Salsarita’s Fresh Cantina
Salsarita’s Fresh Cantina
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
6 reviews
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This Salsarita's outpost delivers about what you'd expect from a corporate setting along the JC waterfront: bland, poorly prepared, heavily Americanized Tex-Mex.
We had some manner of catering pack in the office on Tuesday (Cinco de Mayo fun!) with the standard bits: rice, black beans, grilled chicken, ground beef, guacamole, sour cream, hot and mild salsas, shredded lettuce, and diced tomatoes with a stack of flour tortillas. The hot salsa was probably the star: bright and just hot enough, managing to give some much needed zing to the otherwise flavourless meats and other accompaniments.
Chipotle (and Moe's) it's not; the corner Chinese/Tex-Mex joints do this stuff better. Still, it's not the worst I've had and the food was fresh.
I have to say Salsarita was a much needed addition to the Jersey City Lunch Landscape. As everyone who works in Jersey City knows, finding a tasty, healthy lunch is like finding the proverbial needle in a haystack.
I am a big fan of their salad. My favorite is in a plate (as opposed to an edible alibeit very fattening bowl) with shrimp, lettuce, black beans, chunky mild salsa, cheese, cilantro and a touch of the tequila dressing. All this yumminess for a very reasonable 280 calories (thank you Queenie W for referencing the very awesome website with nutritional information).
I have tried their chips with Queso and it was delicious – too delicious! Unfortunately due to the calorie content, I will never eat them again!
Salsarita has the typical ambiance of a fast food joint. You wait in line, place your order (much like subway) and collect your food when you pay. I particularly like the slices of lime by their fresh brewed ice tea.
Salsarita is in regular rotation on my lunch schedule!
I knew it, I knew it, I knew it. This place was destined to suck.
Ok, maybe that's too harsh. I mean, if I was stuck on an island for days without anything to eat, I would almost certainly not think that Salarita's sucks, but alas that was not the case today.
I'll make it quick — Salsarita's is the B-side of Chipotle. It's essentially trying to do the same thing, only with more ingredients and more ways to assemble them. Unfortunately, the food quality is just not there, and the service is maddeningly slow. Still, they do a decent business, and I can only presume that stems from the lack of options — especially Tex-Mex options — in the area. Yes, Blue Moon is just down the street, but they fall into an ever bigger "suck" category because you actually have to sit down there, wait for the food, and pay twice as much for it.
Ugh. Whatever I just ate is about to hatch inside of me.
Came here for lunch. Ordered salad with shrimp. Salad fresh but lettuce still wet. Shrimp was seasoned ok and gave a decent amount. Saving grace for salad was the ranch dressing which probably had chipotle in it since it was pink and their salsas and fresh cilantro added flavor to my salad. Portion on the small side compared to chipotle. Not too many options on the menu or veggies to add to order. Faux chipotle. Nothing authentic about this place.
Taco salad. So good! I wish I had paid more attention to each salad item, but sadly I did not. But it was really delicious, and there wasn't too long of a wait during lunch time on a Thursday. Plenty of seating options too.
I'll be back.
Meh indeed. I know Chipotle. Chipotle is a friend of mine. Salsarita's, you are no Chipotle.
The food tastes OK, but not addictively delicious like Chipotle's. The portions (for the price) are nowhere nearly as generous nor the ingredients of the same quality as Chipotle's. The guacamole is way too smooth (think electric green baby food) and leaves an unpleasant oniony after taste. The meat seasoning is bland (but the green sauce was OK). The cheese had no flavor. The line to order was curiously long and the service was painfully slow.
I shan't return, as there are plenty of Chipotles to satisfy my faux-Mexican cravings.