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| - The food is fantastic. But what ruined the experience for us was the amount of people crammed inside, the number of running, screaming children, the uncomfortable religious portraits of a suffering Jesus, and the absolute dirtiness of the restaurant.
The food was great, nonetheless. The menudo was menudo, which is usually decent, and the chicken mole was immensely flavorful. The mole was sweet, the chicken was moist, and the plate itself was literally overflowing with the amount that they generously lumped on. You could taste the chile clearly, as though it'd been slow cooked.
My fiancé ordered five asada tacos. The meat had a nice charred flavor and was the perfect texture. Unlike most places, it wasn't dry.
Despite the wonderful food, which should have earned a five star, I'm afraid that the ambiance and the clientele just pulled this so far down. People kept staring at us...one man in particular. It was odd. There was so much yelling going on from both the customers and the kitchen that I could barely hear myself think. The floors were disgusting, to be blunt. The tables were not clean; I watched a bowl of old, half-finished menudo sit on a table the entire time were we there. There was no horchata (what I'd hoped for most) and there was no posole (also what I'd come for, but the menudo was alright).
The Jesus portrait. I wish I could have sat across the room to avoid the somber, condemning stare. I don't mind religion, because that's an owner expressing themselves and their beliefs...but he was crying, bloody, mouth hanging open, and staring directly at us. Damn. Guadalupe's alter was fine. Like I said, I usually don't mind.
The children's prize machines were just gross. I don't think they have been cleaned in years. And the children around them were pretty calm compared to the ones being forced to sit down and eat. This resulted in screaming. Wonderful.
Service was alright. The woman at the front was pretty okay - nothing severely noticeable. But she was pretty busy, so I can't say anything negative. The total was a little much for what we ordered. Nowhere near as inexpensive as I'd assumed based upon other reviews. Taking a five minute drive over to Sweet Tomatoes or, hell, even Robert's would have cost less. The mole was definitely worth the cost, everything else was pretty "meh".
If it'd been clean, I don't think the Jesus portrait, nor the costs, would have bothered us much. But honestly, and personally, cleanliness is almost as important as the food. Definitely would have rated it five stars for such awesome authentic cuisine.
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