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| - I've been here 4 times now, and I really want to love this place. But unfortunately, my experiences have been underwhelming overall. We always order the vegetarian tacos with no cheese, a side of fries and refried beans. Although we have asked that they add a little guac to the tacos in place of the cheese, they always just send an order of guac ($4 for a tiny ramekin, eek!) and then charge us for it, not mentioning it. At first I chalked it up to a language barrier. The second time I specifically said, "please add the guac instead of the cheese, but not a full order." Again, we received a full order, and a $4 charge on the bill, which I disputed and the manager/owner reluctantly removed, saying he'd do it "this time." You would think that restaurants would be accommodating, to keep customers coming back, but I guess not. So the third and fourth times I went, I didn't even bother asking about the miniscule amount of guac, but instead just bit the bullet and ordered a side of guac, along with the refried beans. Last time we went, despite saying "no cheese" on any of the food, the refried beans arrived with cheese all over the top, so we had to send it back. They were happy to swap it out but come on. Pay attention.
They offer free chips and salsa while you wait for your food, so last time I asked for a few more (as we had salsa leftover). The waitress brought five more chips and later charged us $1.50 for them. Didn't mention it, just added the charge to the bill. When I asked about it at the end, she basically shrugged and said that's the way it is. Despite the mixup with the cheese on the refried beans, the fact we didn't have any cheese on our tacos, etc., they still had to gouge us on the five tortilla chips. Nice.
On top of this, the tacos are nowhere near as delicious as they were in the beginning. They have changed the tortillas to blue corn, which have a stronger taste, and the veg filling in the tacos is more bland now. Maybe it's tastier with cheese? I will never know.
Overall, this place is mediocre at best, and the service is hit and miss. On top of that, the place leaves your clothes smelling like the food, for days. I had to wash my winter coat because it smelled like taco meat.
Despite this place being in my neighbourhood, I don't think I'll be going back here unless I just want some fries as a quick snack.
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