El Restaurante Ixtapa

This place is an experience more than anything. The majority of the seating is outdoors with music and lots of blooming plants. It's really lovely and rustic, though the music was so loud we couldn't hear our conversation. If you want a relaxed meal, definitely sit indoors. The food was fresh, and there were lots of options. Oddly, no prices are listed on the menu. My table enjoyed the carnitas, diablo tacos, and chori pollo. I went here because it was recommended in the local gluten free forum, though only two items on the menu were actually marked gluten free --pico and chips. The rest requires inquiry and modification, which was easily and safely done.

Cute outdoor seating. I only ordered the guacamole and it was very good but the service was very slow and the wait staff was curt and not friendly. Took 30 minutes to get drinks. The drinks actually came after the food. Also, they say the house-made tortilla chips are gluten free but my daughter is a celiac and she didn’t feel comfortable eating them bc they looked like deep fried flour tortillas. I could be totally wrong and they could be gluten free but the staff wasn’t friendly enough or trustworthy enough to be sure. This place could be a cute road side Mexican food place, but the staff is the worst.