El Barrio Cantina & Tequila Bar Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Great great great birria tacos🤤 best I've had thus far."
• "The meat is super tender and the consommé is absolutely delicious."
• "Unique takes on Mexican dishes that did not disappoint."
• "Tacos and quesadillas were great."
• "The short rib birria tacos are amazing!"
• "The fajitas were excellent!!"
• "Pretty darn good food, everyone was happy with the flavors and portions."

Cons:

• "The carnitas tacos horrible and the tortilla soup is the worst I’ve had."
• "The food is absolutely terrible! They had to remake the food twice for everyone at our table because they kept messing up our order."
• "The food was rotten. Spoiled."
• "No flavor to anything, rice was hard tacos were soggy with grease."
• "The guacamole tasted so rotten, the carnitas tacos were mush and the huevos tacos had NO flavor or seasoning."
• "Extremely disappointing from the flavors in beef burrito, to the charred fajitas and the empty empanada's."
• "The food was bland honestly not anything special for the price."

Service

Pros:

• "We were able to enjoy our party and it's because we were well attended to."
• "Complementary fresh roasted tomato salsa, and house made tortilla chips are spectacular."
• "Dave (owner) was amazing and very accommodating to work with."
• "Our large party still had a fun night and we will come back again to give them another try."
• "Destiny was friendly to us and our guests, on top of our needs and a very hard worker."
• "The service was attentive and friendly."
• "Our server was very nice and attentive."

Cons:

• "The server was no where to be found for most of our meal."
• "Waitress went to the bar and stood there to have a conversation with a coworker."
• "The waiter took 20 min just to ask what we wanted to drink."
• "Waited close to a half hour just to get the check after we were done eating."
• "The waitress didn't come back for a good 10 minutes and didn't even notice I had no dinner!!!"
• "Service was horrible. I don’t even think she mentioned her name."
• "We waited almost 45 minutes for our food."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "This place has a great vibe with a bar setup."
• "The entire place (including the bathroom) was clean and well decorated."
• "Such a good place when there is no pandemic."
• "Great decor. Drink menu and bartenders were fantastic."
• "The ambiance is just right, the service is great and the Manager is very personable."
• "The place was aesthetically pleasing."
• "The interior decor is super cool and makes you feel like you're on vacation."

Cons:

• "The atmosphere with the Spanish hip-hop laced with obscenities at 5:30 pm on a Wednesday evening for dinner was embarrassing and obnoxious."
• "Live band was so loud I felt like I was screaming at my boyfriend sitting right next to me."
• "Also the music was deafening."
• "But towards the end of the night I noticed that there was a small roach in my Margarita."
• "The bartender and a patron were having a loud conversation using abusive language about who should be the president of the US."
• "There was so much drama happening around us."
• "The live music was not too good and very loud."