Joe Peña's Cantina y Bar Ludwigsburg in Ludwigsburg

Coming from Texas the food is not what I think if when I think mexican but it was delicious.

We were very happy with everything, including the food and the conditions. Jessica was super friendly and very interested in our satisfaction. My favorite salad is definitely the Caesar salad.

We wanted nachos baked with cheese (cost €12.90) with the four different dips like the Pulled Beef Nachos dish (cost €15.90). Since I don't eat meat, we of course ordered it without the meat. In the end we paid €27.40! The message was that we could have simply ordered the one with meat and that next time we should express ourselves more clearly at the beginning. 🙈 So we basically ordered two plates of baked nachos with dips and got one... that wasn't so cool.

First of all...I came twice here! The first time I came, I ordered the shrimp salad came when it arrived i was in shocked with the portion 🤣 because it was massive!!! The salad dressing was super tasty and the shrimp was very fresh and well done !! The second time I came here I ordered a lady cut steak with medium rare, It was very well done as well ! 👏🏼 The staffs were super friendly and nice! I had a very great time in this restaurant 😋 ☺️ 😊 highly recommend 👌🏻 👍🏻

Good tasty Mexican. Steak was super tasty

authentic Mexican nice ambience wide offer

Cool atmosphere Really really good food Only the waitress didn't have a good day :)

An enthusiastic visitor for years. Both the food and the drinks/cocktails are always very good. The service was also always very good, although unfortunately it wasn't very convincing the last few times (too much waiting time and not very friendly). However, this doesn't detract from my overall impression for now. It is always worth reserving in advance, especially for larger groups. A beautiful location in summer and winter. I would be happy to come back at any time.

Super Essen! Tolle Cocktails! Super Service! Hatten einen tollen Abend. FUENTE DE LOS BANDIDOS kann ich sehr empfehlen und als Nachtisch CHIMICHANGA DULCE!

Delicious food! Great cocktails! Great service! Had a great evening.

I love being there very often, my trusted employee Kevin is the best. Even if you accidentally spill a beer, you'll get a new one at the table. Thanks again at this point. The food is wonderful. There are parking spaces about 50 meters across the street from the beer meadow, a public parking lot for city visitors

Very nice ambience on Saturday, of course very well attended, one fault for me our steak wasn't really medium, but otherwise very good 👍

Very tasty food, super friendly staff, but unfortunately way too loud... there isn't much in the way of cozy eating and conversation

Sooo delicious. We just love it. You have to eat there once a month. 🤤😋

Exemplary service! The food tastes very good and the price/performance is good.

Very tasty food, friendly and courteous service and a cozy atmosphere 😊

It was a bit cramped and generally quite loud, but the waiters were super relaxed, the food came super quickly and was very tasty

The service was quick and friendly. We ordered a combo starter for 4 and it was perfect. The drinks were also very good!

Upper price category, unfortunately it was very overcrowded. Table without a reservation is unlikely.

We are super happy that we spontaneously got a place for 6 people on New Year's Eve, even though the store was really full! Overall, the food was average, but still very tasty and completely satisfying :) However, what really made the evening special was the fantastic service staff. With their good mood, their humor and their attentiveness, they looked after us well and created a great atmosphere. Thanks to them, our New Year's Eve was definitely saved!

The food was good, but we found the menu too confusing.

You can experience pure joy of life here. Classy drinks, bartenders & music hot! Food delicious & plentiful! The girls' evening here was unforgettable and begs to be repeated!!!

Good drinks, funny show at the bar, but unfortunately it rained a bit on us 💦

A little damp at the bar, otherwise highly recommended 🌊

Order well in itself, but no honolulu juicer🤝

A very warm welcome and very attentive service. Food just as delicious as in stgt

Top service food was very tasty

There was a draft on the window. Hence one star less.

Stopped here for a family celebration. Food good, cocktails better. Central location, about 5 minutes walk from the train station, paid parking spaces in the immediate vicinity. Can recommend it.

Each of the cocktails is completely over the top bad. 10 euros for a cocktail with alcohol as standard. The mix is ​​terrible. You order a cocktail and it only tastes like alcohol. When asked, it wasn't remade but only refilled with juice😂.

