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antqueen
25th March 2010 5 star 

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My friend and I walked in there with no booking on a Friday night and the staff were friendly right from the beginning. It was very busy but they put us on the waitlist and we headed to the bar while waiting to be seated.

While we were sitting down and talking at the bar, the bartender handed us two glasses of cocktails. We did not order any drinks so we asked what it was. Turned out they were pina colada and complimentary drinks while we waited to be seated.

When we were finally seated and were deciding what to order, the waiter/s who looked after us were very friendly and helpful. We are two very undecisive girls when it comes to food and we asked the waiter/s about the food several times. As we weren’t very hungry we wanted to know how big the portions of different food on the menu were.

It took us about 20 minutes to decide what we wanted but the waiters were just so amazing. They were very busy but still very friendly and helpful. They did not at all mind that we called them to our table several times!

The food was good, considering there aren’t many Mexican restaurants in Wellington. I would recommend going to Flying Burrito Brothers for the exceptional service.

Woody
15th January 2012 2 star 

I don’t normally like writing bad reviews… But I think my experience was rather average and overpriced a lot better mexican restaurants in wellington nowaday…..

vincent g.
28th December 2011 3 star 

Was originally good about 10 years ago. But the service has suffered, it’s too noisy/popular(hard to get a table most nights and can’t book with less than 10 people). The food has remained good, but with cheaper Mexican cafes opening up – Viva Mexico, prices are almost half FBB. It really has lost it’s appeal.

I guess they still do the best Mango Margaritas in town though

Annie
3rd November 2011 2 star 

Yeah agree with most of the reviews… Food is very good but service is dreadful. Place is packed and noisy. And I personally find the lighting too low.
Unfortunately don’t know any other good mexican place here so up to you if you really need your fix of mexican food or not!

veryhungrymike
28th August 2011 1 star 

Went as a group of four and we couldn’t hear above the loud music and noise enough to have a conversation. We couldn’t even hear the waiters and waitresses half of the time, but that was good because they wouldn’t leave us alone. They came so many times asking us if we wanted more, even when it was obvious that we were still eating and trying to have a conversation, which was near impossible short of yelling.

The appetisers were nice. Stuffed jalepenos and nachos (I forgot the official names). There was way too much cheese for the dozen or so chips on the plate. I would have expected a huge pile to go with all that cheese. The plate for the jalepenos was way too small though. There were 4 of us and they gave us 3 jalepenos, so of course we had to cut them up, but there was no room. Some fell on the table.

The mains were uninspiring. The chimichonga looked exactly like the burrito except it was deep fried. They didn’t even attempt to distinguish the two. The burrito was heavily browned on the top, and worse on the bottom. The steak seemed to be ok, but the fajita was an exercise in frustration with only three tortillas for an entire skillet of fairly flavourless vegetables.

The rice was a bit dry and my partner makes better refried beans, and she doesn’t even speak Spanish.

The chocolate cake for dessert was tasty, but the minuscule scoop of ice cream hidden by a hefty slab of cake was a disappointment. If you are going to describe a dessert as ‘cake and ice cream’ then there should be enough ice cream to justify that description. There was only enough to consider it as a garnish along with the mint and cream.

Compared with the final bill, $165 for four, it was a big disappointment. We ended up going to one of the party’s houses for tea and conversation afterward because we couldn’t manage to talk much during the meal.

If you just want some loud music, rude staff, and overpriced, uninspiring Tex-Mex, then you might enjoy FBB. Otherwise, grab a taco kit from the dairy and make your own.

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