Margaritas of Austin Peay — Restaurant in Memphis

Now, I was definitely skeptical when arriving considering the location. But overall, my experience was pretty good.

We had to ask for napkins and silverware... that's nothing crazy, but if youre charging gratuity to EVERY check automatically, I wanna see some automatic service. I don't wanna have to manually ask for utensils and napkins even after we've started digging into the salsa and appetizers.

We ordered queso, wings, the $11.99 Make-Your-Own-Meal deal, and the molcajete. We chose the Patron daiquiri drinks too.

First, the drink are bomb!! Very good with the perfect amount of liquor, and it seemed to be made from real strawberries. I was impressed forreal. I was buzzed before even pouring the little shot of patron in. The appetizers were good. Good queso and wings. THE WINGS ARE GOOD!! Now, the menu claimed the wings came with special sauce...the sauce was plain hot sauce. Lol. Like, be forreal. The presentation of the wings was hilariously unnecessary: huge platter for like 6-8 wings. Call it a day with a regular saucer plate or something. The free salsa was good too. Tasted homemade.

Now, let's get into the entrees: FIRE! The molcajete was so good. I love that they actually sit the food in a hot molcajete, no foil under the food. It felt and tasted authentic. I added extra shrimp in mine. I think they add too many cactus petala though... still fire! The Make-Your-Own-Meal deal was surprisingly filling for the price. And lord the rice they serve...A+++! Delicious!

The only thing on the menu I did not like were the beans given with the molcajete. I don't know if they were refried, but they looked like dark butter beans in some type of broth. Honestly, I skipped them.

I think I've found a go-to bar. This spot is local, clean, affordable, and had a good vibe. The songs they had going were so nostalgic. I probably sang the whole time I was there. I just hope their pick up service is the same because I'd like to order pick up when I can...

Okay so boom, I go to Margaritas on COOPER every week on Tuesday. It’s a thing my friends and I do to unwind and have some good $1 tacos together. Last night we decided to try this location because it’s closer to home. Big mistake! There are “rules” at this Marg that are NOT at my beloved Cooper location. They refused to make any of the 6 of us the tacos we normally get (various types on flour tortillas) so we had to settle for these disgusting corn tortillas and had the nerve to give me more than I ordered and the wrong kind. I couldn’t eat it, not even at a $1 price tag. So my girlfriend asked for flour tortillas on the side. They brought us enough for everybody (remember this). I find it odd as heck that they wouldn’t prepare them this way but was very quick to bring them so we can make our own. After scraping our meat off the corn and onto the flour, I asked for the check. When I received my bill it was around $46 for 5 tacos, all the shells (even the ones I didn’t order) and a drink I also didn’t order. When I asked how the tacos could possibly be so expensive, we were told the kind that we ordered don’t qualify for the $1 deal. I HAVE NEVER HEARD THAT AT COOPER!!!! They also made sure they didn’t tell us when we were ordering (cooper told us we can’t take tacos to go While we were ordering to help save us from being upset later). They also failed to tell me that they was charging full priced tacos for those soft shells I told you about. $2 and change per shell. I will never go back here. Not if they offered free food and drinks on tuesdays you don’t even make them right. Keep it! Go to cooper, this Austin P...

So this location is fairly close to my house and I come in all the time but this time it has been a bit disappointing. I see all new waiters and waitresses but that isn’t new. I sit at the bar and order the same thing I always do for lunch: strawberry margarita frozen and the fiesta fajita lunch. I usually request just the chicken and shrimp and no steak but the waitress is having difficulty understanding so I just leave it. They bring out me just steak and chicken. When I ask about the shrimp, oh no it doesn’t come with that! Just the dinner portion. I’ve ordered that same thing so many times before and it always came with shrimp. Literally why I get it. Then the margarita is nasty. Super thick because it has no alcohol in it. They “fixed” it but still not even a decent margarita. Waitress never asked me about my food or if I needed anything. I guess must be new management but what was once a favorite of mine for a drink and quick bite, now I don’t care to go back to anymore. Judging from other experiences, they’re trying to squeeze every penny out of their customers by serving smaller portions of premium meats and watered...