Dang, I feel kind of bad giving this little restaurant a 2, but you crazy Yelpers let me down with this one! First off, let me say that the ladies working here were really nice. But the service was slow and inconsistent, the food was not good and the layout of the restaurant really weird and not at all welcoming or inviting.
When we walked in at 5:15 on a Saturday evening almost every table was taken so we were asked to wait a few minutes; but there was no place inside to wait! Immediately to our right was the ladies restroom and to our left a plexiglass partition to the cashier. My husband, two children and I stood in the tiny, narrow area until another customer tried to come in and pushed us into the dining area. A server rushed by with her arms full of dirty dishes she was bussing and she snakily asked us to move out of the main pathway to the kitchen. Um, where were we supposed to go? We crammed back into the narrow entry and questioned whether or not we should find someplace else to eat. But we had seen on our drive there that we didn't really have any other family-friendly options in Waldport that were open that evening so we decided to ride it out.
10 minutes later we got a table and then we waited. And waited and waited and waited. The elderly women at the table next to us started a conversation with me and when I asked how long they had been waiting for their food they said, "a long time." Strike two.
About 15 minutes after we sat down our server showed up and asked what we wanted to order. We ordered (and also gave drink orders since that hadn't happened yet) and we then proceeded to wait. Drinks and chips came about 10 minutes later, right as my kids were getting ready to climb the walls. To my disappointment, the salsa was bad--it tasted like jarred pizza sauce with a little bit of oregano added. By far the weirdest salsa I've ever been offered.
By that time, most of the restaurant had emptied and there were only two other tables beside ours waiting for food. I thought that might be a good sign. Nah. Our food took another 50 minutes to arrive and during that time we were able to notice the Christmas decorations still hanging from the ceiling in mid-January, thick layer of dust on every ledge, dying houseplants, and strange musical arrangements performed by a senior citizen with an electronic keyboard (ie "the entertainment"). What??
Our chips and drinks were long gone (no refills or second beer were offered while we waited) and I was practically peeling my hungry, cranky kids off the floor by the time our food arrived. And what do you know? The food was lame! Nothing even close to authentic Mexican food and definitely not worth the prices they were charging. Such a bummer. A drive to Taco Bell in Newport would have yielded better results. So if you are looking for Mexican food in Waldport my suggestion is to keep driving and try another town. I was pretty bummed that this Yelp pick was so far off the mark--especially since it was my birthday! :( We won't go back to Azul the next time we're in Waldport. read more