Broadneck Grill

Maybe went on an exceptional day. The restaurant has outdoor seating under a large lit tent and even a few tables under trees. The waitstaff was very attentive and accommodating. The menu was inventive and progressive. The bar staff was fantastic. The only thing I would have added was some music for the outside seating. This place is a win. I wouldn't call it inexpensive, but you get what you pay for. We will definitely be going back.

So Broadneck replaced some other Tex Mex place that we had never gone to, so I'm not sure how much the atmosphere and decor had changed during this transition. The bar and the seating within the lounge area constituted more than half of the restaurant. The hard floors and the wooden tables and chairs were a good indication that this place could get loud when busy and it was. Our server was nice and timely but not very knowledgeable. I asked him some basic questions about the menu and the responses never quite gave me the answers. No free chips and salsa here, but for a modest $3.50 you could enjoy this ubiquitous snack. The menu had the usual suspects: Quesadillas, burritos, tacos, enchiladas, nachos, fajitas, chile rellenos, and even chimichangas. Now the last time I had one of those, was back in the day when the CHI CHI's restaurant chain ruled the Tex Mex market (I know how this dates me). Being poor college kids, their happy hour was super cheap and filling, a must for any starving student.Since this dish carried so much nostalgia, it was a must that I order one. (for those not familiar with this preparation, it simply involves deep frying a burrito so it has a crazy crunchy exterior with a soft and cheesy meaty filling. I opted for the Texas Chimi which was filled with "zesty ground beef, chicken, black beans and topped with their chile con queso". The latter was described as being a blend of cheeses, chiles, beer and spices. On paper, this sounded like one crazy good indulgence.Dining companion ordered the chicken fajitas. We didn't want to order any apps even though we qualified for happy hour prices on snacks since we were sitting at one of the high tops in the lounge. We opted to drink our starters instead and settled for some house margaritas on the rocks. They weren't bad. Nothing special here but at least there was a good balance of sweet and sour.I don't care where you are at, fajitas always come out on a sizzling pan, that makes everyone seated around you glance in your direction. This dish came out with a whimper. Gee, what could that be indicative of? It wasn't hot!!! There was a generous serving of nice vegetables and chicken, but after a first bite, disappointment kicked in - luke warm, dry flavorless poultry, and under seasoned peppers and onions. At least the sour cream and tiny serving of guac helped to lubricate the dish, but it just couldn't be saved in the end. It didn't help that they never provided a separate plate on which to eat this dinner and when we asked for one (with time a ticking and dish getting colder) that they provided a small salad plate. My chimi was cry worthy...in a bad way. There was not one crunchy bite on this behemoth of a roll. The flour tortilla was as soft as a baby's bottom and the queso with all of it's promised complex flavors tasted just like melted velveeta. Muy decepcionado. Just going to have to keep returning to our favorite restaurant when we crave Mexican and Spanish food - a place that NEVER disappoints: Jalapenos!

This place was pretty disappointing. $4 for chips and salsa. This is appalling. Especially from a place that is new to the neighborhood. Stop it. It set a bad tone for the meal. I was also disappointed by being sat in the booth that looked directly into the kitchen and the server station. Further servers were lingering around the server station - they should be moving around the floor taking care of customers. As for the food - it was meh - when I could finally eat it. The food came to the table rocket hot. Not an appropriate hot temperature, but so hot that I could not eat the food. I understand the "be careful this plate is hot" warning, but serving food that I have to sit and look at until it get cool enough to eat is nearly as bad as serving cold food. My Chesapeake Enchillada, was acceptable, albeit a bit thin on the seafood and the tomato was a bit chunky. The rice was very nice - I wish I had asked to have that replace the beans (I am sure the beans were fine, I just don't like beans). The salsa with the $4 chips was very nice, flavorful and has a pleasing consistency. It wasn't worth $4 but at least it was nice. If the food was spectacular, I'd tolerate the service problems and poor execution, but frankly there are better places to eat in the area (even for Mexican) so unless there's dramatic improvement in this place, I won't return and I'd encourage you not to either.

We are new to the area and are checking out all the local bars/restaurants and it was time to check out this Grill. We were able to get a seat at the bar and the bartender was really good and fun to chat with - just what we were looking for! But then, we made the mistake of ordering from their Happy Hour menu and it took a serious dive downhill from there. We ordered the Chile con queso with chips and it was just down right terrible; the chips were stale, no flavor nor salt and the queso was a ramikin of stiff, processed cheese with something in it, but we couldn't tell what it was. We also had the jalapeño poppers and those were deep fried with some strange thing stuff in it and no cream cheese in it - it was on the side and it was old.We won't be back anytime soon, but I do hope they work on improving their food.

Great new restaurant! Food was awesome and service was great, friendly and on the ball.

It's not that great. The interior is nice and I don't know about the bar or drink specials but as far as food it was quite poor. Everything tasted "fresh from the freezer." They brought out chips and salsa AND a loaf of bread and butter (much like outback does), odd combo. Anyhow, we tried it because it was new place. But we will stick with Plazuelas.

The hot wings were very good it was my first time there they were every nice when I walked in the restaurant that's a plus for me I will be back .

What a dissappointment. We were so excited to think that a quality restaurant had truly replaced the last bad restaurant.First off, any Mexican restaurant that charges for chips and salsa is not off to a good start. Chips do not taste like they are homemade and potion of quac was tiny,Had the faijtas. The porttion is ridiculous for the price. Tiny. I truly have never seen sucha a small portion of steak and onions for the price that they charge.This restaurant charges DC prices for a reataurant in Edgewater, Md.Lots of service people running around - the owner is there - this place is just not a good value at all. She needs to rethink her menu. We are sophisticated diners and think it is lacking.

Atmosphere was nice, as was our server, however the food was pricey, appetizer was very small and out of a table of 6 only 1 person enjoyed their meal. Never been to a Mexican restaurant where you don't get chips and salsa for free right as you are seated either!! Very disappointing as we were hoping this would be our new " go to " for Mexican food, but we will not be back.

This new addition to the neighborhood is wildly disappointing.No free chips/salsa at a Mexican style restaurant? We opted for chips and guacamole for a whopping $8 and they came out with the smallest container of guacamole ever. The bottom of the little ramekin was filled with shredded lettuce or something to give the illusion that there was more guac, but you can't fool me! Ha!The sangria is what I could only assume was leftover red wine mixed with some OJ or pineapple juice. No fruit mixed in. Didn't taste very good.Fish tacos were scarce on the fish and they are $15, so this was sad. The rice was okay but the beans tasted like cigarettes.Giant Texas Burrito did not look good and according to my date, was something he could have made himself. Hint: he makes frozen burritos from a wrapper.The place was packed but I bet you a couple of pesos it won't be come October.