Let me start this review off with a discussion between me, The Doctor and The Queen. They were trying to remember what boy band Guy was in before he started do Diners, Drive‑Ins and Dives. HAHAHAHAHA! I kid you not.
Second point of business: airport food in Mexico is way more expensive than food on the outside. I personally think all of the airports must have some sort of code where they have all decided to charge the same prices for food and drink anywhere on planet earth.
That said, we decided to eat here because we wanted table service. The reason for this decision: the airport boast a large food court, but last year when we ate there, we all got hit with Montezuma's Revenge in mid-air. I broke several FAA rules during take off to get to the bathroom while on ascent. Fortunately I was in first class and didn't have to climb uphill too far to get to the bathroom before my take off.
Back to Guy's place... we were seated immediately and our waiter was johnny on the spot. The restaurant has an outdoor area where you can smoke I believe. A guacamole cart showed up out of nowhere with a gentleman there to make it my way: extra cilantro, lime juice, seasoning, tomatoes and onions. It was delicious.
For lunch, me and The Queen got the 14 hour brisket on garlic toast, The Doctor got the Tortilla soup, our friends got the Chicken Avocado BLT and the Bacon Mac n Cheese burger.
The brisket was actually pretty good....four nice size slices on top of texas toast, served with slaw and fries. The fries were weird as they were a mix of different types of fries: crinkle, waffles, and regular. That kind of threw me off for some reason.
The chicken sandwich had grilled chicken breast, smoked bacon, cheddar cheese, sliced avocado, tomato, shredded lettuce and donkey sauce (no idea what donkey sauce is, but it does not sound appetizing on the surface). The burger was ginormous, with applewood smoked bacon, four-cheese mac n cheese, ground beef, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle and the mystery donkey sauce on a bun. They both said that the sandwiches were good.
For dessert we split the churros....they were hot and tasty.
If you are a soda drinker, I would say go alcohol. The Doctor decided to get a Coke, but no one drinks just one pop. The refills are not free, so this forces you to pay for the upgrade to a mug with unlimited refills. FYI if you are into that sort of thing, you have to take your receipt to the merchandise side of the restaurant to get a packaged mug you can take on the plane.
Not sure how much this lunch set us back, but I would say the food was 3 stars, the service was 4 stars. Our waiter was amazing, very attentive and seriously on top of making sure we had what we needed. Even after we got the bill, he told us we could sit and hold on to the table as long as we wanted while waiting on our plane.
And I didn't get sick on the plane. read more