Had lunch here a week ago. Great food and great service. Best margaritas too! And the fish tacos are always the freshest.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: T- Carnitas 2, Homemade Chips and Salsa, Guacamole Y Totopos, Carne Asada Tacos
Ben
The spicy marg was delicious. Beware: very spicy.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Paula Bitinaite
Brilliant Mexican food with a twist!!! Sharing platters are gorgeous and so filling, I ended up taking leftovers home for tomorrow's lunch! Prawn starter is delicious and service is brilliant too, every waitress/waiter was very accommodating! Appreciate it team!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
葉芳君
Worst mexican restaurant I have ever been. I have no idea how they been chosen for Michelin list for so many years. The $45. Dish tastes horrible. Every thing is super burned including the sauce. The ingredients are no good and not the same with the menu. Sausage is unbelievable salty. The chips with 3 kinds of salsa charge you for $5.5 and it’s not taste good as well. We asked for the regular salsa and she gave us a small cup of the chopped tomatoes and charged us for another $6. The lemonade is very watery.
Only the lady takes us in is nice, other than her we almost get no service. We hear the waiter keeps going to the table behind us and asking them “how’s the food “ but not even asked us once. After we told him the food is over burn and he just doesn’t seem to care.😅
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 2
Pete Hays
Higher end but delicious. Homemade tortillas
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Katie Sindelar
Just finished a delicious and memorable dinner at Playa! While the food was amazing and atmosphere was bright and cozy, our server **Luis** was the real standout of the night! He made us feel genuinely welcome and warm, as well as provided GREAT recommendations on the food and cocktails. We ordered the wood grilled Camarones that came with an amazing chili aioli - highly recommend, and the meat platter, which was also top notch tenderness and flavor. Cocktails were also all made from scratch and perfectly balanced. Do yourself a favor and grab dinner at Playa asap!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Adam Gray
I came for the margs and mid-food. I left with food poisoning.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 4
Grant Ellis
This is my 653rd review, I know a thing about some things, and am being /very/ generous with my rating here.
I'm convinced that playa is more like player, because I got played on this total rip off. This was the most single disappointing $50 bucks I've spent in ages. -- I had the playa margarita, while strong, the taste was stale. The chips that everyone lauds about were wildly oily and comically expensive and guac, which is 16+ friggin bucks. I wanted to get the mole but dietary restrictions sent me to the al pastor quesadilla, which I was kinda excited about. As a bit of an al pastor snob, I validated it was cooked on a rotisserie as I ordered, which is a must for pastor, and they claimed it was, But what came out was flavorless and bland. Crispy and hot is no substitute for flavor, which it lacked in volumes. Like authentic flavors die here I think. It's just over priced, bland and curated for people wanting to feel fancy, but hesitant to go to a real taco shop for fear it might be too spicy. The sauce didn't even remotely complement the lack of flavor.
Value proposition was so bad, I literally wanted to walk out of not for my party. The old photos show that even the quesadilla once had 4 pieces, but now it's 3 with about 2 oz of meat, maybe. It also doesn't even come with rice and beans, that's another 12 bucks. Like JFC, seriously? The prices are already hilariously stupid, and then they go and add a 4% surcharge on top for health insurance.... They're charging $21 for chips and guac and they need to add 4% for health insurance. I think they got that covered... There is not a chance in hell I would ever recommend this place. I could be a multi-millionaire and still feel ripped off.
Service was fine, but at no point did the wait staff fill up water, or even know where the food went to on the table and just kind hocked food out and expected us to figure out where it went, let alone even ask how the food was or came out, so they hardly earned the tip or their 4% surcharge.
This restaurant is on the Michelin Guide, which is shocking, but no wonder it's never earned a real star. I'm bewildered how this place has any worthwhile reviews because it was beyond mid. I know the manager wants to create a memorable experience, and it was memorably bad. It earns a super mediocre ripoff rating from me for my 653rd review.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 4
Zoe
Alejandro is amazing. He’s an extremely skilled bartender in addition to being super personable and kind. I love coming here!
Overall delicious food, tasty drinks, and a lovely flan. Exactly what I wanted for my solo dinner on a work trip.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Esteban Rivera
Great experience in this place excellent service
Grant Clark
So our friends took us to this restaurant and they really raved about it. On the outside of the restaurant, you see a sign with the Michelin logo on it so that was a good sign, right? The atmosphere is fantastic and the place was packed. We got the chips and salsa and the elote corn which are both excellent but then when we all got our mains which were the grilled fish tacos, carnitas tacos, and vegetable tacos we were underwhelmed. The main problem was that the spices were too overpowering so you couldn't taste the flavor of the protein or vegetables. The service was excellent and very attentive. Like all restaurants these days, this place was up there in expense around $50 per person and that included the cocktail each.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
David Paul Tuttle
Nice, upscale Mexican, Spanish food...full bar, no parking near by paid lot.....
