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| - Okay, had to try this place. Heard it was good from some friends who had dined there when it was in Penn Hills. They are now in the Penn Center East Complex. I think they have four other locations widely dispersed outside of the Pittsburgh City Limits.
Three of us went on a Friday and all were pleased with our meal.
I would say the atmosphere is a little plain, nothing fancy, but not bad, pleasant enough. We were seated at a booth for four, but there are smaller booths, larger for 6 booths and some tables.
We were greeted at the door immediately and swiftly taken to a booth in the center of the restaurant. A server brought us salsa and chips immediately. The chips were warm and crispy and the salsa was a good medium spicy style with good body.
We had a little bit of a hard time explaining we wanted a pitcher of Margaritas so he got the 'manager' I guess and we discussed the margarita situation. The had plenty of various flavors but only sold the 'lime' flavor by the pitcher, so that was or order on the rocks. I would say certainly not near the best but the mix was okay with a very lime taste and not much complexity.
Food-wise they have a pretty good size menu with Chicken, Pork, Shrimp and Beef sections. Also Burritos, Fajitas, House Specials, Vegetarian specials, Combination Platters, Al La Cart, a Children's menu, Salads and some deserts; plus a good sized Lunch Menu. Very complete with so many choices for your tastes. For the unfamiliar they have a section with descriptions of about 20 Mexican dishes. For example Taquito - Fried Corn tortilla rolled Chicken or Beef.
We ordered 3 dinners: Shrimp, Pork and Chicken dinners. For Shrimp we ordered the Camarones Al Mojo de Ajo, which is grilled shrimp with Mexican Garlic Sauce and lettuce, guacamole cheese, Rice and Flour Tortillas on the side. The shrimp in this dish were plentiful and cooked to perfection they were good size not tiny and very delicious. Would certainly order again. Almost every place of this nature overcooks shrimp so this was so nice to see the proper cooking attention.
For our Pork meal we ordered the Pork Carnitas. This was a very ample portion of fried pork with Tomatillo Sauce, Rice, Beans and flour tortillas. The pork was very tender, juicy and well seasoned. A real hit. Order again.... heck yes.
On the Chicken side we ordered from the Especialidades (specialty) menu and got the Enchiladas Verdes which is three shredded chicken enchiladas with Green Tomatillo Sauce, lettuce, sour cream tomato and a piece of steak on the side. Steak on the side was a pretty unusual accompaniment for me. The chicken was highly flavored inside tender wrappers topped with the aforementioned adornments. Now the green sauce is not my favorite, but the flavor and tenderness of the chicken made it a real winner.
I can't attest for authentic, but my one of our companions who has been to Mexico several times says this food matches up pretty well. So on his word and my taste buds I would recommend a trip here.
We will certainly be back to try more of their very good food.
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