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Awesome service the food was great! We had carne asada and fajita trio so good. Love this place so much also the margaritas were on point will def be …
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Love!!!!!!. This mexican restaurant is amazing! I love all of their food and great service :)…
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El Nopal Mexican Bar and Grill
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Regular. Great lunch spot. Quick service. We have enjoyed everything we have tried so far. Will be returning!…
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El Nopal Mexican Bar and Grill
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9 Reviews on “El Nopal Mexican Bar and Grill”
Regular. Great lunch spot. Quick service. We have enjoyed everything we have tried so far. Will be returning!
El Nopal. I used to frequent Los Tres Amigos on Pass Road since it was close to work and the food was some of the best Mexican on the Coast. It has since closed. I was excited when I saw that a new Mexican restaurant had opened in Long Beach where I lived and I noticed that the had a good business. I came with a friend. I ordered a combo which included the quesadilla, burrito, taco, rice and beans. My friend ordered the chicken fajitas taco salad. We split a cheese dip. The cheese dip was bland as was all the food except for the quesadilla. The margaritas were your run of the mill house maragarita you would find anywhere. They were understaffed so service was slow. Definitely not somewhere I will return to despite my friend living a block away.
Attentive service, authentic flavor. From the moment you walk in, you are bombarded with the pleasant aroma of authentic Mexican style cooking. The chips come out hot and the salsa ours accented with fresh cilantro. If margaritas are your bliss, theirs may win your heart, especially at bogo prices. A comprehensive menu only lacks a style that may make the faint of heart faint. While la lengua is not available, a common denominator is reached. I rather enjoyed the number 38, likely to try again, something different of course.
It was ok…. just read my review.. The Dcor is Kitchy Mexican and cute/ casual. All in all food is okay… presentation and cooking methods are a bit lacking, although food is seasoned well and traditionally. The food could be amazing, if they did tweaking to their methods. The restaurant could be great… maybe it is the best thing in that city, I do not know, the Hispanic population or how big it is either. Maybe that is what the clientele likes/expects Mexican food to be. Please note, we are from Chicago, with Mexican Food Galore, and half Mexican, except my friend who is Polish.. We went to New Orleans on Vacation, and wanted to see the Gulf and ended up in Long Beach. We were starving and decided on Mexican, so on 12/9/14, my BFF, niece and I ventured into El Nopal. Our order:Garden Salad and Fries; both fresh and tasty. No ketchup was offered though.2 Steak Tacos/ Order of Rice; the tacos had Cilantro/Onion/Cheese. My rice was amazing, hands down to the chef. It tastes like mine. The tacos were just ok. I would eat it, if I was starving… but not if I had a choice. Tortillas were greasy, the meat was not skirt steak ( maybe they do not have that cut in Mississippi, who knows) at best it tasted like boiled beef and then put on the grill with some seasoning, but was not as crispy. Rice and Chicken Dish, with cheese on top; seriously the plate looked disgusting because they melted the cheese into the rice. Like they literally put rice on the plate, added cheese, then put the grilled chicken on the top and put it in the microwave to melt it. The chicken arrived kind of cold, but was really good. I did taste a bit of the rice with cheese, because I wanted to see why she did not want to eat it. I will give it to her it was greasy, and would have hurt her stomach. My niece thought the rice would be placed neatly on one side and then the chicken would be on the other, with cheese on top of it. Maybe a tortilla or two. I would have thought that as well…. no plate presentation. This cost over 10 dollars….. Not worth the cost with the way they did it. Maybe it is good for a Caucasian palette…. just not for a half Mexican palette. We are just used for the food to be presented traditionally to us. And not a sloppy mess… not even from hole in the wall places, we have been too. Our waiter a male, was super polite, came to our table 3 times, and was attentive. Although he forgot things like straws and Ketchup…. When he saw my nieces plate, he was like, was everything ok. I just said she doesnt like it…. It just was not what she was expecting. I told him it is fine we will pay for it. He is like you are sure. I am like yes do not worry. Then we get the bill, and could not figure out what the 2.75 twice on the bill was. We were like we will pay the total that is fine, but what is the charge for, because it said Tacos de asada then underneath 3.75, so we were confused. It turns out the tacos were 2.75 each and the queso dip was 3.75…. I told him it is fine, we will pay no worries; we just wanted to know what it was for. He is like no let me see if we can give you a discount. I was like no it is fine, I just wanted to satisfy my curiosity. He was like no I insist we will give you a bit of a discount she didnt eat her food (my niece pushed it around her plate, after a bite). I said if you are sure after he insisted various times. I do not want you to get in trouble. He said no worries. So we are waiting for him to come back, and a lady, thin wavy hair mid 30’s/early 40’s comes. and rudely said what is wrong with the food. I politely said she did not care for it. The lady was like why? I am just thinking well you wanted to know, so let me tell you…… lol. She thought she was getting rice on one side and chicken on the other, with melted cheese on the chicken. We have never ever seen a restaurant give us rice and melt cheese in it…. It was cold delivered… and I couldn’t think of the word in Spanish.. so I said it plainly. The food is greasy……. she just gave me the dirtiest look and took the plate away. Did not even respond… say I am sorry you were not satisfied at all. The gentleman then came I could not remember his name… with my amended bill. They took like 5 dollars off. I even said again are you sure, we did not ask for it, you offered. She looked pretty upset. He was like do not worry about it, I am happy to help etc…. he was a super nice well spoken guy. Needless to say we still tipped him over 20 percent. Not his fault his boss is rude, who cant understand… Mexican Food does not mean greasy or cheese in rice. Ewww.
I have eaten here at least 15 times and the food is good and the price is fair.
Yummy!. Excellent service! Fabulous food! Super burrito is excellently prepared. Large portions. Salsa and cheese dip are very good. Chips are good but different.
Been twice. Excellent. Better than others in long beach area.