It was a warm Sunday afternoon and some tacos and a margarita sounded perfect. We happened upon Frida while checking out the Americana at Brand. I usually only like to talk about the places I dig. But every once in a while you have a meal which is just bad on so many levels you have to tell as many people about it so they don’t make the same mistake.
After sitting there for about 10 min, I finally flagged down a passing waiter. “Oh, no one has helped you yet? Well I can.” he replied. They didn’t have a drink menu, although there is one available on their web site, so we ordered a strawberry margarita and a Cadillac margarita. He warned us that people usually send the strawberry back, but we didn’t listen. We should have, it was horrible. Then the Cadillac margarita had a plastic taste to it. It tasted like their sweet and sour juice came from a cheap pre-made mix. For $11 I expected much better quality.
The food finally came after a long wait, and sort of chuckled at the tiny scoop of dry beans and the silver dollar sized rounded blob of rice. I took a bite of the dry beans, and they were close to actually being cold. I started on my Enchilada Tapatias and noticed right away that these were at room temperature too. Even the flautas we ordered were room temperature. We sent it back and they threw it in the oven to heat it up a little, but it still didn’t taste very fresh. Our waiter gave a half assed sorry and went along his way.
The flavor of the food was more tex mex than mexico city. It was uninspired and lacked any good flavor or authenticity. I wouldn’t be surprised if this place doesn’t make it through the end of the year.
August 13th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Who expected to find authentic Mexico City food in a place such as Americana at Brand? If the reviewer goes with the intention to look at the negative side of restaurant, might as well pick up a cook book and cook at home. It’s not professional (if you can call this so-called reviewer that) to even mention a or imply that certain establishment is sure to close at a determined time. From what I can remember, ethical and moral reviewers tend to keep their opinions neutral, not wine and cry like those customers that publish their reviews on citysearch.
August 13th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Hello “carol”. I didn’t expect it, but when you claim to be authentic mexican cuisine, I figured it would at least be good. Have you been? The service and food were just plain awful. I have yet to read a good review of the place.
Why did you post with a different name on my review of Loteria? What are you trying to hide?
My reviews aren’t worthy of a Pulitzer, but they are honest and I know what a successful restaurant is and the only thing that will keep the people coming here is not knowing what lies ahead. But I doubt they will be getting much repeat business.
October 6th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Matt, I am with Carol. Your reviews are not professional. Quite frankly, your review style sucks and you should stick to your very amateur musing because at least we can tell it is a want-to-be foodie review.