Los Dos Molinos

08/10/09

was it ever good?

by southphxeater at Citysearch

Mid-week night, tried the place again after a poor experience a year ago. Left hanging by the door as chaos and anger wafted off the confused and overwhelmed staff. Eventually pushed into a small back room and ignored for a while longer..finally brought menus and ordered drinks....cold bottle beers and undrinkable red wine arrived with the scowling 'manageress'..the food was mostly salty and grisly meats doused in sauce that was novelty hot without depth accompanied by reheated, mediocre rice and beans..oh why go on..miserable place to be avoided at all costs.

• Pros: close to my house
• Cons: rude, noisy and bland

11/23/08

Slop masked by noise and glam

by bravef at Citysearch

I'm visiting from Portland and the best mexican food I have had is up at Senor Moose Cafe in Seattle. Real plates of food, no burritos, no chips when you sit down.

This place is a joke for mexican food! The drinks were large, sweet, and nothing special. The plates were plain and filled with rice and beans. How did this place ever get best of city search??? A complete sham...the ranch 99 street mexican market was so much better!

• Pros: nothing really
• Cons: everything if you are looking for good food, good value

12/16/07

Worst treatment in my life

by happycamper73 at Citysearch

I would like to share a disappointing event that happened at a once fabulous beloved Phoenix restaurant. The worst treatment I've ever experienced in a restaurant in my life happened this past Friday at Los Dos Molinos. My fiance and I went to Los Dos for dinner to spend time with old friends. We raved about the food and told them that they would not be disappointed. Well, the only flavors we could taste in the food were red pepper and salt. It was nothing like the food used to be and we were both embarrassed that we had spoken so highly of the restaurant. We ate anyway and each had 2 drinks. Our waiters seemed okay, not nice and not mean. BUT THEN? after we paid our bill, we were finishing up our drinks and chatting about the Christmas holiday. MAYBE 5 minutes after paying, one of the staff rushed to our table and asked us to leave because people were waiting on a table. He did not ask politely and he had a scowl on his face. He flat out asked if we would leave. Oh, let me add that we had just left a 25% tip on a bill that was over $100. We were completely shocked. Our jaws dropped. Had he asked us nicely we would have politely obliged. However, because of his rudeness, I decided to report the mistreatment to a young woman who was a so-called owner. She rudely explained to me that she had told her staff to tell us to leave. She is by far the nastiest ?hostess? I?ve ever been in contact with. I was both shocked and hurt at the rudeness of the owner and her staff. A once legendary respected establishment is now putting their customers on an assembly line out the door. What ever happened to being able to enjoy a nice dinner and a couple of drinks? How sad. Please save yourself the hassle and don?t waste your money on the mediocre food and grossly rude staff.

• Pros: None
• Cons: Incredibly Rude Staff & Super Salty Food

10/17/07

Disgusting!!

by aztammy at Citysearch

Six of us went to Los Dos Molino's last night. This has been a favorite of all but one of ours for years - one was in town visiting and had never been. We raved about it the whole way down there. We told him how super spicy everything was and how great the food is. We were all shocked at how mild the salsas were - I even asked about it, three of us ordered the roasted pork special with green chili (waiter recommended). Everyone's food was so salty that none of us finished our food and no one took home their leftovers. We ordered one piece of tres leches cake to split because they are known for it. It came out with a birthday candle on it for me so they passed it down to me and I saw 3 big green circles on it. IT WAS MOLD!!!! We called the waiter over and showed it to him and he said, "that's not good" and said he'd bring something else. I said, "No, I don't want anything else to eat". I called him over afterwards and told him how totally disappointed we were from start to finish and how we'd raved about the place all the way over, etc., etc. and how embarrassed we were bringing someone...blah blah blah. He apologized and we got our bill which included an 18% gratuity. He didn't even take the moldy cake off the bill!!!! We were so disgusted we didn't even tell him. We just paid and left. We all agreed that we'd never go back again!!! Cross that one off of my "favorites" list.

• Cons: Ugghhhh read the review!

09/03/05

shocking

by charliethegr8 at Citysearch

My wife and I went to the one on Alma School Road for lunch on sat. sep. 3.

Service was below average at best.

The "food", -$9.50 for two empty taco shells-, went untouched back to the kitchen.

My burro was generic and tiny.

For those prices the food should be tasty and plentyful. It was the opposite.

Mild food is not the only thing they cant prepare here...

• Pros: none
• Cons: food, service

02/06/04

awful!

by gueras at Citysearch

Awful is the only word that comes to mind.

I ordered red posole, they brought white posole. I informed them and they threw a spoon of red gunk in it!! It now tasted horrible and was cold! I did't eat it and told the waiter, he merely said "I can't do anything about it". I looked at him and he said " I can get the owner, if you want". After 20 minutes waiting, he passed by and said "did you want me to get the owner?" I informed him that neither of the margarita's ordered were good and were not drank. The strawberry was a lump of syrup. You could barely sip it through a straw! The plain one tasted like some cheap tequilla and left a bitter aftertaste.

I was told to call because the owner was to busy. I tried to call she still couldn't be reached!

• Pros: none, none, none
• Cons: , bad margaritas, awful food

01/13/03

Terrible!!!

by Stacy_Levy at Citysearch

This place is horrible! I cant say much for food because we never made it in the door! The woman at the door was so rude. She was no help at all. She wouldnt even answer simple questions such as 'is there a bar to wait at.' I dont care if this place gets good reviews, I will never drive 45 minutes to be treated that rudely again nor will I recommend this place to anyone.

• Cons: Poor parking, rude workers, no reservations

07/04/02

Closed

by Jvaug7777 at Citysearch

These People just dont understand customer service. They advertise that they are open until 9 on friday nights. I went there one friday at aproximatly 8:15 and they were closed. Another friday I was concerned that they might close early, so I called to confirm the hours. Their voice mail stated that they would be open until 9. However, when I arrived at 7:58 thay told me they were closing at 8, I looked at my watch and told them that it was not yet 8. I was told that it didnt matter because "we are closed". At 8-10 other couples were also turned away. Due to the lack of respect for their customers, I will never return. Most customers travel more than 30 minutes to eat at this establishment. Will anyone travel just to be turned away at times that they advertise that thay are open? I will not.