Had a late Saturday lunch about 3:00 PM today and the restaurant had only one other couple eating in our section of the restaurant. There are two sections you can eat at, either the right side of the restaurant where the bar and band set up is or on the left side of the restaurant where there are clusters of booths.
This was recommended to me by co-workers a few months back and we were hoping it would be like La Fonda and that we would have a back up Mexican place to choose from when we craved Mexican.
Unfortunately, for us, there was not going to be a second return to this place.
Kelli our waitress was a delightful lady and she gave us good service but the food at this place was just plain blah.
My hubby and I started out with the obligatory chips and salsa. The chips came out cold and the salsa had the familiar Picante salsa taste like it came from the grocery store. This was watered down salsa with a hint of ketchup. Still remaining positive and not impressed we eagerly awaited our main meal.
We ordered the same plate, Beef taco but one order with a hard shell and one with a soft tortilla. The interesting thing here is that these combo plates did not come with beans and rice. Just beans. To get the spanish rice it was an additional $3.00. At over $11 plus a plate, we opted out and just stuck to the beans.
The food came out hot (beans and enchilada) and interestingly enough, my beef taco (with a tortilla that was wrapped in foil) didn't turn out as hot as everything else on the plate. The right side of my plate where the enchilada and beans were, ended up hot and there was a layer of grease over this portion that wasn't visually appealing. It looked like burnt refried beans. Also it was hard to tell where the enchilada and beans started as it was just all mushed together.
I tried to fork the enchilada but it was a bit tough and had to use a knife to slice it into pieces. The cheese inside was hard and I couldn't really taste anything except the toughness of the cheese. Now as far as my beef taco, yes, it had way too much salt and it was lukewarmish.
Overall this was just so so. For over $30 with drinks, you're better off going to La Fonda.