Daughter and I had 45 minutes before her class.  Service was so slow that we only had ~5 minutes to eat..  I left a credit card on the table to show that I'm coming back and then proceeded to take my daughter to her class across the street.  Let's say i finally got the most responsive service that evening as the waitress pursued me out the door. Pathetic.  Does a 45 year old and 8 year old really look like they'll stiff a restaurant?  Oh, and had to ask for  kids menu and our "no ice" request on the drink was ignored.
Review Source:I give 2 stars for the view, which was good, but they forgot to bring the sous for the quesadillas. They have to do something about the service which it sucks, like: a server with dirty pants and hair, who doesn't know how to carry a coffee or forgot to bring the whole food.
I won't come back for sure:(
This is not really Mexican food but something to fill your stomach with. It's OK. Not good and not bad. Service has gone downhill. Everything took longer and they were not that busy. Getting my order took too long. Waited 45 minutes for the food to arrive and they give me the bill when the food hasn't even come yet! I haven't even used my fork and knife! He should have been able to see I only had chips and salsa. Â Many TVs to watch to keep you entertained. Should be faster and better service with all the numerous employees around.
Review Source:I had never been to Chevy's before & checked out the reviews on Yelp before I went. I was meeting someone who picked this place so there was no way for me to not go. I saw a  lot of complaints about service and attitudes. I did not experience any such problems. My friend was already seated and had chips, salsa and water at the table. Service was prompt and friendly - we were chatting and didn't order right away. The chips and salsa were good. The salsa is nice and thick and has pretty good flavor. We both had the fish tacos with black beans and rice. They were really good. I really liked the soft taco. It was fresh and a little thicker than a regular tortilla and slightly chewy (which I like) and the fish was really fresh and I loved the sauce they put on it.
Review Source:Is there a way to give 0 stars? That should be an option due to the poor service I received today at Chevys in Foster City. Me & my friend went in at 3:30pm, right before happy hour. Â We waited in the front for a few minutes with no acknowledgement from the bartender, who seemed to be the only one working in the whole building. There were several people sitting down starring at us while we waited in the lobby. Â We decided to use the restroom since no one was helping us. When we went back to the lobby we waited for another few more minutes. We decided to walk to the back to see if anyone would seat us. Some worker was sitting on a chair playing with his phone. I asked should we seat ourselves and he said yes. I sat down and he told me the section was closed. We walked over to the bar and the bartender just looked at us. I told him he could have at least said hello and told us to seat our selves. However, he just looked at us. He lost himself a customer and I will never go back. We went to Celia's and had great service from the moment we arrived. They value their customers. Great location but horrible service. Do not bother coming to this Chevys.
Review Source:Okay, so i'll first have to say that i'm not a huge fan of chain restaurants but since moving to the burbs and having twins..it seems to be the way of life...
We went to Chevy's yesterday , a sunday afternoon to meet friends for lunch. My mom is in town and esp with the two kiddos who happen to be 5 months old now, Chevy's seemed to be a good pick. The fact  that it's 5 minutes from our house was a bonus too!
  Anyways, surprisingly it wasn't super crowded. Our friends had gotten a table in the bar area and it was quite windy outside so outdoors wasn't an option with the kids. They had the table ready and even had provided holders for their car seats!!! How cool !! I had no idea there were such things !! We showed up with our new wide load double stroller and the staff was super nice and accommodating....sooooo nice as I'm a little weary bringing such a big piece of gear out to public places...
 We asked for a regular table so if the kids woke up while we were there, they would be able to see us from their stroller.
I think it was one of the managers who brought us to another table and made plenty of room for us and made us feel welcome. He even commented about when his kids were little and them going out to eat which really made me feel better. This is only the 3rd time we had brought them out to a restaurant so we're still a little new at this.