Romantic time, within 2 blocks of Mill Valley Inn
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had lunch here a week ago. Great food and great service. Best margaritas too! And the fish tacos are always the freshest.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: T- Carnitas 2, Homemade Chips and Salsa, Guacamole Y Totopos, Carne Asada Tacos
The spicy marg was delicious. Beware: very spicy.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brilliant Mexican food with a twist!!! Sharing platters are gorgeous and so filling, I ended up taking leftovers home for tomorrow's lunch! Prawn starter is delicious and service is brilliant too, every waitress/waiter was very accommodating! Appreciate it team!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Worst mexican restaurant I have ever been. I have no idea how they been chosen for Michelin list for so many years. The $45. Dish tastes horrible. Every thing is super burned including the sauce. The ingredients are no good and not the same with the menu. Sausage is unbelievable salty. The chips with 3 kinds of salsa charge you for $5.5 and it’s not taste good as well. We asked for the regular salsa and she gave us a small cup of the chopped tomatoes and charged us for another $6. The lemonade is very watery.
Only the lady takes us in is nice, other than her we almost get no service. We hear the waiter keeps going to the table behind us and asking them “how’s the food “ but not even asked us once. After we told him the food is over burn and he just doesn’t seem to care.😅
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 2
Higher end but delicious. Homemade tortillas
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Just finished a delicious and memorable dinner at Playa! While the food was amazing and atmosphere was bright and cozy, our server **Luis** was the real standout of the night! He made us feel genuinely welcome and warm, as well as provided GREAT recommendations on the food and cocktails. We ordered the wood grilled Camarones that came with an amazing chili aioli - highly recommend, and the meat platter, which was also top notch tenderness and flavor. Cocktails were also all made from scratch and perfectly balanced. Do yourself a favor and grab dinner at Playa asap!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I came for the margs and mid-food. I left with food poisoning.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 4
This is my 653rd review, I know a thing about some things, and am being /very/ generous with my rating here.
I'm convinced that playa is more like player, because I got played on this total rip off. This was the most single disappointing $50 bucks I've spent in ages. -- I had the playa margarita, while strong, the taste was stale. The chips that everyone lauds about were wildly oily and comically expensive and guac, which is 16+ friggin bucks. I wanted to get the mole but dietary restrictions sent me to the al pastor quesadilla, which I was kinda excited about. As a bit of an al pastor snob, I validated it was cooked on a rotisserie as I ordered, which is a must for pastor, and they claimed it was, But what came out was flavorless and bland. Crispy and hot is no substitute for flavor, which it lacked in volumes. Like authentic flavors die here I think. It's just over priced, bland and curated for people wanting to feel fancy, but hesitant to go to a real taco shop for fear it might be too spicy. The sauce didn't even remotely complement the lack of flavor.
Value proposition was so bad, I literally wanted to walk out of not for my party. The old photos show that even the quesadilla once had 4 pieces, but now it's 3 with about 2 oz of meat, maybe. It also doesn't even come with rice and beans, that's another 12 bucks. Like JFC, seriously? The prices are already hilariously stupid, and then they go and add a 4% surcharge on top for health insurance.... They're charging $21 for chips and guac and they need to add 4% for health insurance. I think they got that covered... There is not a chance in hell I would ever recommend this place. I could be a multi-millionaire and still feel ripped off.
Service was fine, but at no point did the wait staff fill up water, or even know where the food went to on the table and just kind hocked food out and expected us to figure out where it went, let alone even ask how the food was or came out, so they hardly earned the tip or their 4% surcharge.
This restaurant is on the Michelin Guide, which is shocking, but no wonder it's never earned a real star. I'm bewildered how this place has any worthwhile reviews because it was beyond mid. I know the manager wants to create a memorable experience, and it was memorably bad. It earns a super mediocre ripoff rating from me for my 653rd review.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 1
Service: 4
Alejandro is amazing. He’s an extremely skilled bartender in addition to being super personable and kind. I love coming here!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Overall delicious food, tasty drinks, and a lovely flan. Exactly what I wanted for my solo dinner on a work trip.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great experience in this place excellent service
So our friends took us to this restaurant and they really raved about it. On the outside of the restaurant, you see a sign with the Michelin logo on it so that was a good sign, right? The atmosphere is fantastic and the place was packed. We got the chips and salsa and the elote corn which are both excellent but then when we all got our mains which were the grilled fish tacos, carnitas tacos, and vegetable tacos we were underwhelmed. The main problem was that the spices were too overpowering so you couldn't taste the flavor of the protein or vegetables. The service was excellent and very attentive. Like all restaurants these days, this place was up there in expense around $50 per person and that included the cocktail each.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Nice, upscale Mexican, Spanish food...full bar, no parking near by paid lot.....
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
VERY LOUD on the patio/porch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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