Chimichanga

The service was excellent but the food was very, very disappointing. I opted for the crab cake starter which was okay, flavoured with lime and it arrived within five minutes which started my suspicions that most of the food was mass produced and more or less cooked and/or assembled on site.

I had the beef fajita; the beef was supposedly marinated; it was reasonably tender but then again, since it was a very thinly cut piece that could explain the tenderness alone. It was served ready cut into strips and laid on a bed of griddled peppers and onions. It came with four flour tortillas and a set of four small containers, containing diced tomato, cheese, sour cream and guacomole. The sour cream was hardly sour at all and the guacomole a horrid, insipid, blended, plastic green substance that tasted very vaguely of avocado. The whole, when assembled was tasteless in the extreme and I was reduced to putting ever increasing amounts of the on-the-table chili sauce on each succeeding one to make it taste of something. The steak itself did not even appear to have been seasoned before cooking. I left a third of it behind and left without coffee or desert.

All in all, it was like having an 'Old El Paso' home fajita kit but having to go out for it. I would not recommend it for anyone hoping, as I was, for an authentic Mexican experience.
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Keith Barry
Overall rating
Food 3 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 7
Monday, May 26, 2008

Nicely decored, I liked the dark, wooden, dim lighting effect. It showed class and felt very comfortable. The service was excellent, very polite staff. You can see through the glass at the food being made, the kitchen was nice and clean, which makes a customer feel at ease about their food. Food was lovely, however the desert was very small for £6. Overall 9/10
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Sherene
Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 9
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

The best Mexican restaurant ever!

Very nice place to have a romantic dinner...
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Marcela
Overall rating
Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 8
Wednesday, November 14, 2007