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Had lunch here last month (August) while visiting Philly. We were on our way to the Franklin Institute and decided to grab a quick lunch since we had skipped breakfast.
While visually nice inside the music, as mentioned by others reviewing this establishment, did leave a lot to be desired. Especially at lunch time.
I really enjoyed the salsa they provided with the chips while we waited for the entree to arrive. One thing I've noticed about Mexican restaurants up north is they only give you salsa with your chips, no white sauce like they do further down south.
Both of us had meal that consisted of 3 beef taco's for lunch. It was ok, but I've had better. There was something about the way the way the ground beef was prepared that I didn't like. Maybe it was the spices. However it filled the spot.
All in all, not a bad experience but it wasn't great either. Next time I'm in town I'll be trying another Mexican restaurant.
Last night was the second time I ate dinner at The Mexican Post on Cherry St. And, although as for as I can tell it is not authentic Mexican food, it is reasonably good food, at a moderate price.
I would not sit inside, as the decor and music leave something to be desired, but the outside seating is spacious and comfortable. Basically I see it as a Spring/Autumn fallback restaurant for when you and yours are trying to find a place with a decent selection and not spend too much money.
I had the chicken wings, and since I cannot handle ANY heat/spice, I had them dry. They were edible, but not particularly good. My beef and bean burrito, however, which was from the al a cart section, was ample and tasty. My dinner companion had a vegetarian burrito which she found good, but a bit bland. The guacamole had a nice flavor, but was too spicy for me to eat more than a taste.
The service was friendly and quick, which qualifies as great service in my book.
One caveat, I was there at about 9:45pm and it was relatively empty.
Overall, I say it's an average place, which is sometimes exactly what I'm looking for.
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It should rename itself DudeBro Post.
There is nothing Mexican about this place except for the fact that it serves margaritas and nachos. Everything else from the decor to the slammin' techno music to the waitresses in black stretch pants screams generic Center City bar.
This is one of my least favorite places in the city.
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It's amazing, with reviews as bad as these, and food as bad as theirs is, that I've been there multiple times. But there just aren't that many places to eat near my office, if I want to meet someone for lunch. Ugh.
Lydia H - how I wish I'd read your review or really any of these before I was dragged to MP for happy hour! Listen to her advice: go for cheap margaritas and outdoor seating ONLY!
A friend and I unfortunately shared chicken [cat food?] nachos and a dinner special that included a ridiculously gross chile relleno. I spit out the one bite I took because it was absolutely disgusting -- like cardboard stuffed with queso, covered in bland 'red' sauce! I should've known when the plate showed up with a hardshell Taco Bell-style taco. Altho I would gladly eat Taco Bell before I ever return to Mex Post -- and I hate Taco Bell. At least there I'm paying 99 cents for a crappy taco.
Also, the waitstaff performs as if they're required to return their tips at the end of the night. There was a large group of us [maybe 8 at a table plus 8 or more at the bar] celebrating a co-worker's farewell. We were largely ignored even though we ordered a lot food and margaritas. Maybe the wait staff was embarrassed to serve us that sorry excuse for comida?
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Wow, I should have read the reviews before coming here. Def would not return.
I waned the flautas with pulled pork but they didn't have pulled pork and I was even trying to touch the ground beef. So instead I ordered the ropa vieja which I've had Several times and LOVED (@alma de cuba).
It was literally as bad as you can get.
Rice was poorly cooked. The menu stated that the beef would be simmered with veggies..I did NOT see any veggies on my plate...just salty dry pulled beef. There was refried beans that didn't make the grade.
It was soo bad. I hardly even touched the plate.
Anyway, this place is cheap. But I beg you to save your money- add it up and go to Alma de cuba OR even El Vez.
Or go to taco bell...at least u only spend $3 and you sorta know what you are getting.
HOLY AWFUL!
their gazpacho is terrible. its a campells tomato soup and a bloody mary hybrid (with chopped celery) with way too much sodium.
couldnt tell the difference between a burrito, soft taco, quesadilla, and wrap. it all looked like it was shoved in the oven after being generously doused in salt and what appeared to be cilatro with a very grassy taste.
the margarita glass was also rubbed vigorously with salt and then mixed with a very neon yellow-y almost radioactive-like margarita mix.
unless you need to seriously up your blood pressure, or increase your salt intake because you just finished a triathlon, id say stay away.
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It appears that the ONLY reason you should go to Mexican Post is for cheap happy hour drinks and outdoor seating after work. I will admit, their House Margarita for $4.50 is tempting; however, I've had better.
2 stars for a pretty groovy atmosphere.
Don't get anything to eat. Unless you have another restaurant deliver it to you while there...
