Laredo Mexican Grill — Restaurant in Auburn

When I walked in I was overwhelmed by a powerful, warm gravitas that filled me with fantastic emotions for which our shared language has no name. I sought out the source of this profound presence and was directed to the bartender known as Levi. The gentle force of his scintillating personality surrounded me as I sat down at the bar like the smell of grandma's apple pie wafting through the house on Thanksgiving day. I needed no words to convey my order; he looked upon me and weighed my soul within his eyes, and I knew that he was aware of who I was, who I had been, and who I would become. Most importantly, he also knew my drink order. Oh, the drinks! The elixirs he creates bear the moniker of "margarita", but generations of linguists have postulated that only in the languages of uncontacted Amazonian tribes does there exist a single word that can describe the sensation that exists within your mouth, belly, and soul when you sip on Levi's legendary libations. The Olympians in their sky-bound palaces weep in jealousy at us mere mortals who are blessed enough to partake of Levi's concoctions, their own mythical nectar and ambrosia a pale imitation of the alcoholic revelations he places atop the bar. The wisdom he distributes is the kind that can be found only in the lined faces of every culture's oldest and most respected sages. His jokes create true hilarity--a temporary, cheerful insanity as your mind struggles to comprehend how one man's witicisms rewrite the definition of humor. His tall tales told late into the night would make Aristophanes himself put down his pen in despair at ever making people laugh as hard or as genuine. After your sides ache and the tears run down your cheeks, Levi brings you back to Earth with his willful and purpose-driven activity as he endeavors, and succeeds, in making each patron feel as if they are attending a seminar on the things that make them feel most at home. The drinks and conversation will flow like the steady, thunderous streaming of a mighty river, and carve deep canyons into your troubles until they melt away like the last bitter snows of winter as the spring returns your world to vibrant life. You will not only lose track of time when sitting across from him, but wish that no clocks, no sunset, no moonrise existed--only an endless present spent in his company. Alas, closing time must come. And when it does I watch him take his earned, fair portion and exit through the back door, with a smile, a wave, and a promise to return. And in that moment, I can never help but turn to my fellow patrons and say "There goes my hero; watch him...

I visited Laredos on numerous occasions when visiting from Atlanta, but on this occasion the service level was very lackluster in comparison to prior visits. My girlfriend, her cousin, and I came for lunch. First my girlfriend’s cousin wanted to try the new drink promotion the margarita flight. There was two tray choices of four drinks. Tray 1 and Tray 2. My girlfriend’s cousin is allergic to peaches and wanted to substitute the peach margarita with something else. The waiter ignored her request and when asked if her request was possible, he responded with a hard no. Second, we ordered the Southwest eggrolls. Seeing that my girlfriend is vegetarian, we asked if there was any meat inside these egg rolls. The waiter responded, “No. All the ingredients listed is what's inside the egg rolls.” Which was ok, if that was indeed true. So the egg rolls came to our table and there was clearly chunks of chicken breast inside the egg rolls. We asked the waiter is chicken inside these egg rolls after biting into one. Once again the waiter responded with a hard no. So, we asked for a manager. The manager arrived and she asked if she could help us with anything. We stated that there is chicken in these egg rolls which voids their claim of this dish being vegetarian friendly. The manager started that they don't make the egg rolls in house and the ingredients listed on the menu is what's on the box. So we showed her the chicken breast chunks in the egg rolls to give some validity to our claim. She proceeded to say that all ingredients on the menu came from the box. We proceeded with our other dishes, paid, and left the replacement waiter a $30 tip. She was very sweet by the way. Hours later my girlfriend is sick and throwing up. I don't know what was the problem on this day, but this establishment will NOT be on my list of restaurants to dine upon...

I got food from them last night and it gave me food poisoning. When I called and told them that the manager flat out told me, "How am I supposed to know you aren't lying?? I sell thousands of meals and no one has ever complained before." I told him how can he sit there and say that when I am telling him I am sick. He was like well did you go to the hospital and I told him no because I literally can not move. He said well I am sorry but we are not refunding your money because we don't know if you are being honest or not. I have an 8 year old daughter and 2 month old son and can't even see about them due to these people and their food. I have never been so insulated in all my life. I will never go back to them! All I can do is warn people that if they make you sick they will take no responsibility for...