Agave Grill
Parking and exterior: ample parking, the lame…read morelooking exterior really does an injustice to the interior. Don't be fooled it's actually pretty good.
Waiters: decent, maybe understaffed
Food: well seasoned, decent portions
Cost: it's a little on the pricey side and average dish is $14-18$
Bathrooms: adequate but single person only.
Interior ambience is awesome. It kinda has a Mexican vineyard/casita sorta vibe.
It being so unassuming from the outside I'd never stop by before this time and can say I am
pleasantly surprised by the interior, the front entrance is a little cramped, but has some Mexican tropical plant vibes going on, with some pretty interesting plants. Although spiky, so be watchful of the kiddos.
Pleasantly surprised by the decor as the outside is pretty lame.
Upon entry, you greeted with a delightful aroma, which is always a plus in a restaurant, a good sign that the food is going to be tasty!
The bad:
The chips and salsa are not bottomless.
The salsa is extremely watery and very hard to eat.
Although the flavor is really good you have to sip or drink it to find that out as the seasoning is in the liquid.
It really defeats the purpose of chips and salsa if you ask me and I am pretty annoyed by that. It's also not very shareable friendly that way.
But if you want the easiest eating experience with it with the full flavor of the salsa broth I t's easier to take a drink of salsa and then eat a chip, again pretty annoying.
The beans are also on the loose side almost watery, the color is unappetizing, but flavor is decent, you can taste the lard I believe and it is well salted, sticks to the chip a whole lot easier than the salsa at the very least. Less flavorful than the salsa though.
The price, $28 plus tip for the Molcajete dish I felt wasn't necessary worth it. It was big enough to share but it felt more like a $19-20 dish than an almost $30 one.
We called ahead of time and they basically couldn't understand what we were saying, English Spanish barrier.
The good:
Lemon slice for water was very generous, usually that's a skimpy item, not sure if that was a fluke or not.
They have the good sonic style ice as well!
The ambiance was nice.
Delicious food.
We had the Molcajete.
The sizzling Molcajete stays hot the whole meal. A combination of well seasoned chorizo, chicken, beef, shrimp, onions and peppers swimming in their juices, the flavor of the chorizo permeating throughout the dish.
It had a well seasoned great flavor and the meats were all tender and not overcooked.
It also came with grilled green onions and grilled cactus, which both were a delight.
There was 8 tortillas and two of us eating, just enough for one taco of each meat and plenty left over for combining with the beans and rice,
Probably the best pico around, a little heavier on the cilantro than most places, your mileage may very.
Although you don't get a ton of meat for what you are paying for. Just a taste of each for two basically.
The side plate of guac, pico, rice and beans was on the light side for sharing.
Overall I would go back and give it another try.
