El patron attalla — Restaurant in Gadsden

We came to this location this past Sunday whether determining which Mexican restaurant in Attalla we were going to eat. Well I chose this one instead of another close by. Before we entered inside we wanted to find out if the tables and chairs was clean inside for us to sit in, and to our findings it was. When we were sitting inside the adornments was pretty to look at. Once ordering we were wondering if we should order a plate from the menu separately for ourselves. But we decided to order two big plate fajitas with two different types of meat that came with green bell peppers and onions. The food overall was appetizing taste was quite Mexican. However I must say to some degree we all liked the food, but I think I had one too many sides that came along with it. Now I would never expect anybody to finish all that food in one day, take it home if you have to. This location is not seemingly big or wide as the closest restaurant Old Mexico is close by.This restaurant is a chain, so they have other locations spread south from here. What I find amusing inside the restaurant is that there is a bench crafted from Mexico close to the cashier that shows two ranchers cultivating the blue Agave plants and cutting it open from...

I was actually trying to find my way into Old Mexico Cantina (after seeing signs on I-59) and stumbled upon El Patron by accident.

While the salsa was just okay, the chips were hot and salted perfectly. I added a little Tapatio (on every table) and we were good to go.

Not having ever been to the restaurant previously, I opted for the completely non-authentic, but very hard to screw up, "nachos surpremos." Two words: absolutely delicious. I have had a lot of nachos at a lot of places over the years, and can't think of a single one which was better than what I had at El Patron. Seriously,

Although I don't live in the Gadsden area, I do go up and down I-59 with some regularity, and will definitely be back.

Oh yeah, the service was perfectly fine...

Very unenthusiastic/unprofessional staff. It’s a Monday at 9:09pm (they close at 10pm) I call first to ask if kitchen is still open. The guy on the phone lets out a big noticeable sigh but says yes. I decided to walk in given I was only a party of 1 and would be done eating before their closing time. When the host takes me to the table, the waitress says out loud in Spanish “SERIOUSLY?!?!? “ in an annoyed manner. She didn’t know I’m fluent in Spanish. So right then and there, I got up and left the restaurant. If the staff is so annoyed by paying customers coming in almost a whole hour before closing time (10pm) JUST CLOSE AT 9pm and be done with it. No need to be VERY RUDE. But I figure then they’ll be annoyed with anyone coming in at 8pm....