Aztec Emperor, Wantagh, NY

I have been wanting to try this Mexican restaurant after hearing only positive things, and I am glad I finally had the chance.  I went out to lunch on a sunday with a group of people and was nothing but satisfied with my experience.

We started off by ordering a pitcher of sangria for the table.  The sangria was not too sweet and not too fruity, just perfect.  We could have easily ordered another!  The table wanted to order apps so we went with guacamole and jalapeno poppers.  I am not the biggest fan of fried food so I did not eat the poppers but I did try some guac, one of my favorite mexican accompaniments.  The guacamole was chunky with enough garlic, but not too over powerful.  I would not necessarily recommend someone to order it as an appetizer, there are mexican places that are a much better choice where the guacamole is actually made table side, but the guac was still tasty.

Being lunch, I was not too hungry so I wanted to order a salad.  There were two options I was looking at, the house salad and the aztec salad.  I was told the house salad had more fixins while the azteca was primarily greens.  I went with the house salad; being that it was also only 6.25 I did not expect much.  The salad that came out was over sized in a tortilla shell with lots of avocado slices, cheese, tomato, and onions.  They also give oil and vinegar, which works perfectly for me.  The avocado was fresh and overall the salad was tasty, especially for the price.  I have had much better Mexican salads before, but those were all double the price of this one.  This was perfect for a lunch.

My boyfriend ordered something that had tortillas wrapped with chorizo in it and he said it was very very good and the sauce on top was delicious.  I tried some of his beans and they came out very good, with a bit of mexican cheese melted on top.  Others at the table had quesadillas, enchiladas etc and no one had anything negative to say.

Aztec Emperor was very delicious and inexpensive for lunch and I will definitely be back to try it for dinner so I can get a better idea of the inside acoustics of the restaurant as well as the dinner portions and of course, the margaritas!