Hacienda de San Ángel Restaurante — Restaurant in Ensenada

I hate to leave bad reviews because I’ve worked in restaurants. But… yeah this one was really bad.

First, the positives: the grounds and venue are gorgeous - big beautiful garden, old-Mexico style hacienda. And plenty of parking.

The negatives: pretty much everything else.

Service: terrible. We had a couple people with food allergies who made requests and they were not honored. They had to send their food back. My partner and I didn’t have place settings at our table and we had to ask multiple times. Our group was three tables and one of the other tables was completely done eating before we even got our food.

At many restaurants I’d chalk it up to lack of experience with big groups, but this place is literally a wedding venue. They should be experts at large groups.

Food: also terrible. Our meals came with a free bowl of tortilla soup. It didn’t taste like anything and wasn’t hot.

My meal was a steak, enchilada, rice, beans and guacamole. The steak was absolutely cooked to death. Like you could barely cut it. It also somehow tasted fishy. The enchilada, like the soup, didn’t really taste like anything. Vaguely tomatoey. The rice was terrible - tasted like something from a package mix like rice-a-roni and was very wet. The guacamole didn’t taste like anything. The beans were at least edible.

Ambiance: the landscapers were there and some kind of renovation is going on during the day, during normal operating hours. The noise was super annoying.

Price: very high for the quality. The food at Los Globos market is 200x better. And 1/4 the price. Hell, the food we improvise from donations at the homeless shelter we volunteer at is better than what we paid about $500 MXN per person for here.

Overall: beautiful venue, would be a beautiful place to have a wedding. But bring your own catering...

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