La Terraza — Restaurant in Marysville

Throuout time many have searched for the fabled mexican restaurant that is said to exist as as a hole in the wall. Well Washingtonions, look no further for it is La Terraza. Pulling up to this place can be a little underwhelming, but I assure you it is just humble fassad. Upon entering this quaint place, you are greeted by Latin music, smiling waitresses, and happy guests enjoying their meals. At least that was my experience. After finding a table, Yari the waitress came over and was a delight to talk too and she brought us chips and salsa. She recommended their special which consisted of a clay pot filled with steak, chicken, shrimp, cactus, avocado, beans, fresh cheese, and covered with a savory cooked red salsa. It also came with Mexican rice, salad, and warm tortillas. She made it sound so good that we ordered two plates and a bowl of Posole, because in order to judge a Mexican restaurant, you can't just base it on their tacos, but on their more complicated dishes. Yari brought our table their three homemade salsas, and they were all fantastic. They ranged from tangy and mild, to holy moly my mouth is on fire, at least according to my wife. When our food came out, the plates were hot and well portioned. We easily felt like we were getting our money's worth, but it wasn't until we tried our food that we knew we had scored. Though the daily special truly tasted fantastic, tasting the Posole took me back to my teen years when I spent a month traveling through Mexico. The food tasted not only well seasoned, but it felt like it was cooked with love. I had once said that Washington didn't have any good Mexican restaurants, but I can now happily retract that statement. If you are in the area, this place is definitely a place you...

I wish i took a picture but a spider came out of my salad on my plate literally! but i couldn't because the second it happened i just grabbed my plate disgusted and gave it back. I wasn't going to make any review because i rarely go to Marysville and I can't judge a place from one time. But i was there and met a friend and decided to give it a try and this happened. In the middle of me eating a spider came out crawling from my salad and i swear i was just thankful that i didn't eat it.

Moreover, the rice is super old and they don't cook it they warm it up. Rock hard, stuck together and no taste. Any type of meat is very fatty and not good fatty no, you can actually taste the old ingredients in there and it seems like it was sitting on the shelf for a while.

What i think happens is because i kinda read some comments about the place, i think they don't work as much as before so they are kinda slacking off. i think everything is old and sitting on the shelf somewhere dusty and old and that's why a spider crawled in the salad bag and then i got that salad scoop that came with a spider apparently. Anyway I don't blame them too much, i blame whoever is responsible to watch those restaurants and keep them up to code because what they're doing back there is actually putting us all in risk.

Never again for me but feel free to try it yourself, you might have the...

The staff and hospitality very good, I left a very good tip for the service. I was told the food in this place was “fantastic”. Wrong, very disappointing. I am of Spanish decent and I have had Mexican food in my Mothers kitchen, all over the country and in Mexico as well. They can do so much better. The food was possibly the worst prepared and least tasty “Mexican Food” I have ever had. It was bland , not even spicy. I had to add hot sauce and picante to the wimpy salsa. The rice was dry and bitter, the beans were thin and tasteless. The Pablano was small, poorly prepared and tasteless. The Pork Enchilada was thin and skimpy, little sauce and less cheese. I did try the tacos El Carbon, which were dry steak topped with the picante (a little confused) but better. Overall it reminded me of a movie scene from Poncho Via with Charles Bronson. Bronson in a cattle car asks the cook, “ Who cooked this” (his dinner). The cook replied “I did”. “No you didn’t said Bronson, go back cook it”. People like what they like and that’s all good. But I will go elsewhere. Good...