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| - I really wished I'd looked at the reviews before stopping by this place. I was excited to see what would move into El Toro's old location, and was intrigued by the prospect of a cajun restaurant.
Stopped by here for lunch--the parking lot seemed pretty full but it wasn't bustling inside as much I thought it would be. It took a few minutes for us to be seated, even though the restaurant was less than half full, there was only one other customer (paying at the register), and quite a few staff walked by ("they'll be with you in a minute"....uh ok, aren't you one of THEM?).
Ordering and whatnot went smoothly enough. A few minutes after we ordered, a basket of chips was placed on our table. They were ok, but served cold (not even room temp) and some of them were soggy. Bleh.
Food came out in a reasonable amount of time. I ordered the pulled pork sandwich with fries and was just...unimpressed. I'm no BBQ connoisseur or anything, but the pork looked really unappetizing and gray. The sauce was served on the side, COLD. Why would I want to put cold sauce on a hot sandwich? Despite being cold, the sauce was pretty good, and definitely helped the pork (which I thought was salty and otherwise flavorless). The best part of the sandwich was the bun, which was honestly very very good. But if the best part of a pulled pork sandwich from a cajun place is the BUN....well, I feel like something is wrong. The fries were nothing special and I barely touched them.
When I went to pay, there was once again a wait despite there being no other customers and multiple staff-people around. I guess only one person is allowed to use the register? The front-end of the restaurant, in general, seemed really disorganized.
Overall: underwhelming food, unremarkable service. The food was really cheap, so I'll give it two stars ($4.95 for the sandwich + fries, plus the free chips). Probably won't be back.
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