San Angel Cocina & Cantina - Athens (GA)

5 /5 Jeff Brown: When we walked in it was noticeably clean and smelled very nice. Staff was kind and jumped up to get us seated. The chips and salsa is the best Ive ever had! The food was incredible, service was just as good. Prices were fair for sure! I will go here again next time I am in Athens. A must try!!

2 /5 Stacie Baldwin: Basically just not great, and I mean all of it. Well the salsa was ok, and the decor is really cool, but that’s about where it ends. Cheese dip: flavorless and almost sweet. Chicken quesadillas: literally about half the portion size of other Mexican restaurants. And not very good. Bowls: two table mates had them and I’m told they were just under mediocre. Beef quesadilla: same description as above. Texas margarita: ick. Sweet. And lots of sour mix. Check this out. My friend ordered her margarita with Patron in it, as she has to be careful because of an allergy. They upcharged her by $15. My marg was $11.99, hers was $26.99. Same size. (To be fair, they did state that there would be an upcharge, but I’d have never expected it to more than double). Yikes. Service was ok, they were nice enough. The waitress was new and was trying to be very thorough, by repeating everything back to us, which I totally appreciate. It probably goes without saying, but I would not recommend going here.

5 /5 HS J: Very friendly and quick service. The food was good as well, with a sports bar vibe. We were full after the entrées but decided to indulge in dessert too and tried Pan de Elote Brulee. It was amazing.

5 /5 Mike Cloud: Chimichangas, tacos, salmon all were very good to great. We enjoyed the margaritas too. All portions were generous and priced very well. Staff was friendly, efficient and service was quick. If we travel this way again well definitely stop in again.

1 /5 Rebecca Campbell: Weve been here I think four times. First time we went I didnt pay so I didnt really evaluate value per price. My kids and I were impressed with the feel of the place and the fries because they were like an upgraded Taco Bell nacho fry. My kid didnt like the chimichanga when he always likes chimichangas. Next couple times we went were fairly uneventful. One of them was takeout. We were largely unimpressed and it was more expensive than it was worth. Decided to give them another shot today. Atmosphere at lunch was the same as we were used to. Place still looks good. No issues there. Service was confusing. We had like four people waiting on us at different times. Only one gentleman (sorry I cant remember your name) introduced himself but we saw him less often. There was a lady who came by too frequently for a while then not frequently enough towards the end when we really needed to pack up and leave. There was a separate gentleman that delivered our food, and then another employee who Im guessing just came over because he saw the "help" look in my eyes. There were no descriptions for the lunch specials so I had to ask the lady and she made them all sounds like they were relatively the same. She couldnt fully describe them but thankfully was up front that they are rather small portions. We decided to just get lunch fajitas. Two of us got them with fries and one got them with veggies. Also got a cheese dip, a kids meal, and all of us got sweet tea. They gave me the wrong tortillas for mine (not a huge deal), they have completely changed their fries to some bland, run-of-the-mill fries that reminded me of Huddle House. Everything was way under seasoned. But the worst part is that they give half the amount of food for twice the price as every other Mexican restaurant. Should have gone with my first choice and headed to Lapa for carnita tacos but this one was more in the direction of home and easier for me and my kids to get to and from on the bus. Lunch for two adults and two kids should never cost $85.... unless there are plenty of leftovers for dinner, which there werent. Crazy small portions for the price.