El Tarasco — Restaurant in Los Angeles

I'd like to suggest they add a "0" star option, because that's what I would give this place. I'll list down what we ordered and what was wrong with it.

Chips and Salsa-- The chips are simply tostada chips not even actual fresh chips, definitely not to my liking. Salsa had some spice, but definitely not authentic fresh salsa, more like cheap bottled salsa.

Nachos-- We ordered both chicken and asada nachos, there were hardly any chips (they used actual chips this time) it was just a mess of melted cheese with sour cream and guac and shredded chicken and asada, not impressed whatsoever, our group actually didn't even finish 25% of the nachos.

Shrimp Cocktail-- The shrimp was definitely not fresh, it was so damn chewy it felt as if though I was chewing on gum. No flavor, just a thick textured ketchup sauce of some sort. I definitely stopped eating that as soon as I felt the texture of the shrimp.

Caldo de res-- This probably was the most disgusting order from our group, the broth just looked like plain clear broth with no flavor, the meat though is was horrified us all, it was an off grey color, and definitely didn't look right, we actually didn't even bother to eat the meat in fear we would get sick.

Burrito-- chorizo and egg breakfast burrito, very underwhelming and not impressed, as well as the asada burrito, the guy in the group didn't even finish this burrito, and I've never seen a burrito unfinished before by him; so that's saying a lot.

Micheladas-- worst micheladas I've ever had, there was not enough clamato juice, not enough limes or any for that matter, so many missing ingredients. We requested extra clamato juice and limes and that took forever to come out in fact we had to request them more than once because they forgot. One of the guys in the group ordered a simple beer, and they forgot that as well.

Very disappointed and almost didn't want to pay for this poor excuse for Mexican food. Also once the bill came, they asked if we would like it separated or together and we said yes, so rather than separating it themselves, they requested we each come to the register and tell them what we ordered. We left this place completely unsatisfied, grossed out and still hungry, therefore we ended up grabbing food elsewhere after leaving this place.

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I was craving Mexican Food and we came across this place and liked that it had outdoor seating. Parking unavailability definitely took away from our experience. I ended up ordering the food to go and just called for me to be picked up when it was ready. The wait was a good 30 minutes after I ordered and I'm not sure why it took so long. It was not really that crowded...I was a bit disappointed with the "chips". They were actually whole corn tortillas, not Tortilla Chips. And, they were really hard by the time we got to eat them. The entrees were good, but, cold by the time we got back to our room. I think if the parking situation were better, we would have enjoyed our experience...

We found this place on Google, and it looked promising. It's a short walk from the beach. We ordered two ceviche mixtos, but they were not one bit acidic. There was a wedge of lemon served on the side, but the entire ceviche was lacking lemon, salt, and overall flavor. It tasted like steamed or even boiled, seafood mixed in with a little tomatoes, onion, and cilantro, then topped with avocado and a black sauce. We're big ceviche fans, and this was not what we expected. Ceviche must be marinated in lemon juice, and this ceviche had never been introduced to lemon.

Overall, the food was ok. The waitress was...