ATLANTIS MARISCOS & CANTINA — Restaurant in Avondale

I went with two of my friends because we were very excited for the grand opening. We were greeted with a confused girl who doesn't speak English very well looking at us as if we were inconveniencing her. When we asked for drinks she seemed to not understand and lingered at the table. She finally walked away to bring my friends their drinks as I did not order one. My friends ordered a coke bottle and a water. One friend received her bottle of coke while the other sat there with nothing. She opened the coke bottle at our table and left the bottle cap. When she came back with a water, we were ready to order. We ordered the "Mexican sandwich" and the "agua chili" and I finally ordered my bottle of coke. She brought the coke out and opened it the same way as the first, and I watched her put her fingers on the bottle opening. When we finally received our food, the agua chili came out first. Not at the same time as the "Mexican sandwich." When the waitress was setting down my friends food, she almost knocked over my bottle of soda, letting her clothes touch all over the opening. The food came with a plastic fork instead of real silverware. We asked for mayonnaise, and actual silverware. She rolled her eyes and walked away and started speaking in Spanish loudly to the people in kitchen. She came back and told us she didn't have mayonnaise but she had ranch, but then miraculously found some. I had walked over to the bar, made eye contact with someone in kitchen, and then proceeded to be ignored by all employees and I was not able to order a drink. The "mexican sandwhich" finally came and the steak inside the sandwich was sadly small. It was closer to a piece of ham. On top of that, it was ordered with no onions and came with onions. We asked for a manager and we were told there wasn't any on floor despite being newly opened. Overall it was an absolutely terrible experience and we will...

Original review was 5 stars.

I came in with my 3 sons on a Sunday about 12:30 pm. The place seems clean, well let, and doesn't smell like a bar. Country music was playing which was a welcomed surprise, and there were 4 other patrons in the restaurant. We we promptly greated, seated, and our drink orders were taken by Bianca. We ordered the "Kushiagui" appetizer which is deep fried cream cheese stuffed shrimp. We all loved it. The draft beer could be a little colder however it came in a frosty mug which was good. The food we ordered took a little bit but it was worth the wait. My kids ordered the fish tacos, shrimp tacos and the American Breakfast. And Bianca recommended the "Alambre se camaron tacos" for me. The are basically chorizo shrimp tacos with peppers onions, and cheese. They were awesome and a new favorite for me. All in all it was a Good experience and we will be making this a new regular place. The prices were decent as I have paid way more for a lot less. I hope this place stays open, could be a new happy hour spot also.

2nd visit

Well a month later and this place has gone down hill. The whole menu is different, beer is colder but the tacos are all different. I asked what happened and I was told they are trying to train all the staff so that everything is consistent. Well it's not consistent. The asada tacos tasted like seasoned beef jerkey, the fish tacos were huge pieces of breaded fish, my son only ate 1, the shrimp tacos changed to breaded shrimp, and only 1 per taco, but the Kushiagui was still delicious. The prices for the tacos also dont match the menu and we were told it's because the tacos were smaller. I will give 1 more try in about a month but at this point I am no...

Nope...... food was not good .... and the service was horrible... usually I can look past bad service if the food is amazing but no ... when we went there, there were 2 other tables, so "not busy" our waitress took our drink order and there were 7 of us, she forgot 1 drink and didn't bring it out until the food came out 35 min later, and then never brought us utensils until about 10 min after our food was dropped off and only brought 3 forks ... again 7 people ... sushi was good 👍... and that's it .... "Mexican food " was so bad, carnitas fries was sad ... we got about 11 frys covered in something, the cheese quesadilla the cheese was not even fully melted inside, chicken quesadillas, tasted like canned chicken and the rice was obviously cooking in a bag and then sprinkled with some corn and carrots.... and our menus smelled like a dirty washcloth. Honestly, again this place's sushi was good .... but EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE else was so bad after we were done it was 200 bucks..... paid it but will never...