Taqueria Cajeme — Restaurant in Mesa

Never, ever go here. The food was average or below but the reason to stay away is the lack of service and attitude.

First, they charge $1 for ice tea refills with no indication of this on the menu.

Second, the menu says " Chilis Rellenos". Now my Spanish is not great but even I know that that means more than one - which is all I received.

Third, I was pretty much ignored the whole time I was there. They took my order, delivered it, and disappeared. Never checked on the food quality - not bad except.that my chili relleno was cold. I tried to catch their attention for 15 minutes while they ignored me completely. I did finally catch their attention to get the tea I wanted.

Fourth, I asked what they had for dessert. I was told flan. I ordered it. A few minutes later the server came back and said they were out. Come on. It was 6pm and I was the only customer in the restaurant the whole time I was there. How could she not know they were out of flan before she offered it to me?

Fifth (and last), I had forgotten that one of the reviews had said that they don't take credit cards so I was not happy to find this out (my fault, of course). What upset me more was they refused to give me a receipt, saying the receipt was theirs. I said no receipt - no pay. After arguing with me for a while the girl asked a guy to come out who spoke better English. I explained that I would not pay without a receipt as I could not expense the meal otherwise. He told the girl that the register receipt was for the customer. She argued with him in Spanish for a while and walked away. He explained that she was going to call the manager. About the time I was ready to walk out and take my chances, she came back and said no problem. I paid, got my receipt and left but this exchange took 10-15 minutes.

After a long day at work I didn't need this hassle.

You can review my review history and see that when I have a good experience I rave about the restaurant. When it's bad I tell it like it is.

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