El Piquin Mexican Restaurant and Market — Restaurant in Maryland

For this review, I will go off what the lasting impressions were, even several days after my visit. Noted, this was my first time getting Mexican food.

The 2 young girls at the front, their behaviour was slight. When I asked about a drink they called Jamaica, it seemed a bother. They described its made from flour; being a Jamaican, I know we dont drink flour, we eat flour. So, I stated that misrepresented our country. Then it was mostly Spanish from there and not understanding me.

I asked for recommendations on what to order; didn't get any. What I ordered, I expected to come back a lot. Nope, the container was light, for $20. The wait was about 20 minutes too. The rice portion was tini tiny tim. Disappointed. The food was tasteless, maybe the beef had a slight taste, cause its beef. The salad portion was also barely there and had a portion of avocado which i couldnt tell differently from the leaves. It was covered thick in dressing. There was a slab of onion :( and scallion stalk which would also take away from the flavour of the food.

The only saving grace of this location is the cleanliness of the restaurant out front, and order. Plus, they had a nifty little grocer at the side. Here is where i should have spent all my money. The guy was responsive. I been craving mangoes since i have not had a whole one in many years. They were there. They also had ripe and green plantain...yes. Oranges, bananas, and several other tropical fruits. I found tamarind....yessss. And some other treats which are similar to those back home. This little grocer is why i gave an extra star.

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I am done with El Piquin. They constantly get our order wrong, and they have thee worst customer service. They never want to Right THEIR Wrongs. Last night was the final straw. The woman who took our order was very rude and impatient. We had to keep repeating things to her and having her repeat them back to us, because of how impatient she was being. We KNEW that she was going to get something wrong, which she did. When we called to rectify the situation, she was still being rude. They gave us and charged us for an extra item that we didn't even order. They didn't put rice on our burrito as we requested, and they didn't care. We are DONE with this establishment. Not to mention, the enchiladas salsa Verde was so spicy, it wasn't even enjoyable. All you can taste is spice on the chicken and nothing else, no actual flavor, just heat in your mouth. A waste of almost $50 bucks. On the hunt for delicious Mexican quisine with actual love put into it....

Food is overrated there is some major flaws for one to much fat in the beef 👎🏼,that should be cut off it feels chewy it’s also very dry I had to drowned it in the provided sauce just to swallow The enchiladas Verde are lacking flavor I noticed that they tried to top it with a bunch of lettuce and garnishes to make it more moist but here’s the thing it just made it “soggy” if your chicken is overdone it becomes very dry and very little verde sauce was added I was going to give three stars until I bit into a weird shard of bone in the enchiladas and nearly broke my tooth very disappointed!!! Honestly this restaurant is overrated the food is nothing special and almost completely flavorless I would not call this authentic Mexican food save your 💰 money 💰 because anyone who would give this restaurant over 3 stars obviously hasn’t had authentic Mexican food and is used to food being...