Los Tios Grill - Alexandria

If I could give -5 stars for atmosphere I would.1pm on a Sunday afternoon my family thought it would be nice to meet up and have a nice lunch as we had done before at the same location during covid. This time the inside was freezing and the outside had agiant speaker with lights all over it and the wait staff hanging all around it. We asked if they wouldn’t mind turning it down a little so we could have a conversation without yelling at each other for which they agreed so we sat outside, it was pleasant there was still music but at a reasonable level at first, our food was served and about halfway through they decided to crank up the music again. When we asked why the big guy pointed at the 4 other people sitting across the outdoor patio with us saying it was for them. We tried to carry on for a while. My poor dad 82 and hard of hearing and has a hard enough time in a quiet room communicating is now cupping his ears and we are all yelling trying to communicate with him. Eventually after us repeatedly asking and them turning it down and then back up again I stand up and walk over to the nice young woman who is standing by the giant stereo and try to bribe her with $10 pleading with her and explaining our situation and that we haven’t seen each other in many months etc. she did not accept the money but she did turn it down.Now if this was a Saturday evening I would totally get it 100% BUT THIS IS A SUNDAY AFTERNOON folks and they can’t be reasonable? I’ve never been compelled to resort to bribery for trying to have a comfortable experience at a restaurant before. I’m guessing we were not welcome there because of our age? We will not be returning to this location ever again…and I may just boycott them now entirely (I live half a mile from the one in Delray and have been going there for 10 years).

Attentive Wait Staff. Nice Outside seating. Good Food.Food: 5/5

Great little place for Mexican dishes and drinks. Friendly and attentive service, delicious food. Muy bien, ?Food: 4/5

We really enjoyed the gigantic mango mojitos LOL. I'm not sure if they put real mango in there but it tasted so good and refreshing. Other food was great too. They were very fast even though they had a lot of customers at the moment. The staff were nice and professional. We had a great time there. Nothing to complain about.Food: 5/5

My husband and I are regulars here. Maria is my favorite server.. the food is always good even on their busiest night. The bartender Lindo has great customer service and the drinks are always top shelf!!If you want good food and drinks go to los tios on Van Dorn!!!