me T. wrote: that the first lunch we had there was OK and that the food/service were fine. About a week later, we took my son and his fiancee there for supper. . . The waitress was talking to some guy seated at the bar. After we'd been seated for about 5 minutes, she walked over and got our drink order- stopping back at the bar to visit before turning it in. After the drinks were ready, she then brought us chips and salsa together with the drinks. The entire meal was SLOW-SLOW-SLOW, with us virtually having to "wave" to get the waitresses attention for refills. It didn't seem to be just her, since we saw other patrons in other parts of the place doing the same thing. The food we FINALLY got was OK, but was nothing to brag about. Like you, we noticed a lot of grease- and frankly, it didn't taste very fresh. Needless to say, there was a $1 tip for the waitress. Damn it, we really need a good mexican restaurant here in North Raleigh and the last two (We about died off at El Rincon and still laugh about it when driving past its virtually empty parking lot) seem to be fizzles. Before El Dorado, there was that horrible Coyote restaurant in the same spot. It was really funny that I'd comment on its dried out, overcooked foods, tiny drinks and runny beans and some gal would immediately write about how SHE really just loved the place. I was suspicious that it was the owner's wife or girlfriend, since she never surfaced except to flame me for saying something negative about the Coyote. Apparently I wasn't off base, since it fizzled in short order. <grin> Tom David L. wrote: >Hi All, >I've been to the El Dorado on 55 for lunch many times and while not >stellar the food is OK, they serve it quick, and it is a reasonable >price performer. >We decided to try the new one on Creedmoor road, in the same shopping >center as Ace and Margaux's. >Wow, I never had worse mexican food! I had a chile Relleno which was >deep fried and swimming in grease! The pepper inside was just a slice >of green pepper and it wasn't seven cooked. >The only thing worse was the service. We waited 35 minutes for our >food to be served! >David Tom Gauldin Here's to the land of the longleaf pine, Raleigh NC The Summerland,where the sun doth shine. fax 919-676-1404 Where the weak grow strong,and the strong grow great, Here's to Downhome,the Old North State. PLEASE NOTE NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS
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