Playa Bonita — Restaurant in Arlington

This is for the Arlington, WA location only. Overall: Can't recommend the food.

Chips,salsa,bean dip: chips were fine,nothing to take notice of, salsa could have been better, spicy but lacking flavor at the same time, bean dip was only there to counter the very small size of the salsa bowl, nothing noticeable about the dip. I ordered the Tres Amigos, which for some reason was under Beef on the menu, even though part of the dish was pork. Chili Colorado: (beef in red sauce) the beef cubes tasted like good beef, the "red" sauce was very thin and didn't add much flavor. Chili Verde: (pork in green sauce) unfortunately the same, pork was there and tender, sauce was water thin, pooled on the serving plate and didn't add any flavor. Chili Relleno: after the first two Amigos lacking flavor, the Relleno was good, by itself it would not have been great. Rice and beans: standard middle of the road, nothing to get excited about. Had a ground beef taco (crunchy) on the side, separate plate, the taco was better than the Verde and the Colorado, not better than the Relleno. Dessert: Here's where the meal failed completely. I asked for the Creme Brulee Cheesecake: ( combine crunchy melted burnt carmel sauce ontop of cheesecake, sounds like an interesting combination of two desserts?) unfortunately what was brought to my table was a piece of something that looked like cheesecake drizzled with carmel sauce and some sauce at the bottom of the cake. There hadn't even been a match burned next to the top of the cake, let alone a chef's torch to make any of the carmel solid. So I can't say if it was cheesecake because I didn't have a single bite. When I asked the server if they could take it back and have it torched they said it would "melt". The Creme Brulee Cheesecake on the Dessert Menu is a lie, be cautious of any other dessert on the menu, they might be incorrectly described as well. I wasn't feeling like finding out if any other dessert was also falsely described, so I can't say anything for sure about any other dessert. The description from the owner on the website is very sincere and sounds like they really want to serve great food. The owner and head chef need taste the top 20 menu items and then retrain all the cooks to be able to make the truly excellent food that the owners description invites guests to enjoy. The other Mexican restaurant in Historic downtown Arlington is currently much...

-Pleasantly surprised at the flavors of our dishes, and the amount, my God! My wife received the largest Burrito I've EVER seen served at ANY Restaurant (she said the same, and she's a former bartender & restaurant server/manager of several bars & restaurants), their Deluxe Burrito. She got to bring home half of it & get a second meal out of it. AHHH! Leftovers! Look-Out Paraisos! (in Smokey Point). Our guest had the #25 (I think), a burrito & an enchilada combo, which was equally Huge & he enjoyed. My Spicy Shrimp Salad (featured on a menu insert) was great, tho could've been bigger & contain a bit more Other Vegetables replacing some of the iceberg lettuce, just to go with that former theme. Edit:Oh, and watch out for the pico that comes with the chips, it's HOT! I'm a pepper-head, so I loves me some Heat, but this stuff is ON FIRE! *or maybe I was just overly sensitive on this day, which has happened before. -This place is located in the old Rome Pizza House building (from when I went to high-school here 30-some years ago, Yes, this dates me!), in historic downtown Arlington. Just North of the (also historic) Crosswalk Tavern, tho, now spelled 'Krosswalk'. -For This review, I've removed One ☆ for this reason only. A couple years ago my wife & I walked the length of the town (and then some!, Hospital to Haller), and stopped in here to see if she could use their restroom. It was during daylight hours, we were respectably dressed & they were not busy. We both felt as though they were standoffish & suspicious of us. I don't know if there had recently been some unwanted 'occurrence' or something... or perhaps it was just due to the language barrier, but we BOTH felt an uncomfortable resistance to our request. *Being an Empath, she is quite sensitive to these things, where I usually Don't even notice them, but this was blatant! Though they did let her use their restroom after suspiciously eyeing us up & down, I never thought I'd be made to feel this uncomfortable in my own hometown (not that they'd know that), I swore I'd not return. -That being said, I'm glad we gave it a 2nd chance! We'll most...

Me and my friends were here at 12:00pm Wednesday January 22nd. I wanted a standard burrito with chicken, lettuce, rice, beans, and sour cream. Our rude and unhelpful server brought my food and it was completely wrong. It was a wet burrito with the lettuce and sour cream slapped on top. With tomatoes I didn’t ask for! I called her over and very politely asked for the burrito to be taken and I said I didn’t need it remade I just wanted the side of rice and beans it came with instead. I work in the food industry along with the friends I was with and whenever someone doesn’t eat their food because they don’t like it gets taken off the bill. She was very rude and tried gaslighting me into think that’s what I ordered. I DONT EVEN LIKE TOMATOES!!?! She called another server over to help he was very rude also and whenever I would mention that fact that I was confused why I was charged for the burrito, sour cream, lettuce, and TOMATOES? He kept walking away before I could talk about it. I was being polite because I work in the food industry and I know how it is. However, this was the worst service I have ever gotten. They gave me a 50% discount on the burrito only when I didn’t eat it and made me pay full price for the lettuce, sour cream, and the tomatoes that I didn’t want. If you like paying for food you didn’t eat or ask for this place is...