This has been the most highly anticipated new restaurant in the area for my partner and I for three reasons: We are HUGE Tex-Mex and Mexican food fanatics, it is very close to our house, and it is in a HUGE building so we have watched closely as this Tex-Mex compound has come to life on Burnet road next to Top Golf, opposite the Domain.
Okay I'll cut to the chase, we had high hopes for this place and it only sort of delivered. The salsa is so-so at best, I liked the texture (not too chunky not too soupy) but the flavor was sort of bland, not spicy at all, and they refilled it at the table with those syrup dispensers you sometimes see at Mexican restaurants which isn't the most appetizing. There is a green and a red (spoiler alert: those are the Dos Salsas) if Dos Salsas is your name, salsa should be your game - I was disappointed.
In contrast, the frozen house margarita with salt was the star of the show. The texture was perfect, not too icy not too slushy, just right. The flavor was very citrusy sort of lemon leaning and the boozy taste was also just right - you can tell that it's packing a punch but in a way that is very pleasant and drinkable, so much so that I had to have a refill!
The food was tasty but came out cold. The service was pretty awful (slow and not knowledgeable) and when we asked if we could do beef & chicken combo fajitas, our server looked at the menu and said "No I don't see it on here" y'all... that's a pretty standard and very doable dish given that every other imaginable fajita iteration was on the menu. I opted for the beef chimichanga instead. Good flavor but like I mention, it came out cold.
Overall, I love the spacious atmosphere (think Gloria's but not quite as upscale but more expansive). Would be great to rent the place out for Quinceañeras or an office holiday party. They also have a really fun looking bar area that is lit with purple-ish pink lights which I appreciated.
I would be willing to give this place another shot because I really want to love more than just the margarita and it is brand new so maybe they are working some kinks out. I'll likely only ever be back for drinks if there's not dramatic improvement to the service, salsa, and food temperature on my next visit... Otherwise, it's Dos strikes, you're out!
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