El Loro Mexican Restaurant

520 Cherry Dr, Waconia
(952) 442-2349

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Reinaldo Moreno

Good...Staff, Food, Promt Service. Good...

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Emily

Service was not friendly. I believe Yasmin was the server for our table, that was the name on the receipt we received. Food was extremely bland - ordered a Texas fajita. The only part of that dish that had flavor was the shrimp. Nothing else had a seasoned flavor at all. Both the steak and chicken in the fajita were very light in color, looked like the meat should have been cooked for another 2-3 minutes to brown it a little more, that too could have helped add some flavor to the dish. Also ordered guacamole with this meal and a strawberry margarita. The appearance was not good at all for either of the items. The majority of the guac was onions and the avocado ceased to exist. It looks like maybe they take their avocados and a bunch of lime juice and mix it together to spread the avocado a lot longer then add it to the guac mix to make it appear as if there is actually avocado in the guac mix. The gauc was extremely liquidy and the chips they put out on the table for you with the salsa are way too oily and hard to enjoy. The margarita is apparently premade with the tequila, which is no problem. The problem is the lack of tequila in the margarita. It tasted like a strawberry slushy. The rim of the margarita glass had little to no sugar on it also which was disappointing, because that part of the margarita experience. Usually service on the bar side is a little more friendly and quick but unfortunately we did not get say on that side of the restaurant. Also not impressed that they also decided to start vacuuming multiple times in the short time we were there on the family side of the restaurant. If you need to clean and prep for other guests, there are much quieter noise/power free vacuuming devices. I have worked in restaurants where they do exist. Would like to support a business in town, but when you pay a lot of money for poor service and poor food quality with little to no authenticity it makes it hard to want to keep coming back.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 1

Jaime Lynch-Nelson

Food did not have much flavor and did not seem authentic. Service was slow, and the server was rude.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 2

Jacque Kutz

Everything was excellent. The food, the service and the mango margaritas! Especially those margaritas! We would recommend this place to everyone!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kirsten Barott

Great food for great prices! Friendly atmosphere and they're one of the only local places who does the white sauce with chips and salsa - Game Changer!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Jen Foster

Worst meal we have had here. Usually the food is delicious. My meal was greasy and had no flavor. My husband's burrito was cold.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

James Buesgens

They are very good salsa I might have to wait till next week

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Bev Nohr

Food was very good, prices were very good, staff was very very good!

Tor Midthun

Great food great service, what else can I say

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Susan Mecredy

The employees are warm and friendly and attentive. Our food was delicious, served hot and large portions. My only reason didn't give 5 stars was there was a football game in TV and was loud. Fortunately, sound was turned down a bit later but still hard to visit with family with extra noise. I do miss the traditional Mexican music that is often played in these restaurants. Due to high prices, (its all that way now) will only make rare visits here.

Kid-friendliness: Set up for families. High chairs for babies.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Thomas Kramin

Excellent food. The staff was prompt. Kind of tight with tables, but overall a very nice place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kathy Albright

Always consistently good. Certain staff members make this place fun to visit!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 4

Scot Pioske

Fast service and good food

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Nick Nelson

They have ok Mexican food. My main reason for the low score is their business hours. I stopped last night at 8:50 to get dinner and was turned away because their kitchen closed at 8:30. I had just driven 40 miles looking forward to having a chimi for dinner and was told sorry kitchen is closed. I won’t be back as the food is average at best.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

Brin Lee

The waitress was incredibly rude. I’m sorry but you have a ten page menu, I don’t know what I want within ten seconds of being seated. She brought me the wrong food, my husband’s chorizo was burned to a crisp and his chicken was half raw. The waitress stood next to the table while we were signing the receipt, so rude and weird. I’ll starve before I go back.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

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