After all of the hype, we finally made our way to Barrio Queen for a night out for 2 families...overall the food and experience was unimpressive. The menu was unique with lots of offerings, but the food that we ordered was just OK. I ordered the Chilis En Nogada and found that a very similar dish (stuffed poblano pepper) offered at Z Tejas was much better in comparison (Z Tejas has always been hard to beat!)
While the restaurant was busy on a Sunday evening at 5 PM, the service was incredibly SLOW! We ordered the table side made guacamole to have with our chips and salsa and the server finally made into our table to make it after the entrees had arrived??? We ordered desert (kids churros, churros and ice cream and tres leches cake) and found them all to be once again just OK...that it once they finally arrived, our check had been sitting at our table a good 5-10 minutes before our desserts were delivered.
The patio was comfortable and nice and one of the few high points of the restaurant. The next time that we crave some unique Mexican fare, we will probably head elsewhere...but I might give a patio Happy Hour a try?