Padrinos Mexican Restaurant — Restaurant in St. Louis

I was so upset Sunday when I ordered a Taco Bowl with refried beans and was given pinto beans at the bottom of my bowl was a bunch of onions and a pepper so hot which choked me so bad I don't do Hot peppers or Spicy foods period the lady asked if they could redo it at first I said yes then I told her No they didn't make it right the 1st time so no thank you I've been waiting all week for this meal that wasn't prepared right and got the Hottest pepper I've ever tasted in my Life which chocked me it's really upsetting the person who put that Pepper in my Food shouldn't work anywhere I hope you have Cameras so you can run it back to see who would do such a Childish thing I'm really upset and so was my stomach all night this was the 1st time experiencing a Problem I still left the lady a tip even though I was disappointed she took the Taco Bowl off I was still angry and in disbelief that I had to be someone's prank I'm not going to say I won't give them another try cause my 1st I had a Party of 10 and the Food was Great no problems 2nd Time No problem 3 time was the Problem I do have faith that this will never...

My friends and I have been coming here at least once a month (some times twice a week or even twice a day!) for the last couple of years and have always loved it in the past. There have been some consistency issues over this past year but nothing that kept us from loving the place.

However, we went about 10 days ago and there was a major downward shift. The menu was suddenly VERY limited, the queso looked like it had separated (it was very watery with specks of cheese), and almost all of the servers I’ve enjoyed seeing repeatedly weren’t there (maybe it was their day off). It took almost an hour to get food and we were one of 2 tables in the place when we ordered. My tacos were good and the margaritas were still very good but most of our table ordered arroz con pollo (usually a favorite) and it was very low quality. Another friend found a hair in her fries.

This is after a public restructuring of the staff and menu that they have mentioned online. I sincerely hope things go back to the previous quality because we would hate to stop going to our favorite...

I've been here a few times before last night, the other times I've been in here were over a year ago and something had changed.

The service was fine, the salsa and chips were good too. But man rhe portion sizes are a joke. The 14 dollar chimi was the smallest thing I've ever got at a restaurant as a dish. It looked like a fun sized tortilla. No bigger than a cardboard toll from a paper towel when its finished and about the length of a mini coke can. It was a joke. The portion was the size a mouse would get. My friend who ordered the same thing had the same experience. Out of tamales and didn't let my other buddy know that until about 30 minutes after he ordered. And the rice is weird here. Tasted like mushy Chinese restaurant fried rice thawed out. Bathrooms are also gross. No paper towels in the dispenser and the soap was ripped off the wall and just placed on the edge of the sink. Never wasting money here again. The worst part is we were treated to dinner from a friend, who I felt awful about having to pay for the joke of...