teocali

pleasantly surprised.... i feel like before every review of a mexican or tex-mex restaurant i need to let everyone know i grew up in south texas and have always lived in a border town growing up. since leaving home it has been difficult to find restaurants that even come close to those i grew up with.

teocali's was a pleasant surprise in my kc search for good mexican food. we went for dinner last night. there weren't very many people there so we were able to be seated any where we wanted. maybe the only serious draw back of thisplaceis the charge for chips and salsa. i feel like if you're ordering a meal these things should be on the house. if you're just in to drink and talk...go right ahead and charge for the chips and salsa. the salsa was actually really good and it was a nice change to be able to pick out the spices and ingredients involved. generally when we go to mexican places it tastes like "prego" or ketchup with some cumin or chili powder. but kudos to you teocali for having good salsa.

my wife ordered the fish tacos (best in kc....as says the menu) and they were very good. she liked the sauce that came with it; it was like a creamy chipotle sauce. i had the beef fajitas. let me admit something again. i am unashamedly a fajita snob. outside of home there are only a few places i will venture out and pay for fajitas (chuy's, papasito's, etc)...these weren't bad. they had flavor of their own which was nice. my only complaint would be that they were awfully thin. tasty...but thin. the rice and beans were good too; both the refried and charro beans.

over all a good experience and i will return to try some other items on the menu. perhaps by then i can have my chips and salsa free along with the $10 meal i've purchased. that is the world i wish to live in.

great neighborhood gem. small, cuteplacewith great food! service was okay, but overall we'll definitely be returning. everyone in our party of 6 enjoyed their food.

pass on this overpriced texmex!. no thank you! i can't believe thisplaceis well reviewed!!! the reviews are the whole reason we decided to try something different! my boyfriend and i are both from mexican-american families, so we seriously enjoy our mexican food. but thisplacewas a bust!

'firstly- i can't remember the last time i had to pay for chips and salsa in a lower scale mexican restaurant.. not that big of a deal, i really had high hopes for thisplaceafter reading all of the positive reviews.

secondly, when our food (actually pretty speedily for a busy friday night) came out, my boyfriend's dish-some sort of pork burrito- was literally topped with what he compared to "ball park nacho cheese from a can". he is not at all a picky or judging eater, so i was completely surprised to hear such a negative comment about his food before i began my dish- enchiladas de espinacas. the "home made red pepper sauce" had absolutely no flavor to it. if i had to compare it to another sauce, i would compare it to be similar to spaghetti sauce from a can, and not the good kind.

thirdly, our service was dreadful! theplacewas packed, and it looked like our server could have been easily overwhelmed, but i seriously saw my server twice! she didn't even bring our food out or get any of our refills! we waited almost twenty minutes before she even came by to drop off our check, and that's literally all she did! no suggestions for dessert or even hanging around long enough for us to request dessert to her, despite our still half full plates (the beans and rice were pretty normal for a mexican place).

i had such positive things to think about this restaurant before going. it was really dissapointing to eat spaghetti sauce and nacho cheese for twenty five dollars. if you're going for drinks and some chips and salsa, thisplaceis perfect for you. but if you're looking for quality mexican food, i seriously recommend you pass on thisplaceand save your money for something more quality.