Las Brasas Mexican Grill — Restaurant in Post Falls

Do yourself a favor: Go to Cochinto Taqueria instead. Just don’t bother with this place here’s why:

Chewy, fatty meat makes for below average tacos. And the service is terrible—having worked in restaurants, retail and sales for 28 years I won’t be going back after this: today at 3 PM I was charged $15 for three tacos, each with an extra portion (very tiny) of taco meat; for all this food they gave me a SINGLE teeny, half-teaspoon-size container of salsa verde and a SINGLE half inch size piece of lime. I asked them for 2 more teeny containers of salsa please and they wanted to charge me $0.50–they said only one salsa comes with 3 tacos. “But I ordered MORE than 3 tacos because I paid for all this extra meat?” They told me that doesn’t matter and I did not want to argue so I simply gave them my credit card to charge the $0.50. Unfortunately I was then told they can’t charge it unless I spend over $3 or I can pay with cash. “But I just spent $15,” I said. No matter to them. So then I pointed out that the friend I was with ordered three tacos and got the same amount of salsa as me when I paid for 1.5 times as much food as her; shouldn’t I get more salsa? No, she said. They still would not let me charge my card $0.50 for the damn salsa so I asked to speak the manager. I waited around listening to every word of the younger girl telling the manager what I said. My food got cold. The manager came forward and said: I have to buy a 4th taco to get half a teaspoon more of complimentary salsa. So I said: didn’t I spend at least that much money with you adding 3 additional portions of meat??? Then she finally just gave me the teeny salsa along with a lecture, so I asked her to clarify: “So you’re telling me I needed to buy 3 tacos separately and pay with my credit card to get 1 salsa and then do a separate order for 3 servings of meat paid for with my credit card and you would’ve given me another salsa—so what is the difference?”

I just wanted to have a tasty, relaxing treat with my friend and these bozos...

Let me preface this by saying that my husband I are from Phoenix, AZ, so we know good Mexican food. With that being said, this food was mid at best. I’ll list my issues with our experience: My husband ordered a carne asada & cheese burrito with 3x extra meat. What he received was mostly cheese and smaller than a gas station burrito. The quality of the meat used in his burrito was C graded at best. Highly disappointing. The front lady charged us for 3x the normal amount of meat and STILL gave us a tiny burrito when my husband visibly SHOWED her the size that he wanted (AND PAID FOR.) The tacos I got were burnt. They had a charred taste to them. The best part about them was the broth you dip them in. Again, highly disappointing. The side of rice we got was the most flavorless Mexican rice I’ve ever had in my life.

As someone who’s been looking for a halfway decent Mexican food place to eat since moving to the Post Falls area, this experience was highly unsatisfactory. With such high reviews, we honestly expected more. It was definitely NOT worth $28+ and I will be requesting a...

Las Brasas can make your meal celiac-safe! I was recently diagnosed with celiac disease (think gluten allergy on steroids), and eating out is such a pain. Even a tiny bit of cross contamination does damage. Las Brasas has a button on their register to mark a meal for celiac customers, and then they designate one person to prepare the meal using separate pans and utensils. They walked me through their menu to explain which items I could safely eat, and when I said I wanted a taco combo, they explained that the refried beans would likely be cross contaminated from using the spoon to spread it on tortillas for burritos, but that they could cook up a side of black beans separately instead (which is even yummier in my opinion). The food was delicious as always, and I finally found a place to eat out that won't make me sick! I will be coming back for taco Tuesday as often...