La Parroquia — Restaurant in Campeche

After reading reviews, we were more than disappointed with our entire experience here. From an unfriendly waitress to listening to oldy-moldy American music, it was not a traditional Mexican meal. The pico de gallo was tomato, diced onion and one little leaf of cilantro. Without lime or jalapeños it was bland and flavourless. The taco chips were so greasy they were wet and unpalatable. My panucho de pollo were also dripping with grease and the juice extremely sweet. My companions puc choc was another disaster. When you bend a fork and have difficulty cutting with a serrated knife it is apparent quality isn’t of a concern to them. Even the little sausage that topped the dish was reluctant to be cut from its casing. Glancing up, we noticed the dust on the mural beside us was so thick it was waving in the breeze from the fan and we thought it would fall into our food. Not a good experience and definitely not a mistake we...

I'd 4.5 if I could. The food and service is excellent here. I ate here every day, twice, twice... Shrimp cocktail? Tops. Panuchos? Best yet. Caesar con pollo? Tasty -- an interesting "Mexican " version on the dressing with exceptional grilled chicken.

Sunday they do mole chicken. I ordered before I saw it... On the napkin dispenser. HINT: yell... "it's mole day !!" I wish I'd tried their mole based on the quality of other dishes I tried. Efficient and old-school service. They're waiters, not your friends. And they're cool with that. I am too.

This place is apparently open 24 hrs. They are a sister restaurant, jointly owned, with the swank(er) Marganzo(a?)... The quality shows.

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Atmosphere was nice when we arrived. Nice decoration and very cozy. Food ended up being quite lackluster for the price, where I would have expected better knowing prices around Mexico. Seasoning wasn't great and the food was quite dry (we ordered fish and chicken, both were overcooked). Service wad also quite curt, especially the waitress we had. Decided not to tip because the food wasn't exceptional for the price and because service wasn't great. This prompted the waitress to push me to tip, explaining how the tip is normally already part of the bill. Kind of gave me a further reason not to add a tip. Overall decent food but service was way worse than expected from the reviews I've read...