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| - Hey Everyone... Salsa Tim here (Salsaking of Arizona 1996-2010)...
Having opened/worked with several Mexican Food concepts/restaurants, I expected more from this restaurant. The three star rating is for service that lacked and some of the food items that we ordered were very bland (especially for Mexican food)... Here is our experience...
We arrived at the restaurant inside of the Rio Hotel/Resort around 6:15pm on a Sunday. We greeted by a nice hostess who wrote our name on a notebook and said it would be about 15 mins... While we waited we admired the Chef's jarred salsa and publishings. My wife and I owned a Salsa business for several years before selling in 2010 ( www.salsatimoteo.com )... Our name was called by a second hostess who wasn't as "personable", but she explained the Fieri Swag and the Tequila bar...
Once sat we were greeted by "Lada"... Very personable lovely little lady... She said we can call her "Enchilada", very cute... Having owned a Salsa Biz, we ordered the Salsa Verde and Habanero salsas to try at $4 for about 2-3 ounces of sauce in a small dish... The salsa that is complimentary with the first basket of chips is tasty (as well as the 2 salsas that we ordered)... At the time of ordering the salsas, my wife ordered a Mango Mojito and I had a Pepsi.. Took about 11 mins to get the Mojito (no kidding)... The wife said the drink was very tasty despite the wait...
On to dinner... My wife had the Picadillo Street Tacos...The meat was very bland and almost flavorless and the other disappointing part was that they used "pre-formed" hard taco shells for these "street tacos"... Pretty disappointing from what we are used to out in Arizona..
I had the Pork Green Chile Enchiladas and the Pozole (I love Pozole)... The enchiladas presented warm at best... Plate was not warm either, which may not be Guy's style but sue helps with quality... The Pork Green Chili was tender and decent flavor, but where was the Chile??? Definitely not enough Green Chile in this recipe... The Tomatillo sauce was ok too... Didn't wow me at all... The Pozole was a 2-3 stars too.. Again, not enough flavor or Chile (not heat chile but flavor chile)... When I eat Pozole, the broth should stain my lips so that when I use my napkin, it wipes "chile-red"... Again, disappointing...
With prices being charged for the food ($5 for a Pepsi), I would expect better service and much better food!!
Definitely underwhelmed and I would be happy to help Guy out with some Restaurant visits out here in Arizona... I even have some original old Skool recipes that are amazing!!
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