La Altena: Authentic Mexican Cuisine in Chattanooga

Great restaurant, good food and atmosphere !! We request Fausto as our server, he is great !

Love this restaurant! Consistently great food and the service is outstanding. You must try this place. You will not be disappointed. The family works incredibly hard to make your experience extraordinary. Very casual ambiance and plenty of street parking.

Very authentic food, small place but big personality! Service was fantastic, the food was delicious and accurately priced. I will definitely be returning. They make their salsa daily and you can taste the quality. Don't pass up this hidden gem!

A Chattanooga staple! Awesome atmosphere, the staff has always been kind and energetic, the food is consistently delicious, and the frozen margs are so SO good. I've lived in the area for the a long time, and I've been to a lot of similar places, but this is truly the best - hands down.

Great food and service. Our server was quick and so was the kitchen. We are passing through here and we're very pleased with the food and price is super reasonable! Definitely recommend. I got the chicken chimichanga and fiancé got the chicken tacos. The fresh guacamole was also delicious. Our baby liked the beans lol

This is hands down the best Mexican place within miles. They make the biggest chimichanga I've ever seen and filled with fresh vegetables and the meat here is good quality too. Everything I've ordered here is so fresh. The salsa is the best around with plenty of cilantro. It is mild and has hints of citrus and once again, all of the ingredients are FRESH. The entrees are not microwaved. The food is cooked when you order! Just ask! There used to be an El Chico in Brookwood, Al that was my all time favorite and this place has surpassed them. I never thought this would happen. The setting is not fancy but more like a hole in the wall that happens to be better than all the fancy places. I just can't say enough good about this place. You've got to try it for yourself. Even though I'm in a big hurry(my words are jumbled up a bit) I had to stop and give a review before I left.

I am never let down by the quality of the food. The food is always on point and I always leave satisfied. Highly recommended authentic Mexican Cuisine.

Our usual Mexican spot near the farm has new hours. Closed Mondays! Crazy right. We had to find anothwr place. This place dodnt used to have a liquor license so no thank you. Margaritas are a bacic food group. Lo and behold they now serve Real Margaritas! I had the Camarones Diablo. They were over the top spicy and wonderful. Velvet had the vegie burrito. She said it was wonderful. Oh and the Margaritas were fabulous. Sorry Tres Amigos. We have a new favorite.

The service was great! They were very attentive and friendly. The menu is expansive. Our table ordered lots of fajitas and a guacamole fresca. The guacamole was probably my favorite - there wer large chunks of guacamole and it definitely tasted fresca. I ordered the steak fajitas and the beef was just average. I've definitely had better quality meat in a fajita before but it was still good. It was also easy to make gluten and dairy free (tortillas de maiz, sin crema y queso). My husband ordered the Jalisco fajitas which he enjoyed very much. The corn tortillas were good and kept very warm in foil. I'd come back here again.

I drive by this restaurant at least once of week and for whatever reason I thought it was a hipster taco place. Wrong. It's definitely been there for awhile and the inside could use some updating, but it is delicious! Service was quick with chips and salsa coming to the table right when we sat down. The chips were warm, which is my favorite. I ordered my go to chimichanga which for $9 was a large plate of food. We'll definitely be back when we're close by.