Decided to go here before seeing a show because I have not been terribly impressed with any of the restaurants along the King strip (between Simcoe and Spadina). As others have already mentioned, mediocre food and the prices are grossly inflated.
The place itself is nice enough. A bit dark but cute Mexican touches in the decor. There is a patio too, but not the best location, on the busy sidewalk of John St.
We went on Thursday, which is sangria day - $4.95 for a glass. This was the only good thing about the night! The sangria Americana has a peach twist and was very yummy! Regularly, it is $11/glass or so.
We shared this melted cheese dip appetizer. It was served piping hot (the cheese was actually bubbling... a little scary) and was pretty tasty, although the cheese dip to tortillo ratio was not favourable. We inhaled it in a few minutes.
They also serve tortilla chips and salsa to every table. The salsa was very watery and lacked flavour.
I had the red snapper with salsa verde, which was just okay. The fish didn't seem all that fresh though. My friends has tacos. The portions were generous, but the prices were high -- around $18 per dish.
Service was hit and miss. They brought the appetizer quickly but took a long time with our entrees. If we hadn't come so early, I would've been worried about missing our show. We had multiple servers, which made things a bit disjointed. They were at least Spanish-speaking (looks like when A.S. went, there were no Spanish-speaking staff).
They also refused to split our bill (really? for just 3 people? when the restaurant is really not busy at all?).
Okay, back to square one for finding a decent and not overpriced restaurant in the Entertainment District...