Aarti B.
Yelp
Great for large groups with a vibrant ambiance and lots of indoor/outdoor space. While the food and drinks are good, it's quite pricey ($27 fajitas, $7 side of rice and beans, you can easily spend $100 on a couple of entrees and drinks). The restaurant is across the street from the Performing Arts Center and has plenty of indoor and some outdoor seating.
Glad to complimentary chips and salsa! The warm fried chips are delicious and the best part of our meal! The salsa has a very spicy kick particularly the green Salsa Verde, and prefer the more mild Brown salsa.
Also nice to see the menu expand to happy hour and brunch and more vegetarian dishes added to the menu - spicy Hongos mushroom enchiladas, quesadillas, tacos, and Nopales Veggie Fajitas!
The 1st time I got the Veggie Fajitas, it came with grilled mushrooms, sweet potato, pineapple. The 2nd time, these hearty veggies seem to have disappeared and it's just grilled corn with some peppers and onions. The crispy manchego cheese is the best part served with a mix of warm flour/corn tortillas made daily in-house along with rice and beans. The 3rd time was better than the 2nd, but not quite a charm. The chunky Nopales cactus veggie was too big to stuff into the tortillas. Mushrooms and peppers would pare better.
The $14 for Guacamole is a bit pricey and can be a hit/miss. The fresh crispy chips are usually served warm and the guac had a spicy kick with some chili powder sprinkled on top and surprisingly stayed fresh the next day, last time the guac was a bit soggy. You get also get a side side of it.
The Huevos Rancheros on the Brunch menu was okay. It was the standard crispy round tacos shells with a sunny side eggs and black beans soaking in spicy mole sauce and mild green verde sauce.
The Kids menu is surprisingly really good, the Cheese Quesadilla was a crispy and delicious, and a generous size!
The cocktail are pre-made in large batches on draught. my favorites are the Guava & Hibiscus Margarita, and the Mezcal Mule. Both the Maverick cocktail with vanilla vodka, guava-hibiscus cordial, lime, served with sparkling wine & passion fruit caviar and Above the Clouds Negroni cocktail with strawberry-infused mezcal, vermouth, aperitivo mazzura, arroz were watered down. I wish the drinks were made to order.
The Cinco de Mayo event (1-5pm) was a bit chaotic, we got there around 1:30pm. We waited 20 min for a table and took another 15 min for our server to come over. The Taco and Tamale specials were a bit misleading from the flyers and only served at the bar. The $10 Margarita specials were available at the tables. The facepainting was not very good. I graciously accept freebies and typically don't complain about them, the staff was a bit rude to my daughter and did a poor job. The restaurant wasn't really well equipped to handle large crowds and seemed overwhelmed.
If you're going to a show, it's worth checking out the restaurant and grabbing dinner or drinks. Given its convenient location across the street. I've added Ometeo to our rotation and excited to try new dishes on the menu!