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| - This is about the new location on 51N on at the cloverleaf. My husband and I LOVED the Old Mexico at Century III. We both would have given it 5 stars on any visit. I am going to preface this by saying neither of us has complained about a meal in the ten years we've been together and I don't think I ever have.
Anyway, unlike the Century III location, the place was packed, but I didn't mind, actually felt happy bc the one at Century III was like a hidden gem and I always felt like it never got credit it deserved. It was sooo good, but so obscure, anyways...
They clean up our booth and we're seated. Right away, we notice some changes- salsa and chips are now $3 an order, but new spot; overhead you know? I notice that all the staff has the overwhelmed expression of being DEEP in the weeds. We order margaritas and more chips/salsa. The chips and salsa are decent.
He ordered the chicken chimichanga, I got the tamale and cheese enchilada (#3 combination). The margaritas arrive, I don't know what they're thinking or what happened, but the once glorious lime margaritas are replaced by what looked like and tasted like orange juice on the rocks, no salt on rim:(. I thought maybe it was a virgin 'rita, but I look around and they all looked like that. Yikes.
The food arrives quickly...This is where it gets all sketchy. My order wasn't correct, was a tamale and beef (not cheese) filled corn tortilla. Husband's chicken chimichanga was mostly lettuce and cheese-super bland, totally tasted like a sheetz chicken hoagie, which is fine in it's own way, but not what I'm thinking when I want Mexican. My tamales was good-at first, then, was very dry and bland as well. Rice was skimpy, like 1 grain deep in it's plated area , but the beans (refried) were good- very smoked hamhock heavy (if you like that, I do).
Waiter is GONZO...lost in the weeds, when he does arrive, tells us a classic margarita is unsalted and with orange juice...come on, man, literally everywhere in the world uses lime and salt...it's tequila for chrissakes. The drink is weak asf IF (and it's definitely possible) it had any alcohol in it at all!
And by now, I'm thinking what in the actual hell happened here? The owners did move locations, I do factor in increased overhead. Maybe they planned conservatively, and the fact that staff looked way stressed makes.me think so. I will go back in about 3-6 months. They were great once and could be again, I'm hoping they just need to get into the groove of being a once little known gem in the wasteland of the mall to transitioning to a very busy place now. Until then, it's a total no-go for me
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