La Casa del Sazón — Restaurant in Salinas

I do NOT recommend this place. The menu has only breakfast or dinner. No lunch options and Is highly overpriced. I ordered grilled fish. The menu said the order came with steamed veggies. I was served burnt veggies allegedly grilled but more on the black charred side and they were spicy hot. No mention of that when I specifically asked the waitress what veggies were included. I am allergic to chile. The burnt black salty spicy veggies were inedible. I had to wait a few minutes to let the waitress know about the error as she was gossiping with two other employees instead of paying attention to patrons needs. I called the waitress over and explained the problem and asked if she could please ask the cook to rbeplace the burnt veggies fried in oil w steamed veggies? She took my plate and had a talk w another woman. Maybe the manager/owner? The waitress returned and said if they didn't grill them in oil, they would be raw. She added they regularly prepare and serve them grìlled. I told her that was fine but then they need to correct their menu and change the wording from steamed to grilled and they need to add are spicy as some folks like me are allergic and cannot eat chile. I don't understand how any cook would not know how long to steam veggies so they are not raw. I explained to her you just cook them a little longer. There were no other guests. When she returned the plate w properly steamed veggies she had thrown away more than half my uneaten fish that i was not done eating and had left on my original plate. Burnt salty greasy veggies and 1/2 fillet came to over $20. Meal here was totally unsatisfactory. There is no excuse for poor service. I will...

Summary: this was remarkably good. First as you can see from the photo, the carne asada burrito was huge, and for $8 that automatically makes this a front runner in my book. An extra $2.25 to make it "wet" was worth it for the extra depth of flavor. The proportions of beans rice and cheese didn't overwhelm the meat, and the asada was nicely grilled with good char flavor. Half of the burrito went home with me for a snack later. Overall this was definitely a keeper for me.

Note my vegetarian wife didn't have quite the same experience. Her vegetarian burrito was the same size, and volume of beans cheese and rice were all good, but lettuce replaced the meat which lead her to label it a salad in a sack (tortilla). They should have used tofu, other vegetables or more beans instead of lettuce. So fair warning - vegetarians may be...

Came in when it was completely dead. There was absolutely no one else inside other than me and my wife and they still managed to take 45min-1hr to serve us our food. I ordered the quesabirria and my wife ordered the molcajete, the usual, and for the third time in a row they manage to take 45-1hr to serve us our food. Its like if they were in the back killing the cow itself to serve us. The manager’s name was Claudia and she been present every time. Dont know what’s going on, but its been like this ever since the new mamager (Claudia) has been in charge. The waitresses were on point and attentive, but they can only apologize so much as to why out food was taking so long. Something needs to change in management because being served 45min-1hr for the 3rd time in a row with this new management is...