Happy Hour, 5-7. Plan wisely.
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Mexican Post is the gold standard, the yardstick of mediocre Mexican restaurants. I'm not sure if it's self-loathing that draws me back here or indecision. At least I know that Mexican Post will probably not be a terrible experience, but I can guarantee it'll never be an awesome one. My last visit, this Friday, featured the lure of outdoor drinking. However, the extra crowd made the waitstaff infinitely slowler... and I'm not talking about the time it took to get their bland food (I didn't order any this go-round), but the time that elapsed simply to order their bland margaritas was excruciating.
As I mentioned, nothing is particularly terrible about this place, so I can't give it 1 star-- but have some faith in yourself! You could do so much better! Oh, if you really want to go for that shock factor, stop by after 10pm on a Friday or Saturday night and see the strange, poor souls who somehow veered off course from Center City's prime drinking spots and ended up at this bar. Do one of them a favor and forcibly take them elsewhere.
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Pretty terrible Mexican food -just because it's served in a tortilla does NOT make it a burrito. Pleasant decor and outside drinking in a cool area is the only decent thing about this place.
WoW! Its been a long hiatus from Yelp and I decided I would dip back into the fray with a easy review on a sub par restaurant. How many people do you think you should have working a restaurant, bar, and outside smokers paradise on a Friday afternoon in Philadelphia? If you are Mexican Post your response would be, "As least as possible so that we can make sure that no one comes back here". How can I possibly rate a place I left after being there 40 minutes and only being able to order one beer? Oh Yeah, I just did.
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The dishes have that freshly-popped-out-of-the-can taste to them. That's about all that seems fresh here. I can almost picture some automaton in the back mindlessly squeezing predetermined portion sizes on each ordered place. Well, at least the salsa that comes with the chips is not bad; nor are the chips. The food I've tried was not particularly terrible, it just wasn't at all good. It's about on par with Taco Bell. However, the outdoor seating area is pretty nice and the drinks are reasonably priced.
Atmosphere is great for the price. Food was enjoyable, but not fantastic. Margaritas were extremely syrupy, and mediocre. Mojito was basic. We were told there wasn't any guacamole when we visited, which was just strange for a Mexican restaurant, but then it was served on top of one of our dishes.
Would visit again but only during Happy Hour.
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Oh, you didn't know? They take the food scrapes from the busboy station and use it as filling for their enchiladas and burritos.
O, wait- what did you say, they don't? That's even worse to hear. How does their food literally taste like GARBAGE then? I swear there was a beard hair in my food (I am telling myself it was a beard hair. It actually resembled something else but the thought of that makes me barf in my mouth a lot).
I went to Mexican Post (Center City) with a party of 6. Throughout the day, it slowly hit us as we kept repeating how terrible our food was and how hard it was to keep it down but how dizzy we felt due to the toxins from the garbage that we ate that we felt like puking up.
I don't understand it. I like the Old City Mexican Post...I can't believe that the one in Center City is still in business. I don't have the best cooking skills but I am pretty sure that I could take a dump on a hoagie roll and it would taste better then what I had at Mexican Post last weekend...and the service wasn't too good (sorry waitress lady).
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Wha?
He actually came back here?
What in the Son Of Sam was McThrill thinking?
In all honesty I never thought I'd come back here either. But Chrissy R. offered to buy me a margarita if I did (thanks babe). And McThrill rule #347 = never turn down a free drink.
So I did it . After all it's not like they're the place I reviewed that I have to be most concerned about (http://www.yelp.com/bi...). And in a way it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I did get some evil glares of recognition from the one I previously dubbed the Margarita Nazi (I'm guessing he doesn't watch Seinfeld. Maybe we'd share a laugh if he did). The location is actually pretty enjoyable. Great bar/restaurant layout. and it does have one of the best outdoor seating areas that I've been in.
But when I got the margarita it hit me. It was pretty much the second worst I ever had (Sadly I can't review off Mexican Catina's in Paris.) . It was more watered down than anything else, and there was no salt or sugar along the rim of the glass which is pretty much sacrilege to me. I guess I'm more traditionalist than a spot that's trying to be Mexican. Who knew? Epic fail!
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With my second visit....
minus 2 stars from my original review for the veggie burrito: zucchini, summer squash and mushrooms wrapped in a tortilla? how is that a burrito? did you guys run out of peppers and onions and beans?
plus a star for a waiter I would have done dirty things to.
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Ok, not the best mexican food I've ever had. Pretentious decor, considering the fare, but I enjoyed… Read more »
This post has been edited to reflect my true experience at Mexican Post. I did not eat or drink here. But I did use their bathrooms.
