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| - I was quite excited when I heard that Verde was opening, and was really hoping to like it. I am originally for California and have been craving good Mexican food since I moved here. Overall, I must say I left disappointed. On the positive side, the drinks were quite good, and I really liked the ambiance of the restaurant, though the tiled floors and unadorned walls did make the place really noisy once it got crowded. The staff, while friendly, did seem somewhat unsure of what they were doing, and were often slow to notice us at the table. The service was uneven.
As for the food, the serving sizes were great, the chips and salsa were wonderful, and I really enjoyed the bread pudding for dessert. However, the entrees themselves were mediocre. First, not a single item that I saw at the restaurant was even close to authentic Mexican food (which was what I was hoping for, I was highly disappointed), but this would have been fine if the food was tasty. However, the food was bland, and overall uninteresting. I had the chille rellenos, which had a rather tasteless sauce on them, had no coating on the chiles themselves, and were filled with too much rice and not enough cheese. A friend had the carne asada, which was a nice cut of steak, but again, little flavor. From what I saw, the best thing to order was either the enchiladas or the tacos; I tried some of these, and found them to be more interesting in flavor, if not great.
Verde is not a bad restaurant by any means, I will likely come back for drinks and maybe dessert as it is very close by, but for the price, the entrees are not worth it, and do not have enough flavor.
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