Mezcal Bar & Grill

This place was great for being Fresno and the fact that I live in the border of Mexico and clubs are way better. The atmosphere is really good and the people are nice. What kills it is that once it reaches a certain time they have to close the alcohol sale and start pressuring you to finish your drink or throw it away. I mean in Mexico the alcohol stops selling at 12am in all stores and streets but in the club you can still drink til 4 or 5 am. That gets more customers at the clubs, so why cant the US do that. Well Vegas does, but why cant Fresno do that. Other than that the DJ was good and the music choices were really brilliant.

Well first I wanna make it clear that I’m rating the food and the restaurant not the night club. I’ve never been here for the night club. I have drove by many times and wanted to try this place. So today I finally got the chance. I walked in through the first door not the bar door and it’s not what I expected. I kinda expected a full restaurant kinda thing but I guess the bar/​rearaunt part of the place is closed till later I’m guessing. So they have a small section where they make the food and there are like 6 tables or so. They have the basic menu plus a few things that you don’t see on Mexican menus. Like what looked like to be a wet torta (which I’m gonna try next time for sure). I order the barbcoa plate which I was so excited about cause alot of places don’t have it in the menu. My mom had the shrimp tacos. The place was empty probly cause it was 10:30. We sat you can see them making the food my corn tortillas were made fresh. If you like spicy chilie the red one is the best super hot. The tacos were great they bread the shrimp and they are good size tacos to. My plate was awesome the meat tasted like how my kids grandma used to make it which I miss so that was a great plus. All in all it was great. The service was good the place was clean. Definitely will return.

This is a club atmosphere. Great place for charity events to be held. Lots of seating for drinks and hors d’oeuvres in a large, warehouse space that has been renovated into a comfortable space for revelers.
Don’t let a downtown address keep you away. There is plenty of parking nearby, all of it free after 6 p.m. The streets are well-​lit and the club has security.

Fun spot! Better than a lot in Fresno since they stay open til 4. Only thing that sucks is their EXTREMELY unprofessional and gross female security guard or whatever she is at the front door. She’s terribly rude and should be fired! After eating her greasy tacos she patted me down without wiping her hands and seemed to try an instigate problems with me in an attempt to keep from entering the club. She’s an awful first impression of the place, but other than their sucky security they have amazing tacos and the other staff is wonderful!

This club is ghetto and raunchy but still fun. Also the best tacos and quesadillas ever!

I’ve been here a few times and every time I’ve gone I’ve disliked it more and more. The owner is really nice though! So are the bartenders. Security is a different story but I guess it’s their job to be jerks. Every time I’ve been there I’ve felt pretty safe even though it’s located downtown. They have security in the parking lot. In the entrance. Surrounding the dance floor. By the restrooms and in the patio area. They’re always patrolling. The drinks are nice and strong! Two AMF’s and I’m done for the night.
The only downfall of this place is wait in line to get in. It takes forever if you get there after 10:30. There’s also a wait for the VIP line which is $ 5 more than the regular cover of $ 10. Oh, also expect to hear the same songs over and over again. It’s like they have a CD on repeat all night long!

If you have any class this club is not the place to be, unfortunately there are not many clubs in Fresno and that is how this place gets business. Its disgusting to think this club is a restaurant during the day because of what happens there at night. The people this club attracts are dirty and always looking for trouble. The dance floor always gets too packed and drunk people ruin others night. The only good thing is the music. I would never recommend this club!

I came here for the night club part. The only thing that could’ve made the night worse was an assault. I was there a maximum of 10 minutes when I and my party of 12 left because of the HORRENDOUS service. Earlier in the week we placed reservations for our party for a birthday, admission and VIP seating arranged by the owner– complementary. We each paid a $ 10 admission and were essentially kicked out of our seats by the waitresses because we refused to pay $ 230 to sit there. Since it was meant to be complementary, we were just going to stand and not let our night be ruined, but after speaking with 2 more incomprehensibly rude servers, we left. We then received a call from the owner asking us to return. Unfortunately his staff has caused him to lose our business and that of our friends.

Me and my friends came here straight from another club around 1:30 a.m. This place was pretty poppin the minute we got in. The cover charge was the standard $ 10, which isn’t too bad around Fresno. Immediately after we got in we started dancing. The lights were pretty standard, with green and red lasers surrounding everyone on the dance floor. It wasn’t too crowded here surprisingly. The music is a mix of Hip-​Hop and Reggaeton, but they mostly play Reggaeton.
The bar is placed right next to the dance area, so people are always walking on the dance floor drunk as heck.
There’s also a restaurant placed next to the lounge, which serves tacos. They weren’t half bad, but one of my friends complained he had a stomach ache the next day.
Overall the place isn’t half bad. There are mainly Hispanics that come here, but t hat’s because the atmosphere is Hispanic-​themed. I wouldn’t mind coming here again once every few months.

HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE!
I went here with a friend and her boyfriend for a birthday. The birthday girl reserved a VIP section… The cover was $ 10 and the vodka tonics were about $ 10 each as well. We joked about sipping on our expensive drink since we spent $ 60 in a matter of 10 minutes. I sat my drink down on our table, it was about half full, to use the restroom and when I came back it was gone.
The others at the table said a waiter came by and picked it up along with an empty beer bottle. When the gentlemen I was with told the waiter he picked up my half full drink he seemed irritated and gestured that there was only a small amount left. So when our actual waitress came back we told her.
She talked to the waiter and came back. Her actual words were, «He said he didn’t pick up a glass and we don’t do that here. We don’t just take cups that are half full.»
WOW! She was basically calling us liars and refused to replace my drink we paid $ 10 for.
The corona buckets are $ 30 and bottle service is $ 200!
With shitty customer service like this it’s NOT WORTH THE MONEY. This waitress had an LED ring and fake long hair pony tail.
They light a sparkler for your $ 200 bottle, big woop, I hoped her fake ponytail caught on fire.
NEVER AGAIN WILL WE COME HERE.
we called our cab right after this and left. 20 minutes there and $ 80 (including our cab fair) later and it was lame.

The hottest club in fresno, with the finest Latinas around period. Saturday nites till 4am, no club in fresno like it with Latin flavor.

Well, Let me say I live out here… I tried them 8 or 9 times… (you might ask why the heck would you go back after 2 negative times)… I am 2 miles from here and there is absolutely 2 options within 15 miles from this point in life… Ha! The food was horrible and when I politely asked for a minor change (a bit more done) They posed a pissed off offense, (I was incorrect in a well done/​over cooked) bottom line… Horrible greasy dishes in an over priced house… I LIVE HERE Please stop the horrible cook in the kitchen… I wont recommend movie stars to go there
FYI… Great building with log cabin motif… cool as heck, New Chef and what that entails is what is needed

Confirmed. They are done as a lunch stop.

Haven’t ever tasted their food, but their club is pretty sweet. They turn into a club between 9pm to 4am — definitely dance ’til you drop. $ 10 cover. 1 bar & 1 dance floor that was not strategically placed, but since it’s a restaurant by day I guess you can’t blame them.
+1 Great DJ, Great Music — a mix between traditional & modern Latin music. Cumbia, Bachata, little bit of Reggaeton, etc.
-.5 More spacious than it used to be, but they really should put a cap on how many people they let in! It’s always WAY OVER-​crowded here, that you can barely dance. I love the atmosphere, but too many people can potentially kill your whole night… I get that they want to make their money, but seriously: CAP!
+1 At least now, they have better ventilation. They’ve remodeled since the first time that I went and it’s more openly spaced, with higher ceilings. It used to stink because of how many people they let in there, (+dancing! can you imagine?!) but this time around it was MUCH better.
+1 LOTS of people working behind the scenes, and you can tell. It stays really clean and you get your drinks very fast considering the amount of people there.
+1 Strong drinks, great pricing. My bill came out to $ 56 bucks, total of 8 mixed drinks = $ 7 average per drink.
-.5 They don’t let you dance while you drink =\ They’ve got people patrolling around telling you not to drink while you dance on the floor, nor can you dance while you drink at the bar. Boo. –_–

They have a pretty good lunch buffet here for $ 10. Or should I say «had». I guess in 2010 they arent going to be open for lunch and are just going to do the nightclub thing. That’s pretty rare for downtown, most places are open for lunch and close at night. Call to verify this info folks… just rumors from co-​workers.

After a long day we finally made it to Fresno and were starving so the navigation system led us to Mezcal.
I was too tired for anything more than a beer but the tequila selection did look impressive. I was happy to see the chips even though the salsa was lacking in the spice department. The carne tampiquena was only adequate but the tortillas were warm and exactly what I needed at that moment.
I wouldn’t mind checking it out again in the evening. The stage and extensive lighting system eludes to a fun night out.

I can’t say much about this place in regards to it’s food, but we went here for a fashion show which had some DJs playing afterwards. I felt pretty comfortable even if I was only one out of three white guys in the place. Ordered a kamikaze shot and it was tasty and not too expensive.

i really like this place. my first visit was for dinner, we found out about it in a coupon book. i was immediately impressed by the décor-​not usual for the dowtown are. service was freindly and fast. i love mexican food, and i have to admit they have the best a la diabla sauce i’ve ever had. it’s not just salsa, like some places! i’ve been back twice for there lunch buffet-6.95 and it’s very good, big selection of items, fresh, and yummy handmade flour tortillas. great flan! will definitely keep coming back!

Went here for the lunch buffet. Yeah, it was cheap. However, on the other side, the selection was limited, the food was lukewarm and bland. Worst of all, they weren’t prepared for the lunch rush and tons of people were standing around waiting for food.

so, i’ve eaten @ mezcal once before, and that time i wasn’t super impressed. but, that was over a year ago and they’ve stepped it up. we stumbled in this morning for lunch because the place my wife and i had decided to take our mother’s for mother’s day was closed. we knew mezcal was around the corner so we stopped in.
the décor is still nice, and they’ve added a really interesting piece of art on the stage. honestly, it’s good art. today there was a mariachi band playing. i’m not sure if that’s a normal sunday thing for them, or if it was due to mother’s day. but, they did have their normal sunday buffet going. however, we decided to order off the menu.
both our mom’s chose the carne asada tacos. the tacos looked very good, and came with beans and rice. both ladies enjoyed their meal.
my wife had the fish tacos, which were surprisingly spicy. they were good though. the fish was breaded, but it was a light breading. the fish on the tacos tasted fresh, and not too fishy.
myself, i went with the chile verde. i’m always on the hunt for good chile verde and this order didn’t let me down. the sauce was flavorful, and the pork was still moist. i was very impressed because there were pieces of actual green chiles in the sauce, a rarity.
finally, the service was very friendly. they even had roses for the mothers!