La Parrilla Mexican Grill
| Address: | 2100 Power Plant Pkwy, Hampton, VA 23666, USA |
| Phone: | +1 757-825-0007 |
| Site: | laparril.la |
| Rating: | 4.3 |
| Working: | 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–10PM 11AM–11PM 11:30AM–11PM 11:30AM–9:30PM |
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E.D Jackson
So I dont live too far from this place and they have 2 locations in Suffolk. Well another girlfriend of mine (see previous post of a friends recommendation) said the food was good in the Suffolk location so I said ok Ill try it. I should likely insert my parents live in San Diego Ca. So I am there like 2-3 times a year and the have a place that I love and I compare all Mexican food to. Well the hubby and I got to La Paparrilla a little after 7pm on a Wednesday night. Nice crowd. No wait time and we were seated immediately. So we got the customary salsa & chips. I ordered Queso (cheese sauce) and a margarita. The drinks and cheese came pretty quick. First thing I noticed was they somehow served me cold cheese dip. I know that sounds crazy because On would think that cheese would thicken if it was cold but this cheese was in fact "saucy" and luke warm at best. I will say this though, the large margarita is LARGE but at $9.99 I wished it tasted more like liquor and less like store bought margarita. So anyway, the hubby and I both order. He orders shrimp & rice and I order filet de pescado. I asked the waitress what comes with the meal she said "rice with vegetables mixed in" I said ok let me h are that and a side of black beans with extra cheese. All is well right? Nope!! About 13 minutes a guy brings our food to us. I look at my plate and its dried looking broccoli and cauliflower with what I assume is a piece of fish drowning in that same white cheesy sauce I had earlier. He also places a huge plate of black beans with NO cheese anywhere is sight. So apparently they decided to drown my fish in cheese and when I had a look on my face like "what is this food Harpo" (sorry color purple reference) the guy says what is wrong. I proceed to explain to him none of this is what I ordered and I told him my actual order. He just kind of stared for a second and says "hold on" and walks away. My waitress comes back and asked whats wrong with the food? I told her "this isnt what I asked for, you said this came with rice, where is the rice and why has my fish been drowned in cheese sauce?" She looks at me and says "you asked for extra cheese". I looked back at her and said "I did, on my beans". I asked for a menu so I could find something to eat. No menu appears but another man does. He asks me what the problem is. I explain it to him and he says, ohh hold on Ill get a manager. WHAT IN THE WORLD?!? Well who are you strange man? It was like the commercial where the guy is robbing the bank and the people on the floor are like your a security guard so something and he like Im not a guard, I just warn you if the bank is robbed, the bank is being robbed. Like who is this dude questioning me about my issues who has no control over it. I digress, so the manager comes over and I recognize him. I am like "hey did you used to work at a Mexican restaurant in Williamsburg? Hes like yeah, I said I remember you. I used to work in a jewelry store that he frequented and a co-worker and I used to go there. Anyway I explain to him whats going on and I tell him you know I asked for a Menu so I could order something else and no one wants to bring me one. Hes like "ohh Im sorry how about I bring you what you ordered the way you want it?" I agreed and we once again wait. Meanwhile the hubby is eating away at his shrimp and rice. I did taste it and it was good. But honestly at that point I was so hungry I wouldnt be able to properly access if it was good because it was seasoned and cooked well or if I was just starving. A few minutes later another gentleman walks up and has my food. So they brought me what I asked for. There was no drowning fish on my plate but instead a dried up piece of white meat that I assumed was fish. Again at this point I am starving so Im like hell WTH Ill try it. Well, ohh I should likely mention Im sitting in outback right now writing this review. The fish (what I honk was fish) was dry and seasonless. (Yeah I made up a word, seasonless sounded better in my head than bland at the moment). Id give it 2.5 *s
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GoldenAsh
This place was ok. When we walked in, during a non-busy hour, no one was there to greet us. Someone came over, dropped some food off, and than left. A few seconds later a lady came and led us to our table. Our waiter was super friendly. The salsa they give you taste like the ones you buy at the store,but the mayo one taste delicious. I ordered the chicken enchilada and chicken tamale. The enchilada was ok, but the tamale was horrible. It had no flavor, was overcooked, and barely had chicken in it. When I started eating my beans and rice, there was a rubbery chunk of who knows what- my table said it was probably a way overcooked tamale. All in all, the food was pretty good, just dont get the tamales. I do need to point out that as I was waiting for my food, a group of workers was eating while working. This one lady ate a chip, licked her fingers, than went to help someone. I think her name was Danielle. Also, I dont think having acrylic nails is sanitary while working in a restaurant. This is coming from someone who works in one.
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Jerry Frye
My first visit. Ive heard good things from family members. The food was fantastic. The service, on this occasion, even by loose or low standards, was less than satisfactory. Not very knowledgeable when ordering something as simple as a screwdriver or what exactly the "house" or "well" tequila was. This was an extremely slow time in between lunch and dinner. When our check was delivered, it was such an extraordinary long time in which our waiter never returned. At least 10 minutes... probably longer. WE had to drop off the check at the hostess stand to have any hope of leaving. That was my first impression. Hoping the second visit will be closer to what Ive been told it should be.
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Dan Maloney
One of the worst meals I have ever had. 99 % of the fill in my wife and my burrito was burned. Our waitress could only understand a few words of England so when I told her about the food she laughed, the mango Margarita I had was well below part. When a manager came by and asked us how our meal was we told him about it being burned, he committed that maybe it was to much girl us. He took want we had left to the back, he returned and told us he tasted our food and that it was fine. He did give us 1/2 off our food order. I would avoid. La Parrilla as all cost. I will never go back.
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L. Oliver
Its an okay Mexican restaurant. Me and the family stopped here because it was near the Hampton Coliseum. Their white sauce was on point. No one at the table but myself had anything negative to say about their meal. Everything looked nice and came out in a timely manner. I ordered the Enchiladas Poblanas covered with the mole sauce and onions. The sauce didnt taste all that good and the onions werent sauteed like Im accustomed to. If I was in the area and wanted Mexican food I would come here again but I wouldnt make a special trip.
