Los Abina Mexican Restaurant

This was my third time eating here and they failed to impress me much this time around. There were a few minor issues I'd let go in my original review, but revisiting them for the third time and noticing these issues again, I cannot pass them over so easily. For one, the portions are very small for a Mexican restaurant. For another, they didn't serve enough garnish (onion, cilantro, and tomato) for my tacos and when I asked for more they were dumbfounded then asked if I'd like to order a "side of it". I said, no, I would just like enough of the garnish to finish the third taco in the order: the amount included by any standard was too little by far. Finally, after much debate, I was given free of charge a small container of  . . . just cilantro. Also, the tacos did not included salsa verde but only salsa roja. This is not typical of authentic Mexican tacos. The tacos contained some good pieces of beef but also some very tough pieces, and that takes away from their overall quality too, of course.

The waitstaff is friendly enough but doesn't seem to understand more complex questions in English (such as the one about the too-small garnish) and speaking to them in Spanish after they'd argued between each other about whether I should be given more garnish "for free" or not was awkward because then they realized I knew what they were saying when they were trying to figure out whether to charge me for about a tablespoon of cilantro or not. They appeared rather embarassed by that point. I would really like to like this place--Archer needs something like this and its location is perfect plus the interior, while simple, feels very authentic and comfortable. However, this was the third time and while I don't recall the garnish being so tiny before, the problem with too-tough meat has been recurrent and as is said in Mexico, nadie tropieza dos veces con la misma piedra.

Please note: this is the very same restaurant as "Los  Aviña", which is in fact the correct name--not "Los Abina". That's why there's two restaurant entries here on Yelp and two sets of reviews, but it's exactly the same place. I'm not sure how the two entries thing got started, really.

Great authentic Mexican food. Try the sizzling fahatas they are fantastic.