Though coveting thy neighbor's wife or underground sprinkler system is beyond the pale, longing for a mouthful of their cuisine is an understandable desire. Today's Groupon satisfies desires to eat from the table of our nation's neighbor: for $25, you get $50 worth of Mexican fare and drinks at Hola! Mexican Restaurant & Cantina. This Groupon can be redeemed at the locations in Belmont, Burlingame, and Carmel.

Hola! Mexican Restaurant & Cantina fills its patrons with authentic Mexican food cooked up on mesquite grills and crafted with fresh ingredients. Start lunch with a tostada salad ($7.45), and follow it with a crab enchilada ($8.95) or sope, a corn masa pillow plumped with your choice of meat or cheese and topped with the likely leafy suspects ($8.65). Dinner diners can begin with three quesadillas fritas—corn turnovers filled with cheese, potatoes, and bell peppers ($7.25)—followed by the house specialty, arroz con pollo, a dish of sautéed boneless chicken breast drenched with chile-tomato sauce and served atop Mexican rice ($13.25), then molded into the shape of guests' auras. The bar at each location offers plenty of wines and more than 100 specialty tequilas, which can be conjured into margarita classicas ($8.25) or real fruit margaritas ($8.75) made with strawberry, mango, pineapple, and more, crafted to meet your blood-alcohol level's recommended daily serving of fermented agave juice.

At Hola! Mexican Restaurant & Cantina’s three locations, customers enjoy a lively atmosphere informed by handcrafted tables, bright colors, and various glassware, ceramics, and ironwork fashioned by Mexican artisans. Please your ocular and oral palates with a plate of sizzling savories with today’s deal.

Reviews

Yelpers give the Carmel location of Hola! Mexican Restaurant & Cantina an average of four stars, 42 OpenTable reviewers give the Burlingame location an average of 3.4 stars, and eight Insider Pagers give the Belmont location an average of four stars:

• Nice ambiance. Excellent customer service. The Waiter was attentive to our needs. The food came quickly and was hot. Most of the dishes tasted very good. I would definitely return and try more things on the menu. – OpenTable reviewer who dined on 06/06/2010 in Burlingame
• This is great Mexican food that always hits the spot. The service is also impeccable. – Teressa P. on the Belmont location, Insider Pages
• Very authentic Mexican food, often served with their unique touches. Great find. – OpenTable.com reviewer who dined on 04/27/2010 in Burlingame