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Reviews on Latin food in Pleasanton, California, United States. Pleasanton is a city in Alameda County, California, incorporated in 1894. It is a suburb in the San Francisco Bay Area located about 25 miles (40 km) east of Oakland, and 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Livermore. The population was 70,285 at the 2010 census. In 2005 and 2007, Pleasanton was ranked the wealthiest middle-sized city in the United States by the Census Bureau. Pleasanton is home to the headquarters of Workday, Ellie Mae, Roche Molecular Diagnostics, Blackhawk Network Holdings, and Veeva Systems. Other major employers include Kaiser Permanente, Safeway, Oracle, Nordstrom and Macy's. Although Oakland is the Alameda County seat, a few county offices and a courthouse are located in Pleasanton. The Alameda County Fairgrounds are located in Pleasanton, where the county fair is held during the last week of June and the first week of July. Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park is located on the west side of town.
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1. Blue Agave Club
Overall Ratings
4 based on 250 reviews
Blue Agave Club serves freshly prepared, unique and authentic Mexican food and beverages in Pleasanton, CA. Stop by our unsurpassed patio and see what makes us one of the top dining destinations in the city! Redefining expectations with our exquisite and
Reviewed By DaveH1965
I understand restaurants can have off-nights, get busy and have staffing problems if one or two staff are absent for their shifts. My partner and I were celebrating our birthdays, and wanted to eat some decent Mexican food so we went there on Saturday 4/27. Both of us had individually been there for lunch, covered by our employers, but we hadn't been there for dinner service. We'd seen they had a very tasty sounding ceviche on the menu, so I thought I would try that.Previous experiences were very good. Good food, good service.Last night was a disappointment. First, they ran out of ceviche. Strike 1.They had some tortilla chips & salsa to munch on while looking over the menu. The salsas were good and varying heat level. The hottest salsa was very good, but I've had hotter salsa from a jar at the supermarket, but OK, that's just snacking food and I can forgive them.I took my time looking over the mixed drink menu and the server came by to ask if we were ready to order. As I had not yet made up my mind I asked for another 1-2 minutes.20 minutes later he came back, even though I caught his eye a few times to indicate a readiness to order that he ignored. The table to my right had been waiting 30 minutes to order food, were seated before us, and ultimately he took our order before the couple who'd waited longer. They were miffed, but took it in stride.I skipped the mixed drink, and tried to order ceviche. They were out. So, I ordered the Sopa de Tortilla for starter and the Enchilladas del Mar while my partner skipped the starter and went for the Mole Poblano.Delivery was quick.The Sopa de Tortilla came first, and it was very good. Very flavorful and served near the right temp for eating. Very good, so that was a win.My main course came before I was finished with the sopa, and with small tables and the large size of the plate dinner then felt a little cramped for space.The main course, which I was expecting something more of, was fairly bland overall. Not spiced or savory as I was expecting from eating Mexican food in Mexico before. The shrimp in one of the two enchilladas was luke warm, as was the "crab" in the other. The shrimp was tasteless, I couldn't even be sure I was eating shrimp until I looked at it. Very very small shrimps in the enchillada and they had almost no flavor.The crab in the other had no flavor of it's own. I know crab is a light tasting meat - I've had king crab legs before in Seattle and elsewhere, but they usually have a pleasing taste.This had no taste, and had a texture similar to eating shredded triscuit wafers without flavor - very dry even though it was in a sauce. The enchillada sauce was a 3 out of 10 on flavor.I've had mole before, and the chicken is usually tender and moist. I tried some of my spouse's mole and, while better than my dish by far, the chicken was a bit tough and dry. At least it had way more flavor than my meal. Our bill + 10.00 tip was about 80.00, and we discussed it this morning. Neither of us felt as though we got value for our money. We won't be bothered going back.On the plus side, though service was slow, it was courteous, so full marks for that.
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2. The Two Amigos Taqueria
Overall Ratings
4 based on 18 reviews
Reviewed By Mmarymomm
My daughter and I went to Two Amigos at the busy lunch hour. Luckily a table opened up before we got our meals. You order at the counter and then your food is brought out to you. The man at the counter spoke very quickly and I was, I guess, too slow coming up with my taco choice so he told me that he was giving me the al pastor and the Colorado chili. Okay. I am cool with that. Daughter orders Super Nachoes. We got some chips and salsa and sat down to wait for our stuff. The chips are thick and unsalted and the salsa was also very unsalted. My order of the two taco lunch special came with rice and refried beans. Both the beans and the rice were very bland and unsalted. The tacos were okay although sort of wet and hard to eat. Maybe not what I would have ordered if I had had the chance. I just found everything surprisingly bland.
3. Cocina Mexico
Overall Ratings
4 based on 15 reviews
Reviewed By Veedot
Ordered the chicken soup with "vegetables " and got plain shredded chicken in a plain water with 1/4 of a carrot. I Did not even eat it. My daughter ordered enchiladas and she was actually enjoying them until she got to the rice. There was a melted plastic gel substance under her rice. I called on of the cooks and him what that was. He just starred at it and said "I don't know, do you want another side to go" he took her plate and never came back. There was Noone around the restaurant. We walked out left the food there.
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