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El Chico

2.8 (59 reviews)
ModerateMexican, Tex-Mex
Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Good for kids

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Victoria H.

Okay first off staff was polite and the bathrooms were clean. Hence the two stars I was wanting to stay close to the highway so my husband and I were on so we could stop have a good meal then get back on the road. I spied El Chico off of Google Maps as it was right off the highway so perfect location. The restaurant has a really nice interior and looked very clean. We were greet warmly and said very quickly. We could tell it was "busy" so to speak because our waiter was not only handling our table but also all the take out orders so he did really try to be attentive. I was in the mood for a Sangria Margarita of some sort and my husband just got Sweet Tea. The Margarita that I ordered was the Berry Sangria 'Rita now the bar was out of the berries they put in the drink and I was cool with that. When it was brought to me the flavor was not to my liking the waiter took it away and I just drank water. We were given chips and salsa but I couldn't eat the salsa it had no flavor tasted like doctored up ketchup. We ordered their special for 2 it seemed like pretty good deal we didn't want to take a lot of time surfing the menu. For our appetizer we ordered the chicken nachos. The chicken had no flavor, there wasn't a lot of chicken, the chips were soggy and just lacked. For entrees I ordered the cheese enchilada and an old fashion taco. My husband ordered one traditional taco and one old fashioned taco both meals came with rice & beans. I was disappointed my beans had no flavor, my enchilada was terrible and the best thing about my taco was the shell. My husband too did not like his beans but finished his tacos however he said the traditional taco was very greasy but the old fashion taco was good. Our dessert was the churros pretty much the only food I almost completely finished. The locals seemed to like it and it maybe the way they are accustomed to eating Mexican food. But if you truly like Authentic Mex/Tex-Mex keep going.

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Bradley M.

Let see we're do I start mmmmm water down salsa, chip I will post a picture, margarita great but small for what you pay for. I was it my time coming here lesson learned.

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Holly M.

Please don't. Unless you are coming here for the margaritas, just don't. When even the chips lack seasoning and the salsa requires a straw you're in for a bad night. The queso and Ranchero sauce clearly came from a can. Some poor, unsuspecting avacado gave its life in vain to be turned into this poor excuse for guacamole. It deserved better. We all deserved better.

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This is my favorite restaurant to go to if I'm craving Mexican food. The environment, food, and service are all superb. Just excellent.

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let me explain how when i order 3 tacos that when i picked each and every single one up the bottom fell right out!! awful.

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This place was recommended by the Comfort Inn we were staying at. It's a nice little 3 minute walk…read morefrom the hotel so if you like to do that vs. drive it's a good stretch before eating and after. The greeting staff were very polite and our waiter was also very nice. The restaurant looked clean and I loved their main wall mural. They have Coca~Cola as their soda service but they do not have Coke Zero so we ordered Sweet and unsweetened tea, choice was delicious the hubby said Sweet tea was on point. As I have stated several times I am a salsa snob and what they had here for salsa but red and green was not good. The chips were good! So we ordered Bob's Dip it was really good if you like yours a bit spicier then I would ask for jalapeños or cholula sauce but emphasis you want it for the dip otherwise they will bring it out later with your meal. I wanted to try something from the TaMolly's Favorites but the Bob's dip was very cheesy so we went with a Fajita Combo for two with Chicken and Beef (great price). They bring you out two of everything which was nice I didn't have to share with the hubby. No desserts or alcohol this time just wanted a calm dinner. For the two of us we spent with tip about $63.

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