there definitely was a change in the atmosphere. It was like they were the pink elephants in the room, invisible and ignored. Too bad, no one would blink an eye in diverse Portland, OR. At least no one gaped at me with spittle from their mouths thinking I was going to suck their brains.
(3)