Don't come looking for a huge mug of a tasty margarita and a big bowl of chips. This place is sort of rustic posh. When you first enter the restaurant you are greeted by a charming hostess and are lead to your seat. There is a variety of different seating options available including banquette seating which is very nice. There is a wonderful smell of mesquite barbecue in the place.
The menu is interesting with lots of new entrées that I haven't seen yet in Madison. I tried the octopus for my entrée and I had a cactus salad on the side. I also tried out the pineapple margarita.
I absolutely love octopus and it is very difficult to find it at any restaurant in Madison. This particular dish was cooked as it should be, but it is topped with a sauce that is a little bit too salty for my taste. The cactus salad was really yummy. You could probably just order that on it's own for lunch. The pineapple margarita was unfortunately not anything special. We have some pretty stiff competition on the isthmus when it comes to making a decent margarita. These guys are going to have to ratchet it up a notch to compete with the likes of Tex Tubbs Taco Palace and the El Dorado.
My bill was a little over $30 for just my lunch, so I asked the server if they ever had any lunch specials. She said that they're still working on their menus, but the menu that I ordered from was the lunch menu. I don't usually spend more than $15 for my lunch at any of the wonderful restaurants on Madison's Eastside.
I think with these guys need is a very specific lunch menu where you can get an entrée a side and a drink for $15 total.
I will probably go back in a month or two once they have got their footing. It's definitely worth a second try.