  Our server was really nice and even though the food took a while to come out, he kept checking on us ( and brought us lots of chips and salsa) and kept us posted, which was quite thoughtful of him
My Mom isn't a huge Mexican food fan, seeing as she doesn't eat cheese but I ordered the Mixed Combo Fajitas for us and it was a hit...plenty for us to share and she really liked it !!! Yay !!! We also all ordered pina coladas and the meal was complete...
Super Yummy( especially the corn polenta!!) and a very comfortable family experience.
Thank you Chevy's !!! We'll definitely be back !!
Oh, and I have to add, it was nice seeing the multiple strollers coming in and out of the restaurant too.... Â :)
I want to like this place. They've got a great location right by the water and windows next to tables that open out to the lagoon. That and the fact they're the only mexican restaurant on the "island" of Foster City have to be the only reason why they're still in business.
They are so good at bad service that it's personalized for your table.
We were sitting right next to the bar, so we can see this. At my table, we asked for two waters plus one more with ice. Guy brings two waters, fine. We ask for the other water, he looks at us and ignores the request. We flag him down and he does it again. Okay, must be us, right?
It was quite a long wait for the food because they were understaffed, and each time he would pass our table, he'd look the other way. At another table, a person waited so long to get his drinks, he went up to the bar to ask for them. I overheard another table that decided the best way to get service was to chat up the server. Nothing wrong with being friendly and creating a more positive environment certainly.
The waitstaff felt so comfortable at that point, they actually moved slower for everyone. I'd really like to point out some redeeming quality for the service just to balance things out a bit. But I can't.
Even the hostesses were rude in their own disaffected self-absorption. And by the way, there were empty tables but the hostesses couldn't seat anyone. If you had one less hostess and one more waiter, your service might still be bad because you have awful management, but at least it'd be faster.
So, do you want water, chips, busing, or food? Be prepared to flag it down, because they consider it a privilege for you to give them your money at Chevys in Foster City. Like a typical monopoly / oligopoly, they have plenty of captive customers, so they don't need you to be one.
-- EDIT --
BTW, for those of you who never hear back, I wrote the CEO, Charly Robinson. He responded in about 10 minutes. However, there was no follow up afterwards --- not that I was particularly interested in speaking with anyone.
Chevy's is a brand of a company called Real Mex. They also own El Torito. Contrary to my statement earlier, there is another Mexican restaurant in Foster City: El Torito. You can read the 2013 reviews for yourself.
If you head just a couple miles away to San Mateo, there are dozens of 4-star Yelp rated Mexican restaurants, and you don't have to give the entitled folks at Real Mex your money.
It was and still is one of the best Mex restaurant my family liked, we are local and have been there for many times, food side they are always meet expectation, the service speed is kind of slow nowadays, last time we were there, we waited for 15 minutes until the waiter come to our table really serve us order.
Review Source:This review is only for the Bar. Last night a group of us went to Chevy's for a night cap because Spices Bar was closed. Chevy's had Margarita's for $3.50. We ordered about 2 person that night. The flavor was good but the drink was weak. There was chips and salsa on the table which as OK. The Bar has last call at 11 pm and since we were the only table left we got left at 11:20 pm. Plenty of TV's around the Bar. Service was good.
Review Source:Only after this review did someone contact me; what a coincidence! Message as follows:
"Jessica, thank you for your review. Â We really appreciate hearing from you. Â I apologize for the mistakes made in filling your order. Â I am going to bring your concern to the attention of our regional management team so that they can address the issues you raised. Â If you would you like one of them to reach out to you directly, please reply here with your email or telephone number so that they can get in touch.
Again, I sincerely apologize to you. Â
Laura"
I replied over a month ago with my email address.... and haven't heard a word. Chevy's blows! Worst customer service ever. You suck more than I ever realized. If I could give negative stars, I would.
I admit that I do love the food here but 1 star for them because of crappy service. Me and my family went there for dinner tonight and after 20 mins. we walked out because we were never greeted and the only time someone came to our table was to give us chips. Someone did offer to get someone to our table but seriously after waiting that long would we really stay there...... HELL NO. Definitely not coming here for a long time until they get their staff properly trained.
