El Mezquite Grill & Taqueria

Great place to come before a show.
The patio is beautiful and the drinks, food and service were all great.
We split the cheese crisp and got some burgers.
Both were excellent.
The only thing that was a little weird, was that we were told the drinks were taking a little long because the bartender had to run over to the liquor store because they ran out of tequila.
I'm not sure how a bar runs out of tequila, or if they just ran out of one particular type of tequila and didn't think to use or offer a different one? Either way, had never heard that one before.
But the food was definitely good, and so was the margarita once it came.
Yes, it was a bit pricey, but the flavor was there.

BLUF: The food is overpriced low quality lackluster “Mexican” food.
The menu has few options and even when there are very few people in the restaurant the service is slow.
It look very nice and has a great atmosphere but that it really it. Upon arrival we were seated very promptly and the waitress quickly came over brining us water and taking our order. It took twenty minutes to get the chips and salsa that we ordered.
The chips were not fresh and had obviously been sitting out for some time.
They lacked walk and the salsa was nothing special. Another twenty minutes went by before we received the four soft tacos we ordered.
I had two steak tacos and my wife had one steak and shrimp taco.
The shrimp taco had two small shrimp and the rest was the vegetables.
What a disappointment! We should have taken the extra minute to walk further down the street and eat at the other Mexican cafe.
This was our first and last time coming here.
Too bad as the atmosphere is great! I might come back just for drinks with friends prior to an event at the Tucson Arena.

Came here on a weekday night.
The place had scattered customers on the patio.
I'd definitely recommend the patio.
It's very quaint. For appetizers we ordered the ceviche, calamari and the fried goat cheese salad. Ceviche was okay.
Calamari was very generic.
The salad was refreshing but could need a little bit more zing to it. For an entree we got the skirt steak and the papas bravas. The steak was excellent.
Really tender and succulent.
The potatoes were generic again. Their cocktail menu is creative and the drinks are really good.
I highly recommend. The service was attentive and pleasant.