El Pino

Locals favorite for Mexican food. Multiple trips here. Staff are masked up and attentive. Place is clean and the food is reasonably priced. Fried beef Chimmy dinner and shrimp quesadilla lunch item. Both were served very hot and each had ample sour cream/guacamole/lettuce/tomato toppings. Rice with corn/peas and refried beans are outstanding! Other Mexican dining options in the area do not even come close to the quality of the food here. *Note this review was completed without using ridiculous undiscriptive terms like OMG, awesome, yummy, delish, to die for, do your self a favor, trust me, etc.. Describe the food, service (or lack of) and provide details on the cost/copy of check and include pictures! Is the place clean? No one cares about the waiter/waitress names, their abilities, or if they look like they fell face first into a tackle box. They get changed like underwear and you don't get to pick one. No we don't care about your allergies or the need for gluten free food.

Overall experience; fantastic! Salsa is the best I've had with the free chips anywhere. Cadillac Margarita was great and strong and $14.99 for jumbo 32oz. 3 tacos were $3.75! With all the a la carte menu items along with the add on-s, you can customize your order anyway you want and the prices are super reasonable. I took the Shrimp Cocktail at 12.99 and added on 6 shrimp for 4.00 and the shrimp were large and delicious. It was the never ending shrimp bowl. I didn't drink the sauce or anything, just scooped out the shrimp and some of the pico de gallo and look at the difference in the level of the glass, almost all shrimp just to give you an idea of the generous portion. I wasn't counting but I would guess around 18 or so shrimp. Best shrimp cocktail ever, can't wait to go back. Tons of value for the money. beef hard shell tacos are cheaper than taco bell for crying out loud. I can't believe I am only trying this place for the first time this past weekend. The place was packed on a Sunday around 1:00. IF I knew how much shrimp was going to be in the cocktail, I would not have ordered the tacos. What a great meal for $21.00. Ate like a King. I just wish it had a bar. 6 stars!!! Went back and Got the 3 hard tacos for $3.75 x 2 and see pics for the results

I was so disappointed in our meal from here. With a statement like "authentic mexican," I was sure we would be impressed! The customer service was great but the food left alot to the imagination. We ordered two Carne asade for takeout. First impression- we got chips and salsa with it! That was a nice touch. Second impression- the food kind of melded together so it didn't look "pretty" or " appetizing" once in the bowl. Still, that didn't bother us. We were so excited to try it. Third impression- the Carne asada was literally 2 pieces of fist size tough steak. Not real Carne asada. It was dry and tasted literally like nothing. No seasoning, no salt, no pepper, no NOTHING. I didn't even finish the meal. It was a waste of money and not good at all. I did add a side of shrimp and that seemed to be where the seasoning was at. We will not be coming back here.