I eat a lot of mexican food. I grew up in San Diego and mostly just called mexican food, "food" we had it so much. Im pretty tolerant of different interpretations of it and all that being said this place has bad food. Heres the thing though it wasn't so much that it wasn't very flavorful (it really was sorta bland) it was the the 4 tablespoons of water on the plate that sogged the taco to where it fell apart when picked up. It wasn't the coalgluted cheeses on the the chicken enchilada in tomatillo sauce not being melted enough and just pooled on the side of the enchilada like white cement, or the fact the whole plate seemed to have been tossed together in like 3 minutes put under a broiler (not even long enough to melt the cheese). And then brought out for me to try and eat. It came with a chile reano that was actually pretty good but the rancho sauce or salsa it was served with was broken. maybe thats where all the extra water on the plate came from.
Olives and lima beans in the rice? I know every places rice is different, however this was also dry and crisp indicating it was old and had been sitting out. The beans were ok. Service was great and i felt bad telling the waiter i was unhappy when he asked. I showed him how the water pooled up on the plate (again where did all this water on the plate come from?) and that the shredded beef taco was chicken and a soggy mess with no crispness at all from sitting in the plate water. it was awful, so soggy I couldn't even pick it up before it exploded on the plate.
Disappointed. As the wife and I had wanted to eat here a long time. Don't understand how this place has gotten anything in the way of good reviews. maybe it was an off night. but the kitchen should have never let that plate go out like that. that they did indicates to me no one at the pass and it must be the status quo. I would avoid this place, robertos does a better job. Seriously..Robertos.
never again.