Review Source:Why make me wait 20 mins when you have over 10 available tables??? Tim the manager instructed me that their other businesses that can serve me. He was a complete JERK and said he doesn't care if i don't like it. I said ok I'm going to share my bad experience on Yelp...Tim says "I don't care...you can go somewhere else..." Â What kind of customer service is that???? Never tell the customer something like!!! I was going to give the place 3 stars...Tim the manager made me make a 1 star!
Review Source:I have a love-hate relationship with this place. Â I love their chips and salsa - they are endlessly addictive, love their guac - one of my favorites, and my two favorite dishes are their fajitas and Crispy Chicken Flautas. Â Seriously, I really like their food.
I absolutely hate their service. Â It is CONSISTENTLY bad, whether it be for lack of staff, unnecessary wait for a table or their lack of wait staff service, I can only eat here once and a while because there service sucks so bad!
Prices are reasonable, parking can be tough in this shopping center, and you know how I feel about the service!
I'm a fan of Chevys. Sitting right on the water and hidden away in a strip mall, I've never had to wait for a table which is always a good thing. Their special margaritas are great- I had the pineapple coconut margarita last night which was delicious.
The chips are fresh, the salsa doesn't blow your head off or have too much cilantro in. Win! I usually favor the nachos which is a really big portion for an appetizer. The sample platter is huge and you can sub out the items you don't like. This place is definitely a regular for my visits to CA.
Sorry, there's no way to give them ZERO STARS Â
AVOID THIS PLACE for groups or meetings.
CAUTION WHEN ORDERING DRINKS
BANQUET ROOM MENU SERVICE. Â TERRIBLY NOISY - the dishwasher is right there behind a half-door so all we heard form our speakers was the crash of dishes.
WE had a meeting here a couple of years ago and they did buffet style - ran out of food, brought in more and ran out again. Â
THIS YEAR, they did a limited banquet menu, and it looked good. Â They came out and took our orders, brought the trays of food in about 10 minutes, put it onto jack stands and stood there looking at it while it got cold.
COLD RICE AND COLD BEANS are not good. Â My Enchilada was cold and had congealed cheese in a solid lump. Â The Taco caught the attention of the woman sitting across from me, as she could see inside it. Â It was a rather long and narrow taco shell with less meat that the 59 cent Taco Bell, no cheese or salsa, lots of lettuce and cold to boot.
DRINKS: Â I ordered a Virgin Mary (I never drink of I am driving) but it tasted nasty. Â I thought the tomato juice had gone rotten, but found out later they thought a Virgin Mary should have lots of Tequila. Â Don't get me wrong, I like Tequila, just not in tomato juice and not when I'm going to drive. Â When I complained to the manager later, he said, "I'll take care of this" and walked away with the receipt. Â GONE, LEFT, NOT AROUND. Â Not only did I get a bad drink, I'm still out the $7.
We were the only "large" party in the dining room. There were no other tables occupied and service was awful! They brought margaritas but did not bring glasses- had to ask for that. They finally served the food/fajitas- no tortillas (others in the party never got their tortillas!). At one point, I had to get up and go to the kitchen to ask for tortillas- by this time, the waiter was rather annoyed that I did this- we had been waiting for the tortillas and our food was getting cold! One person in our group did not even get her food until we were almost done with ours! We had to keep on asking for more salsa and chips and the would actually take what ever little we had left (left us with out any) and it took a while for the bowl to come back! Weird! Service is absolutely awful! There were more servers milling about but no one was interested in assisting with the "service" for our table.
Food- Shrimp was salty, beans and rice- salty! They messed those up too. Margarita is so-so! Chips and salsa  were good but that is a-b-s-o-l-u-t-e-l-y it!
You thing you are going to go and have a good time, you are in for a very frustrating dining event. I'd rather go to a taqueria instead.
