Taco Libre #3 — Restaurant in Florida

Taco Libre looked like a little hole in the wall from the hotel parking lot but we were looking for a good neighborhood eating establishment. To our surprise, we walked into taco Libre and the place was packed! The restaurant was hosting some kind of group game and there were a lot of participants that had big smiles on their faces.

The best part though because we’re outside people the extensive outdoor seating!!! And no one was there! We enjoyed lots of free space and as we ordered our drinks, we noticed the vast of choices. Between the great margaritas and the fresh breeze we all agreed so far so good!

Our waiter was delightful young man from Venezuela. Was a joy to communicate with, and we enjoyed our conversation with him. He was genuinely helpful with a variety of questions.

The menu was really cleverly laid out and a good price with lots of choices. As we began looking around, people were there with a dog, some playing pool at the pool table and it looked like some kind of band plays on a stage in this very large outdoor space.

I hesitate to recommend this place because I like it so much and there were no crowds outside, but there you go. The staff was very courteous and friendly, and I...

First dinner while visiting St Augustine. You know it's not good when your teenage kids don't want to eat take out and eat pop tarts instead. I feel bad, I do..but their food was terrible. 430 on Sunday afternoon and ordered in after getting to our Airbnb. It was ready really quick, 10 minutes. But, when I arrived to pick it up , 5 workers bombarded me like they were fighting over who's customer I was going to be. Nice, yes...but odd bc there was NO ONE was in the huge restaurant!! First sign. Got home, the food was not everything we ordered first, 2nd extremely cold..like it was in the fridge, it sadly had no flavor at all...all 3 of us agreed. Four , it was fatty and the meat texture was really really odd...?!?! Five, idk, maybe a basil or bay leaf but, there was a whole 2 inch leaf in my daughter's taco. Odd again? All in all, I would call the manager but, instead I am warning others. I probably should call.. maybe I just got unlucky. I hate and have never given a bad review. The people were really really nice but the food was a waste of money and a bad first experience in St Augustine....

The A/C was out again!! Our server Christian was vey attentive , the air has been out a week. I understand that trying to get things fixed in these times is trying. We still decided to have our meal there anyway.. I was very hot , the so called manager came to my table and told me not to bend the menu. I told her that if the a/ c worked I wouldn’t have to fan myself! She did end up bringing me a magazine vs the menu to fan myself! I thought it was very rude the way she presented herself, she didn’t even say she was the manager and condemned me for bending the menu! Mind you… This is a day in st Augustine that was 103 degrees! Christian has most always waited on us and is awesome!! We visit this restaurant weekly, we spend our hard earned dollars there at least once a week!This behavior from so called management is unacceptable! And by the way, because we told the so called manager, who conveniently was the managers wife, how rude she was , we are now banned from this restaurant. Unfortunately the manager/s need to get schooled on their...