"TLDR; it 's the Mexican restaurant version of an inauthentic tourist trap; and it 's by design. I admittedly love Mexican food and have had many versions of it across its regional variations. But it 's core has always been the rustic, inventive food of poverty. Somehow through the decades it became American-ized and homogenized and when it doesn 't look like Tex-mex, people take it as authentic. Almost universally. The result are places like this that focus on easily recognizable items; taco, burrito, tamale, enchilada, so on and so fourth. All listed in combo form to make ordering easily. And what I received was a GROUND BEEF taco, an enchilada, a Chile Relleno, with beans and rice ALL slathered in cheese and heavy sauce. The cheese stuffed pepper? Yup, more cheese on top. The cheese stuffed 'enchilada? Yup more cheese and sauce on top. The kind of dishes where every bite has that sameness to it where nothing is really any different than anything else. To their credit the beans rice were decent. Now, the people here are very kind and attentive, but they know where they 're located and they know their customers. Sitting there in the booth with my wife, we looked around and saw the same thing; all customers are basically the same people; the same attitudes, the same ages, the same ethnicity, the same backgrounds all basically being duped into believing this is Mexican cuisine even more than they likely already were. Who 's to blame? Everyone. The business owners found a way to run the business, and it 's not their fault; except it is. And the customers continue to eat the indulgent, oversimplified, slathered sameness you get here instead of the inventive rustic cuisine Mexicans are known for. Head to Oxnard or LA; find the real thing and give it a try."
