Salt and Lime Modern Mexican Grill

Reviews

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  Anne Sexton

  2 days ago
  3.0
  Okay Wow!!! The Christmas decor is absolutely amazing!!! I would bring kids or visitors here just for the atmosphere. Very very impressive and a must see. Our service was wonderful. No complaints there. Our server was quick to greet us and to get our drinks and was polite and attentive. But why I won’t go back. Our menus were gross and dirty. They were sticky and had foods stains on them. Honestly they were 3 dimensional. 🤮 There was also a foul smell that we couldn’t pin point. I thought it smelled like rotten meat or sewer and my husband thought maybe it was from the decor. 🤷‍♀️ we could barely sit there. The food was just okay. Nothing special. I had to pay for my little tiny servings of salsa. What kind of Mexican restaurant charges you for a 1ounce sample of salsa? Oh well.
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  Bruce Williams

  4 days ago
  1.0
  Very disappointed with this restaurant. We drove a nearly 3 hour round trip from Florence to come here, and I had called first to make sure the Christmas display would be up through January 4th, as I was bringing my wife for a surprise birthday dinner for her. Once we arrived, we found a sign at the sidewalk entrance stating they were closed for the day, so that their employees could have a party. I saw nothing about this on the website, and heard nothing about it when I made the call. The website hours said they would be open as we arrived early evening. Truly unhappy over this experience.
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  Tara Sharma

  6 days ago
  5.0
  My husband and I came here for lunch on New Year’s Day and it was yummy! They have holiday stuff up through the end of January, so if you need your one last Christmas fix, this is the place! I got the steak fajitas and they were yummy, my husband got the carnitas plate and loved it! I would visit again.
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  Bruce Roth

  Dec 22, 2025
  3.0
  Went in with my wife at 8:15 p.m. for a margarita before we went home. There were plenty of empty tables but when we look around we saw our youngest daughter at the bar with one of her friends. We walked up surprised to see them and I tried to order two drinks from the bartender. Even though there were NO tickets for drinks pending he said he could not take our order for drinks since we did not have a table. I am so surprised that in a competitive market for customers and with no line, and plenty of empty tables, that management dictates no one gets a drink if not seated. Wake up, read the situation, if this is your policy then all I can say is you are loosing business for yourself . . . and tips for your staff !!! I left with my wife and went next door for our drinks and decided that any business not interested customers is not worth my money. I think you could be so much more but your policy will prevent your success!
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  Ellie Ziolkowski

  Dec 21, 2025
  3.0
  Social media brought this place and its Christmas festivities to my attention, so we (a group of 6) decided this was where we were going to have our Christmas outing. We had reservations for 4:15 on a Friday, and we got there a little before that. Just from the sidewalk out front, anyone could tell that this place was decked out for the holidays. There were two separate photo ops for you to take pictures in front of, and the little hallway they created that led to the front door was super fun to be inside of. There were already a couple people in line when we arrived, but thankfully it moved pretty quickly and we were able to be sat immediately upon checking in with the hostess. The restaurant itself is a pretty small space. Literally two rooms with a bar taking up half of one of the rooms. But they sure do utilize every inch of the walls and ceiling with everything from lights, ornaments, etc. There was even wrapping underneath it all, so you couldn’t see any wall/ceiling at all lol. They had Christmas carols playing (not too loudly thank god) and different Christmas movies playing on every TV. Now onto the food and drinks. They didn’t bring out chips and salsa like at every other Mexican restaurant; we had to ask for them. Our server brought out two baskets of, I thought, mediocre chips. They weren’t sturdy and didn’t have much flavor. At least the salsa wasn’t overly spicy. It had a nice, addicting heat to it. They had a whole drink menu for the holidays - each cocktail was $18. There were several that sounded tasty, but I opted for the Grinch (same with my mom since I honestly felt a little rushed by the server). It had tequila, either peach or apple schnapps (I can’t remember specifically), and other ingredients that should’ve made it taste quite delicious. Instead, it only tasted of tequila. I already am not a big fan of tequila, so I was hoping the 4 other ingredients in there would mask the taste of it, but no. I appreciated that it was really strong, but for $18, I’d want it to taste like a good cocktail, not just a glass of tequila. My mom thought the same. The food came out fairly quickly, fortunately. I ordered the plate of nachos off of the appetizer menu. It was a lot of food and had a good amount of chicken on it. Again, though, the chips used in the nachos were the same as before, so I was having a really hard trying to keep the chips from breaking while scooping the extra toppings off the top. On the menu, it said there was chicken Tinga in the nachos, and it seemed like it was the same chicken in everyone else’s meals that had chicken in them as well. After several bites, we all agreed the chicken was too spicy. (We’re midwestern white people though, so take this with a grain of salt lol) My dad ordered the barbacoa and I guess didn’t realize that it was literally just one taco, so he finished his meal in not even three minutes and then had to eat off my my mom and grandma’s plates. My mom’s street tacos were small. We all thought the food was good, just expensive for the portions you got. I’ve been to Mexican spots where their plate of nachos can easily feed two adults. The portion was a little smaller than other places. Also, our server wasn’t doing anything to deserve much of a tip, and we already saw that they automatically add gratuity with groups of 6+, so we didn’t feel obligated to leave a tip. The Christmas decorations and vibes were nice for the holidays, but I won’t be coming here outside of the holidays. Another example of a Scottsdale restaurant with the word “modern” in it not being worth the money.

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