I actually joined Menuism BECAUSE of JamesE’s complaint’s about this place. What on earth was he thinking, bringing his kids to this place? It’s NOT a “family dining” kind of place. It’s a “going out for a few” kind of place, that happens to have surprisingly good TexMex cuisine, JamesE’s review notwithstanding. And to put some context on it, as tasty as Sierra’s (Sudbury — about 8 miles away) Margaritas, fajitas and mole (sorry — can’t figure out how to put an accent on that "e") are, Daniela’s wins hands-down on all 3 counts… but not on the salsa (although it’s quite a few steps up from the “from a jar” level described by the other reviewer. The Chicken Fajita Quesadilla was really delicious, for example — fresh tasting vegetables, nicely marinated chicken, better-than-average guacamole on the side.

Biggest problem with this place is the fact even when there aren’t too many people there, it’s claustrophobic, and it’s too loud. It tries to have a charming ambience, and doesn’t pull it off. But the service really is no worse than most places these days. And let’s face it: service in restaurants has gone WAAAAY down in the past 5-10 years, pretty much everywhere.

So let’s not knock ourselves out trying to kill a restaurant in our own backyard that may not be perfect, but it’s frankly much better, and a much better deal, than a ton of places that we’d have to drive a lot of miles to get to.

We swung by on a Sunday for dinner. Our experience there was absolutely horrible. The service was lousy, even though only 3 tables were seated before us. The chips were stale and the out-of-a-bottle salsa also stale. Our two young boys ordered Hot Chocolate and it arrived luke warm with the instant powder stuck to the sides of the mugs. I ordered a beer and the waitress plunked down the bottle and left (i.e. no glass, just the bottle) and it was room temperature. We ordered Fajitas and what arrived was so vile we left the food untouched and simply asked for the bill. My seven year old son summed it up well when he asked, “Dad, is this a zero star restaurant?”.