Cecilia's - Farmington

My friends and I went to this restaurant for dinner one evening, expecting it to be great because of the cars in the parking lot. However, we were the only customers there. The waitress was friendly and served our drinks promptly, but our food was brought out at different times and none of us were happy with our meals. The cheese enchilada was especially disappointing as it didn't even have cheese in it. On a positive note, we all enjoyed the chips and salsa. When it came time to pay, there was confusion with the cashier trying to figure out the change and the discount coupon.

The food at this restaurant is fantastic, and the service is excellent. The staff goes above and beyond to ensure you have a wonderful experience. The chips and salsa served before dinner are the highlight, always fresh and warm.

The food at this restaurant is delicious and the customer service is top-notch! The owners are very friendly and accommodating. Don't miss their amazing green chili apple pie, green chili cheesecake, and fried ice cream!

They are only open a few hours a day. 11am to 2pm for lunch and 5p to 9pm for dinner. Come from 2pm-5pm, and good luck getting served.The atmosphere is a small restaurant, which maybe seats about 30 people. Overall, it was pleasant inside, except for the crying child whose parent was working in the back. When we walked in, it was about 4:20pm, not understanding the open hours. The workers didn't speak English, so we got by with my limited Spanish, till someone else arrived about 5 minutes later who could translate.The menu was very limited few combination plates. You could order one item but not get 2-3 different items unless you added items ala carte which is to say on the side.My wife ended up having the taco salad, they allowed the substitution to chicken. Then I ordered 2 tostada's again chicken. The Tostadas came with rice and beans. Coke for me, Horchata for her. The Horchata was delicious, lots of sugar and cinnamon. You can tell this wasn't home-made but rather a mix, as there wasn't rice at the bottom of the glass, not even a few bits.We received chips and salsa while we waited for the food. The chips must have been from breakfast or were just from a bag, they weren't warm. The salsa had a good flavor to it, this was home made, slightly spicy, but not too much that someone with a week digestive system or gall bladder issues can't handle it.My 2 tostada's were on traditionally sized taco shells, consisted of rice, beans, lettuce, chicken, and tomatoes. Also a small scoop about a melonball size of sour cream was added to each tostada. Here's being a taco salad, was in a flour shell which was overcooked or old or both. It was baked, not fried, and the shape wasn't anything I was familiar with, other then taco salad shell makers they sell on TV. I am not sure how it was shaped, but I can tell you it was created to minimize the size of the food within. Additionally, I should mention that my tostada shells were pre-cooked, the kind you find in a Mexican store in a bag.Did I mention that everything was bland. It wasn't sour, not spicy, not anything... just bland. The chicken meat did have a slight flavoring to it, but nothing over the top. There was none of the salty cheese with traditional Mexican food. There were no peppers nor radishes, no salsa bar to flavor our food with, even the small melonball sized avacado mix (which had no added flavorings) was bland. We had to use the leftover salsa from the chips to flavor the food.One thing I can say positive, was the great service. The waitress did check back on us even while we waited for food, to see if we needed more chips. The owner also stopped for a moment to chat, but after chatting he hung out in the dining section for a while, kind of disturbing since there was no one for him to talk to.Something strange, there was no push to offer us cerveza nor even water when we sat. Not really a big deal on that.While the food was bland, it was edible. We ate it all (except for the taco shell which was overcooked). When offered desert, we politely refused.When the bill came, I wanted to itemize my bill. There was simply a total at the bottom. I gave the waitress a 11% tip for the service. We won't be going back there.

The restaurant was small, clean and had a friendly staff, including the owner who was really nice and passionate about his reataurant. eating while hot and fresh was just so tasteful and mostly new mex style. I enjoy the free green chili ice that the owner has brought out. very original!