Sat on the patio. We had one server who was ok, prob 30 years old, didn’t tell us her name, took our orders, to which I found out they took the best thing off the menu - carne asada beef.
Then, without notice, got a different server. You’re supposed to tell the table you’re changing servers. Then I would have had another drink but she waited too long to come back and ask me if I wanted another.
I got a salad, some beef thing with a completely tasteless and watered down sauce that was not salted at all (please chef if you’re reading this, you need to taste your sauce before serving.)
The chips and guacamole were good.
Anyway it came to $100. Was nice on the patio but honestly wouldn’t come back unless they publicly announce they’re bringing back the carna asada.
OH - and - one time I came, they had an amazing hot sauce. This time, I asked for the hot sauce, and it’s made in house - but it was not spicy at all. Big let down.
Please fix all of these things. Nice to see a restaurant in town other than the chain ones.
Thanks. Buenos Dias.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 2
S B
Loved all the vegan options!!!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
bold confident
Try the Main St. Delicatessen across the street. See the difference and make your own judgement.
El Peublito was an absolute disaster of service and a serious food safety concern. We waited 45 minutes for 3 Carne Asada Burritos and 1 Crispy Chicken Flautas only to receive the wrong food, which contained a severe allergen (beans) we had specifically warned them about. When we pointed out the mistakes, the female server was argumentative, blamed us, and later brought more of the allergen. We tried to get the order corrected 4x. The server refused. I have never witnessed this before.
Beyond the unsafe mistakes, the service was disorganized and rude, including being told to wait when trying to order. Highly inattentive and dismissive. Avoid this location. This is unfortunate as we have been coming to this location for many years and the family owner was very friendly and food (previously was tremendous).
The new staff was beyond bad. Seriously a bad hire. No reason to dismiss folks and insist on forcing the product. Not recommended. The prices listed on the website and on google are not current and are at least 25% more expensive. The cost for four folks to eat hear without beverages (alcoholic or not) is more than $100. When the staff argues with you and makes it uncomfortable to order and eat a decent meal you make a decision to cut and run. I asked some of the other patrons if they were happy. They were equally frustrated having to serve their own water, waiting 15-20 min for cold mediocre coffee (I will take them at their word as I could not get to order a beer or coffee). The server was that un-attentive.
When we requested the bill the server it took 10min to delete the product that was sent back due to the food allergy. Bill came to over $100. Considering there were only three tables being served it was clear she had not clue what she was doing.
Pity about El Pueblito it was popular during the summer periods with great ice cream but a different server. I think it may be a bad hire (indicated she was new by 3-4 weeks) but I have been coming here for many years and am appalled at the overall decline in food quality and price hikes.
In the past the patio was popular and the mexican cocktails (Margaritas) and take out ice cream were fantastic. Since the pandemic hurt their business El Pueblito never recovered. More is the pity. AVOID AVOID AVOID. NOT WORTH THE HEADACHES.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
Mike Wallace
My wife and I took our son and his girlfriend and a friend for a late dinner. Another great time and amazing food at our favorite restaurant in Bracebridge. Melanie and Sherry a couple of their newest staff members were fantastic and a great addition to a great restaurant. Highly recommend
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jason Smith
Great waitress and authentic Mexican food. Mmmmm
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Eric McKague
Food was delicious as always
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
M. Chudiak
Very good Mexican. Will definitely make a point of going back next time we are in area
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kajal Patel
I had a very disappointing experience at this restaurant. The staff showed clear discrimination and refused to provide us with a table, even though we called ahead of time. They made an excuse that the restaurant was “closing early,” but it was obvious that other customers were still being seated, served peacefully and other customers waiting for table. It doesn’t seem that the restaurant was closing early.
No one deserves to be treated differently based on who they are. As a customer, I expected basic respect and fairness, not bias or excuses. Management should seriously address this behavior — no restaurant should tolerate racism or discrimination of any kind.
I will not be returning and hope others don’t have to experience this kind of treatment.
