Maria Mentiras Bar & Grill — Restaurant in Union City

Went there for the 1st time Saturday night.. Heard the drinks and music were good so we decided to give it a try. Disappointed from the beginning. The waitress was polite but she sat us down at dirty table which normally, Wouldn't make a big deal about as it would usually get wiped down. However, the waitress decides to clean the table with a Pledge like foam spray which sprayed mist all over my friends and I. The waitress was oblivious to this.

Drinks: The server convinced us to order a full pitcher of the Champagne Sangria as she recommended it as her favorite and best drink at the place. Disappointed again. It wasn't terrible but it definitely wasn't anything memorable. The plastics wine glasses were so taboo. Take note, a full pitcher will only serve 4 ppl 1 half full cup.

Food: We asked about the 6 sampler appetizer ($35) on the menu. She advised that the chef picks out the 6 for you based on what is the most fresh in the kitchen. We gave it a chance. After 35 minutes of waiting for the appetizer, it finally came out. After 20 min of waiting, we did ask the waitress on status and she said she would check on it but she never followed up with us but instead went to chat up with her coworkers while we waited an additional 15 min for the apps. The apps that the chef selected for us were calamaris, shrimp in garlic sauce, stuffed mushrooms, quesadillas, bbq pulled pork sliders, and chorizo. Lets start with the fact that nothing was warm.

The calamari 's were the smallest rings I have ever seen in my life and definitely tasted microwaved. Served 4 shrimp that tasted like they had turned (very fishy taste). 4 Stuffed mushrooms tasted like the stuffing had gone bad. And they were small mushrooms. Quesadillas were just melted cheese on a flour tortilla. No flavor at all. Only side served with is was guacamole, no salsa or sour cream. Bbq pork sliders were actually pretty tasty. Wouldn't mind eating those again. Chorizo was cut in half and served 3 half sliced chorizos (so 1.5 chorizo in total). They were tasty but they come already full of flavor precooked so I cant really give the chef credit fo that. Also some of them were burned.

The last thing was the bill. THIS IS IMPORTANT!!! NOTE THAT THEY AUTOMATICALLY ADD 18% TIP TO A TABLE OF 3 or more ppl. I have never experienced this in my life. I have only seen automatic gratuity added on tables of 6 or more. I have heard of 5 but never 3! We did not see it posted on their menu and only found out when we saw the bill. We asked the waitress if that was correct and she confirmed yes.

Too bad I didn't think of taking pictures of anything else that night but it is etched in my memory forever. Needless to same we left after that and decided to eat dinner elsewhere. Luckily the new place we went to was an amazing first time experience that made up for the dissatisfaction that...

Update: I used to enjoy this place, but not anymore. I went in two weekends in a row. First weekend, worst Cosmopolitan in the history of cocktails.

I went back today with friends, and it was traumatizing. There is sauce in EVERYTHING, including the paella, which also had cheese. It tasted more like mac and cheese than paella. When I brought it up to the attention of my server, he explained that "it was a Maria Mentiras paella" not a paella. Sounds like a load of Maria Mentiras paella... I ordered mofonguitos to try to make up for the Maria Mentiras paeall fiasco, and we found a hair in the food. A long hair.

Drinks are a disappointment. Servers are highly incompetent in terms of making the client feel like it's worth going there.

Unfortunately, the only thing I can recommend about this place are the bottled beers.

Excelente lugar, muy buen ambiente, muy buena música. Un servicio super,...

Worst experience ever!!!! We use to come to this place and the cook was a lady and she was very good but when we came in for Father’s Day my parents order mar y Tierra with lobster tail and the food was horrible. The lobster tail was spoiled and my dad’s lobster tail shelf had a fly that came out of it. It smelled disgusting and meat was undercooked. That day who ever was cooking had no idea what he was doing. The manger a guy that was as bartender gave us an attitude cause after that I didn’t want to eat my food either, i order the paella and the muscles were old and look and smell horrible. he was very rude and he was not apologetic for the bad food. We could of have gotten sick if we ate that thing. DISGUSTING 100% very disappointing. I used to love this place. Perhaps the manager should check the plates before they are Sever to the customers and should take some customer...