This restaurant is located near The Bell Tower Mall and serves authentic Mexican cuisine.
While I try to focus on reviewing food items there is a cocktail I cannot pass up. The Cantina Mojito is a must have, with rum, hand muddled fresh mint, lime and cane sugar, well, I’m in heaven.
To begin your dinner try the Top Shelf Guacamole. This signature appetizer is prepared by your waiter tableside and includes ripe avocado, charred jalapeno, red onion, cilantro, fresh lime juice and queso fresco. This yummy first course is a generous portion and enough to share with four guests, although two people can consume it with no trouble.
Another appetizer I can recommend is the Queso Blanco. This cheese dip comes with white queso, poblano peppers, spinach, scallions and artichokes.
As a first course or a main entree try the Sopa de Tortilla. This delicious soup comes with pulled chicken, avocado and crispy tortillas and is available in a cup or bowl.
There are a couple of tapas that you may want to order. The Quesadillas are always tasty. The Vegetarian has Monterey Jack cheese, green onions and tomato, but you may want to kick it up a notch by adding the fire-charred skirt steak. The Quesadillas are great for sharing but they are so good you may want them all for yourself.
If you like sushi grade tuna you can’t go wrong with the Ahi Tuna Tacos. You get three tuna tacos served with jicama, ginger slaw, guacamole, pickled red onion and chipotle aioli.
This restaurant has a selection of tacos and the Birria is one of the best things on the menu. This dish is prepared with spiced slow cooked brisket in corn tortillas with cheese, cilantro and white onion and comes with rice and beans.
My favorite entree at Cantina Laredo is the Chilean Sea Bass. The fish is pan-seared and it is topped with a Jalapeno Buerre Blanc Sauce and comes with cilantro rice and grilled asparagus. As this dish is market priced you may want to check the price before you order so you don’t have sticker shock when the check comes.
While I don’t usually order chicken when in a restaurant I can recommend the Pullo Chipotle. The sauce on the grilled chicken breast is good enough to order for me to order chicken in a restaurant and is served with charred corn and black beans. Of course this Mexican restaurant offers Enchiladas, try the chicken.
When dessert time rolls around there is definitely one way to go – get the Flan.
Cantina Laredo is located at 520 Big Pine Way, Fort Myers, FL 33907 (239) 415-4424.
