Blue Agave Southwest Grill — Restaurant in Yorba Linda

It was terrible. It only deserved 1 star because the food was pleasant, otherwise it would have been 0 stars if I could. I usually do not give low star ratings, but this was definitely needed.

We had a larger party (8 people). When we arrived, our waitstaff was very helpful with helping us order and gave us time to make our food decisions.

Upon leaving, we requested split bills for our party. But they refused. Generally we would all be okay with this and pay each other amongst ourselves (zelle, venmo, etc) if we had known ahead of time. But before people jump the gun and say "well it's usually like this with large parties" or "you should have known", etc.. It's not that we should have known, I've dined at many places that that was the case, but this time, it was the rude staff and their umprofessionalism that gave them the low rating. The following is the synopsis:

What got me was they split the check for 2 people in our party of 8, which by all means made no sense if they said they don't split checks. On top of it, they should have told us in the beginning as we were seated.

When we brought this up to the hostess in the front. She said they couldn't do that and our waitress should've told us before we sat. Her reason why they couldn't split the check was because their boss did not want to pay the credit card fees. I immediately said that wasn't our problem, no one told us in advance, and yet 2 people from our party got split checks even though they were with our party.

Reluctantly, they split the check for us but the head hostess lady we spoke to, at the front, gave the worst attitude. She sat a single family of 4 right next to us and told them out loud: "oh by the way, we can't split your check." That was super unprofessional and completely unnecessary. I understand she got frustrated, but that was uncalled for. It was a single family, like why would they need to split the bill. Honestly she was rude but oh well, they did end up accommodated us regardless.

Overall, the food was pretty decent. My gripe was with the hostess who was completely unprofessional and rude. 1 star for the food. I wouldn't recommend this place for others with...

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