Arizona

Worst restaurant I have ever visited..Best candidate for Ramsey's kitchen nightmares I have ever seen!

Ordered nachos for starters which came burnt around the outside with no jalepenos and the salsa was more like chopped tomato, the nacho chips had a smoky taste like a packet of Doritos just thrown on the plate with molten cheese, soggy in the middle.

My enchilada main course was tastless and cold. Came with spicy rice that looked and tasted like packet of savoury rice, nothing spicy about it at all. The salad was soggy and covered in vinegar and the refried beans were a watery mush. Boyfriend had a burger that was ok but the chips that came with it were greasy and cold and had obviously been laying around for a while.

Place is in need of serious refurb, buckets line the corridor to the toilets because of the water coming through the roof, makes me worry about the state of the kitchen.

Its a bit cheeky of them to automatically add a service charge of £4 to the bill. I asked to get it removed because of the food quality but they didn't seem too interested, waitress apologised and removed the charge but I get the feeling they are used to complaints.
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Jacqui
Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 0
Monday, December 10, 2007

Went with 6 friends for a mid week meal.

When I asked if they had corona, the waiter went to find out... never to return. Luckily a second waiter took his place. Drinks took ages - they arrived after the first courses, which were small and not particularly nice. The standard spicy sauce, ladelled over chicken wings and later the ribs isn't very nice: tasted a bit of curry. The only things that were really hot throughout the meal were the plates that the nachos were served on; presumably because they'd just come out of the microwave. Mains were middling to poor for quality.

Pretty dismal meal, although, to be fair, my enchiladas were OK. It's just a shame that there aren't good mexicans around in London: the food is so easy and cheap to make. In the states the meal would have cost $10 a head and been freshly knocked up rather than reheated.
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Food 3 | Service 3 | Atmosphere 2 | Value for money 2
Friday, September 07, 2007

Had often wandered past and wondered what it was like in there. So we stopped and tried it out - wish we'd have gone to Wagamamas as planned. The starters and mains were bought out together, the order was short and when it was bought out it was wrong! We were told 'chef made a mistake, but don't worry we won't charge you for it'. True to their word they didn't, but they did add £12 of drinks to the bill we hadn't ordered!

The staff - Happless

The food - OK

Cocktails - Really nice

Sorry - won't be going back
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PJ
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Food 3 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 1
Tuesday, August 07, 2007

Absolutley appaling. The service is dreadful and the food is over-priced for what you get. I ordered the enchiladas which come with refired beans (which were luke warm) and spicy rice (which was the driest rice I'd ever eaten).

The place is clearly under staffed and so to get anyone's attention is a right task in it self.

Would not recommened this place to anyone. If you want good mexican food try cafe pacifico in covent garden or mesitzo.
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Ash - View all reviews by this user
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Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 0
Sunday, April 08, 2007

the relaxed and fun ambience was what attracted us to this restaurant/ bar, and although the food was adequate, the waitresses were cold and unhelpful. when we asked about something on the menu one waitress looked at us as if we were stupid.thankfully we were able to see the funny side but we won't be going back there. however, if you like being made to feel unwelcome,
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sophie
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Food 6 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 6
Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Visited Arizona on Saturday 30th April .

Im a frequent visitior to Camden but never dined in the Arizona .I wish i hadn't.

I had some undercooked wings with a cold salad covered in mayo followed by a steak that was wafer thin and not of the best cut .Again mayo was splattered across the side salad and potatoe skins .

My partner had chilli con carne and that was ok .Her starter of ribs seamed a little on the loop warm side.

Overall the service was quick , the cocktails excellent range and the price about 40.oo for 2 meals and drinks not expensive but the food quaity was very poor .Might be ok for a quick burger or if you just want a drink but its pub food they offer basically .Not great .

Bar Gansa is just around the corner in Inverness St..go there ..its a different experience completely .
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Tony C
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Food 3 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 5
Monday, May 01, 2006

This had to be the worst Tex Mex place I have ever been to,the food was burnt and the place looked nothing like a Mexican
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Food 1 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 1
Wednesday, December 28, 2005