About - El Rincón del maíz
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The first and probably last time I went, I ordered the hibiscus flower tacos. The server nonchalantly mentioned that they would be "gritty" (because it's a flower was her reasoning); I was not too concerned by that and went ahead and ordered it. She was not lying, it was super gritty, like sand, but the part I was not ready for was when I almost broke a tooth on a gravel size rock. After that, I searched through the taco and found multiple nerd/gravel size rocks. I asked the server about them and she acted like that was normal. I can maybe understand some grittyness, but this was another level. It was as if they dropped the hibiscus flower on a dirt road, scooped it up, rocks and all, and served it anyway. I would not recommend any restaurant serve anything with rocks in it that could potentially harm a customer. The bar looks nice.
Yummy! I had the Boricua taco on cilantro tortilla and the Birria taco on regular corn tortilla and a guava and cheese tamale, they were all very very delicious! I was served quickly and was given great service by the staff! I can’t wait to be back to try other items on the menu!
Unfortunately the service really took away from the food experience, although some of my friends were not fans of the food either. They brought us one little "can" of chips, of which 2/3 were crums. When I asked for more, they said no. I asked if I could pay for more and they offered "chips and guacamole" - so no, "no chips for you". Then when the food came out, it was one person at a time... about 5 min apart. And then mine was about 10 min after the last, so everyone was able to watch me eat! Excuse was kitchen was slammed but there was maybe 20 people in the place that is for a hundred? I may give them another try in a couple of months for the good food, but hopefully the service will drastically improve and they will figure out that chips are cheap, reviews are expensive!