El Toro Restaurant — Restaurant in Clinton

El Toro has the best margarita in the area hands down, it's not even a close comparison. Oh, and the food is great too. Seriously though, Wednesday and Thursday nights offer BOGO margaritas. The Fuzzy Berry is my favorite, try one for yourself and you will find out why! Complimentary chips and salsa are offered, the chips are fresh and the salsa is mild. On this trip I decided to go with something new and get the Pollo Loco, it was delicious. The chicken wasn't overcooked, the 4 flour tortillas it come with were nice and hot, and the sides of refried beans and rice weren't bland at all. I was very impressed and will get it again. My wife went with the jumbo chicken quesadilla and she said it was also delicious and made it a point to compliment the rice also.

My only gripe here is with the service during peak hours, which is expectedly poor. With a packed restaurant it took us about 45 minutes to get food, we were fortunate enough just to get a table to begin with though. However, with that being said, I asked for water on three separate occasions with two different servers and never got any. The margaritas kept flowing, but the water was non existent. On nights that El Toro isn't filled to the brim this has never been an issue.

I recommend visiting El Toro for great food and the best margarita you'll have...

The food here is delicious. Everything was served hot and quickly. The authentic tastes will keep me coming back.

They were playing music that set the tone for the cuisine and created a mood that hit the nail on the head.

As we sat down the host was immediately there with a dish of warm tortilla chips and a side of salsa. The salsa was perfect!

Our drinks and orders were taken promptly and even refilled as they emptied. Great service!

I will say that the water my wife received had a peculiar taste to it. She asked for another glass and it was the same after taste.... this must be an issue with the location. My soda must have covered up the unwanted flavor.

Finally the plates began to arrive. I had the chille relleno with beans and rice and an order of steak tacos with onion and cilantro.

My wife had the cheese and onion enchiladas with beans and rice.

Our plates both arrived steaming with a set up that looked as appealing as it was flavorful.

We were both happy and full as we left the establishment and agreed that it was definitely worth the stop.

I urge you, if you're in the area give them a try you...

I ate here with my team for the first time. If you have never been, the door is all the way in the back. It's a white door that looks like it would be a kitchen entrance. Then you walk through hallways, past the restrooms, and it opened to one dining space with a bar. Then you can go to another section if you follow that same hallway. Obviously, on a Friday night, they were steady, we got seated, and our order took an hour after we arrived. It took 2 hours to get our food. I wouldn't say the service was horrible. However, there was no extra customer service. She didn't smile. Welcome us or ask if we've been there before. We had to ask several times for our drinks to be refilled. I had 3 margaritas and wasn't even buzzed. At one point we even asked if the margaritas were virgin. I had others at my table also try them and they agreed. Couldn't taste any alcohol. I don't know about you guys, usually 1 or 1.5 is enough so I can saflet drive home. With 3 I should of been on the floor. Luckily I plan and we had a DD just in case. Maybe don't order...