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| - Isabel's Amor looked like a great choice after quickly browsing through some of the photos on Yelp. The restaurant was only about half full on a Friday, which was surprising, but we were happy to be seated at a table immediately.
To start, we each got a margarita - the classic on the rocks for my mom and a frozen strawberry for me. They delivered a basket of chips and salsa to us; we also got the Mexican Street Corn to start. It was brought out fairly quickly, but it look quite a bit different than what I anticipated. Not only was there way too cheese on top (which we scrapped off) but the corn itself didn't have too much flavor. It tasted a little bit better with the salsa, but we wouldn't order it again.
For our entrée, we split the chicken fajitas and added a shrimp taco. I was surprised & disappointed that they didn't deliver the chicken fajitas sizzling on a skillet, but the plate itself looked good. Unfortunately, again, the dish was lacking flavor. The chicken had a weird, off-putting taste so we didn't eat much of it, the guacamole didn't have enough salt, and to top it off, it was only served with one tortilla! The peppers and onions were cooked well, however, and the rice was good. We opted to get double rice and no beans since all of their beans are made with lard. The additional shrimp taco was not impressive. I didn't like the mango salsa that was served with it (too sweet) so I added some of the peppers & onions from the fajita dish as well as the salsa that we had gotten with the chips.
Service was good when we first got there, but started lacking after it got a little bit busier. Overall, disappointing experience. I'm not sure that we will be returning.
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