Review: San Angel Inn

San Angel Inn at Epcot

At Epcot, San Angel Inn, in the Mexico Pavilion, is my second favorite restaurant (behind Via Napoli).  Compared to most Tex-Mex restaurants near where I live, San Angel Inn seems like authentic Mexican cuisine.  The restaurant is inside the Mexican Pavilion (the only one that's almost entirely indoors, a welcome treat during bad weather), which looks like an ancient Mayan pyramid.  No matter what time of day, it is almost dark in there (almost to the point it's hard to see the menu!), and features an indoor-river, pyramid, and volcano.  As beautiful and romantic the setting is, the highlight of this restaurant for me is the food! Ryan and I have eaten here about a half-dozen times for lunch and dinner.  Compared to most Disney restaurants, it is a lot easier to get a reservation and most of the time you can walk-in and be seated after a short wait.  Regardless of the wait time, it is worth it! 

As expected, they have a terrific margarita and tequila selection.  I have three favorites and alternate between them when eating here- the jalapeno margarita, the blood orange margarita, and the avocado margarita.  They are all very different but all equally delicious! Ryan isn't a tequila fan, but they have a nice beer and wine selection (as well as the usual non-alcoholic drinks too).  Whether eating here for lunch or dinner, it is mandatory that we order the tostadas de tinga for an appetizer (slow-cooked, shredded chicken with tomatoes, tomatilla salsa, queso, and refried beans on a fried tortilla).  There are three of them, and we always joke that we could easily each eat about 5 of them! We've had a variety of entrees before, but some of our favorites are the chicken mole, carne asada, and the enchiladas verde.  We're usually way too full for dessert, but one time we had a free one and it was a cinnamon ice cream with caramel sauce that was really delicious.