I went in to use the bathroom. Their front door was a wind tunnel. I actually had trouble opening the front door. I know this sounds minor, but it's embarrassing when you can't open a door.
But what really bothered me was their bathrooms. While generally clean, and decently lit, they had one major flaw. The soap dispensers only jut out about an inch from the wall. This means the plaster wall gets wet and soapy every time a lady gets some soap. This means that I tried to get some soap but instead had my hand start to go through a soapy, wet, moldy wall. Pretty gross.
I can't say anything about the food, service, or management. However, the bathroom certainly left something to be desired.
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Meh.xican Post.
Meh.
Bleh.
Blech?
I love the peom the lady wrote. The service and noise level are just awful. And yes, this is gringo-philly-mex. How I miss my Gordo Tacqueria in CA. In philly I like Xochitl or Tequilas (both are pricey and haute-mex - not taco joints.)
When, oh WHEN will we get a good taqueria in Center City? And, no, Qdoba does not count.
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I've been to other mexican post's and this is definitely the worst! The service is slow and unattentive, they always seem to be very understaffed. The food is average mexican fare that anyone could cook up at home with a taco kit from the supermarket! Happy hour is a deal though if you want cheap beer..also the $1.50 mexican pizza is pretty good for the price.
The only thing going for them is the outside seating...although don't expect to wait less then 1 1/2 hours for a table.
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I've been popping into this place for the Euro 2008 specials they've got going on in the afternoons this month. It's on my way home and it's a change of scene from hanging out with the paddys at Tir Na Nog.
Their margaritas are a bit overpriced for what you get and your experience can vary hugely depending on who is serving you and what kind of mood you're in.
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Each time I go to Mexican Post, I think, 'last time had to be a fluke, i love mexican food, I will love Mexican Post.'
And each time I go to Mexican Post, it is bad. Really bad.
When the waitress finally realizes/cares you exist, and you've yelled your order over the loud, constant hum of the crowd at the bar, she sullenly walks away. When she finally reappears with your (cold) food, and you dig into it, all hope disapears. If qdoba can make a tasty burrito in 17.8 seconds, you'd think Mexican Post could do it in the 45 minutes it takes to be plopped down in front of you. You'd be wrong.
And it's always nice when you find a filthy plate at the bottom of the stack.
I finally gave up on you, Mexican Post. Some relationships just aren't worth salvaging.
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No Me Gusta. I used to live in Old City, so Mexican Post was a standy-by, until I realized, "Wait! This is no good." I am not a margarita aficionado, so I can't really comment more than I didn't like theirs. Why are they served in little martini glasses anyway?
Their food was just ok. To start their chips were always stale. I had the stacked enchiladas which were pretty good, but the rest was...eeehh. PS-Mexican's don't put lettuce in their burritos.
Peace Out.
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This is where Mexican food goes to die. Dirty, bad service, the food is disgusting, and drinks are the worst. The drinks are like pure corn syrup. Nasty, nasty.
Yet, somehow I always end up here. Maybe because you can always get a table.
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If I had just gone here for drinks I might have enjoyed myself. I sat at the bar waiting for a table outside(Oh yeah, they had me do this weird kabuki where a server said, "I know the sign says Please Wait To Be Seated" but we only have one hostess who is inside so you'll have to wait inside to be seated outside". Hmmm, wouldn't a sign saying all that make more sense than having customers mill about?).
The bar had plenty of seating and it had a couple of bowls of chips and salsa. The salsa wasn't bad, but it wasn't memorable either. The chips weren't that great but at least they weren't greasy. I had a big honkin glass of beer and watched a Yankees game and the Celtics game simultaneously. Good stuff.
Atmosphere and decor the Post has in abundance. Very stylish and they had good lighting.
I had the Enchiladas Suiza. First thing I noticed is that it was drenched in American or a cheese similar to american cheese(Goat cheese or a queso fresco(sp?) would have complimented it better). The chicken was cooked and yet not overcooked. The verdes sauce was ok, but tasted like either they used canned or old tomatillos to make the sauce. The refried beans weren't bad, but neither were they good.(The secret to good refried beans is refrying them in chorizo renderings(that's mexican sausage grease for the uninitiated).
Anyways, I kind of felt like I went in expecting a nice meal with nice decor and came out feeling like I'd been to Chi-Chi's with a more "upscale" crowd.
Skip it unless you want drinks.
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I feel an inner conflict brewing over Mexican Post. On one hand, I hate Gringo Mexican. It's bland, boring, bogus; just some meat thing with lettuce on top and gooey beans on the side. On the other hand, I LOVE GRINGO MEXICAN! Which I blame on a chain of bland-o Mexican restaurants back home.
