Happy Pollo

Went here for lunch and was minorly confused when I arrived that they might not be open yet. The staff who was sitting at a table in the empty place assured me that they were and so I decided to give it a try.
I was expecting the menu to mostly be Mexican chicken dishes but the only chicken dish I saw was a ½ or full chicken. The rest of the menu were more expensive seafood options which I was not looking for as a quick lunch break for work.
Since I had chicken on the mind, I got a half chicken with an assortment of sides. The amount of food that I was given between the chicken, sides, and complimentary chips and ceviche was enough to feed 3 – 4 people. Which I’m not complaining about at all since I love to pound food at lunch.
The actual taste of the food was nothing notable at all and I actually did not feel quite right in the stomach for about 5 days afterwards which was suprising since that has not happened to me before. I was the only customer the entire time so the atmosphere was strangely quiet and not a place I would be interested in going to even if I wanted to check out the seafood menu.

I love Mexican food, just not here.
First off, I found the service to be unprofessional as the staff members were so into their convo and I knew they saw me standing there. That should have been the first indication that I should have left before I placed my order, but I was really hungry and on a lunch time crunch. I ordered a chicken burrito, side order of rice, and an hocata.
After they dragged to make my lunch I just took it to work. It smelled great but tasted horrible. The chicken was over salted, as was the rice. I ended up taking only a couple of bites then trashing it, what a disapooitment. Overall, I’d say save your money unless your trying to get high blood pressure.

I tried take-​out once and thought the chicken asada dinner was pretty great, with a big grilled jalapeño and really, really good thick tortillas.
Grilled chicken does take a little time to cook, I like the reviewer complaining that it smelled like grilled chicken in there, that was probably… the chickens on the grill. If you don’t like the smell of chickens being grilled, enjoy your Taco Bell.
So last night we went back to try eating there. The atmosphere isn’t great… it’s drafty (the owner?/manager? was wearing a parka inside) and they were blasting ranchero videos and a hispanic talk show on the big-​screen TV. But the service is friendly and the food is great. we got a basket of fresh tostadas with good salsa, and a plate of lime-​cilantro sauce and ceviche. I ordered their odd-​looking pollo asado quesadilla as an appetizer, and it was the best quesadilla I’ve ever had. I have no idea what they do to it, but I’m pretty sure it’s not good for your arteries.
The pollo asado was great again, and my wife got a giant plate of camarones diablo, (spicy shrimp). She said she just wanted to drink the leftover sauce when she was done. They’re somehow related to the fancier mexican seafood place Las Islas Marias (which I’ve heard mixed things about) so they serve mostly seafood dishes, and chicken and carne asada, that’s pretty much it. I don’t like seafood much, but I’ll eat that chicken anytime.
You can BYO beer and wine, too, good to know for next time.