Los Chilaquiles FUNDADORES — Restaurant in Baja California

I really wanted to like this place. It did not work out that way. It seemed like I was in an episode of a cooking show where the challenge was to take authentic Mexican home style food and turn it into something fancy and expensive. It LOOKED good. But it flopped.

The chic plating and the modern decor give the impression of fine dining, but the flavor, the service, the palatability, and the overall experience are what made this restaurant flop.

I found the chilaquiles difficult to eat. Because of their plating, there were chips all around the outside and the top layer, with the meat and sauce piled in a slop in the middle. This resulted in the chips not being soaked with the sauce and therefore not being soft. Instead of shredded meat, it came with giant chunks of pork, which I had to shred myself and then add to the chips along with with the chunky sauce that I had to scrape from the bottom of the plate. There was a lot of gristle with the pork. Neither of us liked the flavor of the sauce. It was unpalatable and unsatisfying. I showed up super hungry and left wondering what I was going to eat at home. Never a good sign. The beans were so-so, watery and flavorless. No rice. 😭

The fruit salad was very good, crisp and fresh, juicy and flavorful. Our only complaint was that we had ordered it based on a Google photo which represented it as coming with cottage cheese. When ours did not have cottage cheese, the waitress explained that they don’t have that there.

Scrambled eggs were very well done, bits of black in them. Nobody ate them. The pancake was good.

Instead of chips and salsa, we were brought a bolillo (like a French roll) spread with refried beans and topped with cheese. 😳 What… I mean, it wasn’t bad, but…it wasn’t good either?? #why

We were served hot sodas with a glass of ice. Yuck. The glasses were quite small, so by the time the first glass was drunk the ice had melted and we are left with hot soda in the can. The waitress was not very attentive (when we needed her to be), so I had to wait about ten minutes with no drink.

Speaking of that waitress, both of us felt stressed by her insistent manner. She gave us about three seconds to look at the menu and then kept suggesting things, pointing things out, asking if we were ready, etc. She arranged everything on the table every time she walked over. I am not joking. Straightened each person’s placemat, moved the centerpieces, pushed aside plates and cups. So awkward. I was like, you wanna come to my house and clean my room, too??

Lastly, we were batting away flies and little gnats during the...

WOW, WOW, WOW! If you come to TJ, this is a MUST try place. First, the service was EXCELLENT. Second, my husband ordered chilaquiles EXTREMELY spicy with arrachera. He asked to make them EXTREMELY spicy and they were. The chilaquiles were not only spicy but flavored. My husband tipped the waitress and the cook very well because his food was soooo good. My chilaquiles were not spicy just the "normal" green salsa and yummy 🤤 The server offered us freshly made Oaxaca hot chocolate and man that was tasty. He also offered us carrot cake and it is a must try too. It it not too sweet because they do not put a lot of the cream on top just in the middle and it is a big slice and pretty darn good. No complains at all. Their sanitary protocol is very good too. Planning to come back, YOU...

Mala suerte que no pueda dar 0 ⭐️ No PIERDAN su TIEMPO en visitar este lugar😡Especialmente si tienen niños.Aquí dejo mi experiencia. 1.Primero nos sentaron pero después de avernos sentado parece que ni estuviéramos ahí tardaron demasiado en tomar nuestra orden,para este entonces no había tanta gente así que no entendíamos por qué se tardaban tanto. 2.cuando finalmente llegó el mesero este para empezar pensaría que por lo menos se disculparía pero no lo hizo tomo nuestra orden pero nisiquiera nos miraba a la cara al tomar la orden parecería que el estaba soñando con no estar en su trabajo solo miraba acia la ventana y tomaba la orden era como de hey estamos aqui🙋🏻‍♀️🙄ordenamos un Appetizer ya que pensamos que a lo mejor llegaría más pronto que la comida y si así fue llego el apetizzer pero la comida nunca llego. 3.El baño estaba una asquerosidad yo entiendo que aveces no hay suficiente tiempo para limpiar rápido pero este baño hasta tenía una cucaracha disecada 🤢🤮en la esquina de la pared eso me dio a entender que no lo limpian frecuentemente. Cuando regrese a la mesa ya estaba nuestra “botana”servida pero para entonces ya había perdido dos cosas mi apetito y lo tiempo no solo eso si no que note que alguien una familia más grande que nosotros que llegaron más tarde ya estaban sentados comiendo🤯así que pedí la cuenta y todavía en vez de disculparse pregunta si quiero la comida para llevar🤯🤬😤Oh y no solo eso por una quesadilla un jugo y café pagamos $200 pesos. Ustedes dirán si este lugar merece su Tiempo y💰fuimos a otro restaurante que simpre vamos pague creo$400 y todavía me sobro comida sin mencionar el excelente servicio al cliente eso me pasa por querer probar algo nuevo🤷🏻‍♀️Nunca de los nuncas vuelvo...