Danielle S.
Yelp
The restaurant was totally packed. I waited for a seat at the bar. Once I grabbed my seat, I was served a basket of tortilla chips and salsa which had lots of heat and flavor. I ordered the chilaquiles Emiliano which is only serve on the weekend and is a new item and a side of guacamole (I confirmed I would get pico de gallo with it - i didn't bother to even ask for it). Chilaquiles Emiliano has tortilla bits scrambled with two large eggs, cheese, onions and salsa complemented with birria, nopales, and fresh Mexican-style sour cream Served with home-made corn tortillas which add delicious, Mexican rice, and your choice of refried pinto beans, whole pinto beans, or whole black beans. I went for the refried beans. It's a really big portion. I couldn't finish even a third of it. Though I did fill up on chips, guacamole, and salsa before the chilaquiles arrived. I enjoyed the food. I had a few gripes. One was there was too much fat on the birria so I had to put half of it on a plate. Which that said, what was left was still a decent portion. Also, I ordered the chilaquiles Emiliano and was first served v chilaquiles verde. I let them know. Then, the server seemed to be confused when I explained that was not my order - I won't even eat verde sauce. He ordered my chilaquiles Emiliano w verde sauce, so I realized he was confused again and had to tell the cook to correct the order but at least he hadn't served again. I finally got the order but the eggs were missing except for two bites. Also, there were only two small bites of eggs - that's it, not two large eggs. I did ask them, and they brought more but I did not get the two large eggs, even when they "gave me more". Unless the eggs turned to liquid, there were only 2 bites and then, the server came back with half an egg... so that was disappointing.
With that said the food was decent. I think Primavera at the Farmers market at the Ferry Building is way better but you can only get that on Saturday when it's not raining as they did not show up yesterday. They make the best eggs I've ever eaten in my life. And my second favorite is Buena Vida Cantina - they made amazing chilaquiles. Anyway, the people were nice and they tried. I'll give them a 3 for average. I'll glad I tried it because I kept reading best chilaquiles in SF, but I disagree. Try it for yourself though. I will most likely not go back for chilaquiles but maybe something else. Not having 2 large eggs was a big miss, missing the pico de gallo also a big miss, and all the fat on the birria. So, I'll give it 3 stars. But maybe other things there are better. I would skip what I ordered though