7. Sam Diego's

Can't Imagine How They Have Stayed In Business This Long
Being a journalist and reviewer by profession, I feel I am qualified to rate this restaurant a sorrowful 1 out of 5 Stars. Visiting family and the first time in Cape Code, we decided to hit a local Mexican Restaurant. After all, how can you mess up basic Mexican fare and strawberry margarita's is also fun before a meal. When we arrived we were told we had a 40 minute wait, which I thought was a good sign. Seated we were given a basket of cold and broken chips and salsa and we decided to try their 28 ounce Mango Margarita (no strawberry). Served in a large stem glass, I would seriously doubt that it was 28 ounces, more like 16 I would guess. Not great, no hint of any tequila at all and way too sweet, hard to even drink. We ordered their steak fajitas which we simply assumed would be sizzling and served with onions and in some places green peppers on a steaming cast iron pan. After all gthe definition of Fajitas is grilled meat served on a flour or corn tortilla. This dish arrived on a plate and was ice cold slices of beef, some cold shredded cheese (looked like it was right out of the supermarket package) and some beans and I believe rice with some cold tortilla's on the side. We were shocked to say the least and my wife took one bite of the beef and said this had to be pre-cooked and they simply put some on the plate. We called the waitress who was very nice and decided to send it back and order a salad with some grilled chicken. The replacement came after the three others in our party had finished our dishes and we waited for my wife to finish. We were told they don't have grills in the front of the restaurant and couldn't cook some of the dishes because of this. To me this is simply a pre-made food restaurant, my dish also tasted like chicken that was not made fresh. I would say this was one of the worst imitation Mexican Restaurants I have eaten in and simply can't imagine how they have stayed in business so long. Do all residents of Cape Cod settle for this low quality food at all eateries, simply because they don't know any better. With the lack of decent competition here, I would imagine even this low quality restaurant can thrive. I know that if I wanted to really make money I could open an authentic Mexican Restaurant right across the road and be an instant hit. Don't bother to go here, you have been warned.

Outstanding food, just a great place overall.

Not so tasty...doesn't fit into the "mexican" category.