Brian T.
Yelp
I came here for a weekday lunch since I had a work meeting in the area. Ambriza is beautifully nestled along Cypress Towne Lake with a beautiful view facing the lake. Definitely opt for outdoor seating if it's a nice day out!
With that said, parking in the Towne Lake area can be scarce, with limited parking spots servicing the many neighboring businesses. It was the parking situation that made me remember coming here about 1.5 years ago for an Elite Week at Sweetgreen!
Since I was dining solo, I sat at the bar. There wasn't a dedicated bartender during lunch, but one of the servers came by often to check on me. I asked for food recommendations, as I was conflicted between the fajitas or the flautas. My server recommended the fajitas, and I went for it, knowing that I fall back on flautas all too often at Mexican restaurants.
I got the combo fajitas, in which you can pick 2 between beef, chicken, or shrimp. I went for beef and chicken. The fajitas came out with beautiful presentation, served in a molcajete. This gave me nostalgia of ordering a similar dish in Mexico! It came with 4 slices of each meat, plenty of onion, red chili pepper, and a nopal! On the side were tortillas(choice of corn or flour), guacamole, sour cream, rice, and black beans. Surprisingly no cheese or pico de gallo.
While the chicken was juicy, the beef was a little dry and tough to bite apart. The rice was nothing special. black beans also came out very hot. I'm glad I tried this fajitas experience but will probably try something new next time.
Chips and salsa came out first thing with my water. The red and green salsas both came out hot, which paired nicely with the hot and crispy tortilla chips. As per usual, I consumed the basket a bit too quickly and had plenty of leftovers of my main to take home.
I would happily come back here if I find myself in the area. They have a good menu of happy hour deals 2-7pm on weekdays, 7-10pm on Sundays, and all day on Monday! I would love to come back and try their margs soon.