NOT TO EAT: Casa Linda's in Lexington, SC

Location: Casa Linda's, Sunset Blvd, Lexington, Sc
To Eat or Not to Eat???? Not really on my 'approved' list right now.....

So, the Mexican food lover in me wants to think that Casa Linda's in Lexington, SC is just having a 'down' moment. Last night was a really rough experience with them and that makes the 2nd poor experience we've had with them in the last couple of months.

My lady friends and I like to meet once a month and have enjoyed going to this restaurant many times, but last night kind of put a bad taste in our mouth. The night started out with everyone driving across town in some pretty rough storms just to get to see each other. We were so psyched out about our time together. But upon arrival at the restaurant, our excitement begin to dwindle.

The power had gone out and the fire alarm was blaring. The staff could not get the alarm to disengage. As I arrived to the not-so-welcoming noise, customers were leaving and the staff were standing outside with their fingers in their ears. Knowing I had 8 or 9 other ladies coming to join me, I decided to wait it out to see if they could disarm the alarm. Much to my liking, within 2 minutes of the other ladies arriving, the fire department saved the day by silencing the alarm (but not turning off the blinking emergency lights!). Even though this should be a positive thing, I think it just confused the staff all together.....the service went down hill from there....maybe the blinking lights caused minor seizures?

It took our waiter 4 visits to the table to get our food ordered, lemons were mistaken for limes several times (one is green and one is yellow...) even after asking for the one that is 'verde' (green in Spanish), a small side of pico de gallo was $1.25 but if avocado was requested, it was $2.00 more (you can buy one of those in the grocery store for 89 cents, right?), tea orders were confused a couple of times, and as soon as the food was delivered to the table, so was the bill. Now...let's see.....you should be glad we stuck around to eat, right? There's very few others in the restaurant, but you want us gone soooo badly that you bring us the bill with our food? Go....shooo...get out...we have better things to do.....

Sooooo.......my take on this one.....To Eat or Not to Eat? Probably not again for a long time.

No more Bon Appetite here...... :(