Morello's is a destination. It's located inside of Celia's grocery store or supermercado in West Rome and offers authentic Mexican cuisine. They have a small easy to understand menu (both in English and Spanish) with traditional latin staples.
Like any self respecting mexican restaurant, we started out with chips and salsa. But these were fresh made chips with an array of dips. The chips came out hot and had a nice crunch to them. They were served with pico de gallo, which was heavy on the onion, garlic, and cilantro (exactly how I like it), salsa verde, a tomatillo based salsa which had a nice kick to it and guacamole which was much smoother than I had anticipated.
I ordered a steak taco and a chicken taco along with the refried beans and spanish rice. The tacos were served with in house fresh tortillas, the meat had a nice sear to it yet was still juicy on the inside. They were topped with grilled onions, diced onions, and cilantro. You've had the beans and rice if you've ever eaten chain or "americanized" mexican and were exactly as you remember them.
My biggest issue was the ambience. I wasn't looking for a mariache band and know this is a working lunch crowd but the music (-it wasn't even Mexican. It was Pit Bull / Eminem rap) was entirely too loud, the restaurant was far too cold and it was quite stark. If you're looking for authentic Mexican food, I'm not sure you'll find in better in the area. Just bring a jacket and some ear plugs.
As always you can read my reviews every Monday and Tuesday at coosavalleynews.com.
CHEERS!
Here's my scoring terminology:
1-5 "(5 being the highest)"
1: "Bless your heart"
2: "Don't stop Green Beanin' (For my Journey friends)"
3: "Medi'okra"
4: "Make ya slap your momma"
5: "MAKE A PUPPY PULL A FREIGHT TRAIN"
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