Garnacheria Y Taqueria Ebenezer — Restaurant in Ottumwa

Summary up front: If you're reading this don't make this a "We should try that sometime." place. You're trying something new tonight and this is where you're going. Congrats. You've already answered what's for dinner. Your curiosity will be well rewarded.

I have visited here 3 times now and my review will mostly reinforce what others have stated.

1. Quality - Having ordered several dishes for multiple people every single thing I've selected has been very delicious. The meat has been high quality, cooked to be tender, and been very flavorful. Seasonings and salts are a big factor, thus I suggest getting the large drink if dining in. The hibiscus water is especially delicious and brings refreshing flavor to the full meal being very sweet. The green sauce is good and very mild. The red sauce is more flavorful but it packs immediate heat that travels, apply a small amount as a trial taste.

2. Portions - More than generous. A burrito or chimichanga will be slightly smaller than a football. I've heard comments about them being several pounds in weight. The carne asada fries are a full meal or perhaps an appetizer for 4 to split, again don't underestimate the size of your coming food.

3. Value - I find the value to be very good. You'll get high quality, delicious, and filling food that will be on similar price as the local Applebee's or similar sit down chains. If you're skeptical about finishing your full meal the carne asada fries reheat very well in the oven if you get the sour cream and guac on the side. Similarly the burritos you can take home what you don't finish and toss it in a pan with just a tiny drop of vegetable/olive oil and reheat it in 2 minutes and put it in tortillas you may have at home. This also spreads the cost across 2 meals and brings it down below fast food levels for SIGNIFICANTLY...

Delicious! I finally got a chance to try this restaurant Friday while in Ottumwa. Fantastic food. Everything tasted so fresh! I ordered several menu items to take home. Everything traveled well and everyone loved the food! The Chicken Chimichanga was massive! So big and full of flavor. Many places have bland chicken. This chicken was delicious. I love good, fresh chicken that's cooked thoroughly so you don't have to worry about getting any raw chicken. I will order this again and again! The lettuce that came with the Chimichanga was so fresh, too. Might seem insignificant to some people to mention the lettuce, but not to me. I very much appreciate fresh crisp lettuce with no brown or pink spots on it. This lettuce was fantastic and fresh. In the picture you can see the lettuce. The Birria eggrolls were outstanding!! These weren't on the menu but I hope they have them when I'm in Ottumwa later this month. So good. The Garnachas were fabulous. The Beef on these was so very tender. Delicious! The Beef Chorizo Tacos were fabulous. The Beef Chorizo Torta was fabulous. The Chicken Empanada was fabulous. I forgot to take pictures of the Garnachas and Empanada. I'm looking forward to trying more menu items! I'll definitely be adding this restaurant to my stops when in Ottumwa. Also want to mention the friendly service. The man who took my order was very friendly. We had a very nice visit while I was waiting for my order. My wait was very short, too, for fresh food. I was surprised how quickly my large order was done, yet tasted so fresh. If I lived in Ottumwa I would eat...

I asked them to make me a bean and cheese burrito, and add French fries and sour cream to it. They make other burritos with French fries in them. I said I’d obviously pay for the additional ingredients. They said they have all the ingredients to make this, but said the chef refused to make it for me lol. Thought it was worth sharing. I was excited to try this place but not sure if I’ll be going given the bad taste in my mouth. Bummer. A little humanity, kindness and accommodation goes a long way. Sorry for my Karen moment but this was just ridiculous lol

Update: Their exquisitely combative response speaks for itself lol. I’ll go somewhere that human kindness still exists, I’m not told to order something I don’t want, and I’m not told to make my own burrito when they could have easily been accommodating. Sounds like this place does have good food, but I’m not going to...