Castañeda's Mexican Food — Restaurant in Joshua Tree

Foods pretty good but when I ordered my food the cashier asked me if I would give him a tip I said sure I was a little worried if I didn't he would spit in my food. So he said well how much I said well let's make it two bucks to make it an even $10 order. After I ordered there was a poor homeless lady that asked him if she to get a water cup he says well it would be $0.25. She didn't have the $0.25 and asked if she could pay him later he refused and said no. I whipped out a quarter handed it to the dude and said give her a water cup. I thought about it for a minute that really irritated me that the cashier would ask me for extra money for doing his job and would not give this lady a water cup he says it was owners policy. when I got my food I looked at him and said that's pretty sad that you're asking me for extra money for doing your job and you could not give this poor lady a water cup. You just gotten two free dollars and cant fork out a quarter. I will never spend another dollar in that place...

Food was made promptly for pick up. Lady on the phone was polite & didn't rush me even tho I could hear how busy they sounded. The food was great tasting. But the prices & quantity of food was way high!! I spent $68.47 for chicken nachos. Was very small & toppings came in tiny plastic cups not measuring 1/4 even. Even though the portion was small there was still only enough toppings for 3 or 5 chips. I got 2 tacos combo. Again sided of rice & beans was smaller than a kids meal serving. And Arroz y camarones had decent amount of shrimp but one 1/4 cup maybe for the entire meal. The rice is the main filler so I was disappointed on 3 items costing so much & fed 2 people for almost $70 for very little food. Wasnt given a cost so when i signed the bill i was very surprisied. They gave a free bag of chips even but no salsa. But the food was very good. No complaints on quality or service. Just quantity & price. Was no utensils inside either. Luckily I was headed...

Hey, for a local Mex food place this is a great spot. I gave it 5 stars for food based on an expectation for tasty local mex. The breakfast we had was great. We were going to a different place for breakfast next door that was highly reviewed. But the wait looked crazy. So we went to plan B. And this should be a plan A. The atmosphere is a little lacking. Must have been a fast food place once. But the day we were there the staff were super friendly and the food was out of this world and it is obvious by the cleanliness of the place they care. No, its not 5 star LA downtown shirt and tie. Its 5 star tastes great lots of food for a decent price going hiking all morning. Stop by. Have breakfast, I think you'll like it. Also they make their coffee with cinamon in it. Really pops it up over diner coffee.

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