Came here for a holiday exchange with 10 other girls. Upon arrival to our reservation we were greeted with a big surprise. Uh what? No reservations? My friend had called twice to confirm the reservation but for some reason it was not on any of the reservation books.
The staff was friendly enough to find us seating, but still took about 15 minutes to get together a table. They let us sit at the bar until a table was ready. Pretty cool because you can order guacamole and they make it fresh in front of you and give you the option to add jalapenos to cater to your spice cravings.
I ordered the Shrimp and Crab enchiladas, but by the time the food came, I was already stuffed with the free chips and salsa. The enchilada itself was pretty decent and the corn blob (no idea what its called) but it was lightly sweet. very good.
If you order the mango arnold palmer, make sure you tell them to go easy on the syrup. Tasted like mango syrup and nothing else. yuck.
There are not many Chevy's left in the Bay Area, but this location is by far the best and prettiest! Â It is right on the water lagoons of Foster City! Really, were is there a Chevy's were you have a view of the water, other than the location in Berkeley/Emeryille, if that location is even still open!
I've eaten in both their dinning room and bar area, I've normally always received decent and prompt service, although I will admit, when I come to Chevy's, I'm  never in a hurry, so I might be a little lenient on their service. As long as they keep my basket of chips and salsa full, I'll let some things slide.
Their happy hour is pretty good here and their bar can get pretty busy, especially on a Friday night.
Food wise, I always enjoy their Fajita Salad with Steak and it always seems to turn heads when the waiter/waitress brings it out! I also enjoy their Gauc and/or Border Wings if I'm in the mood for any appetizer. Â I have to admit, anything other than that, I keep the food simple and tend to come here for either the food options above and drinks. Â
If you want to come hang out, have some chips and salsa, some good drinks, and some decent Tex-Mexican-American food, than here you go...
Decent Items:
Beef Fajita - had flavor, beef was somewhere in between dry and tender.
Beef Enchilada - flavor was not overpowering, but beef could have been seasoned more.
Bad Items:
Guacamole - their guac had a really weird flavor to it. Would not get it again. Somewhere in between smooth and chunky type.
Chevy's: it is what it is.
I hate that saying, but it's applicable.
It was a total last minute, snap decision to grab some togo food, but I ponied up to the bar and had a nice shot of Heradura Anejo followed by his buddy Mr. Pacifico with lime, while waiting for the main attraction; which was the big mack daddy fajita "sampler".
I was hungry, so I tore that mother up when I got home, but lamented the fact that it was sorely missing the "hissing" and the "sizzling" of the meat...
But I'm realistic and know this. Â
Fajitas are always best at the source, but these still filled daddy up and unlike most places, Chevy's has figured out the all too important conundrum of the "tortilla to fajita ingredients ratio".
In other words, there were plenty, and I was able to open my pants Al Bundy style as my GF walked through the door to see me with a stupid, satisfied look on my fat boy face....
Their food is Mexican - that means heavy in both taste and yes... fat! Eat it, love it, wash it down with one of their amazing choices of margaritas (and everything else from the full bar!)... but don't worry about the calories. Even a salad here will gain you about 900 cal. :)
But really, if you can finish that large portion on your own - you rock and you have deserved a margarita !
Tip: don't over-do it on the free chips and salsa, because the portions to follow are king's size.
Overall, a nice place to unleash your fear of caloric intake with tasty food!
Parking: all over, it's a shopping center.
Patio seating has a water front view, really romantic :)
There's a long history with this Chevy's that has taken it from a really crummy place to eat to the great place it is now. Â
First, it's on the water and has LOTS of nice patio tables for both the sun worshiper (full sun) and the sun shy (they have umbrellas). Â The service is fabulous - (Thank You Ivan!!!) Â Back a few years ago, their wine selection was pathetic, but they've added a few good wines that are VERY reasonably priced. Â The food selection is good and the quality has come up quite a bit over the past few years. Â They have specialty items that are changed often to keep the menu interesting and the photos aren't thoroughly deceptive for quality and portion (like they are at some other places ~ *cough*). Â The Happy Hour is cheap, cheap, cheap!!! Â
If you don't mind Fresh-Mex (Cali-Mex), the this Chevy's is the perfect spot to sit on the patio with a cold beer and have fajitas.
