El Mexicano Restaurante (Downtown Gulfport) — Restaurant in Gulfport

We wanted to try this place after they won the best Mexican Restaurant award recently. Finally we were in the area and got the chance & it was awful! The guacamole says it's fresh made but it was brought to the table almost instantly & was a small dish of ice cold pre-made guacamole. The steak in the fajitas was very tough & the veggies were barely cooked, still crunchy. The chicken in the taco & the quesodilla was so dried out & tasted freezerburnt. We basically paid $9 for a side of rice & sour cream because we only took 2 bites of the quesadila. When we tried to explain to our server he said oh no our chicken is made fresh every morning & we have already sold several orders, basically telling us we were wrong. We frequently dine at Mexican Restaurants around the coast & this was by far the worst we...

It took a moment to be sat and once we were sat we felt like we had been forgotten. Out waiter decided to take another table so we ended up being served by either the cook or dishwasher. It was greatly appreciated but definitely a let down. We ended up getting the Flautas for an appetizer and it was very highly disappointing. The chicken was disgustingly dry and hard to chew. I got the chicken enchilada and ended up pulling the chicken out entirely and just ate the wrap, beans, rice, and veggies on the plate. My husband was also disappointed for the same reason. The flavor was there but it was just highly disappointing. We will try it again another time and much earlier in the day....

The perfect little hole in the wall restaurant. The place isn't fancy or one of the chaos but their food is out of this world. Maybe because it's authentic and made with love. Service was good, Tony calls everyone his friend and checks in on you to make sure everything's ok. My meal was amazing, I cleaned my plate. I had the beef burrito supreme dinner with red beans and rice. wish I had taken a picture but I was starving. Really enjoyed their nachos too. I'll definitely be going back and I highly recommend this place. only issue, the booths are really cramped. other than that, perfect...