Marieta's Mexican Food - Alpine

My 1st experience at this restaurant was great. I work for a company doing presentations for prospects to learn about what we offer and how we can help them. We advertise the restaurants we’re going to go to and people will RSVP that they are going to attend. Sometimes some of them do not show. Sometimes people will show that did not RSVP, so we are never 100% sure of the amount of people that will attend. I do understand that it makes it difficult for the restaurant to reserve a certain amount of space and then maybe we have less than we expected. But I don’t think that’s a reason to handle things negatively. This was the first time I’ve ever been rushed to leave a Restaurant and being told basically that we can/should/will have to leave right in front of our prospects. The people that did show felt that it was quite rude how this situation was handled. I had a couple show up early that did not RSVP but then when a couple that had RSVP’d showed up, there was not enough comfortable space and they left. This costed me potential business. But it also made us look unprofessional. Restaurants need to remember that we’re not there just to do business. I looked forward to coming back to this restaurant because I enjoyed the food the first time. I am always a potential customer when I’m not doing business. My guests are always potential customers . But, one of the couples said that they will not come back to this establishment for the way things were handled. Our company will not come back. They even charged me a “service fee”? I don’t understand why. We sat at the booth, I paid for everybody’s meal, and made sure that we left within two hours as demanded. I didn’t really want another meal because I had eaten there for hour first presentation but was told that if I didn’t order something, they would be a service charge. I placed an order for myself All of the orders were made to go because I was told that even if we started eating before the two hours ended, we would be asked to leave. So I’m not understanding why there was a service fee. I only left a tip because the waiters were very kind but this whole experience left a bad taste in my mouth. Food: 3 Service: 2 Atmosphere: 1

Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Surf and Turf

Always great food and service Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Price per person: $50–100 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa

Javier was an amazing server!!! Thank you!!! Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Best Mexican in Alpine. Other local contenders are less reliably good as Marieta's in so far as quality of food, service, and portion size consistency. This is my best objective take of all Mexican food offerings in Alpine that I've visited. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 5