Ed "Over" Ip

15 Sep, 2008

Beware of Los Ajos in Cabo San Lucas

Posted by: eip In: Travel

If you are planning on going to the Cabo San Lucas area, I highly recommend that you STAY AWAY from a restaurant called “Los Ajos“. Why you asked? While the service was good and the food tasted pretty good, the “aftermath” from the place can be a danger to your health.

My wife and I, along with two other friends, visited Los Ajos in early September. After our dining experience, which consisted of the smell of sewage from the open windows and an overly-friendly-borderline-creepy-waiter whom almost held a napkin to my wife’s nose so she can blow her nose friendly service, we were all sick to our stomach that night. While three of us survived the experience with a short visit to the bathroom, my wife was not so fortunate; She was sick with E. Coli symptoms for 7 days straight.

1 out of 4 or 25% of getting sick is not good especially while on vacation. You’ve been forewarned.

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2 Responses to "Beware of Los Ajos in Cabo San Lucas"

1 | Bozeman, Mt

June 5th, 2009 at 5:00 pm

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That is a lie, los ajos is one of our favorite restaurants in Cabo, the service is always good and the food quality is consistent. Its mexico, and the entire downtown area of cabo smells like sewage, so dont blame it on the restaurant. Dont be that one creepy person that everyone hates, because nothing is good enough to your standard… i stoped being like that and started to enjoy every new experience more than ever.

2 | eip

June 10th, 2009 at 11:54 am

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Thanks for leaving a comment and you’re absolutely entitled to your opinions.

I would love to say that it was all a lie but can’t dispute a number of facts:

  1. 4 out of 4 people felt sick soon after the meal. One of them was sick with c-diff for 2 weeks. Look up c-diff, it’s is mostly only contagious from other people through the fecal-oral route. That lead me to the next point…
  2. We witnessed unsanitary food practices. For example, the cook smoked and ate WHILE preparing food is not exactly cool.
  3. That was not our first trip to Mexico (or South America for that matter). We have even spent time in little fishing villages but have never gotten sick. Call it luck if you want.

Don’t get me wrong, it was enjoyable at the time; The server was very attentive (almost too attentive), the food was good, and the price was right. All was naught, however, the moment we felt sick. The end simply did not warrant a rave review.

As for the part of not being THAT “creepy” person. How is not having things live up to one’s standard being “creepy”? Traveling is about experiences. Bad experiences are equally valuable as the good. Anything I spent my hard earned money on should live up to my standard. If your’s happen to be lower than someone else’s, good for you. But you really shouldn’t ever tell someone that their experiences are invalid because they’re different from yours. Who’s creepy now Mr. Everyone-else-is-wrong?! :)

I am glad you enjoyed Los Ajos. It came highly recommended to us. Unfortunately it didn’t work out so well and for that we will never go back. It’s not worth the chance.

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