Luga's benefits from being one of the few Mexican food places in town and their location in san li tun. They seem to have a huge staff turnaround which truly has a negative affect on people's experience as they are inattentive/incompetent/uncaring/etc. The drinks are decent,the food is pretty good, and happy hour is worth a trip. Overall, not a bad place and not always my first choice but still has me coming back every once in a while. If they got their staff properly trained/supervised then I might come more often.

Alright, so I believe in Luga's Villa. I tried the chorizo tacos and I must admit: they were very delicious. It's my first time there and I'm sure I'll be going back. The rice and beans portion are quite slim but overall I was satisfied with the meal. I do think they could improve on the taste of their rice and beans. The avocado salsa also seems quite watered down as a way save money but seriously, at almost $10 per plate, we should be getting better quality guacamole. High kudos on the (seemingly) handmade flour tortillas!!!

Decent mexican. Good beers.

Conveneint place to meet friends in town.

Luga's Villa is not a good bar and here is why:

The staff is clueless. 4 people sending sms behind the bar take 10 minutes to serve you a beer on the counter. You obviously disturb them. Make you wanna shake them and wake them up of their letargy. No friendly service. No hello, no smile. The whole staff look at you like trouble and not work. Drinks are not that cheap and really really watered. Yeah, even the beer. The music is bad, like in most places in Sanlitun.

I must had that -by two count- this place is scamming with cheap events. On the world soccer cup they refused to serve the free beers promised on flyer to people wearing the teams color on matches.

They promised free tequilla and 10 kouei tequilla shots for the mexican national day recently and end up serving -still slowly- shots of watered tequilla. That is an insult to mexicans, people coming to event and a waste of time for me.

My advice is to go spend your cash where people are gratefull for you money and professionnal with non watered booze.

To avoid by all means.

You know i mean something like the football world cup. the big screen and patio seems too big for small groups.
during the world cup i was dreaming about all the places will keep their TVs and I will be able to get football everywhere. it's hard to be that dedicated. good that luga's villa did it.

it was a great place to watch the world cup. But other than that the food doesn't do it for me. drinks are not the best unless you're drinking beer and I can't imagine how you would f*** up beer. more of a guy's hangout place I think.

Absolutely probably the worst mexican food in the world. Lame Burritos, substandard tacos, prob good only if you are smashed.

Well Well Well this is fun isnt it.
Lugas Villa.(Thats supposed to be the classy bit I think)
Food: Nice-ish
Drinks: poison!!!!! in fact on ladys night (having testicles means things are more expensive and yet women still complain about us getting pay gap!!!) the staff assumed that customers would not notice the turn from very average cocktails to pure poison crap fake alchohol.
Yes Sanlitun is known for this but that is not the point. the point is that somebody
is going to die from drinking this stuff. On a moral ground how could you sleep knowing that this is what you are selling to young women. But i guess thats the point too, you have no morals. You Have no Class. you have no Honour and no respect. You care about Quick money and are too stupid to realise that slow money makes more money and lasts longer.

The bartender realising his mistake promptly poured me another ......From a jug. and seemed somewhat amused by my asking that he make the cocktail im not getting for free from scratch.
What a hole.
The Wait staff were nice.
the DJ???? Well I dont want to hurt the boys feelings so i will simply say im probably a bit out of touch with that sort of style so it wasnt really my thing.
All in all though the young crowd seem to like it and i guess thats what its for though I dont blame them for bringing their own booze in on the sneak.
I say Rip him off Kids. Its only what is being done to you.
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Editor's Note: The management of Luga's Villa has contacted the Beijinger and stated that fake alcohol is never served in this establishment.

And not in a good way! I went out with several friends for a few drinks and dinner and we decided to start our night with a round of nachos and beer(best way to start any night). We ordered happy hour specials from the menu and were surprised when our waitress brought out a fifth drink for the four of us. We told her we hadn't ordered the fifth but she was insistent that she had heard us say we wanted it (we all were having beers) and refused to take it off of our ticket. Not only that but it was one of the more expensive drinks on the menu. After our inquiry there was mysteriously no manager to be found.

On another occasion in which I foolishly decided to go back, my overpriced "margarita" was nothing more than some blended ice chips with lime and silly straw. I know this is a common practice in Beijing but when it's followed by unremarkable food, it's not worth the frustration or money. Luga's is passable for Mexican, at least for anyone who salivates at the thought of Taco Bell, but it's no more special than that. Service at this Luga's and the Thai one upstairs has been notoriously bad with disappointing food to follow it up. If you're looking for really good Mexican food in Beijing with valuable drinks (the ones that you DO order) that aren't watered down, I suggest Peter's or Amigos. But don't settle for Luga's like I did, you'll be disappointed.

once upon a time it was a decent place
it got customers and somewhere lost the track
my recent visit too didnt get any good food
there are more new American restaurant options now
let's give chance to some new guys rather than Lugas
or steak n eggs !