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| - My girlfriend was super excited when I told her that I would take her up Barrio for an early Mother's Day dinner, as it is one of her favorite spots around Cleveland to go out to. I've been to this location a handful of times and I also have been to the Tremont location as well. I like the setups in both locations; Tremont in the summer for the better outdoor seating and I would prefer the bigger Lakewood location in the colder months due to having more room. We live on the west side so we decided Lakewood's location fit in our time frame better that day.
We arrived on Saturday at around 4:30 under the impression that there was a happy hour ($1 off drafts and tacos and half off margaritas). While sitting in the "Day of the Dead" themed restaurant we were informed that the happy hour was only during Mon-Fri, which was a bit disappointing but not really that big of a deal. Our waitress came by and asked us if we knew how everything worked, which we did. At Barrio you order your tacos off of a "build your own taco" sheet that is on the table.
We started with the complimentary chips and salsa and ordered the pineapple guacamole. The salsa is more of puree salsa with a little heat and is more my style (I prefer a more watery/puree salsa to a chopped tomato salsa). While the guacamole is definitely a star at Barrio and as much as I love the queso (which at Barrio is awesome), my better half doesn't so we opted for the pineapple guacamole which was cool, sweet from the pineapple and chipotle honey and a little savory with pickled red onion.
While we were enjoying our appetizer we asked the waitress to bring a pitcher of the passion fruit guava margaritas (my girlfriend's favorite) to enjoy. After about 10 minutes of waiting our waitress came back and took our taco sheets and stated that they were out of guava, so we went with Strawberry. I'll admit the first margarita went down great but after 1 I didn't really care for anymore but for a $28 pitcher, we mustered down most of it.
The problem with this particular visit that we waited 55 minutes for a 4 taco (2 for the each of us) order. We didn't receive any update on where our food was or any idea of how long it would take, which I thought was a bit rude. Our server was mainly non-existent after she gave us water refills and by the time all that time had gone by we both weren't really that hungry. Also to mention it was an extremely hot day and the margaritas and heat may have left us a little dehydrated. We each ate one of our tacos each and they just tasted ok. The stoner shell (basically queso and chorizo between a hard and soft shell) I had lacked pretty much any cheese or meat at all and the tacos were drenched in sauces. I did enjoy the Coca-Cola marinated steak, which I had never seen on the menu before.
To be honest, this may have been the worst experience I have had on a Barrio visit. I've had some great experiences at Barrio previously and although our server was lousy, the food took forever to come out, at least the guacamole is good. I would definitely come back (maybe I'll go to the Tremont location next time) but sometimes you just get a server on the wrong day, which we experienced that day. I expect better service and better tacos next time or I'll be looking for a new Mexican spot to hit in the future.
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