Mexico City Restaurants

Saks

#602 of 603 things to do in Mexico City

#1263 of 1272 restaurants in Mexico

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Not good for: atmosphere, food, service

  • Address
    • Plaza San Jacinto 9
  • Transport
    • La Bombilla
  • Phone
    • 55 5616-1601
  • Price
    • dishes M$81-156
  • Hours
    • 7:30am-6pm Sun & Mon, 7:30am-midnight Tue-Sat

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Lonely Planet review for Saks

Hang out on Saks’ sunbathed terrace, which has live music, and choose from meatless specialties like poblano chilies stuffed with trufflelike corn fungus, Camembert soufflé and squash-blossom crepes.

 

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    cheated by the waiter

    bda78 does not recommend this,

    While in Mexico City with two friends we tried this restaurant on Lonely Planet's recommendation. Unfortunately, we were screwed by our waiter who pulled a bait and switch and charged us for a 1800 peso bottle of wine (about $140).

    Looking over the wine list, we had settled on a 350 peso Chilean Cabernet, when the waiter brought over a Spanish wine . He said it was new, very good, very complex, etc. I said we had been thinking about the Chilean Cabernet. He said "No, no, no. This is much better." "How much?" we asked. About the same as the Chilean wine he told us. Ok, so we get the wine. Pretty good, and then we get a huge shock when the bill comes.

    1800 pesos? What the hell? This was especially shocking because most of the entrees ranged in price from 130-250 pesos. We protested, but the waiter lied and said he had been referring to a different Chilean wine when he said "It's about the same price." The manager agreed to knock 20% off the bill. We protested a bit more, figured we weren't the first to get conned by this guy, and left feeling we'd been taken advantage of.

    As for the food, one person had the huachinango red snapper, which was great. Another had a large salad, which was pretty good. I had the Camarones One, which was rubbery and disappointing.

    Oh, and then to add insult to injury, one of the assistant managers came up to us at the door to remind us that a tip was not included, and we had failed to leave one! We explained why y ya nos fuimos.

    Not good for: atmosphere, food, service

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