Service and food is really good. The only problem is the quality of the cocktails. I am of the opinion that the cocktails are not served according to the original recipe. The ingredients for the cocktails are also not of a good standard to charge €10 for.

It's good, everything is relaxed. Not high-end.

I ordered lunch to pick up. Although there wasn't much going on, I first had to wait in the restaurant for my food (one employee was busy at the bar, the second employee was apparently relaxed in the kitchen anteroom next to the bar). At home I realized that the salad had been forgotten. It was great that the friendly employee from the office immediately responded in a customer-oriented manner and quickly brought the missing food home to me. He even added a small dessert. Thank you for this uncomplicated subsequent delivery and the tasty surprise 😀

Very well attended, very tasty food and very friendly service!

The food is very good and afterwards you definitely have to go to the bar. Definitely worth it.

Food was too much and very noisy 7th busy

The best Mexican restaurant I've ever been to.

We got a table for two directly at the entrance...Friday evening at around 8 p.m. without a reservation. The waiter at reception tried very hard to accommodate us...including the guests who were coming. He was really very friendly. The service was also very friendly. The restaurant was full and therefore it was very loud. So if you want to eat something in peace and quiet, this is the wrong place for you. Food was brought quickly. It tasted good but not outstanding. Portion might have been too small for some people. Just right for me to fill me up. Cocktail was good.

Nice place and also great service

Nice welcome, attentive service. Canteen atmosphere, which you may also know from Sausalitos. Despite being very busy at peak times, food was prepared quickly. Tastes good, generous portion(s). If you can handle the volume, it's a nice way/variety to eat.

I've been here several times. The food is always delicious. Today I was here and unfortunately they had taken my favorite dish (pollo y platano) off the menu. I ordered another dish with chicken and potatoes. It was also super tasty and the meat was perfect. There were a few specials for Dia de los Muertes. That was great. I'm still happy about the salt shakers I won. Keep it up!

The cocktails are great, but we usually only eat small things here

The food was very good. The service was outstanding from Lilly. Happy to come back 😊

The chicken fajitas are no longer the same as they used to be, I don't know why it is, whether the chicken meat is different or...

Delicious beer, friendly service.

There wasn't much going on, we just wanted something to drink. Service was friendly but nothing more

It was cozy. The food was very good, although relatively expensive. Very attentive staff. The cocktails, however, were very weakly mixed (due to happy hour?). We each drank 2 cocktails, but didn't feel the alcohol at all, even though we rarely drink cocktails.

If you don't actively order, you will come away empty-handed. The employees only come on their own at the beginning, after that the glasses stay empty if you don't make an independent effort to get something.

Large tasty portions. Large selection of Mexican food and various cocktails

Edit: After the managing director initiated a discussion about the incident today, refunded us the difference and also described his point of view, I would like to adjust the rating upwards. Unfortunately we had a bad experience with a waitress who didn't accept food vouchers and wanted to let us eat at hourly prices. You have to say this beforehand, which we made very clear... Unfortunately, she didn't want to admit it and said it wasn't possible to rebook the order. Quite a strange excuse. So far we have always been very happy with the service here, so unfortunately it must be an isolated case with the service.

The atmosphere, the team and the delicious food are great here.

Llegamos a la ciudad tarde un domingo, así que la mayoría de los restaurantes no estaban disponibles o solo reserva. Para nuestro placer encontramos Joe Peña y nos dieron la bienvenida enseguida para la cena. El menú era muy completo y tenía descripciones detalladas que nos absorbió. Fajitas de Pollo y Carne para mi marido y quesadillas de queso/mango para mí. La salsa de piña estaba un poco picante pero muy sabrosa como complemento a la mía. Sin duda volveré para probar más!

Attention salmonella!!! I got salmonella poisoning straight after the visit! The older waitress with white blonde hair was so unfriendly that I would have liked to leave! I ADVISE EVERYONE NOT TO COME HERE!

We spent an evening in the best company. Great cocktails, great bartender and the best shots in Stuttgart. We will definitely come back.

Lunch is super quick and tastes very good too. I personally don't like the atmosphere itself. Too crowded, too impersonal.

Atmosphere, cocktails and the cellars are excellent. Definitely part of a successful evening.

