El Rincon Méxican Restaurant — Restaurant in Bridgeport

Two of us decided to get a meal from a place not a chain restaurant while passing through Bridgeport, WV. We decided on this place as it was not too far from our hotel. Looking at the reviews, we thought we would be getting a halfway decent Mexican meal.

We found the restaurant and were immediately greeted. As we were only ordering takeaway, we didn't take a seat. One of us ordered #30 and the other ordered 'Special El Rincon'. No drinks or sides. We were the only customers there. (#30 is a chile relleno, chicken enchilada, and a beef burrito, with refried beans and rice; 'Special El Rincon' is a chicken burrito and a beef tip burrito, with refried beans and rice)

The person who took the order was very pleasant and told us it was going to be only a couple minutes. In these two minutes, we both got a chance to visit the restrooms/washrooms (very clean and with HOT water in the sink) and also to see the inside of the colorful, clean dining area.

Anyway, we quickly received our food and were on our way. We made an hour long side trip to get back to the hotel. Once there, we opened up our meals, and found that even though we had ordered different things, we both received the same things-- shredded chicken wrapped in a flour tortilla and beef (one ground beef; the other chopped beef) wrapped in a flour tortilla, all smothered in the take away container with refried beans and rice. No vegetables, no sour cream-- nothing else, save for a second bag with tortilla chips and salsa.

This puzzled us and for a minute we thought we had picked up someone else's order-- but we were the only customers there and the man who took our order handed us this bag. We looked for the itemized receipt, but it wasn't anywhere to be found. Anyway, it was now about 10.15pm at night and we were in for the night. We decided to eat.

Both tortillas were soggy, but this was certainly our fault for leaving hot food in a sealed container. I could individually review each and every item, but to sum it up, everything was bland, bland, bland. Not even a hint of salt or pepper to give any flavor. My favorite part of the meal was the salsa given to us for the nachos (a free side? We did not order nachos) but it was unlike any salsa I've ever had. It was like runny tomato soup with a couple tomato seeds here and there. However, it was easily still the worst salsa we've ever had.

The employees were friendly and the restaurant was colorful, cheerful and clean. These things are what saved this review from being a 1-star review. Based on this visit, I would not return, nor would I recommend it.

Parking is plentiful as it shares a lot in a plaza; credit...

If you actually eat in. You have endless amounts of salsa. But as of today I ordered two extra salsas for carry out. They gave me 4 extra salsas and charged me $3.25. I pointed out to them that they used to charge me $.50 for carry out for extra salsa’s and they told me the other guy didn’t know the prices. The other guy had been there over 10 years. I know for a fact and the guy I was looking at, I didn’t recognize. I told the guy if I had eaten in I would’ve gotten the salsa for free and he told me “well then you should’ve eaten in”. He grabbed $2.25 out of the cash register and threw it at me which I threw back at him. I went to the car and I found that they had given me chicken instead of the beef I ordered. And when I complained and said what is going to happen next time they had no answers. Two extra salsas is 8 ounces and they don’t even have a price for that. There was no manager available to talk to me. This has been my favorite ...

Average. I’ve had mexican food all over: europe, western US, eastern US, mexico and this would have to be not the best or worst by any means. Ordered Fajitas and bean nachos. It’s about what you would expect from a place that sells “authentic” mexican food. It’s not bad but it’s lacking flavor all around. It was served as traditional mexican food from my experience is served so I was happy about that. Portion size says it feeds 2 but really could feed at least 3. Bean nachos were not it. It was just chips with beans on it with some white cheese on the beans. Salsa was okay but really could have been better. I’ll be trying the other mexican places around here before coming back. The stars basically reflect the experience. Only thing that went wrong per se was we got someone else’s order but the restaurant made sure we got another one made for us right away, as we...