La Cueva Restaurant - Mexican restaurant in Aurora - 9742 E Colfax Ave, USA

Great local, family owned Mexican restaurant on Colfax. They've got quite a bit of seating, and a full bar with a HUGE selection of Tequilas, as well as draft beers, and many margaritas! Their food is reasonably priced, about as much as a combo at a fast-food place nowadays, but for healthy, wholesome, delicious, and heartily-portioned food! I particularly enjoyed the smothered chicken burritos, mmm. It's also got a very warm, cozy atmosphere, with low, sultry lighting. Great vibe and atmosphere. The owners and staff are incredible and very friendly! I felt right at home. I'll be back again soon; thanks! =D

I really had high hopes for this place. However, the food was very inconsistent between everyone in our party. Some of the green peppers were bad which altered the taste of the meal. The red sauce was not appealing looking and not tasty. Others who had the green chile sauce really enjoyed their meal (it's spicy, watch out). Ordered a draft beer and it was flat. The house margarita was average, I think the owner waited on us. We didn't feel comfortable sharing our concerns with her, so we just paid our bill and did not complain. Maybe they had an off day when we went on a Friday at 5 pm. Plus the restaurant wasn't busy, considering it was a Friday.

Good meal. Always looking for good Mexican food that rivals what I'm used to from Texas. My late lunchtime to go order was the Short Ribs & Chili Rejenos. Both very flavorful. The neighborhood was questionable on Colfax such that I'm not sure I'd feel safe going to dinner at night. Parking was very limited with only the street parking on Colfax.

Cute restaurant, friendly staff. TERRIBLE FOOD! TERRIBLE neighborhood The starter of STALE chips and semi-frozen watery tomato and onion sauce [not salsa] with zero flavor was followed up with a $10 order of "nachos" which was more stale chips refried black bean with a smattering of melted white cheese and rings of a fresh cut jalepeno - totally gross rip off for .30 cents worth of food cost (maybe add a description if it's not gonna be a normal order of nachos?) My son's "coke" tastes weirdly like Bleach- maybe replace the filters on the soda machine? When the server asked "how is it?" and I replied "not good" and told her the honest truth (See above) she just stood there looking dumbfounded. Now, I've been a server for 25 years and that's NOT the appropriate response. There was no offer to remove the offending items and so I said just to bring the check, which she pulled out a machine and hovered over me expecting a gratuity for totally inept manners regarding customer service. Will not return. Save your money and go a few blocks down to a place with decent food. EDIT #1- my middle school aged son encouraged me repeatedly "be cool' but we saw retail gangso operating out of these spaces on east colfax. We witnessed what I believe to be retailtheftas these guys put thier trash o. The sllsyy

Really enjoyed our meal here. We both had a combo plate with cheese and onion enchilada, beef taco and tostada. Enjoyed a raspberry beer and house margarita as well. Great service.

Nice place and has been around for ages. Good food. The decor and setup is nice too. We also just had to have food to go for later because it was so good. We had Nachos as the appetizer and man are they good. I actually like that all the sour cream and extras aren't on it I'm sure you can add it but I think the way they are already great! My daughter loves them too because she doesn't like meat and all the extras. Got a Mexican Hamburger smothered and a beef burrito smothered for at home. All delicious and can't forget the house margarita!

La Cueva is a Good hole in the Wall it's grown prettier throughput the Year's. The only thing that's different in the service no more chips and salsa at the table... There salsa was fantastic too!

I've been eating here for 30 years. Best Mexican food you'll ever eat!!!!