Lau.riol Plaza

I'm a big fan of this restaurants sister restaurant C.actus Cantina so I decided that it was time I vetured out to the place that was voted as one of the best restaurants in DC and one critic said it has the best Mexican food period. I hear the margarita's here are no joke (I couldn't drink one this time), but if they are anything like the one at the sister restaurant I'm sure they are fab.

I've tried to come here several times and the wait has always been at least two hours so we always gave up after 30 minutes and went elsewhere in Adams Morgan. First I have to say it's an absolutely beautiful restaurant I wish it would have been warm so we could have eaten outdoors on the rooftop.

Lately I've been traveling to restaurants in groups (we had a party of 12 here) and I can actually say that the service went really well. We were shown attention and hot fresh tortillas and homemade salsa were immediately placed on our table. The drinks were brought out in a quick fashion and eveeryone that had something with alcohol said the pep in the drinks were juuust right.

The food came out rather quick or at least it seemed that way. I had Masitas de Puerco that came with white rice and some savory black beans that were wonderful and ceviche which was flavorful from the spices with some tang from the lemon juice. Everyone at the table had something different and everything looked great from the salads to the entrees.

I will most definitely be going back there soon... especially when the weather warms up... and when I can get a pitcher of margaritas