College Park, FL 32804
407.420.1155
http://paxiarestaurant.com/
“Modern world meets traditional Mexican cuisine”
Paxia is a new Mexican restaurant in College Park it opened around June 1, 2008. They took over the old Moe’s location on Edgewater drive. I read about it in the Orlando Weekly yesterday and stopped by for lunch today.
The restaurant looked very modern with vivid colors on the walls and cloth table cloths – covered with butcher paper. The menus were uncluttered with just a few items. Items that you would expect at a Mexican restaurant, there were 6 priced at $7.00 to $7.50.
Were greeted with a smile and chips and salsa were not far behind. The chips were nice and the salsa was also good.
From the menu I chose the Chicken Enchilada at $7. Others at the table chose Flautas $7.25, Soft Tacos $7.50, and Burritos $7.50. The wait was a little longer than I would have expected considering the number of people in the restaurant.
When our plates arrived they looked quite nice. All of the dishes we ordered came with bean and rice. The rice was rather unremarkable, nowhere near as good as say El Portros . The beans needed salt and there was none on the table. My enchiladas were good but again nothing special.
The tacos the one of our dining partners had were soggy he said he would not be returning. The flautas were not very filling was the comment I heard.
This a place that I wanted to be good. Maybe I'll stop back by in a few months to see if it has improved.
Rating: **
Service **
What others are saying:
Orlando Weekly
Chowhound.com
4 comments:
Maybe Paxia has changed since this post, but I've gone to paxia for lunch a couple times, and can't find anything to complain about. I feel like theyre lunch menu is pretty cheap (dishes $7-$9) for the food you get. I've ordered the chicken fajitas for lunch, and the pork flautas, and have been very happy with my purchases. I thought both were prepared very well.
I wouldn't let this first post prevent you from trying paxia.. its a great place for lunch in my book
Food: 4.5/5
Service: 4/5
Just wanted to say that paxia is a great deal, especially in the lunch hours. They have some great lunch specials featuring classic dishes such as the burritos, enchiladas, flautas and tostadas. I think Paxia is great qaulity food for the price.
I would agree with Connor. Though i did not go to Paxia when it first opened, it certainly is good now. The food is good. Iv'e been several times,and tried everything from the napolitas (an exquisite raw cactus appetizer) to the shrimp and scallop enchiladas). All my servers have served me with a smile and seem to be genuine. The drinks likewise are good, especially their margaritas for which theyre knowmn. I would recommend going during the happy hour to get 2 for 1 margaritas. My girlfriend and I do this alot and it comes out to about #3.25 a margarita, an unbeatable price. Great food and service; even better drinks!
This place gets better and better everytime i go in. They continue to improve the menu through their new specials and offer some very good drink deals (2 dollar beers, 2 for 1 margaritas). A must go.
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