La Fonda de Chalio — Restaurant in Sinaloa

Sadly, not great.

I was here about four years ago and it was fairly good, but this time not so much. The margarita was so salty it was undrinkable, the food (nachos con carne) were terribly bland (like, retirement home food…seriously), and the baño (men’s at least) was absolutely covered in urine and filth. I notified the lady at the counter and she apologized, but twenty minutes later it was still the same. My wife said the lady’s room was slightly better.

Our waiter was far more interested in the 70+ year olds that came through for a beer.

To be fair, it was around 2:30pm, fairly low attendance, so maybe they were on staff changeover? But it was not great.

Pricing was also very high compared to most other places we had been on the Malecón. This was not the main boardwalk area, it’s on the Playa Olas Altas section. One small margarita, one (small) nachos con carne, and an agua: $350 pesos or $27 CAD

Maybe they cater more to older folks, but it certainly didn’t give me something to encourage others...

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