 Upon its release , " La Mordidita " received favorable reviews from contemporary music critics . Jessica Lucia Roiz of Latin Times praised the track for being " sexy " , " fun " , and " addicting " . Marcus Floyd of the website Renowned for Sound described it as " intense " and felt that musically , it exemplified the " Latino party vibe we love Ricky Martin for " . AllMusic 's writer Thom Jurek picked the song as one of the best on A Quien Quiera Escuchar . Clint Rhode of The Herald @-@ Standard opined that " La Mordidita " is one of the songs on the album on which the singer is " delivering intoxicating rhythms " . Yahoo ! ' s Allan Raible praised the " interesting mix " of musical elements on " La Mordidita " . El Nuevo Día journalist Eliezer Ríos Camacho called the song " pure craftmanship " and wrote that it was created for dancing with a blend of merengue and La Quebrada @-@ style techno . A writer of Televisa dubbed the track a dance number in which all of Martin 's Latin style is present . He further described it as a fusion of merengue and bachata and added that " it is going to be present on all of the dance floors " . Carolina Cabrera from <unk> praised the song for being " full with energy , sensuality and temptation " . 
