BYOSombrero Elite Event At Lime Fresh!

I am SOOOOOO over due and late for this review, ahhh just not enough time in the day to Unilocal!But I had to make time for this restaurant as well as the Unilocal event!
This event was a blast, and I have to say the staff was AHMAZZZINNNG! From the moment I arrived, and walked through the doors, we were greeted and escorted around the restaurant, a drink was handed to me upon entering, then I was taken to the fresh salsa bar, then to the nachos, taquitos, burritos, tacos, the food just kept flowing out of the kitchen as if I was living in a mexican food dream world!!! :D
I was so stuffed by the end of it all, and I must say, every bit of food was delicious! It’s like everytime I thought «that was it», I was only suprised by yet another morsel of food to stuff my face with!
I have never seen staff such as the ones I saw here the night of this event, and genuine happiness to work at this location. Everyone was super friendly and did a great job explaining all the options and food to me.
I definitely will be ranting and raving about this place, for a while to come… have already started telling everyone I know who lives or works in and around the Buckhead area! Lime Fresh, all you need to give me is some tequila now and this party is a wrap!!!

I recently attended a Unilocal Elite event here in which they closed the place to the public and hosted a free food /​free booze party /​feast for the Elite Unilocalers and their guests.
I was really impressed with the food spread. Unfortunately, I filled up on the appetizers (mainly flautas [they called them something else], guacamole, chips and salsas — all excellent by-​the-​way). I did not get to try their various burritos or their fajita platters, which I think will be the popular go-​to menu items (after the tacos and taco /​Southwest salads). The ground beef soft tacos were pretty good, by-​the-​way.
I want Lime Fresh to do well and not go the route of the many now defunct Burrito chains (like Tortillas, Frijoleros, Mean Bean, Taco Stand, Great Western Burrito Company, or QDoba). I love burritos as they are perhaps my favorite self contained meal.
Burritos are fast, healthy (relatively) inexpensive and filling. They contain all the major food groups. And I like having the option of patronizing all the various burrito joints around town (for the sake of variety) because, if for no other reason, each different shop has its drawbacks /​benefits making them /​it unique and special. Lime Fresh Mexican Grill is especially unique and deserves your consideration.
Bell Street Burritos is my current favorite (and is perhaps the best of the current burrito store bunch); however, I also enjoy going to other similar places like Moes, Willy’s, Chipotle (or Lime Fresh Mex Grill) for a much needed change of pace.
Lime Fresh Mex may not be the best of the bunch, but it is certainly new and has a truly unique menu /​concept. And Lime Fresh Mex probably deserves 3.5 stars; however, I will go with four because I applaud their new concept, I enjoyed their party for the Unilocal crew, and I want to warmly welcome a new player to the ATL burrito chain market.

Lime set a very high bar for future Elite events. Forget bites, it was a feast. They just kept coming, and coming, and coming, and coming with tacos and burritos. The staff kept our drinks topped off. The staff even brought us salsa and guac. It was one of the better customer service experiences I think I’ve ever had.
Hats off to Unilocal Atlanta and the Lime staff for making this meetup a big success. I left a decent tip and hope the other Unilocalers did to. That staff deserved every penny.

Three cheers for the Lime Fresh team! Hip hip, tequila… er, hurray!
As others have said, the staff was amazing. I bow in their presence for keeping us all grubbed up, with non-​stop smiles on their helpful faces. I was shocked at the never ending stream of food from the kitchen, and the open bar. These peeps know how to party!
And, come on… Kathleen in those neon-​ed out heels and a sombrero… priceless. Smooches to the empress.
Unilocal is cool. Yay!

Awesome event! As usual I enjoyed seeing my fellow Elite. I always have a good time and Kathleen plans great events.
The staff at Lime Fresh are AMAZING. Like seriously amazing. They were super friendly, helpful, and have great energy. The GM and managers were super friendly.
The food was great. There was a nice variety of items and even desert. All were delicious. The music was a great too. And the drinks… well alcoholic ones… were good!

