Café De Tacuba — Restaurant in Mexico City

I went here on a recommendation of a friend, and I'm glad I took her recommendation.

I was seated right away, and within minutes the server came by to take my drink order (I just ordered an horchata, which was pretty good). When she came back with my drink, she was telling me their special for the day, but I had already decided what to get, the chicken cordon bleu and the daily soup, which was fideo.

I revived the soup within five minutes, and it was delicious, it was just the right temperature, and while half way through with the soup, my main dish came, the server was nice enough to ask me if I needed more time to finish the soup, I said yes and he took the plate back so I could finish the soup.

Once done with the soup, the server brought me the main dish, and I was impressed by how big it was, I really wasn't expecting it to be a big plate. The chicken cordon bleu was also delicious, especially with the salsa, it gave it a nice mild spice.

While eating, a live band was playing music, I'm not sure if it's a daily thing or not, but I was happy to be there, a dinner and a show. The band did move from spot to spot, and as customers were taking pictures and videos, one of the guys was doing poses for the camera; it really was great to see the interaction.

I also wanted to mention that the server I had assisted an elderly woman with a cane get up from her seat and walk her to the restroom and back to the table! awesome customer service.

The place itself is very decorative, and very clean. I did observe a few of the servers clean a table and get it ready for the next customers, which included taking off the white table sheet and replacing it with a new clean one.

I really do...

Came here specifically for the live band. I was seated at the quieter side where I can hear the music but couldn’t see them. The waiter was very helpful with the menu, I wasn’t hungry, so was deciding between two dishes l, he recommended a combo with four different types of classic Mexican food, small ones he said, turned out enormous. cheese was the best one and all others are dry. They only have non spicy salsa sauce, which didn’t help the dryness,so not sure why there’re people saying it’s authentic? Cocktail was good as expected. Because I went for the band, I asked if I can change table to the other side to be able to see them (it was 8:30pm) waiter said it’s ok where I was, the band will come to this side. Then people in my side started to leave, the band walked pass me, and was asked by the waiter to go back to the other side(?) even the family came 30 mins later than me changed their table and saw the performance then leave. Finally the drummer came to my table, I got all excited but he was asked to go again! The waiter came told me they’ll come here. So I waited passionately with my drink, for almost another hour. Only to find musicians started leaving, left three guitarists and a singer performed for one table. I decided to leave in the end and found out from the waiter (who promised me they’ll come) they were paid by a customer so not allowed to leave for others. A massive disappointment, all I wanted is to SEE the band, I’d be happy to paid overpriced blend food if the music experience lives up. Unfortunately not my luck. Building was beautiful, service was good up til the band was hired and the waiter...

The restaurant is a beautiful setting with two stories and with beautiful antique decorations, and music on both floors. we chose the upstairs section because we were a group of 12 and we wanted a little privacy for the group. The appetizers were delicious. We ordered way too much appetizer, since we barely could touch our main dishes but food was very good. There was a lamb dish that I think it was a lamb intestine that I ordered and the taste was very very very gamy so I suggest do not order that dish. Service on the other hand was fast but the waiter that served us, a young fellow was not very accommodative and we found him rude. We ordered one salad for the two of us, and they brought out two large salads, and after much argument, they would not take one back, which we don’t understand they could serve it to somebody else since it’s not touched, and for such a big group, it just seems a bit pity. Yeah, the waiter was bit on the rude side as well were one of the drinks wasn’t to the order, and he pretty much confronted us and banged the drink back on the table. Language is always an issue and we do understand but we try to be clear and we also had a Spanish-speaking person to help with the translations from our side and not to be rude. This is a shame since this is a very nice establishment with great food and great music. if we had a choice, we would’ve not tipped the waiter but it was included and there you go that’s why tip should be not included so we do get some service...