Las Playas

If you are like me and dislike El Maguey due to their tasteless boiled gr beef and cheap ingredients then this restaurant would be considered several notches below that. I ordered the $9.99 Platter with 2 enchiladas and 1 taco with Rice. The "enchiladas" were tasteless boiled ground beef with a soggy - yep soggy almost ready to fall apart - flour tortillas covered in a red sauce. The taco was the same ground beef in a taco shell with a good handful of grated cheese. The "Mexican Rice" was a very overcooked and tasteless white rice with a pinkish hue. That was IT. No lettuce or any other side. $9.99. Then I ordered a queso cheese dip for the chips which arrived warm in a small cup with my meal. It was so thin that it ran off the chip and didn't stick. I tried to pour a little over the "enchiladas" and again it ran off in a pool. It was about the consistency of milk. I have never experienced a cheese "dip" like this before. It actually should have been served warm in a cup.



The big surprise was the charge on my bill for the "dip". $3.99! I asked if it was a mistake and was told no. I get that it costs for overhead and labor. But really? About $.75 to $1.00 ( at most) in ingredients that was poorly prepared. My bill with tax was $15.00 for 1 person and the meal really wasn't worth eating. I drive by this site almost daily and seldom see many cars there and often none. Should have been my hint.

I go to Las Playas almost every week. Their Pollo La Playa and Fajitas are excellent. The cheese dip is fantastic with their chips. They are always fast, friendly and food is hot and tasty.