Aureola Mexican Cantina — Restaurant in San Juan

I gave them two stars because the service was good and the waitress was very attentive. However, this was probably the worst Mexican food I've ever had. Taco Bell is better quality. The Margarita was the worst I've ever had and I've never met a Margarita I couldn't drink. I took a sip and ended up ordering a beer. Speaking of beers, the only Mexican beer they had was Corona. If you don't like Corona you'll be drinking local beer or Heineken which isn't bad but you kind of expect to be able to have Mexican Beer options other than Corona at a Mexican restaurant.

Now the food. I've had better Mexican food at an elementary school cafeteria in Florida. For salsa they use a sauce that I still believe to be a Ragu type spaghetti sauce. The taco shells are the cheap grocery store type and the seasoning is just blah. Disclaimer: I'm not Mexican nor do I claim to be the expert on Mexican food but I have lived in Texas and California and know what a taco is supposed to taste like. This wasn't it.

Again, you'd be better served and will save a lot of $$ going to Taco Bell. Here's a run down of our check:

2 - Orders of Tacos (each order consisted of three tacos and some chips) 1 - Steak Burrito with Chips 1 - Carnitas Enchiladas with Chips and 1 tablespoon each of refried beans, guacamole, and sour cream 1 - Queso Fundido with Chorizo Appetizer 1 - bottle of water 1 - bottle of Perrier 1 - Mojito 1 - Margarita 1 - Medalla

Total: $95

I live in PR and I will never visit this place again. Sorry...

I really hate to do this… because as someone who’s worked in restaurants and retail for 15 years I hate to complain… BUT.. this was probably the worst food I’ve ever had. We started the queso fundido which was basically mozzarella cheese melted into a bowl. You couldn’t dip the chips into it. I got the shrimp enchiladas and the red sauce was basically jarred salsa and the shrimp tasted off. My boyfriend said the cañitas in his enchilada was okay but again. The jar salsa instead of an enchilada sauce was weird. The refried beans was cold for both of us which was weird…

The margarita was the worst.. all sour mix and I’m not at all picky about margaritas. Five of the six beers on the menu were unavailable which okay we could blame on the stuff going on in the world.

The service is as just okay…

I give them two stars because they savedt Boyfriends Fedora hat that he left...

Walking in, was hoping it might have been an off night. I ordered the skirt steak burrito. The burrito was disappointing. The salsa and chips that came with it were also disappointing. The salsa was warm and tasted too much like spaghetti sauce, they also put this on the burrito and sprinkle cheese pver it. The burrito was $16 but was as small as my fist and tasted like..well Ill be nice. All I could eat was the meat out of it. I paid 20 plus for the burrito and 1 beer. Employees were hanging out in dining area on phones. When I ordered they went back and made the food. The bar tender was the best thing going for this place. She is an asset. Would keep her and change the rest. Dont recommend. Keep on walking....plenty of better food.options on the same...