This was my first event and boy was it festive… the staff was über attentive and the food was really good. It was great meeting some Unilocalers in person and I look forward to attending other events. Don’t tell anyone but I may have a bit of a crush on Kathleen after meeting her in person…
I would classify Lime Fresh as upscale fast food — the focus seems to be on fresh and healthy ingredients. They had many, many salsa options and a number of hot sauces. The prep area is out in the open so you can see the staff cooking and chopping. There were vegetarian options. They serve beer and wine; the frozen sangria was pretty darn tasty.
The staff was AMAZING — they seemed very engaged and wanted to explain how everything was prepared. A real nice group of folks.
So in marketing terms what is their point of differentiation? Clean space, friendly staff, fresh ingredients, open grill, beer & wine, many ways to customize your food and the salsa bar. I know this is a competitive and crowded space — so the tipping point for me to become a regular would be them maintaining their friendly and enthusiastic service. I will certainly be back to give them another try.

Have you ever been to a «freebie» event where they serve so much food they had to pass out to-​go boxes at the end? Me neither, until last night! Cheers to Lime and Kathleen for being to gracious to us Unilocalers last night!
It’s definately up-​scale fast food Mex here. Think Chipotle with table service. The salsa bar, with 8 – 10 different salsas kicks booty. But tonight, they rolled out the red carpet, and I’m here to say Gracious Gracias!
When we arrived, we got the lowdown on the op… then were invited to enjoy their spread. The greeter told us, as did Kathleen prior, that we would have lite snacks. We expected chips, salsa and guac, but NO!!! That was only the start! Servers were flying by with platters of flautas to accompany the guac, salsa, queso bar. THEN they started rolling out the big guns! Beef tacos… then big ass burritos, cut in halves (and we’d been there for a couple of hours by that time) By the time people were begging for NO MORE FOOD, they started rolling out FAJITAS!!! By then, my friend and I were stuffed silly, but of course we had to try them. THEN dessert came out. Then the TOGO boxes came out. (Thank goodness they were offering them to everyone, or we’d have felt so Ghetto, lol!)
The food itself was tasty, though somewhat salty in some cases. Overall, I’d have to say everything was a step or two better than any other Tex-​Mex in town at that price.
Ashley, the mgr, and her staff were accomodating beyond order… they did table service after the place got full… and made sure we all had everything we needed. I resisted the urge to ask for fish tacos, only because they were SO accomodating, but when my table neighbor ask for extra fajita meat time and time again, and they happily gave it to him… I didn’t want to be greedy.
Hands down, this location is much friendlier, streamlined and just tastier than the other Lime I’ve been to. Not that being free had anything to do with it! Seriously!
Nice to see you David K! It’s been a while!!!

Good Golly Miss Molly! What an event and experience!
First, the staff was out-​of-​this-​realm nice and accommodating. Wow! I mean, they were on top of their game like you wouldn’t believe. Clearing tables, refilling and replenishing drinks, bringing food; they were absolutely bomb. Shout out to Ashlee, the manager, who welcomed us with open arms and ensured we were all WELL taken care of.
So, so, so much food. Just so much food. The guac was pretty good, but the queso was stellar. I could not get enough. The flauta rolls were very good. I can’t tell you how many I ate (a lot). Next, soft tacos and hard tacos, enjoyable. The southwest salad with honey chipotle dressing was so good! Queso burritos, yummy. I couldn’t even eat the fajitas because I was so stuffed, but I was able to take some home (yeah, I said take some home).
I really enjoyed the desserts… all of them. The key lime? Yes please!
It was clear that we were all stuffed and happy, and maybe a little tipsy.
I loved the salsa bar here. My favorite was the Suave salsa. OMG, a great smokey flavor with some heat. It was awesome. I also really love that everything was fresh, no canned things here.
I also really enjoyed (maybe too much) the frozen margaritas. I really enjoyed those. They also offered frozen Sangria and beers and an assortment of alcoholic bevs.
I love to be pampered and taken care of and it happened at this event. Huge Holla to Kathleen, who is the coolest Community Manager ever!
Lime Fresh has left a lasting impression to be sure!

