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| - We are talking about "one of" the best Mexican restaurants in Phoenix according to the internet, a city with a huge Hispanic population. With high expectations, La Santisima was the first restaurant I visited after I landed.
Saw some reviews saying that the wait is usually insane, so I went for a late lunch at around 2:30pm, and it was pretty empty. There were still parties leaving and coming. The inside has beautiful art, and great Mexican restaurant vibe. My server handed me the menus and came back shortly for my drinks along with some nachos. There was a whole list of margaritas to choose from, so I asked him to bring me the best seller.
Near the back of the restaurant is a sauce/dip station where you can go customize your own personal dip for nachos according to your preference, or you can get each sauce individually. There were at least 14 different ones to choose from, and I never tried most of them!
Server came back with my margarita, and helped me finalize my main, something that he said he loves as well. That's great, now my expectation is even higher.
The margarita is B O M B. The first sip made me go whoa and my super cool server chuckled. He came over and told me he has made at least 5 of them today!
Food came faster than I expected, in under 10 minutes. It looked massive, could probably feed 2. At that point I was close to drooling and the excitement on my face probably gave it away - my server asked if I wanted a picture with the food!! LOL how awesome is that. Took pictures with the food and I dived in.
First bite and I was in heaven.....
This is what I call perfect Mexican food. The green sauce was perfection, I could literally eat anything with it. Rice and meat were cooked just right, and I ate about a quarter of the food in less than 2 minutes. My server checked up on me while I was in the middle of stuffing my face, and he mentioned that I came on a good day. Usually theres a line up throughout the day.
I was only able to finish half of my food, really want to go back and try the Quesa that my server was raving about!
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