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| - So I'm in Phoenix, really close to Mexico and I figure there shouldn't be a problem finding a great Mexican restaurant here. Pull out the phone and open up the Yelp app and voila! I find this little place.
I really love Mexican food. Seriously. My dream is to find a little Mexican girl with long jet black hair from the old country and all she does every night for me is cook Mexican food. This is how much I love Mexican food.
So when I got here I decided to start with two tacos, pork and beef and I got myself some horchata. Love me some horchata! Took a little while, I was surprised as there was only one other couple in the place talking Spanish with the guy behind the counter. When my tacos came, they're open-faced, a good sign towards authenticity. Taste? Not bad. Not great, but not bad, about a 3. In fact, I was a little surprised as ratings in this place seem to indicate the food is really outstanding here. I check my Yelp app again to make sure I didn't order the wrong thing. I read lots of people love the guacamole.
So after finishing my tacos, I decide to get the big nacho plate and make sure to ask for guacamole. I notice the Spanish speaking couple ask for a free refill of horchata which I notice isn't indicated anywhere on the menu. FREE refills? Hmm, maybe they're not free but because the guy just gave a free refill to the other couple he's got no choice now. I couldn't be sure to be honest but I asked for a free refill anyways and he was pretty accommodating.
So my nacho plate comes out and? It's terrible. I mean really, really terrible. Like a 1. Why? Because the chips are completely marketplace bought. And they're not even good marketplace quality. They're terrible. A Mexican place that serves a nacho plate needs to make their own chips. Seriously, if you're not going to do this, don't have nachos on the menu at all. I was thoroughly disgusted and disappointed at this point. But, the good news is the guacamole is pretty good.
So overall just a 3, but a 3 that I wouldn't go back to. Sorry Phoenix but y'all don't really know what great Mexican food is. And you live so close to the border! What's up with that?!
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