Amigos Cantina

5-stars for decor. This place looks like it was pulled straight out of some quaint little southwestern biker/hiker destination town in New Mexico or Arizona. Excellent use of turquoise, adorable bar, all around the place looks great.

The service was good, everyone was super friendly and the margaritas were excellent.  The food - not so much. My boyfriend got fajitas, which were decent. The steak was cooked perfectly when I normally expect that dried out Mexican overcooked beef shenanigan. He asked for jalapenos (just chop em up and sautee em..or not if that's easier... and throw em in the mix, this is his "uje") but they only had canned jalapenos (ew), and the request would be dependent on the chef's mood. Which we totally get, having worked in restaurants collectively for about 12 years, but jeez. So he didn't want them, since they're canned, but we wouldn't have gotten them anyway because apparently the request was denied.

Anyway, that's all fine and good, but I had chile rellenos, and they were terrible. Everything about that dish was terrible. We were actually making bets as to how long they had been frozen before they were reheated and put on my plate. I'm talking like, 3-inch freezer burn on these suckers. We also bet on how many times the beans had been refried..and refried.. and refried. I mean like rock-hard, crusty & dark on the outside of the scoop o' beans. I can't tell you how many chile rellenos I've eaten in my life.. but these were definitely the worst. I suppose I should have said something, at least to settle the bets we had made, but having already gotten the impression that the chef was an arrogant prick it seemed like it would have been a waste of time.

Chips & salsa were ok (the bf didn't like them though, too salty). Also the bf got pico and it wasn't pico at all, it was just salsa... which is fine but call it what it is. I believe this was a Saturday (if not it was pretty busy), so it's not like this was an off night.

I will definitely be back for drinks, cuz I'm a fan of the ambiance, and it's close to home. And kudos for opening a decent bar in schuylerville. I won't likely be eating there again though. Maybe I'm spoiled from being out west for so long, but I've found some excellent Mexican places in Saratoga. If i want frozen/canned food I'll just eat at home.

EDIT: Very interesting response. What say you of the "chef's mood" in whether to provide [canned] jalepenos? And the unbelievably inappropriate sexcapade story we got from a bartender, which I left out in order to represent the *restaurant* - not one employee - in the review (yes, I know how to review businesses appropriately...). And if not freezer burn (we almost always nail that one but you seem pretty insistent that we were wrong this time..) what exactly was wrong with the chile rellenos? I'd be happy to bring some good ones over and conduct a blind taste test with your own customers.

I have been back here multiple times (you *can* see my check-in count, right?), and brought tables of 4-6+, almost always at my own recommendation, for the margaritas/location/atmosphere. Have tried other dishes, pretty consistently "meh". I did enjoy the shrimp enchiladas and was planning to edit the review with updates on other hits & misses. My review was mostly positive (by Yelp standards, 3 stars means A-Ok), so I'd say the owner's response was very poor taste indeed. I have heard since from locals I showed this to that the attitude is not surprising at all. Also, interesting to see that there are almost as many filtered reviews as there are non-filtered. Hmm. I guess when you have a monopoly on the Schuylerville Mexican scene, you just don't need to isten to clients & respond appropriately. Really bummed about that because this place has tons of potential.

Food was fair to good, the servers were great, but the organization in this place needs an overhaul.  We had made a reservation on Wednesday for my mother's birthday dinner the following Saturday at 8:00pm.  My party sat down, looked at the menu, ordered drinks, apps, and our dinner all at the same time after being told that a larger table had been seated right before us and things may take a while longer, in order to save on time in things getting out.  Ten to fifteen minutes later, we get the drinks on the table, but a margarita that had been ordered was served unflavored.  Fast-forward another twenty minutes, and we finally get our appetizers(an order of guacamole, which was okay, and another of queso dip, which was pretty good). After we finish our apps, we are waiting around for another hour before asking where our entrees were.  We were informed that the plates should be out momentarily.  After another ten minutes pass, we ask for everything to go, as my parents and two out of the three other members of our party were rapidly growing tired, and it was getting toward 10pm.  My father had asked to speak with the owner, and he hands us $60 in gift certificates for the next time.  We hear nothing else after this, and we assume that the meal had also been comped, and all except two of us, who wanted dessert leaves.  They later get presented with a bill for the full meal, after ruining my mother's birthday.  Upon refusing to pay it were told by one of the waitresses that it would have gotten docked from our waitress' pay should it go unpaid.  I have never ever witnessed worse customer service in my life and will never return to this place.  My suggestion to the management is to watch your table scheduling better and make sure the kitchen can handle the load  that you're placing on them.  You lost at least a dozen potential customers tonight.

Pretty traditional mexican food, but very well executed. Get the espresso creme brulee for dessert, you won't regret it!