Las Cazuelas Restaurante — Restaurant in Ensenada

There aren't too many breakfast spots in the area so finding this was absolutely a treat! Walked in on Valentines morning and expected a long wait but to our surprise, we were seated right away even though the entire place was packed. The decor is very old school, with old wooden chairs and tables. They had special Vday dishes but we just went with the regular menu items.

Upon being seated, a server placed peppers, salsa, wedges of lime and danish style cookies on our table. Our waiters spoke pretty good english so we had no problems ordering. My beau wanted to try the chicken chilaquiles topped with a fried egg and the Omelet Tito which comes with carne asada and chorizo, with a side of refried beans, hash browns and a generous scoop of avocado. Since I couldn't decide what I wanted, we just ordered these two dishes to share.

Every dish comes with a choice of quesadilla or chicharron soup and we both had the chicharron soup. They serve fresh warm corn tortillas with the soup. Then they replenish the tortilla basket by tossing the ones we didnt consume and placed fresh ones to serve with our main dish (I'm slightly picky about stuff like that so my hubby watched the server as he took the basket away).

Both of our dishes came out much bigger in portion than we expected and were absolutely delicious! Our meal came out to $15 with the current exchange rate of almost 19 mxn to 1 usd!

By the time we were finished with our meal and left the restaurant, there was a huge line of people waiting outside! I guess we just got a good head...

I don’t like leaving bad reviews, especially because the waiters were great, but the experience was very bad.

I asked what kind of fish the fish filet was. The owner came and said it was called blanco. Blanco is a group of fish. I said I didn’t want cabrilla and he promised me it wasn’t. When it came, I recognized it as cabrilla. I asked the waiter who brought it and he said it was cabrilla. The owner came over and insisted it wasn’t.

The tortilla chips were stale and the guacamole without flavor. I wouldn’t post a review just for that, but now that I’ve started.

I didn’t eat the filet and asked the owner for the check. When we were paying, we asked if we could leave 15% extra for the tip (for the food we didn’t even eat). The owner said it wasn’t possible. I’ve never been to a restaurant in Mexico where it wasn’t possible. So he collected for the food, but denied his waiters a tip. Awful.

Go if you like, but you’ve been warned with...

I'm torn by how to review this place. I really wanted to like it. They have a great menu, the atmosphere is old world from a bygone era. Don't read that as a bad thing, it definitely has a cool vibe. Old school sophistication. I ordered a margarita and quite honestly it was pretty weak. Meaning not strong. But there was this smell. I wasn't sure if it was bad or just weird. And I couldn't place it. I mentioned it to the waiter. He told me from where it was originating. I decided that I would leave and asked for the check. They were pretty slow that night, perhaps 3 other tables in total. Yet no one came with the bill. I finally decided to just leave. I left an ample amount of cash on the table...plenty to cover the drink and a sizable tip. I left and no one came after me. I really wanted to eat here, but I couldn't. Would I try it again in a couple of weeks? I would. I might have caught them on a bad night. I’m hoping that the owner...