Herse

7 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  6      Service  7      Value  7     

I've been to Francisco's several times now and have always had a good experience. I wonder if some of the poor reviews below are due to the hospitality problem of high turnover of staff, I've seen a few different people cooking in the kitchen.

Anyway, while the ambience isn't great, I really like the food, and the staff have always been pleasant enough (better than a lot of trendy Canberra eateries). Most of the dishes aren't incredibly hot, so like when you go to any Thai, Indian, etc restaurant, reassure them that you can take the heat and they don't need to give you the whitey version. I usually get extra Colorado sauce for more flavoursome heat. Friends from the USA have declared the food here a lot less salty than the tex-mex you get over there.

Jan 21, 2012

7 Recommended

Food  8      Ambience  6      Service  7      Value  7     

I've been to Francisco's several times now and have always had a good experience. I wonder if some of the poor reviews below are due to the hospitality problem of high turnover of staff, I've seen a few different people cooking in the kitchen.

Anyway, while the ambience isn't great, I really like the food, and the staff have always been pleasant enough (better than a lot of trendy Canberra eateries). Most of the dishes aren't incredibly hot, so like when you go to any Thai, Indian, etc restaurant, reassure them that you can take the heat and they don't need to give you the whitey version. I usually get extra Colorado sauce for more flavoursome heat. Friends from the USA have declared the food here a lot less salty than the tex-mex you get over there.

Jan 21, 2012