Reviews for Viola's Ventanas in San Antonio, TX
Beautiful restaurant. Service was fine. Food was very average. We came in for the 5.99 Tuesday enchiladas or chicken tacos... special. We had a plate of each. Enchiladas were ok but lacking in flavor. Chicken tacos were better but water logged, making amushy mess. Rice and beans are similar story. Nothing to make them stand out. Salsa had an off taste almost moldy flavor.Maybe the tomatoes were not fresh. Even at 5.99 not sure we will return. Had high hopes. 4 star because it was not terrible forthe price. Just very plain. Maybe the full priced meals are better? Read more
Beautiful opportunity.. But they are NOT taking advantage of it. Food was very average, No Chips & Salsa unless you ordered it.... I can absolutely understand charging for refills on chips, but the way they do it completely "ruins the mood!" They have noatmosphere of festive Hispanic food. When I entered the restaurant the greeting was, "Can I help you?" Like I was lost orsomething. Patio was closed for no apparent reason. Disappointing sums it up! Read more
Very beautiful place! But the food was very bland. I think the fish tacos were made with tilapia. Enchiladas were bland. Our... chips and queso tasted better. At least the food looked nice... Read more
We used to like this place but won?t be going back at all. We saw a sign on our table that read chips are no longer free unless... you order some queso or guacamole. We ordered a ?large guacamole? which turned out to be a small portion of mashed avocado(flavorless). The water tasted awful, what I would imagine toilet water tastes like. Margaritas were water down, and our secondround took so long, they arrived well after we were done with our food. I had to send it back as I no longer wanted it. Food wasvery bland! A total waste of money. Read more
Service was horrible. Quick to get seated but a very long wait for server to even take drink order. Servers are out of sight... while 5 to 6 dirty tables surround waiting to be cleaned. Food was ok. Had to wait around and look for help to order anotherdrink and then wait a long while to get check. Beautiful place but need better trained staff. They were rushing around morefocused on turing the inside of the restaurant into a dance club at night. Tacky environment. Save your money and go elsewhere Read more
I thought it was going to be a very nice experience but I was wrong. Patio is pretty nice. We wanted to eat in patio but... initially were told it was a 30 min wait. Ridiculous because there were just a few families outside. We decided to carry out butthe other host ask us if we wanted to eat in and he said there were plenty of available tables outside. We stayed. Hubby orderedmole which was very good. I was skeptical because for very high prices, I didnt wanted to be disappointed. Mole, beans and ricewas good, so I decided to get a chile relleno($16) plate. I ask if it was picadillo con papas and waiter said just meat. I wasin the understanding that it was ground beef. When he came back it looked pretty good but then saw it was pouring in oil. Therice I tasted from my husband's plate was different. The oil from chile relleno sipped into my rice taking away the good flavor.As I sliced into my chile relleno I saw it was made of shredded beef with vegetables which according to waiter it was beef only.Taste was no good at all. The oil overpowered the taste. I had to use napkins to soak up the excess oil. I might as well haveordered carne guisada. By the way, corn tortillas are from package. Terrible when you are expecting real, home made tortillasmade from scratch when you are paying a plate from a high end place. If you plan to high spend on a restaurant, might at wellhave gotten to Palenque Grill at La Cantera. You can taste Mexico in that place. Now I know. Read more
The drinks are good, and the food is decent, but I don?t believe there is anything very special about the restaurant overall.... The atmosphere is simple?the tables are not decorated as seen in the pictures (that was for a bridal shower)?and the food caneasily be found with more flavor at a smaller, better priced Mexican restaurant. This location is definitely more suited for bigparties and events where you will need a lot of space, and their service is really good for the events. Read more
My wife and I have eaten here many times. We took her father there last night for dinner and as usual the food was outstanding.... The customer service is top notch. Beautiful outdoor setting to eat or eat inside. You won?t be disappointed. Read more