OK, so let me start by saying:
1 - I'm not usually a fan of these chain style restaurants, past experience has taught me that, so this 4 star is really quite unexpected!
2 - This is another of my lengthy, drool-producing type reviews ;-)
A random Wednesday with a friend, we both had a notion for spice while wandering around Braehead so ended up over here in the Soar building (for the record, it's Xscape and always will be, end of). It's bright and colourful with lots of mosaic tiled tables and sombrero hats dotted about everywhere and instantly took me back to my Mexico holiday many moons ago...
We both had our cars (as most probably do at Braehead) so it was nice to see Becks Blue, an alcohol free lager, on their drinks menu - you can't have Mexican without beer, right!? Should you not have the car, they have 26 varieties of tequila available...just saying...
While we munched on the complimentary popcorn (nice touch!) there was a lot of ohhhh-ing and mmmm-ing noises while we perused the vast menu. We eventually opted for jalapeno poppers to start. Clearly it helps to pay attention, unlike me as they arrived with a "PIPING HOT" warning next to them which I clearly missed in the excitement of our poppers arriving and shoved one straight in my mouth, oops! Wont be doing that again in a hurry! Temperature aside...they were stuffed with cream cheese, breaded and crispy and served with a tasty sweet jalapeno jelly. There was 4 in a portion for £5.75 which is perhaps a bit steep in my view but didn't detract from the taste.
On to main and it was the Street Style Burrito which won me over and what a burrito it was! My tortilla was stuffed full with refried beans, cheese, lettuce and rice and I added spicy chicken into the mix, though was highly tempted by the BBQ pulled pork too! It was served with sides of salsa, sour cream, guacamole and giant tortilla chips. At £11.25 I thought this was great value for money; the burrito itself was huge and satisfying, exactly what I had in mind when ordering.
My friend chose the fajitas and requested gluten free tortillas and an extra hot sauce when ordering (she wanted a proper spice kick!). The waitress suggested the habanero and brought this as an extra for her at no additional cost. The fajitas came sizzling and smelled amazing, my friend confirmed, yip, they were as amazing as they smelled!
By that point we were well and truly stuffed so couldn't manage dessert, however I did see the churros go past to another table and they looked delicious!
DEAL ALRET! I managed to sign up to their wifi and downloaded their app while we waited on our mains and discovered they do this thing called "Wednesday Wow" which gets you 20% off food each and every Wednesday - ker-ching!
DEAL ALERT #2! On signing up on their app they will send a £10 off voucher for your next visit - what's not to love about that!?
From being sceptical at first, I would definitely go back for round 2 arriba arriba! read more