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Sunday is still our weekly dinner night out and we were again surprised when we pulled into the parking lot to find a sea of cars and a restaurant ful…
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El Potro Mexican Cafe
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Loads of steak, yummy grilled onions peppers and zucchini! You've gotta try it! And all for around $7, plus a tip of course!22 Feb, 2015Great service,…
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El Potro Mexican Cafe
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Great dinner. Dinner this evening was great. Much more than I could eat but will enjoy the left overs. My son ordered fajitas and has enough for at le…
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10 Reviews on “El Potro Mexican Cafe”
El Barfo! I was not digging this place. I ordered nachos and they were awful. How do you f up nachos?! The queso tasted really cheap, like a knock off velvet a. I will stick to the places downtown.
El Potro Review. This is the best Mexican food establishment in Lawrence, by far! Service is very good, the food is excellent, the drinks are well mixed, the beer is cold and the prices are fair. Plenty of fresh hot chips and salsa included in the price of the meal (no extra charge for chips and salsa like one of our local Mexican restaurants – hate the attempt to soak as much money out of you as they can). Enjoy El Potro’s and judge for yourself and then tell your friends. This local business will earn your patronage.
El Potro (The Colt): Free Cheese Dip and More Scrummy Surprises. I found El Potro on Yelp and with such good reviews, we decided to give it a try … AND ARE WE GLAD WE DID!Sunday is our weekly DINNER OUT night and boy were we surprised when we pulled into the parking lot to find a sea of cars … and a restaurant full of people. Sunday night dinner out in Lawrence is normally so quiet, you could be heard whispering three tables away. Not at El Potro! The restaurant used to be a fast food stop of some sort, so the atmosphere is as to be expected, nothing special and a little brighter (in lumen) than I would like.We were quickly greeted and seated with the waiter dropping by to take drink orders and the busboy dropping off chips, salsa … AND FREE WHITE CHEESE DIP? That is correct, free chili con queso blanco for everyone! Many Lawrence Mexican restaurants charge for chips and salsa, a practice unheard of in nearly six decades and hundreds of Mexican restaurants all over the United States, so free chips and cheese dip was a welcome sight. Not only do they give you free cheese dip, it is a decent size bowl, not a cup.My wife ordered orchata, a sweet rice-based drink from Mexico that tastes like rice pudding with hints of cinnamon. I decided to go with the 22 ounce margarita (frozen with salt) special, at $6 not a bad deal, but the same price as the menu option. Not much of a special, but it was quite delicious and with more alcohol than most Lawrence restaurants so far. As usual, I have a built-in designated driver in my tea-toting wife, so I was able to enjoy my drink without concern. We also decided to try the guacamole, a good predictor of quality Mexican food. At close to $6.00, it had better be good and it was. Not as good as mine or the best restaurant guac I have had, but plentiful and tasty with just a few chopped tomatoes on top to add color to the appetizer. It was a nice accompaniment to the cheese dip, chips, and salsa.I decided to go with the usual first visit tacos and enchiladas, so I ordered the deep fried shredded beef tacos ($8.99 you can also get ground beef or chicken) and a cheese and onion enchilada ala carte. The tacos were crispy, the beef was well seasoned, and there was plenty of lettuce and cheese in addition to the standard rice and beans. The shells were pliable enough to add some excess guacamole, pico di gallo (from my wifes order she hates tomatoes), and some salsa without falling apart when I bit in. I chose the borracho (drunk in Spanish) beans instead of the refried beans and it was a good choice. They were soupy and well seasoned, a nice change to the usual smashed, refried variety. Off to a good start! The enchilada, came on a separate plate, was quite big, and pleasing to the eye with a colorful accompaniment of sauce, cheese, lettuce and tomato. The enchilada sauce was spicy, but not overly so and the ratio of cheese to onion to sauce was perfect. I have had better tasting enchilada sauces over the years, but it was good nonetheless.Our friend had the beef fajita burrito which was not huge, but enough to fill her with the accompanying rice and beans. My wife ordered the cheese quesadilla which came with more guacamole and the pico di gallo mentioned earlier. Quesadillas are pretty boring to begin with and hers were no exception. Flour tortilla and melted cheese … YAAAAAAAAWN … need I say more.El Potro was a pleasant experience because I thought I had found the only good Mexican restaurant in Lawrence in Tortas Jalisco. Now we have two options for our weekly MEXICAN NIGHT and El Potro is a welcome delight. Reasonable prices, excellent, service, quality food, decent drinks, and FREE CHEESE DIP, CHIPS, AND SALSA … HOOAH!CombatCritic Gives El Potro 7 out of 10 Bombs … Bombs Are Good! combatcritic.com
Fantastic Mexican EstablishmentThis place is the real deal. The Service and food are both top notch. It will take a few trips to try out the menu because it is very large, but this will not be a problem at all because this place rocks. Be warned, the portions are big, affordable, and the kitchen is really fast. This place is def worthy of a weekly visit. Oh, and you will love free queso, chips and salsa.
One of the best Mexican restaurants in the area. My partner and I drove to Lawrence from Topeka to try out this place. WOW! It was well worth the trip. We were greeted and seated as soon as we walked in the door. The wait staff were very courteous and attentive. We ordered and almost before we were able to to enjoy the chips and salsa, our food was there. Very hot, very fresh and very very delicious. The portions were huge and well cooked. My partner got a lunch platter of pork in green sauce and I got the Michoacan pork. In both meals the pork was well seasoned, tender (as in falling apart) and flavorful. I liked that we were offered a choice of three kinds of beans. I had the borracho and my partner had the black beans. Both were well cooked and very well seasoned. And the prices, very inexpensive. For the amount of food we received, the price elsewhere would be half again as much. I can’t recommend this place highly enough. Easily the best place for Mexican food in Lawrence. We will be going back again.
I love this restaurant!! My husband and I have made it one of our regulars. Absolutely delicious food. Best Mexican I’ve had in Kansas so far. Good service but also has a really convenient drive thru. I’ve taken all of my friends and family here when they visit and it’s always a hit 🙂
Very very good!!