Banditos Restaurant & Cantina

Okay - I'm split on this one. The venue itself, is AWESOME. We sat on the patio, beautiful view, great band....simply great. Food: We were so excited because the free chips and salsa served before our meal were the best we've ever had. What came afterwards was just truly awful. We LOVE mexican food!!! This is hands down the worst we've ever had, EVER. Out of five people at our table, not a single person ate more than 20% of their meal before giving up out of disgust. Chimichangas are a simple, mexican restaurant staple; however, I received mine drowning in some kind of disgusting cheese sauce....only could get a bite or two down before giving up. $120 bill and all we ate were the free chips/salsa. So I would give this only one star, but because of the patio, the band, and the chips....I gave two stars. I would definitely go back, but only for drinks and chips to hang out on the patio.

Best meal we ate while in MB, hands down!  First off, the salsa they serve with chips is some of the best I've ever had.  It really had a kick to it, too.  Our server was awesome.  She brought us our side of guac to find another server had already dropped one off.  So she gave us hers and didn't charge us extra.  Guac is very good and made fresh there, too.  I got the vegurito burrito and loved it.  Burrito was big and was filled with grilled fresh veggies and rice.  They serve it with a side of beans and a side of rice, both big portions.  My wife got two back bean tacos and some fried plantains.  Tacos were big!  And she said the plantains were very tasty, too.  I was too stuffed to try one.  The prices were good, too, especially for being right on the beach with an ocean view.  We def will go back!

Locals... went here with guests from out of town.  Big mistake.  Had heard the food was ok, but the service was deplorable.  Still wanted to try it ourselves.  Long wait, it was April so not to busy at the beach, drink order totally screwed up.  Another 15 mins to get drinks right.  Noticed servers and bartender clowning around apposed to taking care of their diners. Food order again all wrong, at this point we all decided we just wanted our check.  Knowing we weren't happy, the server sent over "manager"  who made excuses of being short staffed and changing some items on menu.  We paid our overpriced check and bid this place "adios" .  For good.