El Tarasco - Hermosa Beach — Restaurant in Hermosa Beach

This was one of the worst experiences I've had at a restaurant. The place was pretty empty inside for starters and the waitress just handed me my menus and told me to seat myself. They bring chips and salsa to my table fine they are good by the way. Then it all went downhill. First, the margaritas are terrible. The watermelon one tastes like cough syrup. We exchanged them for regular house margaritas, again horrible!! I believe they added some kind of carbonation to it as there were bubbles coming from it.. We didn't drink them. Now our food comes. I order a two taco plate with rice and beans. The potato taco had no seasoning and was very bland. The salsa on the taco looked like canned salsa. There were no fresca cheese, cabbage etc.. straight iceberg lettuce. No bueno. The chicken one was the same, no seasoning, no taste just bland chicken with smart and final cheese, iceberg lettuce and canned salsa. And to top it off, my rice was cold!! I would add that at least the black beans were good! I don't see how this place is still in business. They need an upgrade with the dishes... Not good at all.....

I’m a hermosa beach local and go to El-Tarasco often. This branch however is closest to my house and I’m is always served from the same waitress (I won’t state her name here to be nice). Today we couldn’t get much service because she was having a family event at the front of the restaurant. Always terrible service, but today was cherry on top. She did not give me and my partner water the whole time I had my meal. My partner had to go in twice to ask for water and still no service. She gave her other tables water immediately when they sat down without an ask all smiley and giggly. We will never go to this branch ever, the service to even get my check was a hassle. We could’ve walked out and still no service, terrible terrible service. On top of that the food tasted like dry biscuits because my neck was trying hard to not...

Inauthentic, cheap a.ericanozed Mexican for really high prices. The wait staff is unseasoned to say the least but nice. Had to go inside twice and ask for drinks and service after being told to seat myself. The patrons were absolute trash. Little League parents finished their meal and dinner while the team hung out informally but loudly next to us, not ordering at all. When parents did finish the coach or at least a dad put his butt in my companions face to talk to another parent far away from their table or other open sidewalk oblivious to our existence. Rude people. Bad service but nice. Poor...