Bethany Scribbles

Review of Tortilla Coast

We were visiting from out of state and a local rec...

We were visiting from out of state and a local recommended this place for dinner. We walked in and the amount of people in this one restaurant was overwhelming, it was around 5 and was loud/packed with young career folk in dress attire just getting off work for drinks. The host immediately greeted us and grabbed us a booster seat for the baby, got us a table by the window and pulled down the blinds so we weren t being baked. The server came quickly and got our drink orders, even took DD s sippy to put milk in it for us. I bet he stopped by our table every 5 minutes even though it was insanely crowded. Our drinks were never more than half empty, I didn t have to ask for an extra plate since the kids shared a kids meal - he just brought one. The host gave me directions to the bathroom (which was like a maze away) and I got lost halfway there. Amazingly he just showed up, said he was worried I d get lost, and showed me how to get there.
I have no idea how a restaurant that is this packed out, with so many people shoulder to shoulder, and low staff, can be this hospitable and attentive to every guest but it was truly impressive.
The food was just alright, the portions were decent and my meat was way overcooked like jerky. I got the tuna tacos and meh, it was food and I was hungry but nothing special. The chips were greasy but the salsa however is made in-house and was absolutely delicious.
Fortunately for the clearly overwhelmed BOH, the FOH made up for their shortcomings and I only wished my server and host had told us their names so I could brag about their service specifically.
With 20 people walking in/out the door it didn t stop the host from thanking us for coming in and wishing us a good day, as well as apologizing for the noise since we were clearly a traveling family with kids who landed in a busy singles after-work hangout.
Absolutely awesome FOH.
4 stars for FOH service, -1 Star for tuna jerky tacos.