Loved it! I’ve only been privy to the playground of the Elites for a few months now (since Feb of this year, actually) but I’m so glad I am. Every events’s been fantastic and BYOSombrero was no different.
My +1 (whom I’ve brought to all the events so far) and I arrived a little late as my boss had decided that day would be perfect to have an impromptu hour long call with a co-​worker that didn’t START until 5:15 PM. But I digress…
We made it, walked in, and were immediately greeted by the complimentary drink bar the likes of which I’ve not seen since my brother’s wedding (when I was sadly still under 21). Not this time — though since it was still a school night I only had one frozen sangria (but if calories and work weren’t a factor, I could have gone back for seconds or thirds). Along with the frozen sangria, Lime Fresh offered frozen margaritas, and a non-​alcoholic slushy plus cold beer (Dos Equis, of course), Mexican sodas, individual bottles of Barefoot wine and water. Sweet! Off to a great start.
The place was packed already but we quickly located the main food table at the back and secured a couple of spots at a nearby table with our drinks as place holders. There was a TON of food — Lime Fresh really rose to the occasion (I guess they had an inkling of the power of the Elites plus their desire to share any and all opinions). I got to sample tasty little chicken flautas with a great avocado ranch sauce, fresh guac and chips and their queso dip (great guac and queso), two different salads: the Cabo Cobb and Southwest (both I’d order again — loved all the goodies piled on top like chicken, black beans, tomato, cheese, etc), and there were servers circulating with platters of soft tacos (chicken and ground beef), then later burritos and finally dessert towards the end (key lime pie, sopapillas, and cinammon chips with cinammon flavored Cool Whip). Om nom nom!
And don’t let me forget the salsa bar. Hands down the most extensive I’ve seen with at LEAST 8 different types of salsa for all tastes: corn, pineapple (my fave), pico de gallo, salsa verde, salsa asada, habanero salsa, lime salsa — there were so many! All were tried at one point or other during the evening.
And if my case for Lime Fresh isn’t strong enough already, let me say, I’ve honestly never seen wait staff as friendly, outgoing and helpful as this bunch. Everyone was smiling and seemed to be having a great time as they chatted with guests, filled us in on what was being served, refreshed drinks, cleared tables and generally mixed and mingled. Great, great, great customer service! Keep it up guys!
I had a blast as always and my only complaint (if it can even be dubbed that) was that it was a tad loud inside — but with close to 100 Unilocalers (my best guess), that’s to be expected. I saw lots of familiar faces (like our beloved Empress) and a good mix of new ones too — can’t wait for the next event!

This is definitely one of my favorite Unilocal Elite events ever. It’s been five years, so there’ve been a lot of great ones, but last night was just. .. lovely.
I’ve been meaning to try Lime Fresh for awhile now (I live about equidistant between this one — Peachtree Hills — and the Buckhead location on WPF). Lee T (whom I was sad not to see last night!) and I have tried to go a couple of times but plans fell through. This was one Unilocal event I was super excited to get my confirmation email for — maybe I had a premonition of how great it would be?
It was my first time in a long time taking a +1. He’s good with people so I wasn’t worried, but it would be my first time in awhile introducing a new boy to the World of Unilocal.Happily, from almost the moment we walked in and David K came over to hug me, and I spied other folks I like bestest and wanted him to meet, I knew we were good.
As others have said, the people at Lime were So. Freaking. Nice. From Ashlee to Desiree (sorry, D I don’t have an accent mark to put on your name but I remember you saying there is one!) to the lovely lady who brought us sopapillas on the patio (OMG, those were delicious), whose name we didn’t catch — every single person was on their game and honestly seemed happy we were there and that they were. Having worked in restaurants, I know this is not always the case but last night was really exceptional.
Desiree mixed up «her» salsa concoction for the boy to try — he loved it. I didn’t eat much but that chicken tortilla strip salad is something I’d crave on the regular and the lime cilantro creamy dressing is awesome. I didn’t try the tacos or burritos but everything looked great, and having checked out their menu online and now having been in-​store, this is definitely going to be in my rotation. And the swirl is awesome.
It was so good to see Dee Dee C, Todd P (yes, you do need to have another party! Just sayin’), Addy C, and everyone else I got to visit with during this impressively packed event. I so heart Atlanta Unilocalers.
Thanks, Empress! It was just swell.

