Mexican Food at its worst!
I emailed for a reservation and received no response. I followed up with a phone call and got it confirmed. No apology for not receiving an email response.
On arrival (tuesday night) the place was almost empty. Within 30 mins we were the only diners in the place and I now know why....
We ordered drinks and were told for the Mojito that there was no crushed ice and possibly no mint. The waitress said she would see if the chef could smash up the ice with something in the kitchen - hmmmm!
After looking at the menu we decided what we wanted but when we went to order we were told that there was no pork or no prawns available ( that ruled out 3 of the 9 possible starters and some of the main courses). It would have been nice to have been told this when we were given our menus.
We were given nachos and salsa while we waited...Salsa, surely this is an easy thing to make, particularly as the restaurant claims that the chef spent a lot of time in mexico and southern US. The salsa was a watery mix of what seemed like canned tomato and onion with no spice or real flavour to it.
The mains arrived ( seafood tacos and beef fajitas).
Seafood tacos - having eaten these many times in the US i was delighted they were on the menu but how dissapointed i was. The tacos were somewhat soft, somewhat hard and chewy ( had a feel of being microwaved). The seafood was definitely not fresh...very tough and chewy pieces of squid and some tiny (not fresh) mussels. Again the salsa served with them was more of the same as detailed above.
Beef fajitas...stated on the menu that these were to be served on a 'sizzling skillet'...it certainly wasn't sizzling when it arrived at our table. While the beef itself was nice and soft, there was no flavour and no typical mexican kick to the sauce and dish overall. Bland is the best description i can give.
The waitress asked if we wanted any more drinks, i ordered one more beer but she forgot. She came back to the table to see if everything was 'ok', so i then reminded her that I asked for another beer. Seems hard to imagine she can forget something from the only customers in the place.
Overall I would avoid this place at all costs.
The management and owners need to think hard about making some critical changes quickly or this place will be another of the empty units in Swords.
Such shame as a good mexican in Swords could do well. read more