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This week we went to our Mexican stand by, mind you this is pretty upper scale Mexican on the non existent scale in my head. Needless to say it is always good. And when you get a basket of warm chips and their excellent salsa it always puts you in an excellent mood to start any meal.
Today I actually veered from my normal dish, I was TRYING to cut the carbs, but well... there were chips and salsa, so I cut them out where I could... but we only had one basket! Normally we would get through two baskets of chips! Anyways, back to the dish, I got Chicken Fernandez ~ Mojo marinated grilled breast of chicken topped with spicy chipotle cream sauce, served with rice and fresh seasonal vegetables. As it says in the menu.
The sauce was great! The chicken well cooked, seasoned, but I thought a touch bland, I was expecting more of a kick I guess. The seasonal vegetables were green beans and red peppers, which I had the red peppers and a couple green beans (not a fan really). Overall it was good, but still doesn't hold a candle to my favorite, which is a Friday special only... The seafood Burrito.... sooooo good.
Service this time around was mediocre, normally we get excellent service there. This time however the waiter was a little too busy with whatever he was doing moreso then interacting with the table. Failed to mention the specials, slow on the drink refills, little things like that.
The place is always hopping, usually a line by the time we leave. Glad we come early! Rating overall 4/5 stars, normally it would be 5/5 stars, but knocking half point off for waiter, and half point off for entree not quite being up to par with the others I have had.
The sauce was great! The chicken well cooked, seasoned, but I thought a touch bland, I was expecting more of a kick I guess. The seasonal vegetables were green beans and red peppers, which I had the red peppers and a couple green beans (not a fan really). Overall it was good, but still doesn't hold a candle to my favorite, which is a Friday special only... The seafood Burrito.... sooooo good.
Service this time around was mediocre, normally we get excellent service there. This time however the waiter was a little too busy with whatever he was doing moreso then interacting with the table. Failed to mention the specials, slow on the drink refills, little things like that.
The place is always hopping, usually a line by the time we leave. Glad we come early! Rating overall 4/5 stars, normally it would be 5/5 stars, but knocking half point off for waiter, and half point off for entree not quite being up to par with the others I have had.
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