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First experience a few years back not long after they first opened was quite good, when we enjoyed the cozy home-spun atmosphere, meeting the owner/ch…
Graham Way
Originals Cafe Mexicano
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So 4 of us went to Originals yesterday to arrive at 5:15 to an empty restaurant, except for one table in the back and a couple sitting in a 4 seat tab…
Steve Baillie
Originals Cafe Mexicano
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Great food, great service. Best margaritas in town. Congrats! Will be back soon to get another Chile relleno and some tacos de rajas con crema.…
Carlos De Ibarrola
Originals Cafe Mexicano
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8 Reviews on “Originals Cafe Mexicano”
So 4 of us went to Originals yesterday to arrive at 5:15 to an empty restaurant, except for one table in the back and a couple sitting in a 4 seat table on the front patio. We were told to wait out front, and the expected wait would be 20 minutes.about 40 minutes later, still waiting, another couple came to the restaurant and cleared their own table and sat down without a reservation, right passed us and the waiter served them without any consideration for how long we were waiting, even though there was a 2 seat table next to them! Majority of the Restaurant was still empty, but we were told it would only be a few more minutes.after another 25 minutes (over an hour total, looking at an empty restaurant), we finally got seated in the back patio, and told the host that we were ready to order. She replied by saying she will let our server know. 15 more minutes passed, no water, or server. the same girl finally came back to take our order (she was our server!), but the restaurant had now filled with several groups. We decided due to the horrible service and wait time to leave the restaurant before ordering. As we left she had the nerve to ask use if we came to back to reserve the next time, and we could be seated faster!! really?????If you are fully booked just say so, and don’t keep people waiting for hours while looking at an empty restaurant. we could have eaten and left in the time we waited with no harm to the reservations. I wouldn’t waste your time here. We drove to Browns, got seated on the patio and had a drink in hand and order placed within 5 minutes.
Great food, great service. Best margaritas in town. Congrats! Will be back soon to get another Chile relleno and some tacos de rajas con crema.
I’m giving this place a 3.5. The food deserves a 4.5 but the service is so terrible at this place that I had to subtract points for it. How bad was it you ask? As a table of 5, we were there for 3 hours. It took about 45 min for drinks and to take our order then the rest of the meal poured out of the kitchen like molasses. Several times we had to get up to get the servers attention at all and when we did, we were given stink eye and attitude. We were most certainly not being unreasonable when this place is so small. The crowd should be easily handled. On a positive note, the food here is truly excellent. The best Mexican I’ve had in the lower mainland. Special mention goes to the Enchiladas Rojas. Nothing here is dumbed down and if you can stomach the terrible service, this is a great place to eat.
i saw their menu online and had wanted to try this place for awhile!my only regret is that we went and had a little too much to eat before arriving here for dinner. It’s really rare to taste such homey but balanced flavours but presented really well. Honestly really great value and I would like to come back again for a second time.we had the ceviche and enchiladas rojas
Authentic. Delicious. Surprising.Felt like I had a home cooked mexican meal with all the perfect flavors. Everything tasted fresh and was portioned perfectly.
I have been looking for a decent Mexican restaurant in my area for awhile and luckily came across this place.I opted to take my girlfriend here for lunch. As per other reviews, this place is definitely easy to miss from the street; the only thing that stood out was the Mexican flag on the porch.We went in and sat down, had the place to ourselves at first, which surprised us since it was about 1pm. We ordered sangria, figuring it would be good. Boy were we ever wrong. They weren’t merely good, they were excellent! Well worth the wait it took for them to arrive. We ordered starters: molletes for myself, chicken tacos for her. Also ordered our mains, which were tostadas carnitas with a side of rice and enchiladas verdes. My only peeve was that they all arrived at the same time. Still, the food was amazing, the best Mexican I’ve had in a very long time.After lunch we opted to get arroz con leche (rice pudding), with chocolate calientes and latte horchata. The rice pudding was nice and creamy, not too sweet, with nice cinnamon flavour. The chocolate calientes was delicious, essentially a homemade hot chocolate with what I swear was a nice hint of cinnamon. The latte horchata was nothing special and tasted no different than any other latte I’ve had.The bill for lunch with all those items came to about $68 before tip. Overall, we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and would love to come back!
Great little gem of a Mexican restaurant in Port Moody. Yum. Good prices. Good food. Parking. Good service.