Garcias Mexican Restaurant, Geneva

We waited 20 minutes without anyone coming to the table to get drink orders or even greet us. After 20 minutes and noticing that folks who came in after us were already eating, I went to the person who had seated us and asked if someone could take our order. He answered in a rude, confused tone, well, where are you seated? Since he seated us and there were not many people there, I was surprised that he didn t remember that he had seated us. After another good 5 minutes, a man came to take our order. We gave him a gift certificate that we had and ordered. Another 20 minutes went by before we were served. At that time the man said, yes, we will take the gift certificate. I thought it was strange because I had never thought that they wouldn t take it. When we went to check out, they would not take the gift certificate. We were more that upset as the gift certificate had been paid for and we presented it prior to ordering and were told that it would be honored. In short, we drove from Rochester, NY to use a gift certificate and left without the gift certificate being honored and after spending way too much time in a place that did not seem to care that we were there. The attitude of the manager as well as the young man who was seating folks was rude and upsetting. I would never return and strongly caution people about spending their money at an establishment that would treat paying customers in such a way.

I have eaten here for years.......I must say~ in the past few months the food has gotten a little better...The staff very accommodating (though i do wish their english were better)....The decor could use some sprucing up ~ rather ordinary,somewhat tacky ...Overall this place rocks!!!! I do wish they could be more healthfood conscious and offer more vegetarian entrees...! Maybe even offer a buffet occasionally.It would be nice to have local artists works displayed on the walls..It would be nice to have and or see a birthday party there with games like pin the tail on the donkey ,a pinata,and some live music / entertainment !!!!!

I tried this place notwithstanding the other 1 star review, but Jordan was right. The service was positively horrible. Two guys working, but they couldn't tear themselves away from some goofy game show on TV. I waved, I yelled. Finally I had to walk up to the bar to get their attention. Food was good, but one appetizer size quesadilla for $9 was a little steep, particularly when the menu said the serving was 2.

i moved out of NY state but i miss Garcia's with a passion. the service was always friendly and quick.it's very clean.the menu is varied and everything i have had was awesome!! when i go back to visit family,i know where i am going to eat on our first night out. it seems as though the people who give negative reviews are being a bit unreasonable and there is always two sides to every story. perhaps it is the customers who were rude or out of line when going in. i myself have never had a problem their,with anything. and i recommend it to friends/family quite often.this isn't Taco Bell. it's good ,tasty,authentic Mexican and Tex-Mex food!!

I really don't get this ladies review. My wife and I eat there 8-10/year and the food has always been fresh, flavorful and in large portions. The service has always been good and friendly-but then again when I go out to eat, as long as i have something to eat (free chips and salsa-maybe not the best salsa-but it's what is served in the region where the owners are from) I am happy and not in a mad rush. But Frankly we've both been amazed at how fast the food has shown up at the table! For the buck you can't beat it. I don't usually write reviews-but that long winded lady in the previous review required a fair reply. And no- I don't work there and don't own the place... just enjoy what they do. You will too!!

Garcia's Mexican Restaurant has some delicious food. The portion sizes are huge! I've never left here still hungry. You should definitely stop in & check them out.

Let me preface my review by saying that rating this restaurant a 1 star does nowhere represent the level of how terrible this restaurant is. My mother always said if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all, so I'll begin my review with some positive things about this restaurant. The salsa you get with your complimentary tortilla chips when you sit down at your table is OFF THE MEAT RACKS! It's fresh, homemade, and has a nice little bite to it. They should bottle and sell it. I'd pour it on pine cones and eat it! (It's true.) The background music is great too. Its a nice mixture of late 80's Spanish language Heavy Metal power ballads, and English speaking Spanish pop stars. If you love Jon Secada and Enrique Iglesias, then you're gonna love this place! No Mexican Hat Dance or La Cucaracha though :-( Now that we've got that unpleasantness out of the way let me begin by saying that calling the waitstaff of Garcia's unattentive, unknowledgeable and having a terrible attitude would be an insult to unattentive, unknowledgeable waitresses everywhere. I asked our waitress about a dessert I was interested in ordering, and she told me that she had no idea what it was because she never made it before. (?) She didn't make any attempt to ask anyone to find out. Then, a member of our party wanted to order some hot sauce so I could try with my meal but he had a needlessly difficult time doing so, not because the restaurant was busy (there was only one other table in the whole restaurant being waited on by one other waitress) but because OUR waitress who was 5 FEET AWAY was too busy texting to hear us calling her. Then we got our food. Now, when I go to a Mexican restaurant I've never been to before, I usually order beef enchiladas as a safety food because it's impossible for ground beef in a tortilla with cheese and sauce on top to be bad. Congratulations Garcia's, you've manage to make the impossible a frightening reality! My food was so bland, I had to drown my enchiladas in a pool of habanero sauce just so I could taste anything. My friend ordered taquitos, and what she got were 4 #2 pencil size taquitos on a bed of lettuce, avocado, and tomato. Not to mention she ordered 2 beef and 2 chicken and got 3 chicken and 1 beef. (Nice to know the rules of basic 1st grade math don't apply at Garcia's either) In the 30 seconds it took her to finish 'em, she seasoned her garnish (COUGH!) excuse me, salad with salt because she was still hungry after eating her "taquitos." Needless to say, she immediately regretted her decision. I can only recommend this restaurant to starving dogs, because that's kinda what I felt like when I left. If you enjoy inedible food, horrendous service and recreational diarrhea, then go to Garcia's where a fool and his money are soon parted!

The food tasted bland and was not cooked properly. The waitress was slow, scatter-brained, and rude.

The margarittas are awesome and the food is great. Every dish I have had has been excellent. The fahijitias rock i love that they come out steaming hot. The service is great and they don't mind if you stay for two hours and visit with friends.

The best Mexican around! Service was great, food was even better, so flavorful and good. This is a place you have to eat!