Jonathon L.
Yelp
Since coming to Nevada from a small farming town in northern California, my wife and I have missed the really, really good Mexican food from back home. We've been in Nevada since 21, and VERY few places stack up to be as nummy, comforting, and flavorful. And we have TRIED. We know if like, two, MAYBE three places.
Now make that four.... because this place is a MUST TRY.
Was the meal perfect? No.....but that's the charm! Let me explain.
Home cooked food is hard to replicate perfectly every time. You want it to taste good, fill you up, and have nice texture. Maybe it's not perfect, like it looks slightly different or maybe the shapes are weird or it's unfamiliar....but if it's good, it good!
That's this place. I was invited here for a meeting and got two carne asada tacos for lunch....and immediately knew something was different about this place. I had to come back, asap.
Which I did, with my wife the next night. I ordered carnitas....which, from my home town, is tender seasoned shredded pork, usually fried a little crispy before serving. The carnitas here? Pork steak.
And here's the kicker....I didn't care. It's not what I imagined, and it didn't matter...it was salted, tender, and satisfying. The fat was rendered. And the REFRIED BEANS, MY LORT, were just like our friends used to make. The rice as well, fluffy and delicious. The tortillas and everything it was served with? Amazing.... because I could tell someone made this with their hands.
This isn't Sysco or US foods. This is what they themselves create, and it absolutely needs to be tried.
My wife got flautas, and we got a chili relleno to split....and oh my LOORRRRTTT I wanted like five of those chilies! The sauce, amazing. The texture, perfect. The batter, fluffy and delicious. The cheese, gooey. The flautas? All differently shaped and all AMAZING. crispy edges, soft tortilla on the interior, with amazing filling.
The salsas, fantastic. If you like spicy ask for the spicy chunky verde salsa, it'll smack you around a bit but it's delicious!
And the service? Bro. DUDE. They actually acted happy to see us. Super friendly. They seemed to be enjoying themselves, as well, which made is feel great, like wow, I wanna be a regular customer for these peeps, they're awesome!
The restaurant is homey, fun decor, really cool looking older brick and rock walls.
IF I had to pick anything that could be perceived as negative, I'd say the parking lot is small, and I wish the pork steak had more flavor, more seasoning... But it was in no way bad! That's just my pallet.
Bottom line, I cannot, CANNOT wait to go back and see what else they have in store.