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    Maine Mex

    4.0 (1 review)
    Closed 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Salsa Verde Grill - Sopaipillas with chicken and salsa roja

    Salsa Verde Grill

    4.4(117 reviews)
    42.2 mi

    Mexican Food in Maine? Absolutely!…read more We found this amazing Mexican spot right in the middle of downtown Bar Harbor, and let me tell you the location couldn't be better! Families were walking by, live music was playing across the street, and people were sitting barefoot on the grass trying to stay grounded. Meanwhile, we were being spiritually guided by the smell of Mexican food coming from Salsa Verde Grill. It pulled us in like a tractor beam! We started with the fresh guacamole, blue corn chips, and their Christmas sauce a combination of red and green sauce. Oh man Christmas came early! That sauce was so good I almost asked for it in a cup with a straw. My wife ordered the steak burrito, and it was so big she couldn't finish it. Imagine that! I ordered the enchiladas topped with a fried egg, refried beans, and rice. Oh boy, I was stuffed but somehow kept eating like I was training for the Mexican Food Olympics. Our daughter ordered the same thing as Dad, but hers was smothered in that delicious holiday sauce. She couldn't finish hers either. My wife and daughter are a couple of wimps! Or maybe I'm just a big-backed roly-poly with no quit in me. The food was flavorful, the portions were generous, and the atmosphere was perfect. We absolutely recommend Salsa Verde Grill when visiting Bar Harbor. Come hungry, wear stretchy pants, and don't blame me when that Christmas sauce has you licking the plate. Bye-bye now!

    I NEVER WRITE REVIEWS, BUT THIS ABSOLUTE DUMP OF A RESTAURANT PUSHED ME TO LEAVE. WORST PLACE I…read moreHAVE EVER SET FOOT IN! Every single "positive" review on here is 1000% BOUGHT AND PAID FOR--just look at the photos! Good luck actually reaching a human being. Try calling them and you get a useless AI bot. You can NEVER speak to a person! THAT ALONE IS A MASSIVE RED FLAG, BUT IT GETS SO MUCH WORSE. When you are forced to WALK OUT of a restaurant with starving kids because the garbage they put on your table is completely INEDIBLE, that tells you everything you need to know. Our family travels constantly, we love great food, and we have had a fantastic time in Bar Harbor--until this total disaster. My daughter ordered a simple chicken taco and they handed her dry, rock-hard poultry crammed into a stale, salt-bomb hard shell with ZERO toppings, zero salsa, zero dressing, and ZERO EFFORT. My other daughter's quesadilla was packed with so much cheap, rubbery cheese that she LITERALLY CHOKED ON IT. And to top off that insult, they served her RANCH DRESSING and tried to claim it was sour cream! As for my enchiladas? A COMPLETELY LAUGHABLE DISGRACE TO MEXICAN CUISINE. A soggy, slimy, undercooked DISASTER. AND THEN CAME THE OWNER. This arrogant joke of a manager explicitly ADMITTED: "Yeah, those enchiladas could have gone in for longer!" YET HE STILL REFUSED TO COMP A SINGLE CENT. He didn't offer to remake the food, didn't offer a refund, and didn't even have the basic decency to offer chips and guac to-go for our hungry kids! When my husband confronted him--"You do see the way you are treating customers, right? You didn't offer me anything for this horrible experience"--this guy ACTUALLY LAUGHED IN OUR FACES AND SAID, "I DON'T OWE YOU ANYTHING." UNBELIEVABLE. DISGUSTING. Our family ALWAYS treats the food and beverage industry with the grace and respect it deserves. We NEVER return food, we NEVER complain, and we NEVER disrespect servers. In all our travels, we have NEVER encountered an owner who wouldn't bend over backward if a guest was unhappy. But this place? A total scam run by a smug, toxic narcissist. DO NOT WASTE A SINGLE PENNY HERE. THEY NEED NEW OWNERSHIP IMMEDIATELY!

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    Isla Cocina - Carne tacos

    Isla Cocina

    4.0(2 reviews)
    31.1 mi

    Tasty tacos -- if you can even find this place -- but be prepared to wait a long time, even if you…read moreare the only customer during the off season (late-September).   We ordered fish tacos, once we rounded up the cook/owner, who was at her compost heap instead of the food truck, even though she'd been "open" for over an hour. She then said that she didn't have any rice and beans cooked, so she'd give us four tacos instead of three to compensate. Okay, that seemed fair. Then she confessed that she still had to make the tacos, so it would take about 20 minutes, and suggested that we should go sightseeing. Well, we'd already been sightseeing all morning and were ready to eat! Plus we'd spent hours the previous day trying to find this place because she hadn't updated her location for months online, only updating it the morning we placed our order. Even with the new address, it was puzzling to find. The only sign was on the northern perimeter, giving the impression it was the neighbor's driveway that led to the food truck, so we pulled in there initially. The truck is actually tucked parallel to the side of her house, down a long driveway -- so it's essentially hidden from the road unless one really scans the entire property while driving by.  When the order was finally ready, we couldn't charge the meal because her credit system wouldn't read a standard VISA with a chip or a swipe. So be sure you have Canadian currency. There's no place to sit or eat there, so we drove to the national park to eat. The tacos were tasty and a good quality. We particularly liked that the fish wasn't heavily battered. All the other food trucks we've tried across the country are good-to-go when we are, so the food is ready to be cooked or plated, and the order is ready in minutes. This cook/owner needs to rethink her priorities, especially during open hours. If she'd had all of her food ready to be ordered, we wouldn't have cared if she was moonlighting in the compost while she waited for customers.

    Fantastic sort of "hole in the wall" on the island. Best to call ahead since everything - including…read morethe tortillas - are made fresh to order. We showed up and ordered at the truck, however, which worked out just fine as we waited in the car. The tacos were delicious, and the homemade Mexican chocolate ice cream was amazing. Well worth the stop during your stay on the island, especially if you want to eat something different from the typical island fare.

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