WOW. This was definitely my favorite Elite event so far!!! (And I thought the Halloween and Hall of Fame events were super awesome!) From the moment I stepped foot into Lime Fresh (as one employee held the door open and another was there to greet us inside) to the very last minute (when I grabbed a to-​go cup of Coke Zero for the road), every single employee I had encountered was super friendly and awesome!
I arrived right around 7 pm, so I truly got to experience (ALMOST) all that Lime Fresh had to offer to us lucky Elites and guests. Seriously, this was the best service I have experienced at ANY Unilocal event thus far. To start the night out, there were beef and chicken flautas, tortilla chips, queso, guacamole, and avocado-​ranch sauce (YUM!) set out on a table at the back of the restaurant. They also had a full a salsa bar. Several employees approached me (at different times) on whether I would like for them to bring samples of various salsas to my table. However, I hadn’t even sat at a table yet and wanted to grab some food first, so I politely declined their offers.
The salsa bar is great — for people who like (or don’t mind) cilantro. However, for people like me who can’t stand cilantro, the options are limited to just two salsas that don’t contain a trace of the nasty green stuff. Fortunately, the queso (which was a little more runny/​soupy than I thought it would be) and avocado-​ranch that was also available totally made up for the lack of cilantro-​less salsas. Apparently, the queso is a popular chip dip here. Although it was good, I preferred the avocado-​ranch.
I really enjoyed both the beef and chicken flautas dipped in the avocado-​ranch. The flautas, which are like taquitos (not sure what the difference is), were hot, fresh, and delicious. I may have been content if that was all they served us all night. Fortunately for us (and unfortunately for our growing bellies), the chips and flautas were just a taste of what was to come.
Since I’m a huge fan of strawberry margaritas, I was slightly disappointed that it’s not one of their frozen alcoholic beverage options. However, I got to try both the Frozen Sangria and regular Lime Margarita. I definitely preferred the Sangria because the Margarita had a slightly strange aftertaste, and I was surprised at how strong they were!

For the rest of the evening, the lovely employees served us all kinds of menu items — including crunchy and soft tacos, burritos, salads, and fajitas. I got to try the chicken soft tacos, which were good but contained chopped bits of cilantro and onions, which I scraped out. I really wanted to try the crunchy taco, but they were gone before I even knew they were being offered. The beef burrito that I got to try tasted alright, but I’ve definitely had better burritos elsewhere. I didn’t get to try the beef or chicken fajitas because I was way too full to stuff any of it down when it was served towards the end of the evening.
As if all of the above foods weren’t enough to satisfy us, the wonderful servers brought out samples of all three of their dessert offerings — Cinnamon Chips, Sopapilla, and Key Lime Pie. Although I didn’t try the Sopapilla (again, was WAY too full), I did force myself to try a Cinnamon Chip (which was so delicious I had two) and Key Lime Pie. The Cinnamon Chip is served with whipped cream, and it was better than words can express. I’m not even a huge fan of dessert, but that was gooood. The Key Lime Pie tasted like cheesecake, but I really enjoyed it as well.
Overall, BYOSombrero at Lime Fresh deserves more than 5 stars (yes, REALLY!) because the entire staff was super amazing, and our lovely Community Manager, Kathleen M., was as wonderful as ever to make the entire experience run smoothly. I would recommend this particular Lime Fresh location to my friends and hope the staff will keep up the friendly and awesome attitude that we were so lucky to experience!
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I was floored by the sincere friendliness and generosity of the entire staff at Lime Fresh (Peachtree Hills). So far, in my 4 years of attending Elite events in Atlanta, these guys easily take the cake for best service. It was absolutely outstanding. Not only were we stuffed silly, but they gave us to-​go boxes to take whole burritos and fajitas home. When I missed out on the key lime pie, London went to the kitchen and grabbed a piece just for me. Whaaat? The manager, Annie (IIRC), was the most cheerful and energetic venue host I’ve seen yet. Everyone just created a great positive vibe for the event.
The food included Lime Fresh’s appetizers such as their homemade queso dip, nachos, and flautas, their guac featuring Hass avocados, all of their salsas and hot sauces such as their black bean corn salsa and spicy habanero salsa, their Southwest salad with grilled chicken and chipotle-​honey lime dressing, soft flour tortilla tacos, huge burritos, and whole fajita platters (steak + chicken). It was ridiculous. I haven’t even mentioned the desserts which included churro-​like chips dipped in whipped cream and honey and the delicious key lime pie. Lime Fresh went all out and they certainly impressed.
I enjoyed the space even though it wasn’t conducive to mingling. Most people just picked a table and stuck with their group. It was good to see OG Unilocaler Pete Y. (Gold Badge Elite) finally make it back out to an event after an absence of several years. Always great to catch up with Unilocalers I don’t see very often these days including Todd P, Tulie L, and Enoch C. Surprising to find out it was Marty J’s first Elite event. Enjoyed hanging out with my new Unilocal bud Joy W. and finally got meet Dan K. in person.
All in all, another awesome and very fun event. Thank you, Kathleen, photographers, and Lime Fresh.

