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  • I write this review with disappointment because it is not pleasurable to give even my worst restaurant experiences two stars let alone one but, in this case, one star is sadly accurate. I have visited El Paso Mexican Grill twice (which is two more times than I care to mention). Obviously, my first experience was dreadful but I tend not to badmouth anyone based off one experience. However, my second experience was so equally horrible that I won't ever go back nor could I ever with good intentions recommend El Paso to anyone, not even my worst enemy. So, here is my accurate, candid review of El Paso Mexican Grill which I ate at twice in the past two months: The positives: The restaurant itself has a cool layout in that one can watch the traffic from high above Washington Road. Also, there is a reasonably sizable deck which would be a great place to have a margarita or more with some friends (just order drinks and appetizers ... you'll regret anything more). El Paso's guacamole is very good. Its not the best I've had, not even the best in the area, but it is good. They have an OUTSTANDING tomatillo sauce. It is a brownish, roasted tomatillo with ample spice (heat) and a terrific taste. They should be very proud of their tomatillo sauce. They stock Jarritos soda. There are friendly employees, kind waiters who look the part for a place masquerading as a Mexican restaurant, quick service, and the traditional decorations Pittsburghers expect to see in a place with this genre. The negatives: To be upfront and honest, if Taco Bell is the "Mexican" McDonald's then El Paso (at its best) is the "Mexican" Eat n Park (at its worst). The menu is "hokie" and the food is atrocious. Actually, if I could find a word which is worse than atrocious, it is that word. To elaborate, we walk in to El Paso and are nicely welcomed and immediately seated. About five minutes later garden variety chips and the typical very mild, fresh, red salsa was served. Next, our drink orders taken. When the waiter brought our drinks I asked if they had a spicier salsa to which he replied yes. He brought me tomatillo sauce at no extra charge but proceeded to explain to me that this salsa, which is made in house, is free at El Paso but costs $2.00 extra at El Campesino (where he used to work). I assume he meant El Campesino in McMurray which is a typical mid-Atlantic "Mexican style" restaurant of MUCH better quality than El Paso. Anyways, I ate the salsa with boring yellow corn chips which were from a bag. My friend and I ordered our food, I ordered a typical Mexican staple of enchiladas verde and my friend ordered Flautas which were labeled Tacquitos Mexicana. We waited for about ten minutes as we munched on our bag chips. A quick turn around from ordering to receiving my meal always throws red flags into the air and for good reason. The tacquitos were extremely greasy (2 beef - dry roast beef and 2 chicken - which were a chicken tinga and looked halfway decent) served on a bed of shredded bag lettuce, a scoop of sour cream (undoubtedly straight from a Daisy container) and guacamole which, in certain places, was actually brown from oxidation and warm temperature. I felt bad as I watched my friend eat the tacquitos with grease dripping from the fried tortilla shells. I could not believe that any restaurant outside of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares would even consider serving a plate such as that let alone actually bring it to table. Arron Sanchez would have flipped his lid for disgracing his native culture's food in such a heinous way. On to my meal. I was served three pseudo-corn shell enchiladas, crispy and tough on the ends, and saturated wet in the middle, smothered (not covered but smothered three times removed) in cheese of an unknown origin. It was white cheese of some sort but it was tasteless and not identifiable. There was some green watery verde sauce on the ends of my enchilada mush but the sauce has no texture, no consistency, no taste and was well ... as thin as water. I was also served yellow "Mexican" rice which either came from a box or someone else's plate. I kid not, this stuff had to have been a few days old. Stale, tasteless, with a few thawed peas mixed in. Unbelievable. And, finally, there was a small pile of shredded bag lettuce, wilted and brown on the ends, underneath a scoop of Daisy and a slice of tomato. That's it. That was my meal. That is what they set in front of my and expected me to lie about enjoying and actually pay for. ANY EMPLOYEE IN THE RESTAURANT who looked at me could tell that I know this is not Mexican food nor was it edible food. They should feel embarrassed for themselves because I sure am embarrassed for them. Anyways, I scraped off 90% of the cheese, ate the parts of the enchiladas which were edible, paid the bill and left never to return again. They never even asked how my meal was ... they knew. They knew, I knew. NEVER recommended!
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