LaFogata Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Texarkana

I went Friday night to see my buddy's band play. The patio was well decorated and nearly every table had a pretty good view of the stage. The stage itself was a little lower than the deck for the patio, so it was like a mini amphitheater. Pretty cool. My wife and I got there after our friends had already been setting up for the show for a while, and right away I noticed that every plate of food across their group's three or four tables was half eaten at best. I ordered the appetizer sampler and the only thing that was any good were the (more or less unseasoned) wings and the rammekin of ranch. Everything else on the plate was truly awful. It's tacky 80s housewife taco night type crap. Look at some of the pictures posted; it tastes exactly like it looks. Maybe the worst tex mex i have had anywhere. Bland, bad texture(what should be crunchy is gummy, what should be soft is stale and tough, meats are oily yet dry) and poor choices in ingredients and recipes all around. A little pepper, onion, or cilantro would go a long damn way. Bright yellow cheese and wilted shredded lettuce all over everything. Watery thin salsa with no heat. Cheese dip straight out of a Sam's club can. The salty overload of something like taco bueno would be an upgrade because at least they use salt. Stingy portions of dried out meats and copious amounts of filler ingredients. The aftertaste of an oily corn tortilla. I think an excellent cook couldn't make these dishes work. This plate, plus my wife's shrimp tacos, took close to an hour to arrive. 53 bucks for two plates, iced tea and a coke. This included a gratuity fee the waitress tipped herself with because we sat with our friends who had been there like an hour. We waited for our drinks for at least 15 minutes until our friend tracked the waitress down at the bar area and got her to bring them. We did not get any refills, fresh chips, or salsa. The place is neat, but do yourself a favor and get a drink and skip the food. Eat at any other tex mex place in texarkana; there are dozens just...

Been there twice, both times the service AND food were awful. One waitress was extremely rude - everything she said were bitter responses like "I'm too busy busing tables," "I can't get to you, I'm only one person", and my favorite was, "well I can't get to that because my hands are tied." She even gave a snarky remark to a person in my party about NOT being a waitress when she was clearly serving other tables. She walked around like she hated being there, hated waiting tables, and hated having to deal with us. We aren't even a fussy group to handle, we are always pretty easy going, never send food back, and tip well. But she made it clear every time she'd come to our table that we were a major nuisance to her. If I didn't know any better, I'd swear we were eating at Dick's last Resort Restaurant.

As for the food, it has to be the worst I've ever been served, not just on one visit but on both. The taste was terrible and four of us agreed that the cheese is very unpalatable (and we are avid cheese lovers!). They DO have good margaritas tho.

And as for the atmosphere, it can be nice but we were sitting in the outside section and would occasionally catch a very strong smell of sewage or garbage or something. It...

Definitely WILL NOT go again. A few months ago I wanna say December- Octoberish I went in. Everything was so beautiful, there were these 2 kids working I asked how old they were and they said "11 and 12" they had CHILDREN! working there, they kids worked very hard, then this lady her name was Torrey pulled them aside and started yelling at them saying she's gonna get them fired and gonna take half of their pay! It's really sad how young these 2 girls are and had to deal with that. Then this other girl came over and was upset because these 2 girls got tipped. When those 2 girls were getting yelled at she told them to take out the trash, IT WAS DARK!!!!! the lady had them cutting lemons, limes, behind the bar and getting her food! I did ended up tipping these 2 girls and the older one started crying because of how rough her day was, it's so sad to see how they treat...