Firsties!!!
Seriously though, Lime Fresh and Kathleen rocked my face off. A great time was had by all, lots of good food, drinks, and conversation flowed through the joint all night long!

First and foremost, I want to extend a well deserved THANK YOU to the GM Ashlee and their wonderful staff for great service for Team Unilocal.Very Attentive, helpful, cheerful. You couldn’t ask for better customer service! Unbelievable :) If every establishment had outstanding customer service like that, then the world and going out process would be a better place! The margaritas were absolutely phenomenal. I”m leaning towards the koolaid frozen red ones a notch over the regular frozen ones. Not too heavy on the teq but made just right to definitely enjoy for brain freezes and stomach cramps! The nachos were ok (not great, not bad) but sh*tttttt did they ever make up for it with the cheese dip. I think the ingredient of «addiction» & «off the chain» was melted into the queso. It was very on point. Almost too on point for my own good. I am fair — the soft tacos was straight. Not something you want to slap your momma about. I would use them to counter any intoxication antics while in there. Highly recommended — the cheese dip. And when you thought everything was very well and the bar was set — out comes the delicious burritos. My eyes went bugEYED. Like Cartoonish popping out the sockets out of my head. My appetite was waving the white flag — No mas! Not necessarily authentic but for a chain — very very very tasty, filling & stuffing. Whatever the fried nacho con cinnamon plus cool whip was — pretty awesome as well. Not gassing up the food and service just because… it was all above four star level. As far as the décor, it was a notch above Moe’s. Not that there isn’t anything wrong with Moe’s setup — it was similar as far as lay out. I really felt getting carted off in a wheel barrel or rolled out of there. We all been there — you know when everything went right, the food was so good and you ate a little bit too much — unconsciously too much. In all fairness, will definitely return and try other items and see if the consistency remains. I will hope that it does so that 5^th star remains in tact. Location is very thorough, right on Peachtree in the heart of Atlanta. Close to major interstates and backroads/​escape routes. The parking might become a problem with all the activity with different restaurants, groupie spots in the vicinity. That was yours truly at Lime fresh — keep up the good work & wish much success.
Grade: A

Seriously, this may have topped as my favorite Unilocal Elite event ever! I thought Callway Gardens topped it, but after tonight I’m not so sure.
The service was amazzzziiiinnng. As Steven B. said, the general manager and staff provided fantastic service. The staff were even so gracious to cook up and bring me vegetarian tacos, after I inquired if there were any vegetarian options available. Far too nice!
And, the food?! At one point I started clapping and singing, «Hercules Hercules!» There was sooooo much food. I felt like I was at a repass. Okay, I have to shake my head at myself for that, but you people that know about a repass know exactly what I’m talking about. So, don’t be judging me!
As usual I found great company to chat with. David K., April, Tremaine, and company, I enjoyed the laughs!
I’ll definitely be making my way back to Lime Fresh Mexican Grill.
Kudos to Kathleen for another splendid event!

Wow, I’m wildly impressed by the service at Lime Fresh! They were so attentive and gracious from when my brother and I first walked up to the store until we left. I had servers giving me a tour of the place, offering me food left and right, and checking up on me. And EVERYONE did it with a smile. Gahhh, they’re nice! Thank you so much everyone at Lime Fresh! The food was amazing and I left stuffed. This is what I ate: nachos, pineapple salsa, Mexican eggroll thingys, chicken burrito, beef burrito, chicken taco salad, chicken fajita, cinnamon chip and whip cream dessert dish, keylime pie, and fried dough in honey/​agave (?). Freak yea I ate a lot. The non-​alcoholic Cherry Limeade was very refreshing and tasty.
I’m really glad I was able to bring my brother who is visiting from Florida to this event. He said all the Unilocalers were so friendly to him. Thanx friends for making my brother feel welcomed. He’s totally digging Unilocal and thinks Lime Fresh is awesome. He couldn’t believe all the free drinks Lime Fresh was offering.
Thanks Kathleen and Unilocal crew for another awesome event!