TIP: Â Don't sit on the patio if you don't like overly-friendly birds. Â They beg for chips by landing on the table!! Â *so cute*
I met Matthew and Mike here after work. We met halfway because I wanted a fajita salad, and he wanted the super cinco. We arrived and the two hostesses in front looked lost when I said ...table for two and a baby and I need a high chair for the baby.
Then they ask if I wanted to be seated in the bar area.
Ok, let me get ghetto and say this:
1st, you never ask anyone with a baby if they wanted to be seated in a bar area. I have an 11 month old, not an 18 year old. That was very stupid
I told the hostesses immediately that I needed a high chair before they sat us. I stood in high heels carrying the baby, waiting by our table. 5 minutes pass, 10 minutes pass, no high chair, no chips, no waiter. The staff are walking around like lost deer in the forest. After 11 minutes, I see a high chair being brought out, but it's for the table behind me already eating. I blew up!
I tell my husband, we're leaving and going to El Torito.
I cannot stand restaurants that are not organized. If it's busy, I can understand, but it was NOT that busy.
We left and talked to this caucasian bald headed manager with the glasses and we stated we were leaving because the service was horrid and he gives us a blank look; not even an apology.
No matter what, bad service and inadequate manners is a deal breaker.
This review is just for the Happy Hour.
Who doesn't love $3 margaritas and 1/2 off appetizers? I always tend to go for the nachos although they're never really that good. The cheese is always kinda dried up by the time that you get it - that or it's not melted enough. Their fajitas are pretty good and their wings are AMAZING. Go for those!
Oh - and they will take expired coupons. Hahaha...we used one recently and it was pretty funny because the receipt actually said "Expired Coupon" but they still gave us the discount. They're like Bed Bath and Beyond! Love it!
I don't understand why this Chevy's was so awesome, but it was!
I didn't really care about the waterfront view (although it was kinda pretty, I guess) but rather the food quality and good service.
We celebrated a birthday here and everything went very smoothly. Warm chips were on the table as soon as we sat down, the servers were super friendly and efficient, and the food came out quickly.
The biggest surprise, though, was that the food quality was a lot better than other Chevy's. This doesn't make much sense to me as I know that it's a chain and there's not much creativity to be employ on the cook's part. I wasn't biased by a good mood or anything, the food was just on point: warm, not overflowing with grease, and not too salty. I was amazed!
I've been to a lot of Chevys but none with a view quite like this... From where our table was, we were looking out on the Foster City water. It was almost as if the restaurant were floating on the water! I just got back from a cruise and loved the boat-like feeling as I'm suffering a little from cruise withdrawal ;)
The food was pretty normal for Chevys but I really liked my tortilla soup and chicken salad combo for $8.99. There were a bunch of different two-item combination options for this price. Both the soup and salad had lots of fresh avocado and the salad dressing was really yummy! I went with a bunch of colleagues and everyone seemed to enjoy their food. Lots of people ordered the sizzling chicken or steak fajitas! The service was nothing amazing but they got the job done and brought us some extra tortillas without us even asking :)
Mistakes. Â Don't you just hate them?
It's lunch. Â I'm at work. Â I need comfort, joyand happiness at my lunch.... this chevy's failed in all three.
Comfort: my tortillas were not fresh. Â Yeah i said it. Â I mean, seriuosly, they hand them to me in a bag that has "fresh, warm" and other adjectives I look forward to in a tortilla and get NONE delivered. BOO. Â Also, I'm not that picky, but when you have 3 tables I'd hope you can refill my #$@amn coke at least ONCE during my meal.
