This place is a great example of "check the bathroom before ordering anything."
I'll get to that in a bit...
It was our last day in Puerto Vallarta, but our flight wasn't until much later in the afternoon, so plenty of time for one last meal. Hubbers was in the mood for tacos, so what better place to hit than one called Taquito Lindo.
We came through and was kinda disappointed it was no longer there and that this place now stood where it used to be. No biggie, I looked it up on Yelp and found some decent reviews. That said, why not.
Party of 4, initially, which became party of 6 about 15 minutes after we got seated. (The 2 additions had other plans at first but decided to join us later...)
Comp'd chips and salsa made it to our table rather quickly. So did my colada, so we were off to a good start.
And that's pretty much where the "good" ended.
OFF THE BAT: I want to mention that our server did his job: I really want to make this clear. The problem lies with everyone else behind him.
It wasn't even busy (there was only another table of 8 - who were pretty much done by the time we were seated) so I'm not really sure what caused the issue.
ONE: It took soooooo long to get our food. (Like over an hour long.) TWO: When the food finally got to us, it was all wrong.
Someone ordered a carne asada burrito and got a shrimp burrito instead. Because she didn't want to risk waiting another hour for her meal, she decided to eat it.
Someone who ordered fish tacos ONLY got fish, shrimp and marlin tacos. It was discovered at first bite when he tasted shrimp. It's a good thing he's not allergic to it, so they dodged a bullet on this one.
I ordered the fish, shrimp and marlin tacos but got fish tacos only. Like the burrito order, I didn't want to wait another hour to get this corrected, so I just forced it.
I had a clear line of sight to the cook from where I was sitting and learned he was working solo, but these kinds of food shouldn't have taken an hour to get to our table most especially when our server was back there trying to help him.
I also noticed 3 or 4 other staff just standing around doing absolutely nothing except talking to (I assume) were friends. They had no intention of helping out even just a bit.
At the end of our meal, someone in our party decided to make a bathroom stop before leaving because we planned taking a walk along the marina. She returned with a disgusted look saying how nasty and dirty their bathroom is. Another customer who just got seated said the same thing, which prompted her to up her company and leave to eat elsewhere. (We saw them somewhere else on our walk back an hour later.)
If they cannot keep their bathroom clean, I can only assume they wash their hands in this dirty and disgusting bathroom or they don't wash their hands at all.
And aside from the cook and our server, what are the rest of the staff doing just standing around doing absolutely nothing?! Go clean the dang bathrooms!!!
FOOD: 2. It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't great.
SERVICE: 5 for the server and cook because they were hustling. 0 for the rest of the staff.
VALUE: 1. Sooooo not worth it.
PARKING: N/A. There might be street parking, but we walked because our hotel wasn't far.
OVERALL: 1.75.
It was not a good way to start our last day in Puerto Vallarta. If anything I felt bad for the cook (who probably got frazzled and confused) even more so for our server who was working really hard. I tipped well anyway in hopes that he got most of it. (I doubt that, but I still hope he did.)
They are situated in a great location with great views of the marina. I really hope they get it together and take advantage of this. They can start by cleaning the bathroom and mandating those lazy stand-arounds to get some work done because they have plenty to do.
Another one on my list of one-and-done. read more