The plan today was to go to Nick's Place, a deli, and then picnic by the Arlington reservoir. When I got there Mandy said she wasn't in the mood for sandwiches, though. Fortunately there were like 5 restaurants in the plaza, and I was feeling Mexican food, so we decided on Ixtapa. One of the first things we noticed was the plaque on the wall, declaring Ixtapa Lexington's best Mexican restaurant. Possibly their ONLY Mexican restaurant too ;).
They had a bunch of specials there, but one caught our eye. Being the little piggies we are, it was the "Choose Tres" special, which allowed you to choose three items (burrito, taco, enchilada, chimichanga, tamale, or chile relleno) and also included rice and beans. Mandy went with a burrito, taco, and enchilada, while I went with a chimichanga, tamale and chile relleno. We knew were getting a lot of food when we saw the size of the take-out trays they brought us. In addition to our meals, they gave us a brown bag full of tortilla chips and little containers of salsa (both seemed homemade). It was definitely a great little feast we had put together for ourselves. Mexican is Mandy's favorite "genre" of food, and one of my favorites too, so we were pretty excited. We were let down a little.
The food wasn't bad, but you could tell it had been sitting for some time and was reheated for us. I still enjoyed it -- it was tasty, though the quality declined as the food cooled off. We think the reason we enjoyed it probably had more to do with the type of food than the actual quality of the food. I don't want to put Ixtapa down too much, because it really wasn't that bad. I think the meal just didn't meet our high hopes. The tortilla chips were good, and the salsa was too -- though it was a little more watery than we would've liked. Overall, I'd give em a B.
We don't have to come back here... unless we're craving Mexican and then it's our only option.
- Ray
They had a bunch of specials there, but one caught our eye. Being the little piggies we are, it was the "Choose Tres" special, which allowed you to choose three items (burrito, taco, enchilada, chimichanga, tamale, or chile relleno) and also included rice and beans. Mandy went with a burrito, taco, and enchilada, while I went with a chimichanga, tamale and chile relleno. We knew were getting a lot of food when we saw the size of the take-out trays they brought us. In addition to our meals, they gave us a brown bag full of tortilla chips and little containers of salsa (both seemed homemade). It was definitely a great little feast we had put together for ourselves. Mexican is Mandy's favorite "genre" of food, and one of my favorites too, so we were pretty excited. We were let down a little.
The food wasn't bad, but you could tell it had been sitting for some time and was reheated for us. I still enjoyed it -- it was tasty, though the quality declined as the food cooled off. We think the reason we enjoyed it probably had more to do with the type of food than the actual quality of the food. I don't want to put Ixtapa down too much, because it really wasn't that bad. I think the meal just didn't meet our high hopes. The tortilla chips were good, and the salsa was too -- though it was a little more watery than we would've liked. Overall, I'd give em a B.
We don't have to come back here... unless we're craving Mexican and then it's our only option.
- Ray
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