Cazadores

I'm not sure what happen in the last couple months, maybe the chef left, but the food is terrible and the service is non-existent.  I know the summer season is over, and most of the tourists are gone, but that's no excuse for cutting back on staff and quality.  The waitress refilled our drinks once and didn't refill our tortilla chips.  

I always order the carne asada, one of the most expensive entrees - $14.50.  I used to get a mound of perfectly seared strips that I could wrap in the flour tortilla with the rice, beans, lettuce & guacamole.  The flour tortillas were served in a separate tortilla container, but now, they're just wrapped in tin foil.  This weekend, I got a small, dry, burnt, rubbery, thin skirt steak that I had to cut apart myself.  It wasn't seasoned, and  I had to cut 20% of the steak out because it was cartilage and too burnt.  The serving size used to be large enough to make another full dinner out of it, but this time, if there was anything left, I wouldn't even bother.  My SO ordered his usual - the Americana, which is a hamburger and fries.  He had to break a part of the burger off because it was too burnt.

I won't be coming back again until someone writes a good review again.  This was a complete waste of time and money which is really disappointing as I've been a regular here for the last three years, and there aren't a lot of "fancy" restaurants in town.

Walking in this place, I will admit upfront: I didn't expect much. It's Mexican food in Monticello. We were in town just briefly but decided to get dinner, and Cazadores seemed as good a place as any.

When we arrived, someone (a patron?) came up to greet us and told us to go back to the bar--which is down a long hallway that's lined with a local's art and some random outdoor chairs. I should probably mention now that this is a somewhat eclectically decorated place (e.g., what was available at Meijer and Walmart the week the store opened, plus a weird horse thing on the wall of the bar).

Once seated, the service was quite good. My fiance ordered a dish and was actually told he could get the same thing for cheaper if he ordered it differently--which, of course, we did. The food was, at best, mediocre. I ordered an enchilada plate while the fiance had two beef burritos. I couldn't tell much difference between the two, and I could only finish part of my meal because it was just... eh. Filling and mediocre don't really cut it for me. When we first sat down we were given chips and a carafe of salsa, plus two bowls, which were refilled throughout the meal when we asked.

I really have no complaints about the service. I just wish the food could have been better! As far as price goes, two drinks and two meals ran us about $20.