The waiters there are all very friendly and accommodating. The food is super delicious and so is the dessert.

Expensive but very good. Staff are often overwhelmed because there are too few.

Simply awesome, the lunch menu is varied and cheap, we'll be back, thumbs up

Very long waiting times. I ordered a fajita, the beef was relatively tough. I had the feeling that there were simply not enough staff.

We had a great evening with friends and had very good food and very friendly staff. We'll definitely be back👍

We've been there a few times. My wife and I are always thrilled by the quality of the food and, above all, the service. Fast, attentive and always extremely friendly. The location is also very pleasant and relaxing. Far away, it seems, from the hustle and bustle of a larger city. I can only warmly recommend this place. Keep it up. YOU ARE GREAT.

Sitting outside with a cool margarita and delicious food - what more could you want

Been there several times, mainly in the summer. Very nice staff, good food, delicious cocktails... completely satisfied! Keep it up ❣️

The food itself tasted good to everyone, but there was completely moldy vegan cheese on one plate and unfortunately I already tried it before I saw it and I think moldy food is really bad. After complaining, the person received a new plate with a replacement cheese that wasn't moldy, but the apology was very short, and I don't think something like that should happen. But since the light is darker inside, you may not have seen it in the kitchen/inside.

Fast and friendly service, there is always someone available. Delicious food with a good selection, especially of the non-alcoholic cocktails.

The food was very good. And especially the cocktails were very, very tasty.

Super nice restaurant, service very friendly. Food tasty and plentiful. We will be back

Too crowded, long waiting time and not really good food

Great food, excellent service, even got a table without a reservation on a Friday evening when the restaurant was full. Fine.

Great standard cocktails in a nice atmosphere, very nice service.

Great for meeting up with friends. Great Monday evening happy hour 👍

Young, loud, standard. It's nice to sit outside.

Very good restaurant in LB Interesting unusual menu. Lots of space to sit outside

Deutsches mexikanisches Essen! Preis-Leistung passt nicht. Nur in der HappyHour interessant wegen den Cocktails. Essen ist gut, aber langweilig, hat nicht wirklich was mit mexikanischem Essen ( Würze) zu tun! Zu dem ist das Essen relativ teuer! Zu fünft bist du schnell mal 180 Euro los - satt aber nicht zufrieden!? Bedienung langsam, aber relativ aufmerksam!

We were here with 7 people and felt very comfortable. Price-performance is right. The dishes feel authentic.

The ambience is quite nice, but the food really doesn't taste anything special. We think it tastes much better in the blue agave. The fajitas with the meat were very tough, the chochzio was rather below average and the whole thing for 30€... the portion was large but I would have preferred more quality and a smaller portion...

Very friendly team, nice terrace, huge selection of food.

You can find the lively atmosphere and friendly service here at Joes. Guests appreciate the fresh tacos, fajitas and enchiladas as well the large selection of tequilas and cocktails. The decorative ambience and good value for money round off the positive experience, making the restaurant a popular meeting place for lovers of Mexican cuisine.

For a restaurant there is very little light

Were there for the first time (Tuesday). We enjoyed it very much. The portions were large. We were fed up. Food came quickly. For us it was also well seasoned, but there is also salt and pepper on the table for additional seasoning. We will be back.

Eating is always a matter of taste, of course. Six of us ate at Joe Peña’s. Everyone was very, very satisfied. Very tasty, top service, cool atmosphere. We come from Pforzheim and Calw, it won't have been the first and last time we ate at Joe Peña's. Thanks

Food good, atmosphere good, especially the boss very friendly. Tonight's kickoff, we're at Joe's.

It was ok, the food was tasty, I just wanted a little more atmosphere from the service. :)

Wir wurden gastfreundlich begrüßt und zu einem kleinen Tisch geführt, der ganz in der Nähe anderer ähnlicher kleiner Tische stand. Im Restaurant war es sehr laut, alle schrien laut, wie in einer Schulkantine. Der Kellner war ok. Die von uns bestellten Cocktails waren gut. Aber die Steaks waren schrecklich… sehr trocken und das Fleisch war vom Koch ruiniert. Der Rechnung - 90 Euro und davon waren nur die Cocktails lecker. Der Salat wurde seltsam präsentiert - die Hälfte der Blätter warten nicht geschnitten. Die Süßkartoffelpommes waren etwas verbrannt und schmeckten schrecklich. Wir werden nie mehr hingehen - es ist nicht lecker und sehr ungemütlich

I found the food very good. Vegan dishes are clearly visible on the menu and very varied. Unfortunately the acoustics are very bad and you can hardly have a conversation. Unfortunately, most of the time you can only see the service staff from a distance.

