Mazatlan Authentic Mexican Restaurant

Cheap and amazing service and the food is pretty good. They have always been great when dining in.

TERRIBLE! Food was dried out tasteless and WAY overpriced.

I am surprised by the recent negative reviews on this place because I have nothing but great things to say about Mazatlan since dining there last night.  We have been to this restaurant many times before and in the past, I would have to agree with the reviewers who stated this place just plain SMELLED.   However, I was pleasantly surprised upon my recent return that the place seems to have cleaned up it's act.

The worst smell was when you walked in the door - I noticed nothing like that upon entering last night.  It seemed clean, fresh so I can only assume they have put some elbow grease to the place and spruced it up a little.  We sat in the bar area, which I have never sat in before because it used to be the smoking area.  I fully expected the place to still smell of cigarette smoke because it is an enclosed room and nothing.  It smelled exactly the same as outside the door and rest of the restaurant.  Hey, things are looking up!

The absolute best thing about Mazatlan is the service.  There is nothing wrong with the food AT ALL - solid, Mexican food.   We got great tortilla chips that came to our table warm, the queso was a little watery but the guacamole was great with just the right amount of onion and the salsa is SPICY, not the normal watered down versions you can get at other Mexican restaurants.  We were very happy with our 2 dishes, the carne asada and tamale dinner which were both HUGE - the meat in the carne asada was nicely seasoned and not super chewy or tough, which can happen quite often with this dish.  

BUT, the service here is second to none.  We were greeted and made to feel welcome from the moment we walked in the door until the moment we left.  Every single person working there we encountered went out of their way to make sure we had everything we needed from more water, pop, napkins, clearing our dishes, our check, etc but did it without making us feel rushed, just attended to.  Each person was funny, warm and inviting and THAT is the best reason I have seen to get back to Mazatlan more than I have in the past.  And those .99 cent margarita Thursdays don't hurt either!