Oh man. What happened ?
Alright, so there were three people working in the entire place. A host, a waitress, quite angry to be there, and we can only assume a cook in the back.
When we arrived, the waitress looked nothing short of upset that we had the gall to enter the restaurant. There was nobody at the host desk and nobody to seat us.
Without eye contact or words, we were indicated to sit at a table. Highlights of the meal included:
* A pretty damn good blood orange margarita, good tequila taste, made as requested.
* Fajitas, two sets. We were asked how we wanted them prepared, and chose medium and rare. They came well done and medium-well. Not a big portion, but adequate. Rice and beans were competent, although there was a bit too much black cilantro in the pico de gallo.
* Guacamole. After requesting the guacamole, there was quite a loud argument between the man ostensibly in charge and the waitress. After losing the argument, the waitress resigned herself to coming to our table to prepare the guac. It was fine, but again, a little too many pieces of old cilantro. There was less than one avocado in the dish; there was a bad part so she cut off about 1/4 of the thing, but didn't replace it with anything else. Tasted alright though.
* Non-refillable chips. In theory, one should have adequate chips with which to eat the guacamole and salsa. After receiving our food, the waitress and host actively avoided us - and everyone else in the room - for the duration of the meal. Want water? Too bad. You can wait and watch the dust floating around in the sunshine though through the windows. Speaking of which, how about taking a can of Pledge to the place once in a while? It's a Mexican restaurant, not the tomb of Tutankhamun. (Or Quetzalcoatl for that matter).
We finally asked for some more chips and water, and received an affirmative response - and some refills of our water. We then waited about 15 minutes, and asked again for some more chips, after we were unable to steal any from the bar. We were told again, "Okay", and simply ignored.
Finally, the host came to give us the check and take away the guacamole, at which point we stopped him, pointing to remaining amount, and requested chips again for a third time. This time, we received them.
* The salsa is excellent. Nice and tomato-y, mild chipotle flavor, really kind of yummy! We both liked it.
During the meal, nobody was coming around for 10-15 minutes at a time. Not even to ask if we wanted more drinks - way to leave money on the table, guys.
As we left, I looked around at the sad faces in the room around us, as nobody was there. The two employees - the host and waitress - had gone to the empty bar at the other end of the restaurant to watch futbol and drink in lieu of working.. Not that much work had been done.
I took a picture of them on the way out. I mean, how can you just leave your job to go to the bar? The dining room is full of patrons and you're just watching TV and drinking out of earshot ?
Anyway, the salsa was good. I'm not sure what kind of circus is being run here, but I can't imagine any of the clowns who were "working" there today are invested in the business. It seemed as though they'd rather be anywhere else.
We won't be back. Two stars for good salsa and good margaritas. But man, you people need to get your act together. The little note on the check about tipping in cash to avoid taxes was cute too. read more