Patricia K.
Yelp
This is the worst Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles County and I told them that on my way out the door. This place is a complete and utter disaster. Had I known how bad it would be I would have gone to a liquor store for a canned margarita and gone through the driv-thru at Taco Bell. Taco Bell's food has more flavor than this, and that's gospel truth.
The beans at Margarita's are runny and flavorless. The guacamole was not prepared properly. It needed basic spices like cumin, onion, lemon juice. This was overripe avocado with a little salt. The beef enchilada had no flavor. And same with the chicken taco. The salsa is store bought from a jar.
But it gets much much worse. Despite the name of the place being "Margaritas" they CANNOT MAKE a margarita!!! Let me give you the details of this saga:
1. I asked for a Gala Margarita "straight up." The waitress said, "Ice?" I said, "No, ma'am, I said straight up. That means no ice."
2. She argued with me. She said "straight up" means "with ice." She's wrong. You can Google this. Here's what Google says:
Yes, "straight up" is a bartending term that usually means an alcoholic drink is shaken or stirred with ice, strained, and served in a glass without ice.
3. Okay? That's what Google says. So she asked me, "Do you want it blended?" I said, "Just take the ingredients and shake them over ice and pour it in a glass." (At this point I'm wondering what planet I'm on.)
4. Again she said, "Blended?" So I said, "Sure," thinking maybe to her that "blended" meant all the ingredients together -- or something.
5. So she brings me back this slurry, slushy thing which is 90% ice. I started to get annoyed. I said, "All you have to do is PUT THE INGREDIENTS IN A COCKTAIL SHAKER, SHAKE THEM, AND POUR IT IN A GLASS."
6. So then this guy accompanies her back to the table. He had in his hand a plastic tumbler, about 1/4 full, filled with what looked like dishwater. If this guy had any brains -- or class -- he would have put the margarita in a martini glass (or ANY cocktail glass) and put a lime slice on it. This is how things are done in the real world. Serving a $13.50 drink in a plastic water tumbler is SIMPLY UNBELIEVABLE!!!!
7. I said, "THAT'S the "Gala Margarita?" THAT costs $13.50? Forget it."
8. By that time the food had come -- SERVED WRONG. I ordered guacamole, plus an entree. In a PROFESSIONAL Mexican restaurant, the guacamole comes with the margaritas and then the main course. So I just asked for a box because I was disgusted that I was in a so-called Mexican restaurant and could not order a simple margarita straight up -- which I have ordered in restaurants in this country, in Mexico, and Canada. But I can't get it in this joint.
9. I was kicking myself for not going to El Torito, which was nearby. But it NEVER CROSSED MY MIND that a place claiming to specialize in margaritas can't make a basic, simple margarita straight up.
10. I am going to post this same review on Trip Adviser, Google, any platform I can find. Travelers, in particular, don't have the time to waste on a dump like this that cannot do anything right. Not one.Single.Thing.Right.
11. I wish I could give negative stars.
12. I had a great vacation in L.A. All I wanted was a nice margarita and a plate of good Mexican food before I had to wind things up and get on the road. Had I gotten that, I would have been happy as a purring cat. I would have tipped liberally had the food and drink and service been EVEN AVERAGE. It was HORRIBLE. EVERYTHING was HORRIBLE!!!
13. Not only is this the worst Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles, it is the worst I've been in anywhere, and I started eating Mexican food in Colorado in the 1960's. So I know Mexican food, Margaritas KNOWS NOTHING. It is a TOTAL DUMP!!!!