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| - Where do I start??? I totally never considered this place because it is right next to the Sapphire men's club and I just assumed it would be cheesy and it is SO NOT. The first reason I selected this restaurant for dinner was because I was trying to find a good place for dinner in Vegas that had a good selection of gluten free food. They have this as well as serving quality foods that can come not just gluten free, but also vegetarian and vegan and the menu is very clearly marked.
We had a 7:30 reservation and arrived at 7:10 and were seated immediately on Friday night. It was not crowded when we arrived, so I guess that was helpful! It was a little dark and I had to use my phone to read the menu, so next time I might ask to be at one of the tables with a light directly above, but otherwise we were very content at our high table near the bar. The decor is pretty; love the red satin floral walls! Great ambiance overall.
Our service was fantastic. Our server, Lindsay, was friendly, professional and very attentive. At one point, one of our party of disliked the cocktail that she ordered and Lindsay whisked it away and brought her something she enjoyed more. She also made menu suggestions and answered all of our questions. We were visited by multiple people, including a woman I believe is the manager (at least!) and Chef Paco. They made us feel special and well taken care of. I honestly consider our experience excellent customer service.
The menu has a great selection without going crazy. Pricing is a little high for Mexican food, but the food is very high quality in flavor and preparation. I personally had the aguachiles and Mexican Corn and I was very satisfied with my dinner. Some other dishes my friends had were pork (Cochinita) street tacos, mole enchiladas, and lettuce wraps. We loved EVERYTHING. OH MY GOSH... the corn! SO YUM!
I found that if you check in on Yelp, you get free flan, so we all did. I'm going to tell you, I'm not a fan of flan, but this flan was delicious. Nice and firm and very tasty. While we were "desserting", Chef Paco brought out a dessert for us to taste that he was working on. It was a molded gelatin thing with raisins in it and a delicious rum sauce on it. None of us were super excited about the gelatin, but the sauce was so delicious we all started scooping it onto our flan and we called Chef out again so we could tell him, he needs to put that sauce on the flan and that it is so tasty we want it in a bottle. He's such a sweetie that he went back and poured us shots of it!!! He said it was an eggnog rum sauce. Whatever it is, make sure you ask for some to pour over your flan. it's the BOMB!
Overall, everything about our visit to El Dorado Cantina was fantastic. I will eat there again and take my friends and family! I highly recommend you eat here. It is a wonderful restaurant.
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