1408 SE 12th Ave, Portland, 97214
The short of it: edible, but not my new favorite Mexican restaurant.
Pluses: nice outdoor seating area (love the booths and the cool tin lampshades), very friendly server, management that actually works, enchilada sauce on my companion's dish was very good, Cadillac margarita was better than average.
Minuses: had to pay $2 for too-thick chips & three kinds of crappy salsas (BOOOO!!!), the cuisine is most definitely mexicanish-for-yuppies. Take the "potatoes olé," for example: while delicious, I am not aware that russet golds mashed with corn, carrots and pepper Jack is a traditional Mexican recipe. I had a wet burrito: very large, sort of tasted like cardboard, not worth the money. I prefer Laughing Planet's burritos to Aquí's.
The verdict: wouldn't go there again. Not even for the margarita.
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05 March 2009
15 January 2009
La Costita
7405 SE Barbur Blvd Suite 110, Portland, 97219
Booooo! Hissss!
This used to be a Plain Jane favorite for the high yum factor, large portions, free chips & salsa, reasonable prices and friendly staff. They must've changed management recently, however, because my visit last week was sorely disappointing.
1. They stopped serving rice & beans on the side with my chicken mole: now it's only rice. The plate looked practically bare.
2. They charged for the chips & salsa. Boooooo!
3. It could have just been the server we got, but she was decidedly less friendly and relaxed than any other server I'd ever had there in the past. I blame the management. Happy staff make customers happy; unhappy staff make customers unhappy.
4. The prices haven't changed, but the portions are smaller. This goes for the side of sour cream & guacamole as well; for $2.50 I received only a small dollop of each. Hissssss!
I am not a person who is naturally averse to change, but the recent changes at La Costita are decidedly for the worse.
Overall: I'm very grumpy about having to find a new favorite Mexican restaurant. =*(
Booooo! Hissss!
This used to be a Plain Jane favorite for the high yum factor, large portions, free chips & salsa, reasonable prices and friendly staff. They must've changed management recently, however, because my visit last week was sorely disappointing.
1. They stopped serving rice & beans on the side with my chicken mole: now it's only rice. The plate looked practically bare.
2. They charged for the chips & salsa. Boooooo!
3. It could have just been the server we got, but she was decidedly less friendly and relaxed than any other server I'd ever had there in the past. I blame the management. Happy staff make customers happy; unhappy staff make customers unhappy.
4. The prices haven't changed, but the portions are smaller. This goes for the side of sour cream & guacamole as well; for $2.50 I received only a small dollop of each. Hissssss!
I am not a person who is naturally averse to change, but the recent changes at La Costita are decidedly for the worse.
Overall: I'm very grumpy about having to find a new favorite Mexican restaurant. =*(
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