So, the straight truth is: The food here sucks. The decor is nice, the outdoor seating is pleasant, but it's just not a very exciting place. However, it's boringness would make it an easy crowd pleaser if you have picky relatives in from out of town, or are entertaining Mormons (or maybe just those polygamist moms who are all over the news lately. Wouldn't you love to have lunch with them?! Seriously.)
What really sucks about the food sucking is that it's really expensive for mediocre food! I could easily spend 1/3 as much at one of the many taquerias about town and have a meal I could actually enjoy.
But, you know, if you're in the 'hood give it a try. I'm sure it's better that Tir Na Nog. Or Subway.
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This place is good for one thing and one thing only...drinking outside. I went here often to go with co-workers for a happy hour because the drinks are pretty reasonably priced ($2-3 for all beers). Their nachos are good, but don't be expecting any kind of authentic tex-mex food. This is a regular bar with regular bar food trying to pass itself off as authentic mexican. It does get crowded after work, however, so do yourself a favor a try to get there as early as possible. We always had to wait for a table, so expect the same.
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The two is for the food and the ambiance. I found their mojitos and beer specials decent. We shared three appetizers none of which were a) at all authentic (though I don't think any of expected them to be) and b) not all that glorious in their inauthenticity.
A good place to have a beer or two and then go elsewhere. But you can have a better meal for a lot less money at a taqueria.
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Ok folks I hate to break it to you, but you're not going to find authentic Tex-Mex in Philadelphia. It's not for the lack of effort, but the establishments here either can't find or choose not to use the right cheese to make the meal. Now that's out of the way, I don't think the Mexican Post is that bad once you reset your expectations. The atmosphere is rather pleasant, there is ample outdoor seating, and the service is average. I usually order the taco and enchilada combo. While it is not spicy and often slathered in some form of cheddar product, it beats Taco Bell or Qdoba.
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Way gross, that's all you really need to know. Take me to Chipotle immediately!
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Hmmm. I'm wondering if I had a different experience because I was attending a party here.
One of the professional associations I belong to held a get together here. The apps and drinks were comped by the association (so I have no idea what the pricing was like). We had an area to ourselves where appetizers were brought over non stop and a waiter stuck around to take our drink orders.
When it come to the food, it was yummy enough and the drinks were huge and potent!
I had a fun time and thought it was a great hassle free party experience.
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I only went here once, and I didn't really enjoy my food at all. I ordered a chicken enchilada, and not to be crude, but it headed south way quicker than normal. This is because they try to cover up the lack of flavor and improper seasoning in their food with cheese, which just doesn't work and ends up in a disgusting pool of grease. Also, it was more expensive than it was worth. I doubt I'll ever go here again.
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I really hate to give Mexican Post 2 stars but the food here seems even different from the food at Mexican Post on Chestnut St and I would struggle to give that 3 stars. I have to start off by imploring Mexican Post and other Mexican food restaurants to please, PLEASE stop stuffing your food with cheddar cheese. I do not care if Taco Bell does it. Just stop. Please. The best Mexican food I've had on the east coast is from a chain called Las Toltecas in Delaware and that's because they use authentic ingredients and recipes instead of some gross mashup of Mexican and American. The food we ordered came out half cooked and just lukewarm. The tastes were off because of the ingredients used, the waitress forgot my girlfriend's side, and the quality of food and service were not in line with the prices charged. I do not see either of us visiting here again, unfortunately.
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This place worked for me. I went for City Center Sips. They had $4 margarita (house), $4.75 flavored margaritas, $2 Dos Equis, and $1.50 mexican pizza and tacos. The waitress wasn't the best thing since slice bread, but she was decent at her job. The place was pretty packed. The chips and salsa (geesh it was hot) was good. Good location. I enjoyed it.
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Yes, the Mex Post sux.
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lots of seating here, but maybe that was a bad sign. everyone was really focused on the bar and various sports games... didn't peg it as that type of place.
one word. salllllllllllllllllllt. i usually can hold my own, but couldn't finish my meal. it was as if they were desperate to kick up liquor sales. the margaritas were decent enough (minus the salt of course).
a shame though, because there's so much better in the area. they really need to improve things to keep up to pace. after the fact heard plenty of grumbling from other people upon discussion.
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It's been a couple years since I was here, but it seemed fine. I don't understand why so many negative reviews. My own experience: Best mojitos ever. Seriously; among the best mojitos I have ever had. I liked it so much, I had to order a second one. I don't really remember the food part of the experience one way or another.
Simple Tex-Mex with a fantastic bar. The food is on par with any chain Tex-Mex restaurant in the nation. Look to eat mainly appetizers with a margarita. The dinner courses are excellent as well but I rarely eat them. A great place to go for happy hour, group lunches/dinners, or any simple celebration.
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