Rajatheevan Sinnatamby
This place is an authentic gem out here in the ends.
However honestly for the prices they are charging, the portion is only okay. The Caldo was pretty decent flavour.
The carne asada tacos were not good. They were essentially just steak cut and fried and shoved on a taco, without the love usually required. The addition of fries was unexpected too.
The issue here is they are charging for chips, salsa, everything you can think of and the prices are the same as you’d pay in Toronto.
Come here if you must for the vibes and the drinks (which were great) or the decent staff but not for real authentic Mexican food
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Silvia Montoya
The food was delicious. The service not so much. Just be aware that if you're a table of 6 or more you'll be slapped with a 20% gratuity whether you believe the service you receiced warrants it or not.
Visited evening of the 11th Oct. My husband and I didn't have a reservation but were seated anyway. Service was cold and transactional, I felt like a nuisance having dined there. No warmth or eye contact or conversation. Left no tip. Margarita was lovely.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
Agustin duque castañeda
Excellent food, excellent place, Britney's service is excellent, but the other waitress seems annoyed all the time and provides very poor service. They should give her feedback on her service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Birria De Res, Birria
Claudia Duque
Excellent food and place. The blonde waitress was very attentive and kind, but the attention of the red-haired waitress was very bad
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
Isabella Sanchez Holguin
We loved El Pueblito! The food was absolutely delicious, and we really appreciated the beautiful outdoor patio where we could enjoy our meal with our dog. It’s great to find pet-friendly places like this.
Our server Britny provided excellent service she was kind, attentive, and very professional. However, the other waitress with red hair was unfortunately quite rude and seemed annoyed while serving. It felt like she didn’t really want to be there, which made the experience a bit uncomfortable.
Still, overall we had a great time and would definitely come back because of the food, the pet-friendly atmosphere, and Britny’s amazing service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Tacos De Carne Asada, Birria De Res, Carne Asada Burrito
Daniel Hon kia Lee chan
The food was excellent and I was hosted by two servers. One of the servers was awesome while the ginger headed server was really grumpy and didn’t even know the dishes she was serving.
Sat on the patio. We had one server who was ok, prob 30 years old, didn’t tell us her name, took our orders, to which I found out they took the best thing off the menu - carne asada beef.
Then, without notice, got a different server. You’re supposed to tell the table you’re changing servers. Then I would have had another drink but she waited too long to come back and ask me if I wanted another.
I got a salad, some beef thing with a completely tasteless and watered down sauce that was not salted at all (please chef if you’re reading this, you need to taste your sauce before serving.)
The chips and guacamole were good.
Anyway it came to $100. Was nice on the patio but honestly wouldn’t come back unless they publicly announce they’re bringing back the carna asada.
OH - and - one time I came, they had an amazing hot sauce. This time, I asked for the hot sauce, and it’s made in house - but it was not spicy at all. Big let down.
Please fix all of these things. Nice to see a restaurant in town other than the chain ones.
Thanks. Buenos Dias.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 2
Loved all the vegan options!!!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Try the Main St. Delicatessen across the street. See the difference and make your own judgement.
El Peublito was an absolute disaster of service and a serious food safety concern. We waited 45 minutes for 3 Carne Asada Burritos and 1 Crispy Chicken Flautas only to receive the wrong food, which contained a severe allergen (beans) we had specifically warned them about. When we pointed out the mistakes, the female server was argumentative, blamed us, and later brought more of the allergen. We tried to get the order corrected 4x. The server refused. I have never witnessed this before.
Beyond the unsafe mistakes, the service was disorganized and rude, including being told to wait when trying to order. Highly inattentive and dismissive. Avoid this location. This is unfortunate as we have been coming to this location for many years and the family owner was very friendly and food (previously was tremendous).
