Tacos Guaymas - Seattle

Overall, I thought the food at this restaurant was really great. As someone from California, I was a bit skeptical about finding authentic Mexican food out here, but they really exceeded my expectations.

We booked our reservation through OpenTable, but when we arrived, the restaurant did not appear to check the system. It seems like they may not even use it.

Food is pretty but overpriced. If you drive 5 minutes to Azteca at Northgate you can have similar food/drinks for about half the prive with happy hour.

It's been years since I've been to this place and I remembered it being pretty decent. Last night I had dinner with friends and I was not especially impressed. As with everything, their prices have gone up, most items are over $15, but I guess that's normal now. I wouldn't mind if the quality and flavors better. I wasn't super hungry and didn't want leftovers and struggled to find something that wasn't a giant platter of food. I settled on sopes with chicken. The corn shell forming the bottom was so tough I could not cut it with a knife. The flavors overall were exceedingly bland with just shredded chicken, refried beans, iceberg lettuce and a few crumbles of cojita. My husband's wet burrito was covered with what tasted like canned enchilada sauce and the al pastor was dry and chewy. Just all around disappointing. As we waited for the check two couples came in were not greeted for a good 20 minutes. One couple left, the other was still waiting to order after sitting in the bar for an additional 10 minutes. There were only two other tables and one guy waiting for a pick up... the two servers were MIA for most of the two hours we were there. I may come back for drinks and complimentary chips, but that's about it.

Honestly this place is fire. Inexpensive Mexican food, great burritos, cheap beer, what else do you need? Also excellent guac.