TEQUILA & SAZÓN — Restaurant in Kingsland

Please note that I did not send my food back, nor did I complain to the waitress or manager. This is just my honest opinion and critique of the restaurant, service and food. The entire bill was paid and included a 20% tip.

Entrance, greeting and seating were fine. Restaurant/tables and bathrooms appeared clean. Less than 5 min for server to come to our table. Menu was easily navigated and understood.

I ordered fresh guacamole and also queso to start. It was brought out quickly with salsa and chips. The queso was hot and tasty and the fresh guacamole looked delicious and very freshly made. The guacamole was good but lacked salt and any seasoning or acidity so we asked for lemon and added salt and pepper and that worked out fine. Chips were freshly made and not greasy and the salsa was tasty.

We ordered for two adults and one child:

Combo for me - 1 beef burrito, 1 beef enchilada, and a chile relleno. The burrito and enchilada were tortillas (1 flour and 1 corn) filled with dry unseasoned crumbled ground beef with nothing to hold it together. Very very dry but topped with red (Chile?) sauce that was poorly seasoned as well and a light coating/sprinkle of cheese/Queso and also lukewarm to cool, not hot at all. Refried beans were average and the rice was dry and under cooked. The “Chile Relleno” was not a Chile Relleno at all, but a half bell pepper boiled (very watery)and filled with the same ground beef and just a sprinkle of cheese but had been heated under a broiler and was in fact very hot. Extremely disappointed with my meal and only had 5-6 bites before giving up.

Burrito platter meal for my 20 yr old son - 1 larger beef burrito same as my smaller one with only dry unseasoned crumbly ground beef inside and covered with the same sauce and sprinkling of Queso, a side of guacamole and some shredded lettuce and chopped tomato as garnish or topping. Also lukewarm and very disappointing. He ate about half before giving up.

Kids burrito and taco for my 11 yr old nephew - he doesn’t like sauce so I had asked for just the beef, cheese, and sour cream on his. It came out without the sauce as requested, but again dry crumbly ground beef almost no cheese and again lukewarm at best. He ate it because I poured the rest of the appetizer Queso on it. Again, very disappointing.

The server/waitress was ok. Not that attentive and we waited for refills on drinks and a to-go box for my son, but overall not bad.

The restaurant has at least 25 tables/booths and there were a total of 9 tables seated and served while we were there. Not a great crowd for a Saturday night.

Oh, I also ordered the “Texas Margarita” that was on special and it was just “Ok”, not remarkable and average, maybe.

3 out of 10 at best. Will not return unless something improves and I hear rave reviews going forward.

As to the other reviews which seem mostly positive and above average? It begs me to ask if I had a bad experience on just that night or have people never eaten authentic Mexican cuisine and they have nothing to compare it to?

NOTE: Mexican and Central American foods are far from bland or dry. Please widen your horizons and treat your tastebuds to various and a wide range of world cuisines. You will be...

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