El Paraiso Mexican Restaurant — Restaurant in Holland Charter Township

I'll start off by saying that service was friendly and fast, I left relatively satisfied, and overall I do not regret trying this place out.

Now let me talk about my experience:

After walking in, there were no signs saying "Seat yourself" or "Please wait to be seated". I waited at the front counter for about a minute before someone came to help me and when I told her I was dining in, she let me sit wherever and she brought menus out to me. I ordered the taco dinner (carne asada), which came with 3 tacos and rice and beans for 12.99, which was a little much considering they only charged 3 dollars per taco a-la-cart. I wish they had included more beans with the amount of rice they gave me, but the taste was the same you would get at any midwestern Mexican restaurant, which is to say pretty good.

The carne asada itself was fairly dry and bland. I'm from Arizona so I know what good tacos taste like and I have very high standards when it comes to carne asada. That being said, it was not dry to the point that it dried out my mouth while eating. Their salsa Roja and Verde were pretty decent and went well on the tacos. I ate all my food and was satisfied for the most part. I probably wouldn't come here again on my own, but I would definitely come back if I was with a group of people who wanted to come here. Prices are a tad high but I'm sure their other food is pretty decent. The food came very fast after I ordered. One other thing I thought was weird was they gave me chips and a small bowl but the only salsa they gave me was the red and green squeeze bottles for the tacos. They were good on tacos but not great for chips. Also they put a lot of cilantro on the tacos but somehow it didn't taste very cilantro-y at all. Not necessarily a bad thing but I love cilantro and would have liked a little more strength in that regard.

Overall I paid a little over 15 dollars for my food and my drink, not...

I've always liked El Parasol Mexican Restaurant and the reason why I'd give them. A three is because quite simply the quality of their food has gone down lately I've gotten cold food, I asked for a taco dinner and my wife a small shrimp cocktail I had a coke and she a fruit juice I was shocked that 7-9 shrimp in some cocktail sauce and 3 tacos rice and beans came out to 39 dollars So here is my point make sure you ask the price of the meat you order in your tacos because they won't tell you this and not to mention the menu prices are outdated, when I asked to see the menu again to go over the price did she finally inform me that EACH TACO WAS 1.00 MORE BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF MEAT... BEEF? SO WHY DO THEY UPCHARGE EACH TACO AS IF I ORDERED SEPARATE,NO I ORDERED A DINNER AT MENU PRICE AND THESE PEOPLE JACKED UP THE PRICE BY EACH TACO WHAT A BAD BUSINESS PRACTICE, THE FOOD HAD WAY TO MUCH CUMIN IN IT MY BEANS AND RICE FELT LIKE THEY WERE JUST REMOVED FROM THE FRIDGE AND THE Gnats FLYING INSIDE THEIR BAKE GOODS DISPLAY MAKE IT UNAPPEALING YOU SHOULD REALLY CONCENTRATE ON ACTUALLY DISPLAYING CURRENT PRICES AND BE UP Front ABOUT IT HAD I KNOWN I Guarantee YOU I Wouldn't HAVE PAYED THAT MONEY TO WALK OUT W NAUSEA, HOPING I Wouldn't GET SICK THE PLATE SMELT LIKE RAW EGG The Waitress " older one" wow she is getting ruder and ruder,over the years ,now I'm just going to say no more and start looking for a better Mexican Restaurant that's clean ,and has good service,this isn't the El Parasol I use to...

I and my husband are of limited means and for our wedding anniversary we decided to try this restaurant. I ordered carne asada tacos and my husband had a carne asada burrito. We both just wanted to cry when we bit into our food. The meat was dry and tasteless.....and the rice was boring. Only thing with flavor was the refried beans. Our portions were tiny as well. For us,paying almost $30 for flavorless food was like a kick in the gut. Maybe the cook or the food preppers were tired that day or something happened that we couldn't forsee.,....but the bottom line is......we can't afford to dine out at a place that has food that was not enjoyable to eat. Needless to say,we won't eat...