I LOVE this place. A friend of mine took me here a year ago, with a promise of the best sweet tea I've ever had in a restaurant. This wound up being 90% true. lol All in all, nice staff that isn't annoying. They explain the menu pretty well, and don't rush you through your meal. I try something different every time I go (every 2 months or so), and haven't had a bad meal yet. I try and bring a new friend every time I go, and they all go back, even without me. So yeah. lol Good food, fast service, comfortable space, EXTREMELY REASONABLE PRICES. It's right next door to Punta Cana, and I've had both, I prefer Maria's.

positive

Working downtown, choices for sushi places are really limited. I've been here a couple of times when I'm really craving some, but otherwise probably would wait until the next time I'm in NYC or DC for really good Japanese. I had the sashimi lunch plate today, which consists of slices of salmon, lean tuna, fluke, octopus, and imitation crab sticks. The octopus was enjoyable. However, the fish slices were suspect.. warm. hard to chew. The fluke especially was hard to chew and I eventually had to spit it out because it was setting off my gag reflexes. Never had an issue with freshness of the fish here before but I guess the lesson is that they aren't strict about checking their supply of fish for freshness every service. Inconsistency is NOT something to shrug off lightly when it comes to raw fish, imho. Gonna watch for signs of food poisoning.....wish me luck.

negative

Driving up Thomas I almost swerved to the side when I saw a Thai restaurant in this part of town! Signs of the old Wendy's or Mexican restaurant that lasted for a month or 2 were nowhere to be seen, instead you had a very modern and inviting sign that even tells you how to pronounce the name of the restaurant. I was hooked, I could not wait to go and check it out. Upon walking in you are greeted by a very modern decor and it screams intimate dinners can be had here. The wood is dark, the tables are black and the lighting is mostly candlelit. The music was soft and contemporary, the only thing that seemed at odd was the flat-screen TV with sports on it. When the waitress handed me the menu, I was SHOCKED at the prices. I was also shocked that there was NO CURRY (besides massaman beef). The food smelled delicious, so I decided it was probably worth it to stay and give them the chance to woo me. After a few awkward moments of looking at the waitress and her trying to figure out if she should come over and take our order or give us more time she finally came over. We decided on 2 Thai iced coffees, crab won-tons as an appetizer and we would share the pad si ew. If you've had Thai iced coffee, you can't wait to get the sweet milky goodness all mixed up to drink. This unfortunately was like drinking Folgers with some cream and sugar added, i was beyond disappointed to say the least. I should have had a clue though when I saw it being dispensed from one of those juice machines that you see in the the Mexican places with "agua frescas". Anyhow, the won-tons come out, and they are possibly the prettiest things I have ever seen on a plate, they tasted amazing, but the filling was cold. The pad si ew was nothing to write home about, for the price we did expect the portion to be larger. Overall they did an amazing job in creating an inviting intimate atmosphere, it would definitely be better sans TV. Service was ok. Prices should definitely reflect location and the demographics of the area, I could just drive to Tempe and get a better meal that is cheaper. Hope they adjust accordingly.

negative

Not impressed with the service! We were seated promptly, chips, salsa and water were delivered. Then we wait, and we wait, and we wait. The chip waiter kept bringing us more chips and salsa, so we munched on those. Kept asking for our waitress so we could order. Finally about 30 minutes later, she came by. My husband ordered the chicken burrito with red sauce, and since I had eaten all the chips I ordered the senior enchilada plate, beef. Another lengthy wait. Food was finally delivered, my husbands burrito had the crema sauce instead of the red. Deliverer of food said that she could get him a new one, but we didn't want to wait another 30 minutes. I decided to open my enchilada to make sure I had beef, which I did, but there were only 3, 1/4 in cubes of beef. Ridiculous. Waitress came by and we expressed our disappointment, she offered to get me a new enchilada. I took her up on it, it arrived in 5 minutes and was jammed packed with beef. We asked her about the wait times and we were told that they were short staffed and apologized and apologized and apologized. We felt bad for her, we could hear her apologizing all around us. Finished our meal, which I will say the food was good. Our waitress stopped by our table and comped our whole meal. Not sure if we would come back, there seems to be quite a few other mexican options in Casa Grande.
negative