Milagro Modern Mexican opened about a year ago in the Shoppes in Old Webster, tucked in a back corner a street away from Straub's and Panera Bread. We were really excited about trying out this place because we love Mexican food, especially Mexican Food with a twist. This is what I was expecting due to the "Modern" part of the restaurant name. Also, if you check out their website, they also include a Mission Statement, stating "serving a modern menu of traditional Mexican entrees that depart from St. Louis' standard Mexican and tex-mex fare."
This review is regarding our take-out experience. We weren't able to dine-in, but we will be going back. Now, I know that most of the time when you order take out, it isn't nearly as good as eating in, but I don't think ordering take out changes the intensity of flavors that the food should produce. Some of the items we ordered were delicious, but some were a complete miss.
The restaurant itself is beautiful on the inside. You would never expect from the outside to find a clean, crisp and modern ambiance. The wait staff was very helpful as soon as I walked in the door, but I can't comment about service since we did not eat there.
We ordered Chicken Flautas, Grilled Chicken Quesadillas, Street Tacos (2 chicken, 1 beef), and the Grilled Vegetable Burrito. I read some other reviews of this restaurant and they mentioned that the serving portions were reasonably sized, not huge. I would disagree. I thought the portion sizes were very large and I am not complaining about that. We got a ton of food, we even had a lot leftover.
The Chicken Flautas were some of the best I have ever had. It had shredded chicken, corn and cheese all wrapped in a crispy flour tortilla. They were not super fried, they flaked when you bit into them and had tons of flavor.
The Grilled Chicken Quesadilla was good, but not anything spectacular. It wasn't exploding with flavor, which is what I continued to expect based on the "mission".
I was very disappointed with the Street Tacos. The corn tortillas were soggy on the bottom and then the top portion tasted stale. There was barely any flavor. I was worried because on the menu it says that the chicken is "chipotle". I thought there might be too much spice, because we were feeding the tacos to our boys, who aren't into spicy things. Not to worry, the whole meal was bland. I was not impressed. It did come with heaping sides of black beans and Mexican rice.
The Grilled Vegetable Burrito was gigantic. It was filled with cilantro rice, black beans, roasted corn, grilled squash and spinach. They said on the menu that it had pickled jalapeno and a couple of different sauces, but I didn't taste any of those. The overall burrito was good, but again I was looking for tons of flavor. I tasted a tiny hint of cilantro, but I was looking for a punch. I am one of those people that loves cilantro, especially in Mexican food and I was very disappointment that I barely tasted any. I added my own jalapeno sauce at home with sour cream and it made the burrito much better. The burrito was so big that I could only eat half and I saved the rest for the next day (it saved very well and was still good the next day).
We did get a few sauces with our meal and a side of guacamole. I was disappointed with the guacamole as well. It needed a lot more garlic, lime and cilantro. It just tasted like plain avocado, diced tomatoes, onion and one cilantro spring. Again lacking flavor. Also the side sauces, didn't really add much.
I give the food a B-. I loved the Flautas and was satisfied with the other food, except the Street Tacos. We are planning to go back and try the dine-in experience.
I am hoping that the next time we eat the food, I will get more of a flavor punch. I like boldness and unfortunately this take out experience lacked it.
