A few days before trying out Salsa Brava (10265 Tamiami Trail North, Naples), I had walked into Amigo's on the East Trail with pessimism and after reviewing the seemingly "gringo-friendly" menu, my pessimism got worse. Luckily, that day, I was very pleasantly surprised.
The complete opposite happened to me when we visited Salsa Brava. It is a simple and clean restaurant. All of the patrons were Mexican until we walked in. The menu was full of promising choices and then... we asked the waitress for suggestions and advice and she didn't seem confident in her descriptions of the menu items. She was very slow and unengaging.
They were out of "gorditas", so I ordered 2 sopes, one steak and the other "al pastor" (pork). They were very disappointing. Its a bit hard to describe, but the "massa" didn't taste great. It tasted like it had been fried once and then again later on. It tasted a bit stale in our opinion.
We also ordered the steak "a la Tampiqueña" which was very good when we ordered it at "El Rincon de Mexico". The dish consist of cheese topped steak on top of cheese enchiladas with salsa verde, rice and beans.
The enchiladas with the salsa verde were DELICIOUS!!! However, the steak's seasoning was heavy on the black pepper, something I DESPISE! The only way I was able to eat the rest was to cover up all traces of pepper with the beans and the salsa verde.
Perhaps the tacos are good, but with so many other better choices, we probably won't return soon to find out.
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