Don Tequila Elyria — Restaurant in Elyria

We decided to give them another try. So upon our arrival my wife was about to pull open the door when a waiter comes busting out the door to talk to someone almost knocking my wife down. He did apologize. We were promptly seated and the chips came in about a minute. It was 9 pm on Saturday and only 4 tables were occupied. Our waiter took our drink orders shortly thereafter. I ordered a water which had a bug in it under the ice! Our food came out 15 minutes after ordering. Again I ordered chicken fajitas. Came out sizzling but the green peppers were severely undercooked. I realized I had no silverware when I went to start eating. By now I think we had 3 or 4 different waiters come to the table. One male server kept addressing my wife as "honey". It still seems that this establishment lacks mature management with all the horsing around going on with the employees. It seems like this place is run more like a bar instead of a restaurant. After getting my check I went up to pay. I handed him my bill for $24. He looked at me and told me it would be $94. I understand he was joking, but at this point I was not amused!

Feb 2015 We entered the restaurant waiting to be seated. It took about 3 minutes and finally someone noticed us. He did not walk us to our table. All he did was point us to an empty booth and told us "we can sit there". It's Saturday evening 6pm and the restaurant is about half full. Chip and salsa came to the table quickly, and our order was taken promptly. 30 minutes has pasted and stuffed off 2 bowls of chips wondering where my dinner was. Waiter finally came to the table to tell us that "our food went to the wrong table" and they were going to hurry up and redo it. About 20 minutes later we finally got our food. My fajitas came out not sizzling and barely warm. Not once did I get a drink refill. We waited 30 minutes for our check but the waiter never came back around. We had to ask another waiter if he could get our check so we could finally leave. It took about 10 more minutes then our waiter finally brought it. We normally go to the Amherst location but they were extremely busy so we decided to give this Elyria location a try. What a mistake. You would never know that they were the same place by...

A restaurant renovation since the pandemic, hit a majority of the Mexican restaurants, and Don Tequila's not only made similar changes, but was one of the very few who kept to their natural fiesta familia atmosphere. It's hard to see the hand crafted table and booths go, but the contemporary spin with a fiesta tradition still made you know the original roots remained at this location. And boy was the familia there! We were waited on left and right, had a great chat with the manager on how grateful I was, that they kept a spin to the original color. Don Tequilas updated their menu giving more of a mix and match variety of options. My meal was slightly changed in flavor, which threw me off. Their enchiladas supremos ground meat tasted more like a gravy blend of salisbury steak then a basic beef enchiladas. It was good, but not the flavor I was expecting and craving. I do hope they allow me to request to keep the beef enchilada basic, next visit. They also make fresh guacamole dip right at your table. Absolutely delicious! And a nice switch up for the usual chips and salsa. The dining experience was exactly how they always had it. Staff were laughing, dancing around and we over heard a male waiter singing to the music. Everyone had smiles and enjoying their customers. I've been going here since 2006, and will return again, and again, and again, as long as they keep...

Food was amazing and super hot. Took me longer to eat it because of how hot it was . However, I felt rushed when I was with my friend. They were not busy at all. Maybe 3 tables including ours. After about 40 min...Including the time from when we sat down and left. I could tell they wanted us to leave. Kept asking if we needed anything else and then asked if we needed a to go box (3 different people came to the table)...I wasn't even close to being done eating. I had to wait 2-3 min to make sure my food wasn't hot between each bite 😒. Only really giving us 20-25 min to eat. Yes it took that long to get our order in and waiting for the food and chatting for a bit (I figured chatting would help pass the time to make sure my food cooled down) I honestly loved the food and atmosphere, hated the service and feeling rushed. Maybe it was due to it being around the lunch hour around 1:30 or only being 2 people seated. Not sure but I'll give them another try. If I feel rushed again then I won't be back. However, dont let my experience deter you from going there. The food IS...