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| - After hearing friends rave about this place, I had very high expectations. I love southwest flavors, so I was really looking forward to trying out Mesa Grill for myself. I'd also heard good things about their margaritas.
The restaurants sits right up against the casino floor in Caesar's. The atmosphere inside was okay, but I still felt very aware that I was in a casino. The bread was really delicious - in particular I was a big fan of the spicy southwest cornbread. The service was also good - our water glasses didn't remain empty for long.
The margarita list was shorter than I expected. There were only a few specialty margaritas listed. I asked the server if they could make any spicy margaritas, and she said she'd bring out some chopped serranos that I could put in a standard margarita. It was tasty, and I appreciated her accommodating my request, but I was a bit disappointed they couldn't do something a little fancier than giving me a side of peppers to spice up my margarita given that margaritas are supposedly one of their specialties.
I started off with the black bean soup, and boyfriend had the lobster tacos. He was a huge fan of his tacos, and I'd give my soup a thumbs-up (though I think it may be hard to really mess up black bean soup). For our mains, he had the swordfish, and I had the scallops. This is where we were kind of disappointed. While the accompanying sauces were delicious (mine came with some wild mushroom grits that were awesome), the scallops and swordfish were both overcooked. They ended up being kind of tough and rubbery. Kind of a shame because if they had been properly cooked I think we would've had a 4 star experience. But, given that both of our entrees were overcooked, and we didn't arrive at a busy time, I have to demote to 3 stars.
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