El Canelo

10310 Mabelvale Plaza Dr, Little Rock
(501) 916-2018

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Selina Felton

Great authentic Hispanic food and drinks. Restaurant and bathrooms were clean. Food was fresh and brought me back to my childhood. Must try pozole soup, chicharrón (fry pork skin) and the tortillas are freshly made.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Pedro Altamir

Delicious!!! Super👍

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Sofía Gonzalez

BEST MEXICAN FOOD ‼️

The food taste DELICIOUS 😋, 100% authentic, fresh, hot & CHEAP.
(stacked up 6 plates)
I’ll be back !

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

byron graham

Very good food!

Parking: Good parking

Cece Kelly

Great food and service! Love it!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Marketta Smith

I never experienced a bad Mexican buffet until here. I love Mexican food and I eat it a lot. This is a waste of time and money. It look they boil all they food or put hot water on the food and sit it out .The rice was so dry but it taste better than the meat. Lunch is $12. If u paying with a card it’s 13.50….Nasty Food!!! They do have good friendly workers. They are nice. It’s the FOOD!!! RUNNNNNN!!!!!! And DONT STOP! No MUSIC THIS IS A QUIET ENVIRONMENT. The food look like jail Food, and taste like it!

Parking: Plenty room to park.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 5

Will Dujka

Everything was old and cold. I immediately regretted paying $20 for this. Everything on the buffet looked like it had been there for a few days.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Blanca Carolina Lopez G.

Very good seasoning

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Marissa Oliver

Food isn't good. No hot sause. Bland. Bone shards in chicken soup. Alcohol was cheap and they're not shy with the tequila.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

Andres Martinez

The waiters and cashier are very friendly.

Vegetarian options: Zucchini, egg, beans.

Kid-friendliness: Excellent for children, very spacious

Wheelchair accessibility: Roomy for wheelchair

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Vince Cotton

I spotted this little place on the map so I had to try it cuz you hardly ever see Mexican buffets. They have rice, beans and a variety of beef and pork dishes in various types of sauces. They also have chips and queso which I used to make some steak nachos. Everything was pretty decent except for the fried chicken. It looked highly questionable but I tried a piece anyways. It was dreadful. It's like they just dunked raw unseasoned and unbreaded chicken legs in grease and dam near cremated them. They were desert sand dry. They also had some chicharones which were ok.
The service was fine and the price was reasonable so I'll probably revisit sometime. I'll just be sure to avoid that chicken.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Wendy Cowan

Authentic Mexican at its best! Tell everyone you know. The rice is outstanding!!! Very friendly staff & very clean!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kim Bomar

A converted Fast Food building. They are still learning how to give service.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 3

Londinense Hermosa

Good atmosphere, delicious food and excellent service, the cashier was very nice, her way of serving was excellent, and the waitresses were excellent. Very friendly service.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

John Moreno

I was in the Little Rock area and asked a few people that I randomly saw to recommend a Good Mexican Restaurant and they all said El Canelo.
Driving up sign is Cheap, Building on both the outside and inside we're not very pleasing.
Waitresses were more interested in CHISME rather than taking care of customers.
Food was luke warm and tortillas were cold, food at the buffet should be labeled.
Atmosphere, No music and all you here are the waitresses Chismiando.
Luckily for Me and My Wife we were just passing by, but my recommendation is that the owner needs to take pride in his heritage and exactly what True Mexican Food Should Taste Like!!!!!!!!!!

Parking: Huge parking lot but empty, might be because of waiting staff being non existent.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

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