Review of Tico's Restaurant

317 S 17th St, Lincoln, NE 68508

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Ugh, I was hoping this would be an awesome gf Mexican food find especially based on the other good reviews but... So in the other reviews people mentioned calling ahead to warm up the dedicated gf fryer for chips. I called a few minutes ahead (we were traveling along 1-80) to make gf chips and they said ok but seemed confused about why I was calling if I was dining in. Anyways, we get there, it's super slow service, after a long wait and I back to hostess stand to get a gf menu bc no waitress in sight, finally we get a waitress and she assures me the chips she's serving is gf along with queso. They were delicious. I prefer the nacho wheels, again more waiting and waiting, the food comes, looks good and I eat one. Then remember from the reviews that the gf food is served on a brown rimmed plate and there isn't a brown rim on my plate, oh no! I go to the hostess stand to find someone bc again no waitress in sight, the supervisor lady comes back to the table and checks it out, calls the owner, checks with the kitchen staff and no one can apparently remember which fryer they put my tortillas in. I kinda freak out, we've got a long drive and I just may or may not have got glutened. Nobody will fess up to what happened. I took a couple activated charcoal pills to be safe. They offer to not charge me for the food and remake it in the gf fryer. It took so long! My husband and daughter finished their meals, and I had to go find the supervisor to say Hey just make it to go, bc we can't wait here any longer. In the end, I didn't get sick. Either it was gf or the charcoal saved me. But it wasn't a great experience.

Updated 6 years ago

Celiac