Casa Real: A Mexican Cantina

Casa Real is a mexican cantina that is located on 21 S. Washington St. in Oxford, Michigan. This restaurant serves my favorite mexican food and drinks in Michigan. The atmosphere is very family oriented and the service is excellent every time. The wait for a table on the weekends can be very long but it's worth the wait. Casa Real is known for their house margarita, which is really good and strong. I have tried many items from their menu but my favorites are the steak and chicken chimichangas. My ultimate favorite item to order off the menu is the shrimp and steak fajitas. The prices are reasonable because you get a really good quantity of food. I've never left the restaurant without taking home extra food that I couldn't eat because they give a lot of food. The menu consists of appetizers, lunch, dinner, kids, drinks, and desserts. My favorite appetizers to order from Casa Real are the guacemole dip, the cheese dip, bean dip, and the cheese nachos. The appetizer menu also includes mexican pizzas, other dips, burritos, enchiladas, and soft or hard tacos. The lunch and dinner menu's includes chimichangas, different kinds of salads, fajitas, tacos, rancheros, and different types of burritos. Any of the food that includes seafood is really excellent and you will not be disappointed if your a seafood fan. The shrimp are jumbo shrimp when you order them with a meal such as the shrimp fajitas and they give you a really good amount of shrimp. The kids menu includes arroz con pollo which is grilled chicken mixed with rice, enchilada, mexi-roni and cheese, mini taco salad, quesadilla, tacos and burritos, huevitos which is scrambled egg, soft taco, cheese sticks and curly fries, hot dog and curly fries, cheese burger and curly fries, and chicken tenders and curly fries. The desserts include flan, pastel de tres leches, which is white cake soaked in three kinds of milk, sopapilla, churros, banana chimichanga, sundae, and my favorite, which is fried ice cream. If you are 21 years or older then they have many drink specials and their drinks are the best in Michigan. The server gives you chips and salsa to munch on while your waiting for them to bring your drinks and decide what you're getting for an appetizer and for dinner. The chips and salsa are also really good and the white cheese dip that you can order separately to go with your chips and salsa. The servers are very friendly and like to keep costumers happy. One side of the restaurant is the bar side and the other side of the restaurant is the family oriented side where you can sit and eat. Casa Real has many events that happen at dinnertime and for nightlife on the weekends. They have salsa dancing every Saturday night from 9 pm until 2 am the next day. The restaurant also has mariachi bands play every night and karaoke night every Friday from 9 pm until 2 am the next day. Casa Real will also do catering for big or small parties and for a really cheap cost. Hope you will try Casa Real someday!