El Parian Restaurante Mexicano — Restaurant in Elizabeth City

May 2024, the food was not that good this time; my wife and daughter had food poisoning symptoms after eating this food this time. The service is always great but I had better Mexican food elsewhere. All the personnel are really nice.

In August 2022, nice lady behind the counter and I no longer see the other gentleman that I saw back in April. Two times, the dining room was not that busy, but the last time I was there, the dining room seem to be filled to capacity and the parking lot seemed to have more than one vehicles too. I always order and pickup order; last time I picked up, another gentleman brought my order to me in a bag, I left the restaurant, got in my vehicle and Begin to leave the parking lot but the gentleman that gave me my food, came outside the restaurant, looked at me and approachedy my vehicle, asked to take my bag and wanted to make sure it was the correct order. I saw another vehicle in front of me near the building and they seemed to be waiting to pickup their order. The gentleman came back outside with the bag of my food, seem like the bag was packed differently and or with different food inside the bag. It was the first time that they did not give me the tortilla with my fajita.

In April 2022, I said, The chips and the white sauce are the best we ever had! The guy (owner?!?) that answered the phone was really nice and helpful. Instead of ordering online, we decided to place our order online after speaking to him on the phone. Met him in person when we arrived to pickup our order and he was even nicer in person. On the phone, we asked about the white sauce instead of the red sauce for the chips, he told us that the white sauce is not on the online and we have to request the white sauce when we arrive to pickup order. That's why we requested our order online and he gave us the white sauce as requested. Also, we wanted to pay for 2 separate orders, and he separated the orders, so that we could pay for them separately. The fajita, enchilada and the kids plate (soft taco, beans and rice)...

El Parian has excellent prices, and speedy service! The booths are comfy, the chips fresh, and the sauces tasty! The lunch special I chose was not very filling, but had great flavor and texture. Knowing that now, next time I'll order fajitas instead of enchiladas. They have awesome drink specials, practically all the time, but sadly, I chose water to comply with my "diet". LOL! My sister had sweet tea and she said theirs is great! For lunch, she had a burrito, and it looked good and she enjoyed it. She's not as big an eater as I, so she was satisfied with its smallish size. These 2 lunch specials were only $4.99, so I should have expected the somewhat petite portions. She goes there at least monthly, so it must be consistently great! The hostess/cashier was friendly and exuberant, and our waiter was polite, professional and efficient. Best lunch in a long time! Go,...

I’ve eaten here twice good food great service. Today for lunch I ordered a taco salad. I was about to dig in then I saw a thing moving…. It was a tiny spider… I got the waitress attention… she came and got the food and I lost my appetite and so I left.

I’ve giving it 2star for the dip and chip… and the atmosphere is nice.

Usually I prefer giving positive reviews; however, I don’t hesitate to offer reviews on anything worth paying attention to, also.

It seems this restaurant may have an insect problem…. I hope my mentioning to the waitress about the spider(she saw it) & my review if the owner/manager is attentive to google reviews will hopefully get pest control out… I know it’s Spring and the critters are coming. I forgot to take photo… my you...