El Takua Taqueria y Mariscos — Restaurant in San Jose

Sorry, but I can make better Mexican food... *Oregano in the salsa, awful bitter after taste, with extra crispy, on the verge of burnt house made tortilla chips. *Wet Burrito, eww!! Tomato sauce for the burrito, was straight up crushed tomatoes, not seasoned, big chunks of lettuce and slices of tomatoes inside, the pureed beans just added to the disgusting look of it all together. Absolutely inedible. *Grilled Chicken Tacos, this chicken wasn't even grilled... it was boiled shredded with the same tasteless red sauce that tasted like tomato puree. *They get 1 ☆ for the shrimp Cocktail, which was a bit decent after I loaded it with hot sauce. *And another thing, when did they start charging for water?? I never asked for...

I got a recommendation to try this place out. I will never go there again. The waitress wouldn't let me order the combo plate I wanted. She pointed to another section with bigger more expensive plates and kept saying the menu was "wrong". When I asked for the manager, she said "No, there is no manager, I am the owner." She had really poor customer service, wrong menus, and a really horrible attitude. Don't waste your time and money...

I went to this place because of the good reviews, but I was SERIOUSLY underwhelmed.

The food was OK. Not 4.3 stars good, but OK for a neighborhood taqueria.

But the margarita was lousy. I swear they just opened a bottle of green marg mix and poured it into my glass. I couldn't taste any tequila at all, and I didn't get even a mild buzz from it. And for this they charge $9.20!?? What a...