SOFRITA — Restaurant in Fountain Hills

We have such a love/hate relationship with Sofrita. It's one of the more unique offerings in a town with a dismal dining scene but I'd love to see a few new dishes added to the menu - I feel like we've been seeing the same offerings, even down to the bruschetta toppings for years. I do love their Beet Salad though they've gotten a little chintzy on the portion sizes. Take out portions sizes are super generous though and boxed and presented so nicely which is also hard to come across. Eating inside is undesirable - small and dark however their patio is super welcoming and a great place to enjoy a tasty drink and meal. The service though...they are always understaffed and service is always so...slow... You'd think on the weekend or during special events they would staff accordingly, but they never do. Even when it's not busy or they do have enough help the servers are inattentive and the whole dining experience takes SO much longer than it needs to. Our toddler is one of the most patient kids i know but we always need to make sure we pack extra stickers and coloring pages because the wait will be unnecessarily long, even for an adult. I do wish they had a kids menu or some more side portions as our kiddo loves their chicken salad and rice but once you order the chicken salad wraps and the side of rice you've spent $15 for a kid size portion of food. Overall, the food and ambiance are better than most anywhere else in town, I just wish dining there didn't have to be such an all...

I’m so disappointed. My husband and I only get to go to Sofrita’s when we’re in town a couple times a year. Been going since it opened and was a huge fan of their guacamole, breakfast burrito and chicken salad.

Sadly, this is the first time we were let down on all fronts. No more single serving portions of guacamole… $15 was the minimum order. Because my husband doesn’t eat it, the single serving was perfect for me.

They stopped serving eggs… so no breakfast burrito for him.

I ordered a chicken salad sandwich and what a disappointment that was. Instead of the usual chunky pieces of fresh chicken, I got hard pieces of old chicken that tasted like it had been sitting in the refrigerator for a week. The Mayo dressing was even broken down to nothing but oil.

I couldn’t eat it and sent it back. We left and ate elsewhere.

I felt bad for the server because none of it was his fault. But so disappointed as we looked so forward to this for weeks.

What happened to this place?? Two stars only because the Service was fine and the lemonades were delicious. But I hope they fix the food and...

We stopped in for lunch today. It was St. Patrick's Day weekend, and it was relatively busy around Fountain Hills. The restaurant was extremely under staffed. We arrived at 2:15, and didn't get our orders until 2:54. We tried to order guacamole, and they were out, so we didn't get any appetizers. Only ordered two margaritas (they were very light on the tequila) and water.

Once we did get our food, it was extremely plain. The presentation was nice, and portions were good, but there was very little flavor. Ordered fish tacos, shredded pork in salsa verde tacos, and Morrocan chicken tacos. The salsa verde tasted like it came from a jar of Herdez mild salsa verde... Nothing special. The Morrocan chicken was well served, but very dry. My mother in law asked for some salsa, and was informed they were out of red salsa. Fish tacos looked good, but again, very plain.

The waitress was sweet, and the busboy was courteous.

We will...