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Comment Archives: Locations: Restaurants: Mexican

Re: “Cha Cha's Tequila Bar”

Terrible service!! Food was okay but service was terrible (and I've been there several times). When I went looking for a manager one of the bouncers told me to "fuck off". I was fucking amazed!! Too bad because the food is not bad, but in Charleston where the restaurant business is soooo competative they won't be around for the long run. Skip this place and go to one of the MANY other places that have servers who actually give a shit about taking care of customers.

9 of 12 people like this.
Posted by Tom Hall on November 3, 2012 at 9:43 PM

Re: “La Norteña”

The Enchiladas Verde is great and the wait staff is very friendly.

1 of 1 people like this.
Posted by FastFred on October 10, 2012 at 1:48 PM

Re: “Juanita Greenberg's”

Too much Greenberg and not enough Juanita .. Food is way too heavy on beans & lettuce .. Actually quite pedestrian unless you've had so many beers you can't tell they served up cardboard with sauce over it ..

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Posted by OlinMac on September 22, 2012 at 1:49 AM

Re: “Cha Cha's Tequila Bar”

I'm giving it three stars only because I know it can be more consistent. I know they had a rough start and I was hearing some really bad things about the food, but the last three times I've been in it's been really spot on good.
I think they had some serious kinks to work out, but as far as somewhere new, affordable and good to go on James Island, I've been loving it at Cha Cha's.
I mean: Pork Belly taco with roasted bananas and crunchy peanut butter!!
I like non traditional approaches to food and they are making some really interesting and good combinations.

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Posted by Frugal Gourmet on September 13, 2012 at 2:55 PM

Re: “Zia Taqueria”

Baja fish tacos, $2.50 on a Monday night. Friendly and attentive service. It's like a fast food place where you order and pay at the counter, except the food is so *so* much better! If you don't like fresh ingredients (like cilantro) go to Taco Bell.

Posted by arteear01 on August 29, 2012 at 3:13 AM

Re: “Raul's Taqueria & Mexican Grill”

Sadly, Raul's has impressed less each time I've had lunch.
Lunch 1 - great service and food; several months ago
Lunch 2 - good service and food; couple of months ago
Lunch 3 - Horrible table service, no limes or lemons. Tacos were okay. one month ago
Lunch 4 - This week brought some work colleagues. Table service was embarrassing. No limes or lemons available (really?), stale tortilla chips.

Regrettably I've had my last meal at Raul's. Of course, all Raul needs to do is fix the table service, keep the chips fresh and figure out how to buy limes and lemons and I might give it a shot...

Posted by OnTheMark on August 25, 2012 at 10:13 PM

Re: “Zia Taqueria”

The food is freaking amazing. This place destroys, it absolutely blows away in everyway Tacoboy. The margarita mix at Zias is made from scratch with real citrus fruit. Also unlike Tacoboy, they have pitchers. The tacos are way bigger and taste a 1000 times better. This is my go to place for Sunday frozen screwdrivers. Try the tacos with the El Yucateco hot sauce at the silverware station. Deathly hot hot sauce.

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Posted by CircleHook on August 24, 2012 at 10:14 PM

Re: “Santi's”

Made a trip to the new Mt. Pleasant location after rave reviews from several sources. Was crowded on a Saturday around 6- waited for a table for several minutes. We were seated shortly after in a smaller
Table that wasn't be cleared
For us initally. Service was horrible!! Only saw our waiter 2 times total. No refills on drinks the entire time we were there- and they were empty within the first 10 minutes. No refills on chips or salsa. Staff aimlessly walking around and not attentive at all. Food was luke warm and some bites almost stone cold. Not authentic and pretty bland. Would not recommend this location to anyone.

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Posted by Ber on August 5, 2012 at 9:15 AM

Re: “Pollo Tropical”

This place is not like the ones in Miami surrounding areas. It is more Mexican cuisine but uses the chain name. Oh well

Posted by MiamiQbanman on July 17, 2012 at 8:53 PM

Re: “Santi's”

OK...I know this is about the downtown location, but just wanted to give everyone heads up that if you plan to go to the one on Mt. P... be prepared to sweat! NO AC! Our first experience was truly aweful!

The rice is obviously instant...beans not good and the 'sweet brown sauce' ???? a total uck! Tasted uncooked and was again, obviously a powdered mix... the basic tamalie I ordered was ok but not fabulous... I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS EXPERIENCE TO ANYONE!!!!!

Posted by Additions To Our table on July 8, 2012 at 9:14 AM

Re: “Santi's”

The new place in Mt Pleasant is terrible in all respects. Do not go there.

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Posted by True American Patriot on July 1, 2012 at 1:01 PM

Re: “Cha Cha's Tequila Bar”

, I'm giving it 4 stars based on my experience. The happy hour is excellent: plentiful free pool tables and $1 Tecates (and when those ran out, they upgraded to a Costa Rican beer called Imperial.) The food is very good, especially for a place that identifies itself as a sports bar. We enjoyed the homemade tortilla chips and salsa and had no trouble getting to an open pool table at 5 pm. It appears as though renovations may not be complete yet...but the Mexican Day of the Dead murals that adorn the walls help set a fun vibe, as do the hand-painted, glowing skulls on the bar. We really enjoyed our appetizer sampler--the surprise hit for me being the fried pita bread. The Bacon-wrapped jalapenos were quite tasty too. My wife, who used to tend bar at a Latin bar, was blown away by her first rocks margarita, but had to ask them to remake the 2nd one...meaning it depends on who makes it. (Nicolette made the best one.)

