Margarita's — Restaurant in Omaha

A very disappointing meal. I went there with generally positive expectations as someone I know had been there before and nothing bad to say about it. Walking in the door, it seemed like a fairly nice place, the usual Mexican themed decor. A hostess seated us right away and a waitress came by after a minute with chips and salsa, and asked us about what we wanted to drink. So far, so good.

I love chips and salsa, and this was my first inkling that this was not going to be an addition to places that I'm likely to frequent regularly. The chips were okay, nothing special, but the salsa was bland. Bland bland bland. No kick, not much flavor, just plain bland. Okay, I was willing to believe that this was only a hiccup in what would otherwise be a good experience.

Perusing the menu, I looked for items that have the usual "chili pepper" next to them that indicated spicy foods. None of the men items that I saw had that, I'm beginning to worry. I ordered Camarones a la Diabla, shrimp in a spicy red sauce. The menu indicated that meal came with the usual rice and beans. After an agreeably short period of time, our meals arrived, and I dug in, hoping that this would spice up my evening. Besides the Camarones a la Diabla, rice and beans, there was a small foil wrapped package containing three or four flour tortillas. The server never asked me if I wanted flour or corn, another unforced error on their part.

The food was a huge disappointment. The shrimp were what I would have expected, a good portion of large shelled shrimp. The sauce looked good, there were plentiful slices of peppers and onions as well as the shrimp, and the portion of sauce was good. But... the Diabla (Devil) sauce was as bland as my salsa was. Truth to tell, the refried beans and the sauce were roughly equally spicy. Here I was expecting a spicy dinner, and what I got was mostly bland. Additionally, there was something off balance in the tomato flavor of the sauce, I'm not sure what the problem was but it wasn't quite right.

We may try this restaurant again, I know that most restaurants have a variety of chefs preparing their meals and maybe I got the boring guy this time around. But, I'm not...

Firstly, I called the restaurant after we left this establishment to see if the manager would explain the confusion, he did not have time to talk after holding for a good ten minutes. We chose this restaurant based on the name, as we have an excellent local restaurant with the same name, thinking it was the same. We were seated, ordered drinks, as well did our two children. When our waitress returned with the drinks, she took our orders starting with the kids. They both ordered from the kids menu, think it was a quesadilla for one and chicken fingers for the other. We ordered fajitas for two. After ordering, we were asked the ages of the kids, which was 9 and 10. The waitress explained that the kids plate price of $6 was only for children 8 and under, an additional $1 for kids over eight. We pleasantly agreed, and asked what the difference was between an eight year olds meal and a nine year Olds meal, the reply was nothing, but they get a larger drink..Again fine. Food arrives, just okay. Do not expect fresh here. Guacamole glows and is not made fresh. Margaritas are machine made. Tortillas......again....okay. Then the check comes. All fine, margaritas, fajitas, two kids meals, two $1 separated charges for the older kids...then two mysterious separate $1.89 charges. I was a little confused about the additional charges and inquired. I was told it was for the kids drinks. Still even more confused as the kids meal comes with a drink, and we were told there was only a $1 upgrade, not $2.89 per meal. Felt very uncomfortable by the end of a heated conversation, our rude waitress removed the charges, but did not deliver the correct check back to our table, nor did the manager. Needless to say, other reviews have also pointed this out, watch your checks at the end for mysterious charges. Very...

Horrible place to eat at, si eres Mexicano mejor ni vallas! Food is not Authentic, service is horrible. We were there Friday, the server clearly had more tables than what she could handle, We ordered cheese dip, and when I ordered my food a asked her to please bring a side of the hot sauce so I could eat it with my food, we get the food and we never got our cheese dip, we wait and wait and wait and our server never comes to check on us, so we start eating our food I ordered chicken California burrito as I start eating I notice that there is no chicken in it lol just guac, pico de gallo and rice, after my husband is almos done eating the server comes to check on us and we ask about our cheese dip and hoy sauce she apologized and I told her about the Burrito not having but 4 strips of grilled chicken in it she apologized again but said she’s busy, I asked for the check and if I can please speak to someone about the burrito she says theres no one available and her manager is not in at this point I’m a pregnant hungry lady thats just wants the check to get out of there and go eat somewhere else but the server takes another 15 minutes and never comes back with the check as we stand to go to the register she walks towards us and gives us the check, She was charging us for the cheese dip we never got, so at this point I got mad and told I would not pay for my dinner because it had no chicken in it, she then said okay let me get my manager( so there is a manger now but there was no manager when I requested one) I do not recommend this...