Doce Mesas — Restaurant in Dallas

We live in the neighborhood and drive by all the time. The atmosphere looks great from the road and so it seemed very appealing. We walked in and were kindly greeted and offered any seat we wanted. We chose a very cozy and comfortable corner seat on the patio. We were then greeted by a very kind gentleman server who took our drink offer. That’s where the pleasantries ended! Soon thereafter a dead pan woman server comes to the table and asked what we want to drink. When we mentioned that someone else already took our drink order she responded: “I want to take it....what do you want?”. So we obliged and re-ordered. From that point on it was a series of unfriendly experiences and completely un-welcomed frowns and seeming inconveniences to her. It appeared as if she begrudgingly served us and didn’t care for our business whatsoever. As I type this she came to our table and snatched away the book with our credit card in it without a word and whisked away to process our payment. The cocktails were delicious and the main entree were quite tasty. The guacamole was bland but I was able to doctor is up with salt and pepper. I started this review with 3 stars solely because of the poor service and by the end I have revised it to 2 stars because of how the server has demonstrated such a lack of professionalism. I would return for the food but certainly not for the service. Our server was Ivana and I hope she sees this and takes to heart that people/product/process are the key to a successful business. When one is lacking the other two...

FOOD INSTAGRAM: @NORTHTX.GEMZ •••• 🍒 WHAT THEY’RE KNOWN FOR: not sure, I just always saw it passing by on the highway near the galleria/north Dallas and my boyfriend recommended it after trying it with his friend! 🍒 THE VIBE: surprisingly very classy inside. I would recommend this as a good first date/date night place. Recommend going when there’s good weather because the patio outside seating is very beautiful. 🍒WHAT WE ORDERED: • Chicken Al Pastor Tacos • Carolina Chicken Adobo 🍒 PRICE: ~$45 🍒 WOULD I COME BACK? Yes. •••• Overall Rating: 8.5/10 Another good Mexican restaurant to add to your list! Let’s start off with the chips and salsa. It was absolutely fire. Every thing is handmade and every thing has a great Smokey flavor. When chips and salsa are homemade and good you know the Mexican food is gonna be good. The chicken Al pastor tacos were SO good and actually pretty spicy! I definitely finished off my plate it was so good. The green rice and cabbage were chefs kiss. Okay, so my mom’s Carolina adobo had amazing flavor from the chicken to the vegetables. HOWEVER, the chicken was pretty dry… and the vegetables were extremely oily. Like I said the flavors were great but I don’t think a great effort was put into these dishes. I would recommend trying something else. Flavor profile here is immaculate. The venue is beautiful and large. The service was okay, our server was kind of passive aggressive and not really welcoming but I assume he just wanted to...

It’s Mi Cocina…with less options. I’ll never understand the hype. I’ve been to Doce Mesas on McKinney several times with friends over 3 years and I don’t think I’ll be back soon.

The place is tiny…which makes it nice and cozy on a slow day. But in the summer, there is always a crowd waiting in the very small dining area or outside in the parking lot. The patio is very popular and it’s incredibly difficult to get a seat there. They take your name and party number on a piece of paper…and there are no ways to make reservations. There may be 30+ people waiting outside and they tell you it’s a 30 minute wait, which is a lie.

The food is mediocre. The meat is typically under flavored or dry. The tortillas are hard. The drinks are pretty good and strong, which is why I think people come back. Overall, I think it’s a see-and-be-seen situation or people stop after shopping in Knox.

Trust me, it’s all hype. I would never take someone from out of town here and say that this is representative of good Tex-Mex. It is very Dallas though…nice aesthetic but lacking on flavor or personality. The business model is let’s keep it small so people wait and think it’s popular because there’s a long wait. No one wants to wait over an hour for mediocre food.

Also…the AC...