Okay... for those of you who enjoy the place... stop reading now! For those individuals who have not been there... read on... and keep in mind... this is just 1 couples opinion. Since I live in the West Valley... my wife and I didn't know anything about the place. This was to be our belated 15 yr anniversary dinner. We thought it was a Mexican food place.... just going off the name alone. (This is why all restaurants here in the States should post their menus outside or right when you walk in.
So... we went in... it was later in the evening and they were busy... we waited about 20 minutes and then we were seated. I know the place is old.. .a historical landmark...etc... but... it doesn't have to appear rundown. It had the vibe of a rundown Sizzler.
Menu comes... This is the point where we should have left only we are to blame... I mentioned it My wife said lets stay since it was late and we had waited. I saw the menu and thought it was Dennys( Dennys much better) and wanted to leave. We stayed bad move!
I said what the heck we will give it a try. We ordered the appetizers Southwest empanadas... the best frozen brand I have tasted in some time. You could tell they were not fresh.. they were from a box and then tossed in the microwave. GREAT! This was going to set the tone for things to come.
Entrees... I ordered the chicken marsala with a baked potato and mixed vegetables. I asked for the potato to be loaded... I got butter on it... so that was cool. LOL
Chicken from a bag... microwaved marsala sauce from a bag or can microwaved mixed vegetables..soggy and crunchy at the same time not sure how they pulled that off? Potato.. well it is a potato... hard to mess it up. Wifes meal. She ordered a hamburger with the works with fries and chicken noodle soup.
Hamburger was dry under the heat lamp with the crusty/crunchy bun for a long long time fries again.. hard to mess up a potato and the soup. The soup not even close to homemade.. straight from a can tossed in the microwave. I'm thinking Progresso maybe Campbell's chicken noodle.
All I can envision is an army of cooks behind the scene with scissors /can openers/ and a fleet of microwaves pumping out this SLOP All I could think about is how much better the chain restaurants are and that is truly sad. This place with such a long history it should be killer. It was worse than any Sizzler I can think of!!
Such a disappointing experience! We should have gone to Z Tejas down the road!
So anyone out there thinking about trying this place.... RUN !! It was horrible to say the least. Honestly, I have had frozen dinners from Fry's which were tastier! Never again!