Ay Caramba Mexican Restaurant — Restaurant in Rolla

Normally a favorite for my social circle, however, what is motivating me to write this review and leave 4 stars instead of 5 is tonight's generally negative experience. If this was my first and only experience I would probably be leaving a 2 star

In short, the waitress tonight treated my table very poorly. She seemed on edge in general, but also specifically had a grudge against my table, genuinely racked my brain trying to find out why.

The waitress was the most hostile I have ever experienced and as far as I know my table didn't do anything wrong. The only thing I can think of is she seemed to be surprised when we ordered alcohol and almost looked at us suspiciously when we produced IDs showing we were 22. I can't think of any reason she would have thought we were under age, neither of us look particularly young. I did mutter "wrong one" under my breath as I was going through my wallet but that was because I accidentally grabbed my military ID. Maybe she thought "wrong one" meant I almost grabbed a "real" ID instead of my "fake" ID? I don't know, she seemed much more hostile to our table then to the family she was serving near us, which implies we don't something to piss her off, but her maybe thinking we were underage is the best theory I can come up with and that's a reach. I suppose the optimist in me could take it as a compliment lol

Not only was she rude and hostile, but she ignored our table once we were done. She walked past many times to serve the other family, and even didn't see/ignored my attempt at waving her down. After like 10-15 minutes of sitting there when I flagged down another waiter and he talked to her, she told us to just pay up front which is abnormal for this restaurant.

Food was good though, always is, and so are the margaritas

Edit; skimming through other reviews and they talk negatively about a waitress fitting her description, but I also question if at least a couple people leaving those reviews were themselves the problem. That being said, if we give her the absolute benefit of the doubt she is a "no nonsense" waitress who doesn't put up with problem customers who falsely thought I was underaged and going to cause a problem. At worst she is someone who maybe just doesn't have the temperament suited for that job. I get it, I have...

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