El Tarasco — Restaurant in Louisville

We went to El Tarasco with a group of twelve about 5:30 on a Wednesday evening.

We had made reservations and they were ready for us when we arrived.

Service and food quality were mostly satisfactory, and unremarkable but I was dissappointed with my entree.

I ordered the shrimp cocktail, which is usually different in Mexican cuisine than the usual American version. In other local Mexican restaurants this is customarily served as a cold spicy soup-like dish containing avacado, celantro, whole peeled shrimp and diced vegetables in a piquant tomato base. The dish is usually generous enough to be served as an entree and is eaten with a spoon like a soup.

When my order was served it appeared as expected, but the flavor and consistency was different than the shrimp cocktail served by other local Mexican restaurants, and rather disappointing.

The soup like-base had the flavor and consistency of ordinary cstsup. Athough there was a generous quantity of avacado and tasty shrimp, the liquid base was unpalatable.

The rest of our group enjoyed their meal but I...

We were politely seated upon arrival and our drink orders taken right away. Then the waiter came back with the drinks and menus and politely disappeared for a few minutes for us to decide. They took our orders and 10-15 minutes later returned with everything correct , even the particulars such as who wanted hot sauce , who wanted mild. About 10 minutes into the meal the waiter returned with fresh drinks and knew who's was who's. When he saw us slowing down he came and checked on desserts requests and since we were in a hurry and did note want any , he quickly went and got our bills as originally asked for-profit two on one and one by themselves. We paid the bills and were on our way. Good food, good service, Good prices all in a timely manner. What more could ask for on a...

Don’t bother.

We ordered a Hidalguense which was dry, over cooked with no flavor. Typically a Hidalguense comes with a sauce of some type. This was simply a thin piece of over cooked chicken and a thin piece over over cooked meat. Very sad.

We also ordered a pollo empanizado which is typically a pounded chicken breast breaded and fried. We got something that looked like a piece of sautéed chicken that got some type of bread crumbs sprinkled on it while in a sauce pan. So not only were we mislead it was flavorless.

Good luck here, there are simply too many options available...