Delicious Mexican food. Good cocktails. Ample portions. Service was nice when it was there, but there was also a lot going on on our evening.

Pleasant atmosphere. Service professional. Authentic menu. Practical implementation; well-staged dishes cooked mediocre.

They served us and our children very friendly and helpfully at such a late hour.

My food was great. Definitely get steak when you're there😄

Delicious lunch, friendly service

Menu is unstructured and classified by zones in Mexico instead of kind of food. But at the end food is more Tex.Mex than mexican. It is ok but could be better. High prices.

Not a bad facility. But: We expected more variety of flavors from the dishes. There was a lack of salt in the meat, spiciness in the pepper sauce and cheese in the cheese sauces. Instead of the sauce in the second picture, the taco only has regular sour cream 👎🏻 There are significant savings on products. Therefore, there is no desire to go back and try again. In addition, the facility has no overall concept at all. There is no music played, lanterns and candles are only on a few tables. There are clearly not enough waiters. They move very quickly, but you can tell they are very tired. I also didn't like the shandy at all, the taste was too sweet and plummy. For a change, you can visit the place with friends, but if you value the atmosphere, this is not the place.

Not even worth trying. Food 1 star. Generally everything that was served was of poor food quality. Salad was old, dried out, no oil, embarrassing dressing. Meat should be Agnus quality, around 80-100g. instead of 200g. served. So-called tortillas were like from the supermarket, not fresh, so cheap with no taste. service 1 star. Nobody came by to ask. When ordering, the lady barely has patience for 15 seconds. Terrible. Hygiene was also relative. Dirty windows, then dirty toilets, only 1 toilet worked. . Queue up to the stairs. It was still a child's birthday, mind. 7-8 children used the runway between the tables. Some of the seats were shunned with shoes on! What is the menager doing here? Or parents? NOTHING! And hardly any interest in it... Actually, I don't like to write such a bad review, but it's just the right thing to do, because owners should ask questions about whether they want to improve something... Other Local Joe Penas in Leonberg wasn't great either, but far better..

This is a very popular place to meet up in Ludwigsburg. Booking is definitely recommended if you're a larger group or visiting at peak evening hours. The atmosphere is loud and lively. Very friendly and accommodating. They even have an a English menu. Service was good, absolutely no complaints Super easy to park with Akademiehof parking just next door. Drink menu was strong with lots of choice for cocktails. Food was OK. I do not think it did justice to the richness of Mexican cuisine and flavour. In summary, go there if you want a fun place to meet up with friends and have some food and drinks. Do not go there if your focus is to get good Mexican food. 4 star rating in my opinion is fair because with the right mindset it's a really good night out.

You rarely read reviews with information about child-friendliness. As a mom, I think that's important, hence my rating for families who are wondering whether you can eat well here with children. We were there with 3 children, 9, 7 and 3 years old. There is also a children's menu (not available online), the tablecloth was made of paper and there were crayons on the table. Where can you paint on the tablecloth? Great idea and of course a good activity for young and old. Should introduce a lot more restaurants. The food was very, very good, delicious starters, great main courses and of course dessert wasn't missing either. All highly recommended. We'd love to come back.

We Mexicans love to make fun of ourselves, but that's a bit too much of a good thing. The menu has little to do with Mexican cuisine and the dishes hardly differ (side dishes always consist of rice, beans and salad in a tortilla basket). A little tip: Culinary diversity thrives in Mexico!

Everything was great, always happy 😁

Boss was very nice. Got a very meager portion, had to ask my friend to eat at home so I could be full. Instead of an ear of corn, there was a kernel of corn. Chimichanga for €20 was a kindergarten edition. I expected more. Is there a supplement available upon request? Then I'd love to come back!

Good Mexican. Great service, we were with a group of over 20 and everything worked smoothly.