[albertGQ]

It looks like there will be a daily deal for this. Do not buy the voucher for La Casita Mexicana. I bought a voucher from them months ago but didn’t have time to use it until this past Saturday.
I called last week to make a reservations for eight and advised them that there would be one voucher.
My wife and I were the first couple there (couple minutes before 6pm) and they didn’t have our reservation.
No problem, the waiter just put two tables of four together.
The other couples arrive intermittently and we were never asked if we wanted any drinks.
One couple came right at six and she ordered a coffee right away because she had a headache
He came with a jug of water to fill our glasses but still didn’t take our drink order and didn’t say anything about the coffee
I had to go find him and tell him that we were ready to order our drinks. He said okay.
He came near our table but stopped at another one to take a couple’s order.
He then went to the back. I had to find him again to tell him we wanted to order drinks
When he got to our table he finally took our order.
We asked about the coffee and he said it was coming, but he was writing it down so I think he just forgot about it.
He came back with the coffee and asked her if she wanted any cream. She said yes. This never came and neither did our drinks
I had to go find him again to tell him we wanted to order food and asked how long our drinks would be. He said right away.
He walked towards our table but stopped to take another table’s order and just walked away.
I had to find him again and told him we needed to order quickly and go since we had a show at 8pm
He came to our table (without our drinks or cream)
I asked him how long would the food take and he said the cook injured himself (cut his finger) so the food will take awhile
So we just went next door to Bob the Fish.
There were other tables that were clearly frustrated with the slow service too.
It looked like he was the only front of the house employee for both the Mexican side and Wicked Chile.
I think he was the bartender too.

I read some of the reviews of this restaurant on Urbanspoon and it is not good at all.
You should read the stories. They’re pretty comical actually

I don’t know if I even want to go back to use my voucher. Might just eat the $20 loss. Or next time I’m DT with buddies, just go there and get a crapload of alcohol.
Or even try a weekday evening. But the restaurant wasn’t busy at all on Saturday so I can’t see the service being much better during the week

My story is nothing compared to the other stories on Urbanspoon from people that actually stayed to eat

http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/15/15562...xicana-Calgary