Rosi's Salvadoran Fusion Cuisine — Restaurant in Mesquite

Okay, we have had Salvadorian food on more than one occasion and really liked what we had especially given that it was spicy and flavorful, it really brought something from the kitchen to the table.

Rosi's not bad but definitely needs some serious Improvement on their salsa for example. Very Bland, very not hot, no heat just basically tasted like stewed tomato sauce from a can, and when I ask for something hotter in the salsa area, they heated up the tomato sauce LOL. Language barrier much?

What this place needs to add is more spice to their menu and I'm not talking about salt, pepper or coriander, I'm talking about something that's got a little kick, this is Texas and we like jalapenos, Habaneros, Chili's and so on. Tomilos would even be great for their salsa. Pico de gallo would be awesome as an offering, provided the jalapenos used were nice and hot.

The the medium steak that we got was on point the color, the texture just a very visual beautiful look when they brought it to us; just absolutely gorgeous, the shrimp was not bad definitely needed spice as in a little garlic, something to spice it up give it somebody otherwise it was just Bland.

The jalapeno mashed potatoes, a little too much salt and BLAND they had no real flavor,, but the texture was on point. I liked the idea of the mixing in of the chopped jalapenos but other than the portion size and the Visual, meh.

The black beans that came with our sampler platter excellent, the cream a Thin and Bland had no real flavor to it whatsoever and again the salsa was basically Bland Stewed Tomatos oh, more like stewed tomatoes.

The plantains were excellent, the pupusas which were spinach and queso was very good and the Yucca was nice and crisp on the outside with a firm body but tender on the inside. All in all not bad at all.

But again being a Latin Cuisine, you would expect something more spicy something that brought some more heat and this is a serious mattrr in the Latin meal. It just didn't bring it.

Our waitress Laura was good, very attentive; she did try to get us what we needed again I think there was a slight language barrier, it is what it is.

But, all in all given that the food was so Bland even with the good service, we don't think we'll be back for a while. It just didn't bring what we expected from previous experiences with such Latin Cuisine,...

Hadn't been here since before the pandemic and WOW! Boy am I impressed. Obviously it's not the most fanciest restaurant but you can tell they care about their customers and their restaurant. It has really improved in the quality of the food and the look of the restaurant. Their makeover looks great and the pupusas are even tastier than before . The " I love pupusas" wall sign is ADORABLE and definitely order a flan before you leave. I love it bc even if you are not overflowing with money you can still order a couple of pupusas for like $2.50 each and still enjoy a great meal. Now if you wanna splurge definitely order the pineapple salmon with shrimp. I haven't tried all the cocktails but the berry one and the banana one were both delicious. Definitely recommend. Whether you're white, black, Mexican, salvadorian or from Mars, you will enjoy. Also I'm a REAL person I promise 🤣. I know it sounds like I'm promoting this restaurant but I promise I just REALLY fell in love with it and knew I had to go out of my way to leave a...

If I give the service 0 stars I would. The food was great but service was awful. Laura, our server was awful and not nice. She didn’t even greet us and after us waiting a while for a server for a while, she just came up and asked if we were ready to order. We didn’t even have drinks??? Then she forgot to bring condiments for our pupusas and cilantro we asked for twice that was supposed to come with our meal. We didn’t get refills until the very end and she only came once after we got our meals just to give us the check. I traveled all the way from Oklahoma and my grandparents took my mom and I for what was supposed to be a fun lunch because I haven’t seen them in a while. I’m so disappointed and as someone who has been a server this was ridiculous. Such a shame because the food was great and the restaurant was a cute vibe but service was awful. Also, based on the other reviews this place has, seems to be like this server is always like this. The garland location is great though. I used to go all the time before I moved...