Q: positive

A: This place is phenomenal. It was my favorite meal in my entire trip to Vegas. Its not cheap, but the food is well worth it. I ordered the pre-fixe menu with green pea and green chile soup, grilled scallops, and vanilla ice cream with protiferoles. My bf had the blue corn pancake and ancho chili-honey glazed salmon. AMAZING. Everything was great. The serrano ham gave it a little kick, but even without it, its still delicious. The scallops were grilled and served on top of tortilla chips and guac. Two scallops for the lunch portion. The blue corn pancake with duck was SO good, with a little asian influence. The salmon was awesome. Probably the best salmon we have ever had. Great balance of savory and sweet. I'm not a huge fan of protiferoles because they taste so stale to me. The dessert is nothing to write home about. But who cares!! Everything else makes up for it. The atmosphere is fun and lively, but still able to maintain intimate atmosphere. The portions were perfect for lunch and we also ordered margaritas. I had a virgin white pear margarita and my bf ordered their organic margarita, which he said was good, but not great. Service was excellent, except for one detail. Maybe I'm spoiled, but in a restaurant like Mesa Grill, I expect the servers to always clean up your crumbs before each meal served. We made reservations for lunch, but from what I noticed, you don't need to. We did come on a weekday though. I'd love to come here again for dinner next time!

Q: positive

A: Yeah... What they are saying for the line is true. We went there on a Sunday night around 7pm and still stood an hour in line. But the food is absolutely delicious. Pan roast is great, so as the Alaskan clam chowder soup.

Q: negative

A: I visited Macayo's with my family on a visit in early December. Since I don't live in town anymore, I cannot chalk up my visit to just a bad night, but I can share my experience. We were hoping to get in for happy hour, but it was packed. Bummer, but not a strike against the restaurant. We still wanted to stay for some drinks and dinner. We requested a table for 7. Mind you, our party was standing in front of the host stand. Most of us are about 6' or more with the crowning jewel of height is my step father, clocking in at 7'1". They stuck us at two tiny, pushed together tables, 7 of us, in the main walk way from the kitchen. Even if we all were at a more comfortable table, or we were smaller people, you don't put people in the walkways from the kitchen. My sister and I were constantly getting shoved in the back, but chose to sit there so our parents weren't the ones assaulted. I had to sit with my purse on my lap since I couldn't hang on the chair with the traffic going by and there was no floor space to spare with our tangle of legs. I grabbed the margarita menu hoping that ordering a couple would help save the quickly falling mood. DAMN DRINKS WERE $10+. At a bloody restaurant, during happy hour. Oh but happy hour doesn't apply to the dining side. A few of us ordered a drink, still. My mom's came with just a piece of lime rind, my upgraded margarita looked like a regular and came in a smaller glass and I just got excuses from the waiter that they are the same ounces. (Bullshit and we pointed it out with the empties after the fact but he didn't care.) I was still charged the $12.50 for the shorted drink. The food was ok but not much of a selection. I shared a meal with my sister to off set the cost of our drinks. It was very disappointing and my mom was crushed that the only evening we had to visit a Mexican restaurant, during my visit to Arizona, was such crap.

Q: negative

A:
The falafel here was a Big Fat Greek disappointment. They were dry and flavorless and the pita lacked any real frills. We were here with a large group which they accommodated quite well and our split checks did have a 18% auto grad on them. The menu has many meat free options, but I felt it was my duty to review every falafel in town, and at $7 with salad or fries it was one of the better values on the menu. My plate came with three large falafel patties inside a peta (its not pita here) with a side of taziki and a small "Greek" salad on the side. While the falafel was large, it was hard to eat with out breaking it up, and it was terribly dry and devoid of much flavor. In summary go somewhere else unless you have a large group and need consistent mediocrity of a big chain.