Lolita's Restaurant — Restaurant in Ildefonso Green

I personally feel really bad giving a bad review and I try not to, because I also own a small business and know how much they suck. Having said that. The wait staff were friendly but the food was absolutely terrible. I got the enchiladas hoping for an authentic taste of Mexico but that’s the furthest from what I got. My wife ordered the chicken fajitas and I can tell you that the chicken we ate had to have gone bad. It started with the tomatoes in the salsa as they were rancid and discolored, the ingredients all tasted old and rotten. If you’re sober minded, I would highly suggest that you stay away from this place if you want to enjoy the rest of your trip. Let’s just say food poisoning on vacation is not ideal. If it would have been one thing about one of our meals that was bad, I would’ve looked the other way but everything about, everything we ordered was terrible. I trusted the Google rating when choosing this place but before you do the same just take a closer look at the photos people have posted of their food… Sorry Lolita’s for being that guy but you gave me no choice...

I ate here twice. Let’s start with atmosphere then food. It’s an open air restaurant with a nice cool breeze coming in straight to the kitchen and dining area. You can see the cooks prepare right here. Everything looks clean. They have a wall of maybe 30 different tequilas. Classic Mexican music lightly playing in the background and colorful walls and table cloths. Birds chirping. Am I dreaming? The orange juice is fresh and squeezed by hand. Papaya fruit was fresh. Huevos Rancheros was delicious and very filling. The enchiladas were great, filling. Colorful plates and prepared with presentation in mind. Each sauce, each salsa, each ingredient had its own distinct flavor that popped and in one bite you can taste each individual flavor. They serve you fresh tortilla chips and 4 salsas as a starter for free… for prices it was a bit on the higher end, and one night the rice was a tad bit dry. But the food was always served with a smile and the owner came in to say hello to his customers. I’ll probably be back a third time to...

Really great people working here, very friendly and willing to work with you if your Spanish isn't so good. Usually their English is so-so, ergo it's best if you have some one with passable Spanish or a good translator app. Hurricane Norma knocked out their internet so they are temporarily cash only, though usually they take card payments. The food is incredibly good. I nearly ate a whole molecajete myself (which usually feeds 4 people) because it was so good I just kept eating. Their Jamaica and horchata drinks are the best I've ever had, the poblano cream soup is amazingly good. Somehow they make the perfect Chile relleno, with melty cheese, fried exterior and yet the poblano is still crisp (most places the poblano ends up mushy and over cooked). The mole is rich and vibrant with barely any sweetness (as it should be). Their liqor selection is significant though I can't personally comment on their cocktails. We love Lolita's, it's a staple of...