I had some pretty high hopes for this place. I had heard nothing but good things.. But from the moment I arrived it was nothing but misery. Am I really the only one that had an awful experience? ..or just a bad day for AV?
When I arrived I was greeted by a line going out the door which wasn't a surprise, I knew it would be busy. But the frustrating part was it was a line for people waiting to get drinks from the bar/window combined with people wanting a table and those just wondering how they get in. After we got all the way in we discovered we were going to have a 45 min wait we decided to get back in line and get a margarita and hang out (as many others seemed to be doing).
We did this only to find there is no place to "hang out". There is no bar or lounge area and there it is illegal to take your drinks outside and just walk around so you have to wait in this tiny crowded area and drink your drink. It was so unorganized. Just by looking around you could see how confused and frustrated many were at how the entrance operated.
When we finally got a table we found the service to be lackluster and were surprised that we had to order tortilla chips separately. The chips we received appeared to be the kind out of a bag at your local Safeway (not homemade).
We had fish tacos which were great but we both ordered with rice and beans and neither arrived with rice and beans (which also were extra).
The tacos themselves were great but certainly not good enough to warrant this headache.
The fresh lime margaritas were great but not worthy of a 7 dollar price tag considering they are literally the size of a shot glass!
I left AV frustrated and can safely say that I wont be back. I could see how this place might have been a "best kept secret" once upon a time but its hard to see that now. Its just too small for this kind of volume and way too unorganized. I would think they would profit greatly in customer satisfaction (and bar sales) if they somehow added a bar/waiting area.
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