Pancho

Gute texmex Küche, freundliche Bedienung, zu Empfehlen

Well, I had high hopes. Unfortunately, this place didn't live up to them at all.

First, the positive: it's a nice room, decent location, nice, laid-back decor and the Sol beer with lime I had was delicious. I imagine it might serve some decent cocktails and for the poor souls who have to rely on coming here, I guess it's a decent option.

Now, the negative: the food was really pretty terrible. We made the mistake of showing up on Sunday for the brunch. Of course, we tried to call to see if they were open or serving the full menu, but their phone goes straight to voice mail. Since the buffet looked horrible, we opted for menu items: some tacos, some enchiladas and some black bean chili. The taquitos (they did not produce what I would call a taco) came out "okay", but the rest was bland, boring, poor quality and just crappy.

Finally, the service was bad -- even by Vienna standards. I've lived here long enough not to expect much, but open disdain, surly, gruff treatment and flat out acting like I'm a nuisance for showing up to eat at your restaurant are just too much for me to endure. Yes, that was *NO* tip that I left you, asshole.

Just to explain. First, we showed up and the guy didn't even acknowledge our "hellos". OK, whatevs. I don't care. I asked if they had a non-smoking area, and he sort of said, "ya, outside" and walked away. It was 30 degrees in the sun with no umbrellas out there, so I chased him down and said, "no, inside." He pointed us to an area "ganz hinten" which was fine, but stuffy.

He asked if we were taking the buffet and I said, "we'll look at it, but do you have a menu?" "Only a few little dishes." Fine. Just bring it. That's okay.

So he comes to take our order, and, having noted it said "other food is available, just ask!", and, also having noted the chips and salsa already being served on the buffet, I asked if it was possible to get some chips & salsa. "No! I already told you - only what is written here." "Yes, but I just thought I'd ask, since it says "other food is available, just ask!" and -- "Bitte? he cut me off. Screw this guy and screw this place. Never again. Everything he said was with a sneer and with the half-open, disinterested gaze of a stereotypically mean-spirited and out-of-his-element Viennese waiter.

Also, they won't serve cocktails 'til after 6 and the 3 tortilla chips that came with our chili were stale. They don't make their own tortillas and basically this is seriously lousy and you'd be much better off just skipping it. Maybe they have a nice schnitzel.

Nice food with a relaxing atmosphere. Always a good place to have a corona.

Nice cocktails (not cheap though) and nice tequilas - the food is mostly ready-made stuff though; they don't even bake their own tortillas, that's a shame for a tex mex restaurant. Reminds me of some high-bro McDonalds.

i like the place. they have decent mexican and tex-mex food together with excellent but expensive tequilas.

my recommendation is "nachos pancho" as a starter.

when you're done and feel the urge to dance a little, you can visit bricks ( http://tupalo.com/spot/428 ) right across the street.

Haven't been here for a while, but pretty good Mexican food in a nice ambience. It's the sister restaurant to Mas! in the 8th, but less see-and-be-seen-y. Depending on what you feel like, that may be good or bad :)