Service was absolute outstanding — I don’t remember having more gracious and more awesome servers hosting a Unilocal event. And wow, talk about generosity with the food — chicken flautas, chicken soft tacos, beef hard tacos, chicken burritos, steak and chicken fajitas, Southwest salad, guac, chips and all kinds of different salsas, cinnamon chip w/​whipped cream, sopapilla w/​agave nectar, key lime pie … yes the size of my stomach afterwards was clear evidence that I tried all of them. My favorites — the chicken flautas, guac, Southwest salad, cinnamon chip w/​whipped cream, and the key lime pie :)
And just when you already knew their service was over the top, they provided take-​out containers too.
Great comprehensive introduction to LIme Fresh’s menu — looking forward to visiting again soon. Muchas Gracias to the restaurant manager and staff, and Kathleen for hosting a fantastic event!

For the most part Kathleen M. is a pretty easy going person. She doesn’t really ask much of us. Just show up if you say you’re coming, eat before events because she’s not there to serve you dinner, and on time is preferred to coming early.
I covered two of those three, but arrived about 10 minutes before this event started. Not to worry. The folks at Lime Fresh were eagerly awaiting my arrival. No, really. There was someone to open the door for me right when I pulled up!
Everything about tonight was awesome. There was a great group of people and it was fun catching up with my table of pretty ladies (oh, haiiiii!). The staff at Lime Fresh couldn’t have been more accommodating. There was a full table of deliciousness waiting for us at the back and servers even came to the tables to ask if they could bring more chips, salsa, queso, or guacamole. Of course, I ordered all of the above in several quantities (which made another one of Kathleen’s rules moot).
Big thanks to Kellee and the entire team at Lime Fresh! I can’t wait to come back.
Oh, get the swirl. There’s no better way to end a hot summer day than sipping on a frozen margarita topped with a dollop of frozen sangria.

Lime Fresh probably gave us more food and drinks we can handle. That is pretty rare for an Elite event. Most Elite events I’ve been to, they only gave sample sized meals.
Lime Fresh served us something like a 6 – 7 course meal:
— Chips and Dip
— Taquitos (Mexican eggrolls)
— Salads
— Tacos
— Burritos
— Fajitas
— Sopapilla like desserts
We had so much food, some people were getting to go boxes. This was probably first event where I couldn’t eat everything. I couldn’t eat the fajitas, even though I wanted to try some, because I was so full from all the other foods.
Not only that, we had full use of their bar. Everything was on the house. That was pretty amazing. I wished I was an alcoholic so I could take advantage of that.
Also, the servers there were super upbeat, friendly and nice. They were the most enthusiastic staff I’ve ever met.
I’m grateful to Kathleen and Lime Fresh for a great event and feeding us dinner.

I can’t say that I’ve been to a better Unilocal event. Was it the friendly, over the top service? Maybe. Was it the random sombreros scattered around the venue? Probably. Was it because of the people there? MOST DEFINITELY. This place has me hooked!
I got to try the frozen margarita and the sangria. Sangria greatly tasted of wine (duh!) but a little too strong for my taste. I stuck to the margarita which was delicious, if not totally fulfilling.
There was a huge assortment of food to go around. To name a few, there were queso chicken burritos (YUM), a huge assortment of salsa (pineapple salsa ftw!), 2 types of salads, soft shell tacos, hard shell tacos, chicken taquito thingys, guacamole dip, 2 types of desserts that tasted like churros (one was a chip in whipped cream, the other was this small puffy thing in a sauce similar to honey), and key lime pie. Food coma much? My favorite was the burritos in which I attempted to finish, but at this point I was too stuffed.
Shout out to my two favorite ladies, Chasity and Destiny. They made the experience worthwhile and of course, THANK YOU KATHLEEN AND Unilocal!!!
Btw, free wifi is always awesome :)