Bajio Restaurant Review

I have no special attachment or emotional bond to Bajio. The only time I crave it is when my good friend Maren and her husband come to town or when I talk to my old roommate whose husband is the manager of a Bajio in Boise area. Other than that, there is no family history story behind it or a special uniqueness that draws me to it, but I just finished my leftovers from last night and they were good, so I had to write a review.

Food Quality 7/10
Bajio is like the wannabe version of Chipotle. I don't like Chipotle because they have cilantro in all of their rice products and I usually LOVE rice, but I think the flavor of all their other stuff is good. The cilantro just keeps me away from it. John and I got a burrito platter and the burrito is a good size: about the size of my foot, but thicker. We shared it of course and still had left overs. The beef was juicy, but lacked a little bit of flavor. I really love refried beans and Mexican rice together. It was in the burrito, but there was more meat than the cheap stuff, which is good for getting full off the burrito. All together, I would say the food is satisfactory. I'd go there again. Oh, and their Chips have like no salt on them and if you eat tortilla chips like I do, just for the salty flavor, bring a salt shaker with you so you don't choke on the dry-flavorless chip.

Price 6/10
I think our burrito was 6 bucks and $1.50 for each side. I've seen better prices for similar products, so unfortunately, Bajio didn't excel in this category.

Customer Service 7/10
I can't really think of things that they did or didn't do to make my visit more enjoyable. One young man that worked there was just glowing because it looked like he really enjoyed being there and he could make any customer's face light up. The white girls that worked there appeared that they wanted to just go home and NCMO with an unfortunate boy from their ward. One girl never even made eye contact with me when we paid for our meal! Aside from the two grumpy college girls, it was pretty good. They expect you to throw away your trash when you're done instead of leaving it on the table. Oh, and the tables don't look like the get cleaned often, but overall, it was okay. (The happy guy boost the score one point)

Cleanliness 7/10
No major flaws. The tables are the only thing I can think of that weren't to my high standards. The food area looked pretty clean, and I didn't get any food poisoning yet, so I assume all the workers wash their hands after visiting the john.

Atmosphere 9/10
Love the set up, decorations, lighting. It's a good place to bring the family or a bunch of roommates, or a date. Plenty of seating and it definitely has that I'm-an-American-restaurant-trying-to-be-Mexican feel to it. Perfect place for a date night and good temperature. I hate being cold in restaurants or having to wear my winter coat inside while eating a pipin' hot burrito. It was good.

My final word: I'll go again. Not somewhere I would take my food critic of a sister there if I wanted to show her what "real" good tastin' food is. I just like the lax atmosphere. Oh, and they have Horchatas there which are my favorite thing ever, but I've never had one there. They must be good. I mean, how could a Horchata taste bad?