Garcia's Restaurant & Grill — Restaurant in Oxnard

This is my review for their catering service. First of all, I was looking for someone to cater a Thanksgiving meal for the place I work at. I posted on Facebook and on one of my posts they were the most suggested by people. I gave them a call and asked for prices and if they’d be able to make what I needed which was a traditional turkey meal. Vicente was a really nice gentleman and very accommodating.

I met with Vicente to give him the menu, date and to reserve the date. During our meeting we talked about the things I wanted and how I wanted them.

Today was the big event and a girl and a gentleman arrived to set everything up. They set everything up beautifully and where it was easy for us to serve. Once they left I realized there was no gravy and called Vicente to find out where it was and he said it was in one of the warming boxes they had and he apologized that the lady did not put it out. No big deal, I was glad thanksgiving was not ruined! I did order coffee with tea but only got coffee I was not too happy about that either and that’s why I’m taking some stars off. I also talked to him about getting dressing instead of stuffing although I originally wrote stuffing on the order (their stuffing was really good though).

The food was well prepared, moist, delicious, there was plenty and everybody loved it. They had chaffing plates to keep food warm but where it wouldn’t dry the food. Overall, my experience was wonderful with this place except for the few things that we didn’t get right. I definitely recommend them for their tasty food. I would definitely use them again and may do so for our Christmas event. Thank you Vicente.

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I really wanted to like this place, but our experience left a lot to be desired. The aguas frescas were mostly good except the tamarindo, which oddly tasted like tepache. Thankfully, our waitress was kind enough to swap it out for us.

However, the wait time for food was ridiculous. We waited over an hour and a half even though there were only 2-3 tables occupied, including ours. Once the food finally arrived, the aguachiles were okay no complaints there. But the sides were a disaster. The refried beans were spoiled (yes, spoiled) and when we mentioned it, the waitress just said “okay, thank you” with no follow-up. The white rice had that unpleasant “fridge” taste like it had been sitting for days.

We’re not usually picky people, but so many things felt off. The atmosphere also didn’t help it just didn’t feel welcoming or put-together. It was very stuffy. I wouldn’t serve this food to a fly.

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Quería que me gustara este lugar, pero nuestra experiencia dejó mucho que desear. Las aguas frescas estaban en su mayoría buenas, excepto la de tamarindo, que curiosamente sabía a tepache. Afortunadamente, la mesera fue amable y nos la cambió.

Sin embargo, el tiempo de espera para la comida fue ridículo. Esperamos más de una hora y media, a pesar de que solo había 2 o 3 mesas ocupadas, incluida la nuestra. Cuando por fin llegó la comida, los aguachiles estaban muy buenos, sin quejas ahí. Pero los acompañamientos fueron un desastre. Los frijoles refritos estaban echados a perder (sí, echados a perder), y cuando se lo dijimos a la mesera, solo dijo “okay, gracias”, sin hacer nada al respecto. El arroz blanco sabía a refrigerador, como si llevara días ahí.

Normalmente no somos personas exigentes, pero hubo demasiadas cosas mal no se lo Daria ni...

Terrible place to eat at, we walked in waited in front to order to go, the waitresses would just look at us and keep passing by no one would help us. So after waiting for a long time we walked out, how is a place suppose to make money when you guys won’t even look at, speak to or help your customers. Not even a “well be with you” mind you there was about 5 of them in front and they weren’t busy at all maybe 3 tables...