Santo Coyote Mexican Food and Tequila Bar

Yay for yummy Mexican that doesn't taste laden with lard and that fried crap!
We did the guacamole tableside and it was 4 thumbs way thumbs up. the steak fajita was the bf fave (his second time) and I got a citrus chicken that was delicious to.
Our server was great, which always makes a meal good. We sat it the bar, which I would do again. The restaurant seemed full of families, not that there is anything wrong with that, but that can get annoying if you aren't in the mood.

We arrived to one poor, young woman running around feverishly. We over heard that 4 people had called out of work. We waited, with a room packed of others, for tables, too. We began to explain to others coming in and walking up to an empty podium how hard this girl was working and the staff shortage. What a hard worker and trooper she was! We were seated with an immediate basket of chips and salsa. Restaurant looks very nice, decorated nicely and clean. After a few minutes of no one arriving to the table, we began to think they are very overwhelmed with the crowds due to staff shortage. Hold on, though! Don't give up. A very pleasant waitress greeted us, took her time with us instead of treating us like a number, took our order and said it could be a little while longer than expected as the kitchen just got slammed all at once (in so many words). Well, if that's a long time for food, then I would love to know what a short time is, because everything came out so incredibly fast. From the moment we walked into the building along with our wait at the beginning through to the very end when we got up to leave, our total time was.....ONE HOUR!!! The bonus? The food and drinks were phenomenal!!! We've eaten at some of the best Mexican restaurants in the country, but this place takes the cake. The margarita took my breathe away. Our only problem is that we are merely passing through and do not have this place to ever go back to as we live 1600 miles away.

In a word, gross. We thought based on the reviews we might have a chance for a good meal, being from out of town..  We were wrong.  I will summarize quickly.  Our meals sat under the heaters so long they actually dried out.  And they were cold. How is that possible?  Carnitas, cold and dry. Fajitas, cold and weird taste. Enchiladas had a funky taco seasoning in the ground beef. The spinach in the other enchiladas tasted like it was straight out of a can. The only thing that was worse than the food was the service. Our waitress had to be new, as she did not know the menu and did not offer to go find out answers for us.  We finally hunted down a manager as we were walking out the door, and expressed our concerns.  He offered a $25 gift card, which was a nice gesture, but the bill was $65 and we are from out of town.  Very disappointed.