text: To begin with I do not understand Cantina s apparent fetish for playing Mexican music at earbleeding sound levels My wife and I were in one midweek evening after the crowd had departed and were one of only a handful of tables occupied in the entire place We literally could not hold a conversation sitting degrees from one another at a square table When we placed our order we also asked that the music be turned down to a moderate level and I swear our server was overjoyed to have an excuse to turn it downnnThat said the food was OK not great As transplanted Californians perhaps our standard for great is a little higher than someone elses but the food was serviceable I just do not think it justified the prices charged The brutal truth about Mexican food is that for the staples enchiladas burritos etc the costs are minimal the degree of difficulty in preparation is minuscule the time required to plate up an order should not take minutes and it should not cost to nnThat night the service was rather prompt but other visits we have seen very slow service And at all times the damn music was just obnoxiousnnId return but only to sit outside and not anytime soon To those of you who love Cantina mazel tov I am happy for you I know there is a better job being done in Charlotte though