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We very much looked forward to Mexican in the neighborhood. We waited with anticipation for it to open.
The room looks very nice with the mural on the wall.
If they work out the kinks in the service, from greeting to check, and make food that is tasty, and half as expensive, it may work out. Chances are slim
We had a 7pm reservation. When we arrived, there were empty tables for four, that stayed empty our whole stay, but we still had to wait while they moved a table for two to the centre of the room, right in the middle of the servers path. We chose a table on the very nondescript west side patio.
There was lots of staff, but few doing anything. This made the long wait for our server to arrive a bit annoying. We ordered drinks and food. We were told the crowd of servers were trainees. The table set up was a wooden box filled with sauces and knifes and forks wrapped in serviettes
The server suggested our mains were a lot of food, so dissuaded us from ordering appetizers. This was ironic as the portions are small and expensive. The tacos were small, the tortillas falling apart when folded. There was nothing good about the fillings. The tostadas were deep fried. The meager fillings of those were okay.
Still hungry, we ordered an app we didn't recognize. We hope nobody else indulges their curiosity to get those plastic wagon wheels. They came with lime and hot sauce, at least on the menu. A lime wedge, and the hot sauce from that already on the table
After our mains were half done, our drinks arrived. A syrupy margarita and flavorless sangria.
The server never returned to freshen our drinks. She did bring extra napkins to wipe our hands from the taco filling that fell out of the shredded tortillas
To her credit, the server did apologize for the lousy service. One can't ask her to take the blame for the lousy food
The crowds suggest the neighborhood is hungry for Mexican food. If you want good stuff, head a few kilometers west to Cocina Economica. If you want your money's worth for bad "mexican", head to Taco Bell
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