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Happy hour for smurfs.
Let me preface by saying that I like the restaurant.The regular menu, if a bit expensive, is delicious and creative. The decor is inspired
in the Day of the Dead and Frida Kahlo.
The cocktails are yummy and original but very light in the alcohol.
The happy hour (8pm-10pm) is a total joke: the portions are so tiny that Papa Smurf would come out hungry. It's laughable. I wish I had taken a picture. The server even suggested us to order more, when my SO and I ordered a few happy hour items to share. We declined but got a good laugh when the food arrived, it was so surreal. Of course we needed to order more from the regular menu. And they bring you "salsas" but no chips. Unless you are in a severely restrictive diet or are a small, low-appetite smurf...skip the happy hour.
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If you want a burro,run for the boarder Es Pendejo. If you have never eaten south of the boarder,stay home and don't write reviews on what you have no clue about. I was born in East L.A. and raised in the LBC, I've spent most my adult years in Tucson,AZ. I have dined at the best resturants from Mexicalli to Juarez,from Hermosillo to Basaseachi, México. Even Tucson has no resturant comes anywhere close to the real thing,the true taste and flavor of real home made food on a plate,not served like a carnaval snack. Only in America can someone drop food into a vat of hot grease and call it food. Note in Mexico burros are pet in a fenced yard not a staple.If you don't like their Margaritas, then order a real Mexican drink. Try "The flag" with the best tasting freashly made sangria. But if you're the Corona with a lime kinda drinker stay home and drink your Coors,if you only knew why they serve limes with their beer,you would still be drinking mother's milk. View Less …
Awful service, mediocre food, lousy margaritas. This really was one of the worst restaurant experiences i have had in recent memory. The server who greeted us and waited on us was angry and put-upon the whole time because we had a large group (even though we had a reservation). He was very vocal about his unhappiness from the moment we arrived and acted put-upon that we were there. To his credit the food came pretty quickly, despite his incredibly poor attitude. The food--which is kind of expensive-- was nothing to write home about. This is not fine Mexican food by any stretch. The margarita was mostly ice and also mediocre. I recommend Nuestra Cocina on Division. Wonderful service and amazing food at about the same price as this very disappointing place. View Less …
Food is incredible, but the service sucks donkey balls..
We picked this restaurant as a place to meet to celebrate our friend getting a good job! We arrived, were seated, but then had no service
for almost half an hour. Then, we asked for our drinks, they took almost another 20 minutes to bring them and then didn't ask if we wanted to order. Sitting there for almost 50 minutes, we started wondering if they had food at all!
Then the wait staff came by, asked if we wanted to order, we have food allergies to dairy, nightshade and onions and we talked to our server about our options on the menu. We decided to order an app and selected the Guac as an appetizer, only to find out that it was about 2 slices worth of avocado and then tomatoes and onions spread thinly across the plate! This was directly following the conversation that we couldn't eat these! So, very expensive quac for little avocado and not thinking through our order in reference to the conversation. I was so sad. I love Guac.
Then we ordered food, which the rest of our party loved, but mine supposedly listed on the menu as having came with avocado which I asked for because it was missing and I was promptly brought 1 slice of avocado on a plate.
Really? Really???
Also the happy hour it turns out is only good inside, where it's hot. Outside, you pay full price for a lack of service!
Comelona, your food was sooo good, your outside seating was amazing, but your penny pinching on the details and your shoddy wait staff hurts me. I'm in a quandry how to rate you. I'll give you a 3, but that's just cuz the food was very good and different from your average Mexican fare.
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Disappointed to say the least… We were immediately seated as we walked in the door and which is typically a good sign. In this case it
was the last good sign. We then sat at our table near an open door, in Portland with 50 degree temperatures and a slight breeze blowing, with water for nearly ten minutes as the bartender “Josh” walked directly in front of us, not once asking if we would like something to drink. We asked if the door could be closed as the restaurant was cold. No, problem! Door closed…Then reopened five minutes later when the staff decided it should be opened. At this point I was ready to leave. Our waiter finally entered the bar where he had seated us and asked if we were ready to order. I ordered a chips and salsa and a Margarita as suggested by many. The only Mexican place in town not to serve chips and salsa. The Margarita was served. Ehhh, Margarita in a rocks glass? Extremely small and absolutely no Tequila. I have a Margarita at every Mexican restaurant I visit and this was definitely a $5.50 house Rita with no alcohol. We ordered an appetizer of Fresh Guacamole and Tortillas. This was good! After the “no chips, no salsa, no Tequila” policy I decided against ordering an $18-$23 entrée and go with a sandwich for $7.50.
I was really looking forward to a dinner here as the plating and food looked great. The pricing is a little high for the service and drink quality. Pricing should not come with food quality alone. Pricing should include food quality, food appearance, SERVICE, atmosphere, etc. I cannot express enough that service is just so important to a customer’s experience in a restaurant such as this. Accidents happen, people make mistakes but some of this staff has a complete disregard for the clients. Serving upper priced food no doubt leads to larger tips but there are people like myself who will just refuse to buy expensive to avoid the reward to employees. I was immediately given the cold shoulder by a staff member as we were seated which compounded all the small things. The food was pretty good but definitely not worth going back due to the other lacking components of a “good” restaurant.
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