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| - Maybe I'm crazy or my expectations were too high, but if I had to pick one word for El Carnicero it'd probably be..."meh". After hearing rave reviews for as long as the restaurant has been open, I finally made my way there.
I figured I'd go during happy hour and sample the wild boar nachos and see what other deals they had going on. Honestly, the happy hour was kind of pointless. Outside of the nachos, it was $1 off the regular margarita and a couple little discounts on a bottle or two of beer. It just didn't really seem worth sitting at the bar for but whatever, a deal is a deal, even if there aren't many of them. Since I wanted a pineapple margarita, it was full price, and it was pretty darn good. And the nachos? A return trip will be made just for those. If I hadn't had the nachos, I would have been so supremely disappointed in my experience.
I got the shrimp taquitos. They were just bland. Even with the sauces they gave, there was no flavor. And I hated the tortillas. They were so mealy and honestly just felt gross in my mouth. My boyfriend had the fish taquitos (mahi mahi, I think?) and he felt the same. It was all just so blah. Maybe I expected way too much, but I don't see a reason to go back to get any of the regular menu food. The best I can say is that even though they were a little pricey, we both had leftovers...although we may have just filled up on a lot of nachos.
As for the service, we were at the bar, and while I understand the bartender is not a server and has a lot of people to deal with, that was slightly below par as well. It took her forever to take our orders or refill drinks. She also had to apologize for how long our food was taking in the kitchen.
Summary: I'll go back and eat nachos, MAYBE try tamales, but the taquitos were a no-go for me, and I'm not in a hurry for a return trip.
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