El Chapala — Restaurant in Brevard

BEWARE CROSS CONTAMINATION! Otherwise the food was nice. I got a spinach quesadilla meal that was lovely. My husband got the chicken fajita nachos and his words were that they were “overwhelmingly average.” The salsa they serve has no spice whatsoever. It’s far better than the tomato paste you get at some Mexican restaurants as it has some flavor, but it’s very mild. You have to ask for anything spicier and they bring out a green salsa that’s spicier than the regular salsa, but still doesn’t have a lot of heat. I guess they hope the hot sauce on the table will make up for it. the waiters were nice, but not super attentive. As for the cross contamination, there was a whole shrimp in my husbands chicken nachos when it obviously should have had none. I’m severely allergic, so if it was my food it would have had to have been sent back and if I didn’t notice in time it very well could have caused an unexpected hospital visit. So please be careful if you...

After reading all these positive reviews, I'm wondering how we wound up going to such an entirely different restaurant. The food we had was not good at all. My daughter's arroz con pollo was just that; white rice with chicken nugget pieces. My chile relleno was a half-dollar-sized pepper covered in a thin layer of cheese, and the taco meat in my taco was flavorless. The only positive was the great staff who worked there, which is why we didn't have the heart to complain. Two days later and we're still suffering the ill effects of eating here. I'm glad I don't live in this area if this is what "great Mexican food" is supposed to taste like. I've had so much better at chain restaurants,...

I'm not sure who dropped the ball here but my wife and I ate here tuesday night and it was an embarrasment. We ordered the fajitas for 2, at some point the fajitas iron came out and just sat there for the next 10 minutes while we wait for the sides to come out so we could eat the fajitas while it was hot. We had to remind the server we ordered queso and it just seemed so chaotic for the guy taking care of tables.

THERE WAS NO MUSIC which is just wierd at a mexican restaurant.

We saw another table that ordered the single fajitas and it was exactly what we received (fajitas for 2) and on top of all that we were charged $4 more than the menu price for the meal.

I cant recommend that...