El Tenampa — Restaurant in Oak Ridge

We enjoy trying different Mexican restaurants. This one was disappointing. The server was friendly, but more on that later. First the food. On the menu is the 2 combo. Choose 2 items from a list of several. I chose a burrito and a taco, both chicken. My wife also chose the 2 combo, also a burrito and a taco, only with beef. It comes with refried beans, yellow rice, and fixings. My wife asked if she could switch the rice for more refried beans. For drinks we went with the melon drink. It was quite delicious. The refried beans and the rice were also delicious. For unknown reasons we were served one burrito each but three tacos each. First the tacos. Both the chicken and the beef were overcooked and dry. I've never been served a taco that was simply meat, chopped onions, and cilantro, in 2 flour tortillas. Nothing else. So it's no surprise it was underwhelming to start and the dry meat made it worse. The "burrito" was also lacking. The same dry meat with a little cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla. As requested my wife was not served rice, but also not given more refried beans. On the menu the 2 combo is $11.95 each. When we received the bill it was around 50 bucks. The drinks were $5.⁰⁰ each. A little pricey and not mentioned when ordering. When the waiter took our order we were charged for the combo (two) items then an extra 5.⁰⁰ for the burrito, each, and another $3.⁰⁰ for a taco, each. Nothing like padding the bill. And no, there was no miscommunication. The waiter spoke perfect English. In my honest opinion, If you want good food, go elsewhere. If you want honest service, go elsewhere. Best to avoid this place and leave it to the black ants that were roaming around...

Let me start off with the good. The fajitas were amazing. Some of the best ive had and the sauces were flavorful and everything seemed fresh. Hats off to the cook.

The bad. The wait staff was unattentive. It took 10 minutes to catch someone to get the bill and 5 minutes to seat me and, the place was 85% empty. Before I left, I went to use the bathroom. I had to walk past members of the staff making out in the back and the I walked into the bathroom where I was greeted with the most pungent poop smell I've experienced since the last port-a-jon I threw up in. Once inside (I really had to urinate) I spotted the source of this demonic smell bobbing around in the toilet. A fresh, totally unflushed turd! We wont blame that on the restaurant even though I suspect it was the male staffmember who was making out with a chick in the back. (In hindsight, I shouldve asked him if he skipped flushing because he was busy washing his hands?) But why such a strong smell when I can hear the vent fan working so hard to escort the poop fumes out of the building? Ahh, that would be becasue the vent for th fan is 100 % blocked by 10s of years of...

My family and I have a tendency to visit this restaurant, I would say at least once a month because we live about an hour away. It use to be just the 3 of us but recently we had a new addition to our family. On our last visit, we invited my parents which made us a total of 4 adults, a baby and my 3 year old son. My son doesn't really eat out so we bring food already prepared for him. However, they charged us automatically for gratitude because we were more than 5 people, but technically it was only 4 of us eating. I asked the manager the reason why and his excuse was because he's taking space (even though we were sitting on a table of 4). I was very agitated especially because they call themselves a family restaurant and they don't even have a changing table in the bathroom for your little ones. So please tell me how is it that they charge gratitude for them but they don't make it family oriented (provide changing tables). This will definitely be the last time we will be visiting. Please note the service wasn't all that great that's why it was not worth the gratitude that they...