Last night I got to do one of my favorite things - Try a new restaurant.
We decided to go to the brand new Tequila's Mexican Restaurant on Old Canton Road in Ridgeland. It looked so nice! You can tell they tried really hard to make a Mexican restaurant that looked quaint and upscale. It was a bit loud and warm in there but they did a wonderful job on the atmosphere.
I believe we went on the restaurant's second day open. So I expected the poor service. But not like this. Everyone was walking around confused and with blatant disdain on their faces. The bar tender was in the absolute worst mood ever and she took it out on the patrons. And our server just didn't know what was going on.
Since it was the first weekend, I gave them the benefit of the doubt. I had a ton of patience and gratitude knowing the staff was doing the best they could. The salsa was absolutely AMAZING!
But that is where the good stops. My food was horrible! I am usually not one to hate food. I got the Pollo Chipotle. After waiting 45 minutes to get our food, I got a plate with a piece of grilled chicken with sauce on top, rice and grilled vegetables. It looked great...
Well, the chicken tasted pretty good. I took 2 bites and my stomach started to hurt. Then I took a bite of the grilled zucchini on my plate. YUCK!!!!!!!!! It had the worst taste. I didn't know you could mess up vegetables. I don't know if the grill had something on it but it was awful! I described it to Scott saying, "It tasted like propane." I don't actually know what propane tastes like but I had to associate it with something.
The rice - it was like eating that crummy rice pilaf accompanying chicken cordon bleu when you have to go one of those hotel banquets.
Scott and the rest of the party didn't have quite as bad of an experience but all of them had complaints about their meal.
While we were there, Scott's sister, her fiance and his brother came in. They had to leave.
Four of us had upset stomachs last night when we got home.
Tequilas - Bad idea!
2 comments:
I'll second this.
Wow, is this place bad. They put a lot of work into the building - too bad they didn't put as much work into creating edible food.
I agree, they need to find a chef that loves food. If you're going to do simple food it needs to be great. And do more than canned refried beans and pkg Mexican rice I mean come on. I've had some wonderful mexican home cooking and it taste nothing like what we're getting at these restaurants around here. Go grab somebody's grandma out of their kitchen and get her to show them her recipes!
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