Joy: Â Dear lord this place had the good vibrations of police brutality. Â
Happiness: this one is tough, (particuarly since it's teh same as joy) mainly cause I'm at work and its hard ot make me happy. Â They didn't even try! Â 16 bucks for a mediocre meal and a drink...
next time I"ll go to Taqueria taqueria.
One star because you can't give zero.
We were here last week on a weeknight and were seated right away. Â After that, everything went downhill.
It was Happy Hour, but you can only order drinks off the Happy Hour menu if you're seated at the bar.
We ordered our food at 6:15. Â
At 7:50, we left because our food still wasn't ready; we weren't the only ones. Â My husband and I counted at least 3 other tables that left after waiting an insanely long time for their orders. Â Our poor server kept apologizing and refilled our drinks and chips n' salsa at least a half dozen times. Â She said that there was a problem with the kitchen?!
We saw the manager at the hostess station when we arrived (he ignored every guest in the waiting area), and he was MIA the rest of the night.
I'm not sure if they're going out of business soon or what, but this place was a total joke. Â It's too bad because they were a nice place to take the kids a year ago.
"These people are snakes and the food is awful!
Our civic group booked the banquet room for the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. We were having a big fund raiser and had invited many guests, but two days before the event...
CHEVY'S CANCELED US IN THE BANQUET ROOM--in favor of their own District Mangers.
When confronted Kevin Scott the District Manager for this area told made half hearted attempts to compensate us (free fiesta platters) and blamed us for not having booked in advance when we had a standing reservations. Â
With this kind of customer service in out economy, Chevy's will soon go the way of Citi bank and Circuit City and blame it on the economy, when in actuality it was their stupidity about how to treat customers.
DON'T EVER EAT HERE!"
Everyone always talks about Chevy's in the same way: "yeah, it's not authentic, but it's a chain restaurant and you won't really mind after a few drinks anyway."
Flashing back to my days of El Torito and Chi Chi's, I decided to give it a try. Both of those are white-washed chains, but neither are a complete embarrassment to my favorite food group. After hearing about Chevy's since I moved to California, I decided to try it out with my friend Jason who lives near this establishment.
This location is pretty big, with many rooms that overlook the river/delta/archipelago. I'm gonna be honest... I have no clue what that water is in Foster City. So huge props for the location and view. We ended up sitting in the back room with views of the carefully constructed houses across the r/d/a and the boats sailing through the water. Already I was thinking "this beats the Route 7 overpass before the Christiana Mall in Delaware, that's for sure."
Our waiter comes and is a pretty nice dude. We get some margaritas and chow down on chips and salsa. We order our food, talk about our mutual love for whatever we were loving mutually at the time, and enjoy the spirits.
Then our food comes. And that's where this review takes a turn for the worse. No, the waiter didn't spill anything on me. Yes, I got exactly what I ordered. What was the problem then? The food just... sucked. I ordered some enchiladas with cheese sauce and I swear it tasted like cheese from a can (and not any can, probably a generic Safeway can) that was recently opened, microwaved for 30 seconds, and poured on top. It wasn't warm and it tasted gross. The fillings of the enchiladas also tasted like a poor excuse for chicken.
Nothing in the meal meshed well together. I could taste each individual step that was put in creating the enchiladas rather than an overall product that's greater than the sum of its parts.
To sum up my experience at Chevy's, consider these lyrics by Jason Mraz: "you've got it all, you've got it all, you've got it all." You do have it all. Great location, great restaurant, great views and good service. There's only one teeny, tiny thing missing to make this place have it all: your food.
