This place was highly recommended to me by multiple people. The place seems very nice but there were many surprises regarding the food. I think because I had such high expectations is the reason I felt so disappointed, sorry guys.
Caution FREE ADVICE AHEAD!
Cumin in the Guacamole
The Guac is about 4oz but had a lot of sour cream in it and a lot of cumin.
The sour cream also found itself on to the top of my beans, I am not sure how or why, perhaps they ran out of cheese?
The Guac and the Salsa arrived together and were equally disappointing, I don't think there is any doubt that the salsa came from a jar :(
A couple of suggestions:
Forget the Salsa! Unless the customer really wants some and then make sure to inform them that it's not made in-house but is store bought, if you are uncomfortable making that statement you should be just as uncomfortable charging for it. I do not suggest removing it from the menu because I am SURE some customers are perfectly ok with it, I just did not like being taken by surprise. If you are going to continue to regularly serve it just note that better salsa is provided for free in much less expensive Mexican restaurants.
If you are going to continue to server Guac make sure you tell your customers that it has cumin in it, cumin does not belong in "good" Guacamole, it belongs in "bad" Guacamole, why in the world would any Chef think that it would be a good idea to over power the taste of fresh vegetables/ingredients with something as overwhelming as cumin; unless you are not serving fresh ingredients... Like I said cumin does not belong in good Guacamole. Feel free to continue to cut the Avocado/Guacamole with the sour cream but please consider using less of it, I know that avocados are expensive but Guacamole is so much more delicious when it's not cut with anything extra and we all know we add sour cream to Guacamole not because it enhances the taste but because it helps the bottom line.
Long story longer, cut out the Salsa, raise the price to $6 or even $8 and just server really really good Guacamole. Also you can always add the cumin later but you sure as hell can't get it out. Also consider making the Guacamole on demand instead of a head of time, makes a HUGE difference. If you want to go really fancy, have your staff make it table side. All it takes is pre-cut vegetables and a molcajete, that's really it. Takes less than 2 minutes, looks awesome and everyone knows they are getting fresh ingredients and you can even ask your customers if they want cumin.... the answer will be "no thank you".
The Entree
The shrimp tacos were good, they came with rice and beans even though I asked for no beans. The rice was dry, not sure why but it was the end of the night perhaps that is the reason. The beans as state before had a dab of sour cream on them, I have no idea why... like I said it was the end of the night and they might have ran out of cheese, because shredded cheese is what you put on top of beans not sour cream. If you ran out of something heed the words from the famous movie "The Birdcage", "Don't add, just subtract"
I really wanted to try to pork ribs which were about $22, but after being somewhat disappointed with the staples I could not bring myself to be disappointed by the meat. I also recall that the ribs and the steak came with rice. You know what guys, even a Tex-Mex place should know to serve a steak with potatoes, they are not that expensive or difficult to prep. Serving steak with rice is like serving Guacamole with cumin.... wait..... oh..... never mind.
Please note the service was just fine, no we did not complain about anything I would not want anyone to remove anything from my bill, I like to pay for what I order but this review is to help make something that is good better.
Very reasonable prices
3.50 for a cup of soup.
5.50 for the cumin laced quack and store bought salsa.
18 for the 2 shrimp tacos with dry rice and beans with sour cream on them.
22 for steak and/or ribs, they do come with rice.
Still gave you 3 stars image what this would have looked like if I really didn't like you. You also got a fist full of free advice, a retail value of $19.99 with free cumin. read more