El Roble "Restaurant & Bar" — Restaurant in Elizabeth

Absolutely terrible. The food was OK But the prices on the menu are different than when they bring the ticket. They don’t tell you about any up charges upfront then they try to put an automatic 18% gratuity on your bill And we were only a party of two. We got them to take it off because that’s ridiculous. It’s not like they even came to our table to check on us. We had to holler across the restaurant for everything we needed. They didn’t even bring us some stuff that we ordered. Do not recommend going. And if you do go and they try to automatically put your tip on the bill, get them to take it off and ask upfront about the prices and any up charges that accumulate. we ordered guacamole and apparently the guacamole only comes with four chips for a big bowl of guacamole. It does not make sense then they charge us three extra dollars for the initial chips and then three more dollars for more chips to finish our guacamole. I have never experienced a restaurant as sneaky and shitty as that. They are just...

I went there with my boyfriend and a friend. My bf and I shared the Bandeja Paisa. He also had a homemade Mango Juice that was really tasty. The dish was also very good. It has chicharron, pork sausage, skirt steak, rice and beans, a fully cooked egg (??), and bono (Colombian bread). The steak was thin-cut and very good: flavorful and tender. I didn't love the chicharron; it didn't taste the way I'm used to eating it, but my bf liked it. Everything else was pretty good. They have a homemade green chile sauce that's really good. My friend's pinchos (kebob, mixed) was okay. There was no real flavor differentiation between the meats.

Our waitress was nice (a lady with glasses). There was another waitress doing her makeup right behind the counter. There was a waiter flirting with said waitress. It was 1 am; service was as expected. FYI, the tip is included in the bill, at 15%.

Overall, decent, and close to all the clubs in Elizabeth, if you want to...

The food and prices were good, but the staff was unprofessional and rude. We were nothing but respectful since we walked in, yet they gave my friends and I dirty looks and bad vibes the whole time. The server seemed to be ignoring me when I spoke and didn’t even give me my full order (she forgot the empanadas.) When I asked for the check she took her sweet time (keep in mind there were only 2 other sets of customers in the restaurant so they were not busy at all) as she was hanging out on her cell phone and chatting with her coworker behind the counter for several minutes, just to end up not even getting me the bill, but rather telling me an estimated price verbally, which she could’ve done in the first place instead of having me wait. Then, when I paid, she shorted me $10 on the change, which was a lot to get shorted considering we only got less than $25...