Los Reyes Mexican Restaurant

This place was ok. Sort of like an overpriced glorified taco bell, so far as flavor went. I had the "California" burrito, which consisted of meat of my choice (chicken or beef) with my choice of rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, tomatoes, etc. My wife got the "San Francisco" fajita bowl, which... well, there was nothing "fajita" about it, but we'll let it slide I guess. There was a bed of lettuce, then the meat went on (directly from the vat, no grilling sizzling fajita platter with freshly grilled bell peppers and onions, etc), then was topped with a few other items as per my wife's choice.

The meats come from two big bins. One is the beef, which is nothing more than a huge tub of ground beef that has been browned and "seasoned" with generic "taco" seasonings you might expect to get from a packet at the store (This is where I got the idea that it was just an overpriced Taco Bell - the meat was identical). To my dismay, I noticed this fact only after I ordered my burrito with beef, but it was too late so I didn't fuss about it and change my mind. The chicken was in a large vat of liquid, with chicken chunks marinading in it. The chicken, at least, was pretty juicy and had a decent flavor. The beef, on the other hand, ended up all over my plate as I tried to dig it out of my burrito. It was just flat out way too much ground beef, and the burrito tasted like a big rolled up tortilla full of ground beef.

All in all, the burrito was a total let down. The "fajita" bowl my wife had was sort of bland as well, but we were able to make it a little better after I mixed a few of the salsas together and she poured it over each bite. Their normal salsa was bland, but add some of their "super hot" ...sauce paste stuff (no chunks typical of salsa, just a pureed red mixture) and it was actually quite a delicious result.  As a little note at the end here, the salsa verde tasted miraculously like sour cream. Not sure how that happened, it wasn't even creamy looking.

The restaurant itself reminds me of a typical small, locally owned Mexican restaurant. It has the typical environment one can expect at such places. It was clean, I have no complaints there, and the woman taking (and making) my order was polite and professional.

Total price for the two meals and a drink was just over $16. Not too bad, but I have been to many other Mexican restaurants with lower prices and much, much better food.

We will probably not be eating here again. Next time, we are going to try the other Mexican place here in Cairo, El Tarasco's, to see if it is any different.