Mi Cocinita — Restaurant in Soap Lake

This place is absolutely a Home Run...I grew up in Ft Worth ,Texas (who doesn't eat Mexican food there) lived in Moses Lake for 7 yrs (everyone eats Mexican in Moses...so many great restaurants in the Columbia Basin) and yrs later...TODAY... I discovered the absolute...most wonderful restaurant right here in little bitty SOAP LAKE, WA. To start with the atmosphere...wonderful, clean, very welcoming. The staff...very pleasant, very welcoming, excellent service...restrooms...WOW, not afraid to wash my hands and use the facility...The Best Part...peeking into the kitchen area and meeting with the Chef/owner...clean kitchen, she cares what is served...The Food...the most wonderful Homemade Salsa...thick Tortilla Chips that don't fall apart (load'm up, they will not break). I enjoyed their Pork Chili Verde (pork ribs simmerd in the verde). My lovely lady is a huge fan of the Steak Nachos...she did not offer to share... Guacamole...fantastic.. Homemade salsa...xtra fantastic...rice and beans are typical. This restaurant strives on wonderful flavor in their food...if you want spicy, they will do it. Right here in little bitty Soap Lake, WA....

Horrible service, first the waitress tried to cheat me by giving me the leftovers of someone else's drink and I realized when I was serving it the second thing is that they were charging me extra and when I asked the waitress she told me that she didn't know what That was the total that the machine threw at him and that on all the tickets it came out like this and I told him ok but it's because it doesn't indicate what it is and he snatched the ticket from my hands and went to the kitchen, when he returned he just said that it was because of the use of the card, I told her to cancel my transaction and that I was going to pay in cash, she, very annoyed, called the manager, who was just as despot as the waitress, they came and only threw my ticket to pay in cash. the place is good but the service is lousy. I will never go back...

We had dinner at their Soap Lake restaurant on a Wednesday night in late August 2022. Their first restaurant is in Ephrata. We tried their Pollo Enchiladas Rancheros and Pollo Quesadilla Loco. We ordered the Guacamole for our chips, and it was mostly avocado which is how we like it. Their food style is from the Jalisco region, and we enjoyed that style as it is not "heavy" or greasy at all. We finished with Fried Ice Cream with caramel syrup (other option is chocolate syrup), one of their two desert choices. (no flan desert here) Their cheerful decor was full of color. Friendly staff. The bathrooms, bar area, and restaurant were very clean. The air conditioning kept it cool inside.  Some guests ate at their...