La Cocina

Our go-to Mexican restaurant is Tony's, but they were closed today, so we thought we'd try La Cocina. We haven't eaten there since it first opened at their current location years ago.
We were greeted with a sewer smell as we walked in the door. As we left we found the smell was coming from the restrooms, which are located right behind the front desk, so that explains that.
We can't eat cilantro, so when they brought the salsa and chips I told them we'd skip the salsa but they had salsa without cilantro, so that was nice.
My wife had the chicken soft taco plate. It was good, but she was not a fan of the rice.
I had the ultimate enchilada plate. It was also good, but I also thought the rice was lacking.
It's easy to see that the whole place needs to be renovated as the carpet was very dirty, the paint was chipped and the decorative tiles on the tables have seen better days.
The service was great from the host to our server Jeanette, who was very nice.
We thought it was a bit pricey for the less than stellar ambience. If/when they ever renovated we might give them another try, but until then we'll stay with Tony's.

Best stop between Tucson & Denver! Scott, our server, was great! The chili relleno and tamale were fresh and delicious. Sopapillas are giant but we still had one each.

Love the location and the scenery. We had to wait a little bit as apparently they were slightly short-staffed. Food was good we had American food even though it was a Mexican restaurant just didn't want to have to travel further today. Very pleasant customer service. Very unique experience. PS we saw their sopapillas just too tired to get it they were huge and looked good.

The food was wonderful and our server was super friendly and attentive. When we expressed how much we liked their salsa and asked for to go containers to bring home the left over salsa we hadn't finished he brought us extra salsa to take home! The sopapillas were my favorite part of dinner! They were amazing and light and delicious with honey.