Review - Mi Mexico

We visited Mi Mexico tonight for dinner on our search for a really good Mexican place.  When I was in Woodland, California I ate at Brown's Corner Bar and Grill.  They had really great carnitas.  The tortillas were great and the pork was bursting with flavor.  They were good enough to eat several days in a row. 

I don't want to get your hopes up.  Mi Mexico is no Brown's.  We started with chips and salsa.  The chips weren't anything special, but really weren't too bad.  The salsa was extremely runny and lacked flavor.  It was kind of a tomato water with cilantro and a few onions.

The real disappointment came with the rest of our meal.  I ordered chicken enchiladas suizas and Ben had a combo with chicken tacos and a chicken enchilada.  It turned out there wasn't much difference. Everything was watery and flavorless.  The tomatillo salsa on my enchiladas was very thin and absolutely tasteless.  I also had a pile of lettuce, or what I think was lettuce.  It had a texture of soggy coleslaw. Maybe it was coated in the flavorless tomatillo sauce and left under a heat lamp? At any rate, it wasn't a good addition to the meal.  The rice had a little salsa color to it, but still, no flavor. 

I didn't bother to try Ben's.  He seemed to be asking the same questions I was.  Why is this restaurant packed when the food is this bad?  Some of the reviews online mention the great margaritas.  They must be really great margaritas!  In fact, we have eaten there before, but it had been quite a while, at least a year, maybe two.  On that previous visit I had a margarita, and I don't remember the food being so bad.  I do remember the margaritas being pretty strong.  I think they led us to Baker's Square across the parking lot for pie.

To top off our visit to Mi Mexico, each of our dinners were between $9 and $10 each.  With one pop, the total bill was just over $22.  I've had better meals at Taco John's - Sad. 

The Verdict?

We won't be back (unless maybe we need some strong margaritas and pie).  It was such a far cry from Brown's.