Guadalajara Grill - Fiesta, Best Mexican Restaurant in Tucson

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CLOSED NOW - Opens at 10:00am

Don't go. Upon my first visit on July 12, 2012, I went with a party of eight. All eight dishes were so salty, only one of us finished their dish. They should have used 1/4 to 1/2 of the amount of salt. It was so warm that we were sweating in the restaurant (I'm a native Arizonian and used to the heat, but still sweating). I asked the server to please turn the A/C on, and he apologized and said the owner set and locked the A/C thermostat. Later when my son went and complained to the manager that it was a very unpleasant experience because we were sweating, the A/C was then turned on. The host/hostess were not friendly. I noticed immediately the server was not friendly. When I was served the bill, I realized why. There was an added gratuity of 18% because of the size of our party. No wonder he felt no need to be more pleasant. We brought three relatives from San Francisco to try Mexican food in AZ. I was embarrassed for what they experienced. The fresh salsa was good and so was the mariachi band. The chips were not good. I will not be returning.

I had been wanting to eat at this place for six months, finnaly went last night. The salsa was the best I have ever tasted, the decor was beautiful. With that said I was up all of last night will food poisoning from the steak, shrimp, chicken and pork fajitas. I will never go back even for happy hour drinks.

I had some high expectations regarding this place. They have a huge menu that looked great on their website. I was turned off as soon as we walked in the door. The seating is really crammed in, and you have no privacy for a nice conversation. Even if you could talk in private, the mariachis will probably be too annoying. The decor could also use some work. Looks very seedy. I will say that the tableside salsa was the only redeeming feature. It was really good! I ordered the Fiesta Camarones (shrimp). It was served with very dry refried beans and rice. It didn't look anything like the picture in the menu. Basically, it was some steamed shrimp that was buried in a blob of sauce and served over soggy tortilla strips. It could have been so much better. Also, they didn't have any lime beers such as Bud Light Lime. So I ordered Iced Tea instead. My iced tea ran out very quickly, and I waited a good 10 minutes for a refill. I won't go back since there are so many other great restaurants in Tucson.

I've tried calling both locations.

The east location picked up the phone, then hung it up. When I tried calling back

the phone just rang and rang