I actually really like Chevy's! Â I mean, it's not authentic Mexican food, but it's Tex Mex, so I feel like for a chain restaurant that serves Tex Mex, it's pretty good! Â And with coupons (they generally even accept expired ones), it's fairly cheap. Â I especially like their mixed grill fajitas, which come on a sizzling plate (I LOVE sizzling plates) with yummy mini flour tortillas (that you can watch being made in an addictive little machine) and with ribs, chicken, steak, and shrimp. Â I don't know that ribs really belong in fajitas, but I eat it separately and it tastes pretty good so I'll take it! Â
Usually their chips and salsa are pretty good, but this past time, their chips were too oily, but meh, they're free and the salsa is still good! Â I wouldn't normally review a Chevy's (even though I have enjoyed some good times there.. birthdays are always amusing heh), but I felt like their service this past time was really good! Â Not necessarily the fastest, but so so nice whether it was for getting us refills of salsa or water etc or after paying the check ("Thank you, thank you for coming!"). Â I'll have to come back more often anytime a Tex Mex craving hits.
Lets call this review, CRAP! Â mkay?
i understand that Chevy's has pretty good margarita's? Â whatever.
they were CRAP. even the ice tea tasted like musky cologne, it was CRAP. Â Musky cologne? Â what? Â i don't know, it was weird, none of us could figure that one out. Â the only drink that was good was my Corona!!! Â it was a little hard to screw that one up. except they for got the damn lime. bastards! Â its just not the same without the lime :(
i had the cinco (Chevy's super combo) what? i know, i was being a total fat ass, Â but f*** it, i was hungry, too bad it turned out to be....CRAP. infact, the only thing good on the plate was the Chile relleno and the little child size spoonful of corn mush.
the taco, the enchilada, the tamale, the rice, and even the refried beans were all CRAP. Â seriously. Â how do you f up rice and beans?
maybe the whole idea with this place is to have a lot of CRAPPY drinks and get blasted before you eat, that way you wont care or remember how CRAPPY the food was too.
they get one star for their grubbin chips n salsa. one star for being on the water. that's it
it is a great location, and hangin out by the water is cool.....its just to bad its occupied by a Chevy's  I'm out............
All this talkin' about Chevy's got me thinking..."did I write a review about them yet??"
Lo and behold, I haven't! Which is strange...
I came here for my 11th surprise birthday party. My dad said, "Hey, we're going to meet your uncle here, and then go out to dinner, ok?" Sure, why the hell not. What answer were you expecting? "No, dad, F that noise. I'm takin' the car and we go where I want to go, WHEN I want to go." He's known for rhetorical questioning...
I walked in, and there was a big table filled with all my friend's parents. First of all, I gave the "wtf face" because, well, friends? Wtf were those? I had no friends. My mother paid everyone off. So then mine deaf ears opened up (not to mention the wild gesticulation of said friends parents telling me to look to my right...), and there was a table full of my "friends!". FUN! For once in my life, I was surprised. We ate, drank coke, and had alot of fun. We continued the part at my house and did a white elephant thing (which for some reason I wasn't opposed to because as FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED it was MY PARTY and I WAS SUPPOSED TO GET GIFTS not anyone else.)
Exactly 10 YEARS LATER, after all the crappy food, the terrible service, the wonderously tasteless balloon art going from fun to just plain creepy...I went back for my 21st birthday. First order of business? Get Panda really, really, really drunk. In front of my parents. Sooooo would the extra large margarita do it? Why yes! yes it would. Unfortunately, all that slush filled my stomach up and I couldn't enjoy any of the food, despite the fact that it looked tasteless..again. The corn mush shit is the BOMB though!
On several other occasions, however, I have been here for shots of tequila, Modelo Negro, and company with my cousin, Rusty. You see, Rusty is the black sheep of our family (apparently). He hadn't shown up to an xmas eve party in YEARS, so when I turned 21 (and he moved to FC after his divorce), I took him out on my birthday and we've been drinking together ever since. Healthy relationship? Probably not, but I love him so it doesn't matter.
Also, he's single and ready to mingle, but he farts a lot. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Several years ago I went to a Chevys event here in which a bunch of us swam in inner tubes in the lagoon behind Chevys to win gift certificates to Chevys. The two things I took away from it: swimming in inner tubes in the lagoon behind Chevys is pretty awesome and little kids cheat.
The view here is superb. However, they never seem to get my chicken tamales right.