Ziyan C.
Yelp
4 stars for the food, 3 stars for the service.
FYI - We were there for Taco Tuesdays - which sounds exciting, but unfortunately means you can ONLY get tacos for dinner (besides a selection of a few appetizers).
THE SERVICE
The host who sat us didn't give us a cocktail menu, so when we asked our server (who had a trainee), the trainee went to the host stand and dug around a bit before finding a cocktail menu. It had 4 options on it. Later in the evening when we wanted a 2nd round, we got a cocktail menu that suddenly had 10 options, and didn't include some from the 1st menu. We asked our server, and it turns out the trainee had grabbed the OLD cocktail menu by accident (which begs the question why do they have old copies sitting around?), but luckily the bartender had still remembered how to make some of the old drinks and was willing to do so. In the end, it didn't affect our experience except we had this kind of awkward conversation with our server about why we had gotten two different cocktail menus and why the Pasion Tropical wasn't an option on the second menu.
The taco menu has their a la carte prices, which are mostly $3-$3.50. But confusingly, you are NOT allowed to pay a la carte. You HAVE to get 5 tacos for $21 or 10 tacos for $39. But if you look at the individual prices, this isn't a better deal unless you only get the $4.50 and $5 tacos (there are only three tacos at this price. They told us you're not allowed to get all of the same thing. There are ELEVEN tacos priced $4 and under). We asked if it's ok for us to start with 5 tacos and then work our way up to 10, and they said it's fine. But then they still charged us for 2x5 tacos, so $42 total. I brought this up with the trainee server, she spent several minutes talking to the manager, and either she doesn't understand math and taxes or they were trying to make up an excuse, but she tried to convince me that they actually UNDER charged us, because $39 + tip comes out to be $42 and some change, but look, we were "only" charged $42 on the bill! Uhh nope, that doesn't make any sense - we were charged $42, plus tax at the bottom of our receipt. We should have been charged $39, plus tax. The trainee offered to talk to the manager again, but at this point we were going to be late for our show, so we had to go.
THE COST
$134.79 total for 3 drinks, 1 appetizer, and 10 tacos. They charged us for 2 x 5 tacos ($42) instead of the 10 taco deal ($39).
THE DRINKS
*Pasion Tropical ($17) - 4.5 stars. My partner really liked this. It was zesty and potent. Interesting assortment of flavors.
* Pepino Picoso ($17) - 4 stars. Spicy and refreshing, though straightforward and I feel like I've had this same drink at many restaurants.
THE FOOD
* Esquites (appetizer, $12) - 2.5 stars. This would have been tasty but it was definitely oversalted.
4 star tacos: Placero (the crispy chicharron was great), Baja (good shrimp & crunch), Poblano (if you don't mind the untraditional mashed potato)
3.5 star tacos: Carnitas (good flavor but a little dry)
3 star tacos: Asada (a bit dry), Pancita (underwhelming with 2 small pieces of pork belly)