The new staff was beyond bad. Seriously a bad hire. No reason to dismiss folks and insist on forcing the product. Not recommended. The prices listed on the website and on google are not current and are at least 25% more expensive. The cost for four folks to eat hear without beverages (alcoholic or not) is more than $100. When the staff argues with you and makes it uncomfortable to order and eat a decent meal you make a decision to cut and run. I asked some of the other patrons if they were happy. They were equally frustrated having to serve their own water, waiting 15-20 min for cold mediocre coffee (I will take them at their word as I could not get to order a beer or coffee).
The server was that un-attentive.
When we requested the bill the server it took 10min to delete the product that was sent back due to the food allergy. Bill came to over $100. Considering there were only three tables being served it was clear she had not clue what she was doing.
Pity about El Pueblito it was popular during the summer periods with great ice cream but a different server. I think it may be a bad hire (indicated she was new by 3-4 weeks) but I have been coming here for many years and am appalled at the overall decline in food quality and price hikes.
In the past the patio was popular and the mexican cocktails (Margaritas) and take out ice cream were fantastic. Since the pandemic hurt their business El Pueblito never recovered. More is the pity. AVOID AVOID AVOID. NOT WORTH THE HEADACHES.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
My wife and I took our son and his girlfriend and a friend for a late dinner. Another great time and amazing food at our favorite restaurant in Bracebridge. Melanie and Sherry a couple of their newest staff members were fantastic and a great addition to a great restaurant. Highly recommend
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great waitress and authentic Mexican food. Mmmmm
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Food was delicious as always
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Very good Mexican. Will definitely make a point of going back next time we are in area
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I had a very disappointing experience at this restaurant. The staff showed clear discrimination and refused to provide us with a table, even though we called ahead of time. They made an excuse that the restaurant was “closing early,” but it was obvious that other customers were still being seated, served peacefully and other customers waiting for table. It doesn’t seem that the restaurant was closing early.
No one deserves to be treated differently based on who they are. As a customer, I expected basic respect and fairness, not bias or excuses. Management should seriously address this behavior — no restaurant should tolerate racism or discrimination of any kind.
I will not be returning and hope others don’t have to experience this kind of treatment.
This place is an authentic gem out here in the ends.
However honestly for the prices they are charging, the portion is only okay. The Caldo was pretty decent flavour.
The carne asada tacos were not good. They were essentially just steak cut and fried and shoved on a taco, without the love usually required. The addition of fries was unexpected too.
The issue here is they are charging for chips, salsa, everything you can think of and the prices are the same as you’d pay in Toronto.
Come here if you must for the vibes and the drinks (which were great) or the decent staff but not for real authentic Mexican food
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
The food was delicious. The service not so much. Just be aware that if you're a table of 6 or more you'll be slapped with a 20% gratuity whether you believe the service you receiced warrants it or not.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
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Visited evening of the 11th Oct. My husband and I didn't have a reservation but were seated anyway. Service was cold and transactional, I felt like a nuisance having dined there. No warmth or eye contact or conversation. Left no tip. Margarita was lovely.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
Excellent food, excellent place, Britney's service is excellent, but the other waitress seems annoyed all the time and provides very poor service. They should give her feedback on her service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Birria De Res, Birria
Excellent food and place. The blonde waitress was very attentive and kind, but the attention of the red-haired waitress was very bad
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
We loved El Pueblito! The food was absolutely delicious, and we really appreciated the beautiful outdoor patio where we could enjoy our meal with our dog. It’s great to find pet-friendly places like this.
Our server Britny provided excellent service she was kind, attentive, and very professional. However, the other waitress with red hair was unfortunately quite rude and seemed annoyed while serving. It felt like she didn’t really want to be there, which made the experience a bit uncomfortable.
Still, overall we had a great time and would definitely come back because of the food, the pet-friendly atmosphere, and Britny’s amazing service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Tacos De Carne Asada, Birria De Res, Carne Asada Burrito
The food was excellent and I was hosted by two servers. One of the servers was awesome while the ginger headed server was really grumpy and didn’t even know the dishes she was serving.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
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