WARNING PARENTS WITH SMALL CHILDREN!!!!!!......Kokopelli's could care less for your business. My husband and I have been regular customer's of Kokopelli. On the above date we arrived early with our 16 mos. old in anticipation of recieving a booth that would accomadate a high chair. We purposely arrived early in hopes of finding a booth available. Upon our arrival,the parking lot was empty and restaurant was not busy. We were met by the RUDE and INEXPERIENCED hostess who we have encountered before on previous visits. On those previous visits, the same hostess informed us that the only booth that could accomadate a high chair was at the front of the restaurant. We have sat at this "booth" many times. On this visit, she rudly told us they could not seat at us at the "empty" booth with a high chair because they were anticipating being "busy". She was obviouly put out by our request as she has been on previous visits. She gave us no alternatives and escorted us to a table in the center of the dining room, all while mumbling under her breath. She did not ask if the seat was exceptable to us, nor did she care. Seating in the center of the dining room could be liked to a hospital waiting room....very undesirable with zero privacy. Shocked at the inexcusable rudeness of the hostess, I asked to speak to a manager. Mary came to our table and explained that booths for high chairs were also available in the back of the restaurant, an option we were not offered. Mary begrudedly offered to let us move but it was too little too late once we got the little one settled at the table. In this economy, going the extra mile to accomadate every customer is important. That did not happen in this case, nor did the hostess or Mary care to make sure we were happy. We eat out offen and understand when a restaurant is full and when tables are occupied, but the restaurant at the time of our arrival was NOT busy and no alternatives were offered to us at the time of seating. We will not tolerate rudeness or an eating establishment not going to extra mile when we eat out. It's not as if we were eating at Plaza lll. Our issue is with the hostess and management's handling of seating arrangments and not the service we recieved from our server, Vicki. We will return to our mexican restaurant of choice, Cactus Grill in Prairie Village. They always manage to accomadate our high chair booth request with a smile on their face. WE are sorry, Cactus Grill, that we strayed.
Rating Detail:
Food: 3
Service: 2
Atmosphere: 3
Value: 3
Overall: 3
I gave Baja a 3 because it wasn't bad, but it wasn't memorable. I expect a corporate feel when eating at restaurants on the Plaza, but it just didn't do much for me, like it almost needed more of a niche to make it interesting. The service was good. The food was alright, and the portions were large (the quesadilla appetizer was the largest I've ever seen), and the prices match the size. You'll leave full, but there won't be much to pull you back in again. As for vegetarians, those choices are pretty limited, mostly to the typical cheese enchilada type of items (and a few salads).
You would be better at any of the places on the Boulevard, or go a bit further south to Jalapeno's or Casa Del Rey.
Rating Detail:
Food: 3
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 2
Value: 3
Overall: 3
I think the best thing it has going for it is the location. I don't like their beans or tamales and the chile rellano was pretty bad the day I was last there. It's ok for a quick lunch.
Rating Detail:
Food: 3
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 3
Value: 4
Overall: 3
54th Street amazes me that it survives. The entire wait staff is in a constant state of confusion. Sometimes food is prompt, other times it's a nightmare. While the menu is vast, it's the same thing you can get at Chiles, Fred P. Otts, Applebees. The one thing I can bank on is taking Prilosic before going. Eating at 54th Street is a weight loss program. I never eat there.
Rating Detail:
Food: 2
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 2
Value: 1
Overall: 3
sorry, i don't know who voted this place best chips and salsa, but yuck! the chips were fine but the salsa tasted like tomato sauce with black pepper. the food was ok over all but i was sadly disappointed with both the service and the value. Also they charge for chip and salsa refills.
Rating Detail:
Food: 3
Service: 2
Atmosphere: 3
Value: 2
Overall: 3
GREAT food, albeit a bit overpriced. Service consistently prompt and friendly, and a reasonably comfortable atmosphere.
Rating Detail:
Food: 4
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 3
Value: 3
Overall: 3
Re: “Aftershock Bar & Grill”
As a rough-neck roadhouse, the bar is what it is, but to be credible as a live-music venue, they need to fix the sound system. Every time we've been there, the sound system sucks. There is a nearly constant, loud buzz (imagine florescent light hooked up to an amp), annoying no matter what your musical preference. Sound guy couldn't get vocals to come through to save his soul from Donny Osmond.
Rating Detail:
Food: 2
Service: 2
Atmosphere: 3
Value: 4
Overall: 3