We were really craving some solid hole in the wall Mexican PHood so we headed up to the SW corner of McDowell & 16th street & went to La Cocina Mexican Food Restaurant.
When we walked in we were greeted with by 2 friendly ladies who walked us through the menu, which has pictures on it so you know what you're ordering, & were pleased to see that they had Apple Soda as well!
We requested some chips & helped ourselves to their salsa bar w/ sliced cucumbers. One of the ladies also made us some of their "Special Salsa" (black bowl) which was tasty & mild. The chips were so hot when they were served & after adding some salt were PHabulous!
The wife ordered the 5 tacos for $5 special. They're mini tacos with double corn tortillas. These had good quality chicken with good seasoning. They were served warm & had some onion mix on them as well. The wife said she'd certainly get these again & was impressed with how filling they were (3.5 of them) with out being overwhelmingly stuffed. It was a relatively lite dinner she said...
I went with the Pastor Plate $6.95, served with rice, beans (w/ cheese), pico, guacamole, & a few PHlour tortillas. The marinade was great & I was impressed with my own little tacos w/ the beans, pico, guac, & meat... It was wonderPHul PHood PHor sure, especially for the price!
VENUE & LOCATION: 8 out of 10. It was very clean, a little older in decor (but after all you're not going to a place like this for decor), & the building was spacious inside. The location is great, especially if you're coming from the north, west, or south. If you're coming from the east valley you'll have to get off on the 51, then McDowell or get up to 7th st & back track to the SW corner of McDowell & 16th st.
VALUE & SERVICE: 9 out of 10. As good as you'd need for a place like this. The ladies went above & beyond for us. Helped us through our orders, made us some special salsa, brought our PHood to us (rather than calling our order up), cleaned our table, etc. Value was good as well, This type of PHood in Scottsdale @ a nicer place could have been $25+ total. I'd give them an A on V&S for sure!
COMFORT: 8 out of 10. Not the most secure area necessarily, nothing to be afraid of either. The inside was spacious but fast food feeling, which it kinda sorta is I guess... Still very good, just explaining what we noticed here.
OVER ALL: A-
Good PHood.
Good Location.
Good spot to hit up, monthly perhaps!
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How were the tortillas? That usually makes or breaks a Mexican restaurant for me.
Most Mexican food is just mexican to me... NOT really ever different
so I don't have to go to too many of these comparing good, gooder n goodest? It is a pepsi place so that would be a thumbs up to Michael...