La Brisa Mexican Restaurant — Restaurant in Hoover

La Brisa is a rather plain Mexican restaurant in an unimposing strip shopping center. But you don't come her to gawk at the shopping center, or for that matter to admire the decor. You need to know about the food. So here we go. Upon arrival, we were warmly welcomed by Maria, the manager, whose smile made us feel welcome immediately. We were quickly seated and chips and salsa arrived almost immediately. The chips were good, but basically interchangeable with most Mexican restaurants in the area. The salsa, on the other hand, was dead-solid perfect -- thick, spicy but not too hot, and very tasty. Choosing entrees was challenging. So many excellent dishes on offer here...La Brisa departs from many other local Mexican restaurants by offering a number of options I've not seen available elsewhere, including an extensive set of vegetarian selections. After extensive study, my wife was enticed by the spinach chimichangas. She loved them. Knockout flavor, nice presentation. As an enthusiastic carnivore and mole sauce enthusiast, I felt I had to try the enchiladas poblanos, -- chicken enchiladas with mole sauce. And wow. Big-time wow. I've sampled mole sauce hither and yon, and feel that I am reasonably well-qualified to rate the brown stuff. And this mole sauce -- this is the best I've ever had. Complex flavor, smoky and distantly sweet with an intriguiging blend of peppers in the thick brown sauce. Just superb. Let me note again that there is an outstanding variety of menu items. And I promise myself that I'll try something else the next time we're in (which will be very soon), but I can recommend the items we ordered to you without reservation. Negatives? Well, maybe if I'm going to nit-pick, I'd point out that we weren't checked with from the time our food arrived until our bill came. I had to flag down a server to get a refill of tea. But I won't grade off for that because I understand that everyplace is short-staffed right now. Certain allowances must be made. Go see our new friend Maria at La Brisa. I believe you'll be very...

We had eaten at this restaurant about 2x monthly for about a year. Hiccups here and there but nothing outside of unacceptable.

A couple weeks ago, we ordered quesadilas and I asked to let them cool before putting in the container to prevent sweating. So they confirm at pickup, I get home and the food is so wet that I can't even pick them up to eat.

So I call back to the restaurant, tell them to re-make them and I am on the way. I arrive and the female Owner/Manager has attitude from the time I enter. Tells me that when they are busy, they can't do special orders.

So I remind this lady that I also ordered fajitas (light peppers and onions, no guac, no scour cream, no pico) and that order was made correctly. This seemed to further piss her off and she basically told me that she didn't need my business. I very quickly informed her that my loyalty to her business was over and that I'd find another mexican restuarant to frequent.

Btw, one of the employees confirmed this is her normal arrogant style which is why she can't keep staff. Also mentioned that some staff has simply walked out mid-shift.

Just wanted to share my...

I've visited this establishment on 4 occasions now. I had the same item each time and it was D'Lish😋I had the seafood street tacos w/ hard shell. It's the best I've EVER had! I'm serious. It has grouper, scallops and 🍤 in it. Then I dip it in the salsa they bring you with the chips. Wowee‼️the salad along with avacado and more salsa is out of sight. My final total was different because of the menu change but they made it right. They also tried to make me a alcoholic beverage and didn't know how to make it but they gave it a good try. I explained to the person who helped me that they should always make the drink in front of the customer so they can see what's going into the drink. I was told they've been around for 18 years and by the taste of the 🌮s I had, I can believe it because my food...