Don Pepe @ RK Salai
This is a late review i should say.. 
Whenever I hear the word MEXICO, dusty deserts, a cowboy with a revolver, spiked boot and a horse with appear in my mind. In some cases, a couple of cowboys and only one pretty gal (the heroine) will appear. Well.. thats what I saw in some of the old cowboy movies.. like The Good Bad Ugly, 5 men army, Django, 100 Rifles etc..
After getting out of the car, I thought Don Pepe is one such restaurant where I can see some real Mexical feel. Walked up the stairs and moved in. For a second I thought I entered into Hot Breads. But.. But.. there were a few photo frames in the wall displaying a few cowboys. I was like -> 
I said to myself.. no no.. no more expectations. If I should rate it like our AdventNet CAR, I will award the interiors as “Below Expectation”. Coz, contrarily.. it is very modern ! A modern Restaurant that serves mexican dishes.
They have two menus .. a regular and a special. Specials are always money burners. 
Don Pepe is not an exception.
We started with Soups. Usually the soups are good testing grounds where you can evaluate the quality of the restaurant. If they use readymade powders.. or too much corn flours, then the rating goes down. For non-veggies.. never taste a chicken soup in which the chicken pieces are not properly boiled. There should be no smell of the half-boiled chickens. For veggies, soups are mostly zero-risky. But look at the cabbage leaves.
At Don Pepe we ordered a veg soup.. called BOSTON CHOWDER. I wondered what an american (boston) doing in mexican menu. Anyway we were curious and ordered that soup. The soup had the default base receipe: little corn flour, vegetables and more onion. In other words.. Hot Onion Raitha ! 
Boston Chowder costs Rs.90 per bowl.
We ended up asking the captain to suggest a good non veg starter. Chicken Priyazo was selected. Chicken priyazo is long chicken pieces deep fried with spicy batter.. similar to our Chennai Fish Masala. The dish is accompanied with potato fries and cabbage. The taste was fine.. similar to desi chilli masala. Not disappointing like Boston Chowder. The quantity is good for two average persons. Chicken Priyazo costs Rs.180
Next we decided to try 3 main courses. One veg and two non-veg. The captain suggested us Special Chicken Lamb Pep.. (some mexican name starting with Pep, but not pepperoni). The taste was good.. and the preparation looked like some italian makeovers. It is priced at Rs.220. Does mexicans use cheese in their food ?? I donno, but the two non-veg courses had cheese toppings. The other non-veg is FRITTO POLLO another cheese, chicken course with pasta. This was spicy and tasted a little bit like south indian chicken gravy. Good taste and it burns Rs.150.
The veg main course is names as X MAS VEG PLATTER. An all-in-one serving. It had baby corn fry, pasta, some rice (like tomato rice) and a few other courses. It also came with some mexican bread.. almost white in color! Taste was generally good. Burns another Rs.250
When you visit this restaurant, make sure you order “No.of Persons minus 1″ main courses. The quantity is high, so for 3 persons, 2 main courses are enough.
Meanwhile, the captain insisted that we should go for KIWI Margeritta, the best of Don Pepe’s mocktails. It was served in a wide shallow glass filled with 40% foam. It takes just 10 or 12 small sips to empty the glass.. but the taste … hmm.. not bad. Did some justice for its Rs.70 price tag.
The “adangappaaa saameee” factor : The soft drinks were priced Rs.25 for 300 ml. This is something I cannot go with.
[b:c1e366ae45]Rating[/b:c1e366ae45]:
Interiors : 2.5 of 5 (modern, but fails to create a mexican ambience)
Tables/Furnitures : 2.5 of 5 (compact, not spacious)
Hospitality : 3.7 of 5
Food Advice by captains : 3.2 of 5
Price : 2 of 5
Food Quality : 3.7 of 5
Food Quantity : 3.5 of 5
[b:c1e366ae45]Conclusion[/b:c1e366ae45]
Expensive. Visit once in a quarter (i mean 3 months).. quality and quantity is good.. but premium priced.