El Olmeca — Restaurant in Ardmore

We tried this place on a whim as we were passing through town yesterday, the first day of our first vacation as a family. The food was the most bland Mexican food I've ever had (kids' quesadilla had American cheese in it and the rice looked and tasted like it was repurposed from the local Chinese restaurant), but the margarita I tried had a chemical taste to it and no alcohol that I could tell. My husband said the men's room floor was covered in pee.

The best part was yet to come...after our dinner (mediocre service, but not terrible) our server, Ricky, brought the bill and said we could pay up front. We were juggling some feisty toddlers so we asked if we could give it to him to take. He enthusiastically agreed. He took our card, brought it back, we tipped and left. El Olmeca was the ONLY stop we made in the entire state of Tennessee. Yet a few hours later we received a ping from my credit card's fraud detection department. There was a suspicious charge made around midnight not far away from the restaurant, was it us? No, we were in our hotel room in Alabama. So now we get to close our credit card because it's been compromised, figure out how to navigate our entire vacation without it and spend a bunch of time updating any recurring payments that referenced the card. We have no proof that he is to blame, but the chances that this was a coincidence are extremely slim. Thanks, Ricky! You really made our...

This used to be our favorite place but it has disappointed the last 3-4 times. Last night we got sat and ordered. And waited. And waited. And waited. After 30 mins oyr waiter comes and says the kitchen is behind and it'd be another 25 mins on our food. We finally got our food and my youngest son always orders a kids quesadilla with shredded chicken and rice. They gave him an adult entree and said sorry they dont do a kids Q with chicken. (They have for the 3 years we've been ordering it) I got a taco salad with chicken and no shell. I couldn't eat it bc it was floating in water and the tomato was bad. In the pic, that is not cheese you see floating, it's water. When my husband went to pay the 2 ladies argued and wouldnt charge for kid's meal but did take off the taco salad. But they were rude and acted as if nothing was wrong. We'll find a...

First off, let me say the restaurant was very clean so that was great!

That was all that was great though. The cheese dip was luke warm and had a sweet taste on top of the spicy. The red sauce on my cheese enchilada tasted like it was from a can. It took 40 min to get our food. We only had a party of 4 and we ordered easy food. My husband ordered two hard shell tacos a la carte, my son just wanted cheese dip, the baby got a cheese quesadilla, and I got a vegetarian c ( bean burrito, cheese enchilada and a bean tostada.) Be sure to check your ticket here. We always get charged for something we didn't order. I keep going to this place because it's closest to our house but it's definitely worth the extra 10 minute drive to las...