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With regards to window seats being booked, having worked in restaurants, unfortunately a lot of people book tables and then don't turn up rather than cancelling so these situations can arise. Weird if none of the seats got taken though.
By all accounts the meat is good, and it's really friendly, but I find the veggie things are not as good as in many other places nearby. The most standard things are not as nice, with a limited meze menu, and there are too many combinations of strange things in salads. I prefer Gem at Highbury Corner, Yemek on Blackstock Road, and the many places on Green Lanes/in Hackney. They could do with a menu overhaul for the veggie stuff definitely - add some bean mezze, change the veggie main courses etc.
The Mexican is really not very good - you could make the same thing better yourself at home. Or get on a tube to Benito's hat in Goodge St, or Chilango at Angel.
its a shame you had a bad experience but dont let it put you off!
My flatmate and I went to Mexicali on wednesday evening and its AMAZING!
we had a portion of nachos to start and ended up scraping the plate. The cheese was really melty and they were very generous with the classic toppings, only thing missing was the jalepenos.
For the mains my flatmate had a veggie chimi changa which I tried and was incredibly tasty, full of authentic spices and the portion was very generous with a side of refried beans and spicy rice.
I went for the chicken and shrimp with spicy rice, equally good!
The waitress was very nice (not to mention absolutely gorgeous!), helpful and smiley. We asked her to shut the door as were sitting quite close to it and it was rather chilly and she obliged with no fuss.
great atmosphere despite the fact that the music was a shakira album on repeat but the decor is lovely if a bit kitsch.
Definitely recommend it!
Apparently the wrap should be hard (it was soggy) and the beans weren't refried, but mushy like baked beans.
Me, what I know about Mexican food can be written on a centimetre of tacos shell. Those fancy dishes all seem the same to me, just soggy pancakes filled with mush, chicken, sour cream and salsa - I can say my fajitas was delicious and went down a treat. Beans is beans.
I think the moral is, do not go to Mexicali with someone who knows about Mexican food - apparently it's rubbish.
Probably all right for kids and the ignorant though.
The food at Petek is good and the service too (generally). However, every time I've had to deal with the 40 year old dyed blonde waitress there, it's not been so good. Despite our cheerful attitude she just scowls and is probably the most unfriendly waitress on SGR. She really needs to go. I've worked as a waiter but if I felt the way she does I'd move on, as I did. She's not cut out to be a waitress!
Haven't been to Mexicali, but it looks absolutely horrendous from the outside. It's not a Mexican restaurant. Not even Tex-Mex.It's a Tex-Mex-themed restaurant. Ew.