Zapien's Salsa Grill - Pico Rivera

Always good food and friendly service. Highly recommend!

Always a great experie! This place gets busy after 8 am. The all you can eat menudo or Pozole, chipotle beans n chips..So good!

Extensive breakfast options. Love the pozole menudo.

Location: Decent, Parking: Decent, Service:Okay, Presentation: Nice, Busy: Kinda before lunch crowd , Established Clientele: Yes Some for years , Overall: For me this was a first time try. For the person I was there with, this is one of her favorite Mexican restaurants when she is in Pico Riviera. She loves the mole here and was pushing pretty hard to stop by. The place was not as busy as I thought I felt maybe we were early before the lunch crowd. They did seat us pretty fast and gave us the usual chips and salsa. The chips had a bit of flavoring, which made them a bit better than many of the others. The salsa was decent and worked well with the chips. My requestor knew exactly what she wanted, and after a second, I wanted something with mole. Here is where there was a few minor hiccups. The dishes I felt took a bit long for the number of people there. Many had their dishes, so the Delay was a question. Then they got my order wrong, which was also a bummer, but it was fixed pretty fast. The meal from my guest was great and she was a happy customer. I will admit the meal was good, but nothing really stood out. I ordered the 3 enchilada dish with 1 red, 1 green, and 1 mole. The red and the green almost tasted the same and did not have as much spice as I hoped to make them different. The Mole was nice and not very strong, which was okay for me and perfect for my guest. So would I go back. If I am in the area, sure, I would try it again. But to drive out to eat because it is a main mission? My guest, yes, me I have a few places closer that I would like to try again before I wish to fight the traffic to eat here. They have a strong client base, so they will be around for a long time. I give them 3.5 stars...

I dont appreciate the owner of a business blaming my wife about the food they serve her that does not taste well and saying she ruined it the product instead of being professional and and taking care of the most important thing in customer service is the customer must be happy and have a great experience not to feel disrespected and feel uncomfortable. I was not there but seeing the photo i can see the shrimp cocktail was a disappointment and would not taste good on a professional level as i cook.