The most important thing we noticed is that we could truly feel that everyone there is trying very hard to make this something good. Dollar beers and good food will get me in the door once. The attitude and effort being put forth have already brought me back for repeat trips.

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Posted by Jimi257 on June 28, 2012 at 12:37 PM

Re: “Cha Cha's Tequila Bar”

Love it! Cool atmosphere! Much better than Charlies ever could hot to be. Great tacos too.

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Posted by Anthony Placebo on June 28, 2012 at 12:08 AM

Re: “Cha Cha's Tequila Bar”

My hubby and I went to check the place out for the first time tonight, and I gave it 3 stars bc I did like the atmosphere. We thought the chips and salsa were yummy, as the salsa was good and spicy with some kind of fruit in it? Good stuff! The frozen screw driver tasted was not too good, and I thought my margarita wasn't too good. My husband's lamb taco was really good! My fish taco was fishy though ugh, so that was disappointing. We live on Ji, so appreciate the JI vibe, but for food sorry but we both agreed we'd stick to Zia. The place is new though, so hopefully the food will get better! Overall cool joint to hang out!

3 of 5 people like this.
Posted by Charleston1923 on June 27, 2012 at 9:34 PM

Re: “Santi's”

The new place in Mt Pleasant is awful. Crowded, noisey, slow service, warm and weak margaritas. Unfriendly staff. No diversity in staff (7-8 pissed off looking Mexicans running around. They won't make it here..... too many options. Santi needs to open another place on Ashely Phosphate where they put up with this garbage

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Posted by True American Patriot on June 27, 2012 at 9:14 PM

Re: “Santi's”

The new place in Mt Pleasant is horrible. Crowded, blase, noisy with 6-7 Mexicans running around with "I'm pissed off to have to be here" expressions on their face. Luke warm margaritas. Bland food. I've had better Tacos at Taco Bell for 1/6th the price.

Plus, they are letting customers park on the sidewalk blocking school children walking from Mt Pleasant elementary.

I do not recommend. Stay away

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Posted by True American Patriot on June 27, 2012 at 8:48 PM

Re: “Cha Cha's Tequila Bar”

Tried it out for the first time this week. Was very impressed with set-up, HH deals, and the tacos were great. Free pool, $1 Tecate, $2 tall boy PBR during HH (4-7pm). My two tacos were a lamb chorizo sausage wrapped in bacon with crispy onions and a spicy sauce, and a tempura baja fish with fresh red cabbage and cilantro n onions. Both huge, both super-tastey, 2 for $7. What's not to like there?

I'm sure some hyper-critical foodie D-bags will have something to say about this place (they always do...) To them I say tuck your Brooks Bro. shirt in, go eat at husk for the 3rd time this week en route to IOP for your beach day. This place is chill, friendly, good F&B at great price points. Should fit in nicely with the JI and FB crowds.

Well Done!

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Posted by ChesterCopperPot on June 21, 2012 at 10:32 AM

Re: “Santi's”

One of the top Mexican places in town.
If you don't like to wait for good food and do not like authentic Mexican fair, then go to La Hacienda and get a cheese steak burrito. It will be out in less than 2 minutes along with the sugar loaded slushy machine margaritas.
If you do however like scratch made frothy margaritas and real queso "not the melted white American" but pure melted Oaxaca cheese...Then this is the place you for you.
And yes this is a college city, so if you go on a weekend between 7pm & 9pm it will be busy. But it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out.

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Posted by Larry White on June 15, 2012 at 2:45 PM

Re: “Raul's Taqueria & Mexican Grill”

Very good food from a concise menu in an interesting environment. I have recommended this place to others and look forward to eating there again.

Highs: the mole chicken (the best mole I've ever had and the chicken was tender and succulent); the lengua tacos (good enough for a 4-year-old to enjoy); the Dia de la Muerte decor; the frendliness of the staff; the rich and flavorful pork torta.

Lows: the queso fundido (tasted more like a bland alfredo), and the salsa was good enough but didn't have the fresh-herb/ingredient pop that the food did. They do need to tighten up the service routine, but we didn't have anything like the bad experiences described by others.

Miscellaneous: lots of parking, easy to get to, the owner seems well-involved and did come out and talk to us for a while.

Posted by factoryconnection on May 15, 2012 at 9:32 AM

Re: “Raul's Taqueria & Mexican Grill”

Lunchless On Cinco De Mayo!

We had high hopes for this restaurant. The reviews said Excellent Authentic Food! I should have read more reviews.We will never know as no one wanted to service us lunch! I remained determined even after walking into a dark somewhat uninviting bar atmosphere. That has been misleading before, but not this time.

We were seated by a gentleman with some pretty interesting eyebrows painted on above his made up eyes. They were impressive. He gave us our menus and took our drink order. The first indicator of a problem were the cold greasy chips that were delivered to the table. Then.....

That was the end of anyone coming to our table. My husband noticed the gentleman with the makeup taking an order from a Hispanic couple that came in after we did and had their drinks already. After 15 minutes, we got up, still nothing to drink, to find the original gentleman standing behind the bar talking with a bar patron (who was not there when we arrived and already had his drink). He stood there and looked at us as I approached him and I said, "I'm sorry but we have to leave but I am starving.". His deer in the headlights response was, "Okay". We went down the street to La Nortena, we were greeted like we were welcome, had great service, and an excellent lunch. Ole'!!

2 of 5 people like this.
Posted by Weime on May 14, 2012 at 2:50 PM
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