Elena Restaurante — Restaurant in Baja California

What can we say? So much potential... The place is beautiful...the decor is immaculate...but the service and food did not match. It was a Sunday night, so it was empty. The service was good at the beginning but non-existent by the end of the meal. They didn't have the wine we wanted...so take it off the tablet. The next bottle we chose had to be chilled...and we had to ask each time we wanted more to be poured more wine. The chicken dish was descent. The ahi tuna was brought out on a small grill...this led to it being over-cooked...it should be raw in the center. We had to ask for our dishes to be taken away. We told the supposed "manager" (she wasn't sure about her position) about our experience, she made excuses, and proceeded to tell our server, who then came and asked us why we were not happy with our service!! And, the icing on the cake was that they didn't have the dessert we wanted. This place has so much potential, but you can't charge those prices, not provide service or quality meals, and expect to be...

This place has a decent concept but the service and food needs a lot of improvements. The food wasn't hot. The bread was probably the best thing and it was "free" . They never came around to refill our water. The Venus cocktail seemed overly watered down especially since they put so much ice in it. My friends Ribeye had so much fat it was gross to look at. Ok so the truffle fries 🍟 where actually quite amazing. I wouldn't come back to this place for any occasion. We were celebrating a friend and ask them to wait b4 bringing out the cake and they didn't. The music is absolutely loud and I felt like I was at a club instead of a dining experience. I was dining w a party of 7 and the restaurant wasn't packed so it didn't make sense that we waiting so long to get our orders in, or the check at the end of dinner. Save your money, time and gas and go elsewhere. You'll get hotter and better tasting tacos at a street...

I understand that Valle is trendy, instagram famous, but when I pay 400 dollars for a mediocre meal, it makes me a little upset. I’ve been coming to El Valle, for many years. I don’t mind paying for overpriced meals, ONLY when the quality and taste match the price. This place was overpriced, over hyped and completely under delivered.

Before we get into the food. The corking fee was 43 dollars for a bottle of wine! We splurged and had water with our meal, that was a 25 dollar mistake!

All though we were already a bit discouraged, we went all out with our order. Aguachile Rib Eye, grilled oysters, pasta plates, rotisserie chicken, cheese burger, and a regular rib eye. Whah whah whah, all dud’s. Unfortunately, we ate nothing that would ever make us return.

At the end of our experience, the food was average at best. A 5 star price tag with a 2 star quality delivery. Completely...