El Rodeo Cafe — Restaurant in Palm Desert

WARNING THIS IS NOT AUTHENTIC MEXICAN FOOD First off the place is filthy and only one server doing it all. There was a guy that looks like the owner or manager that didn't jump in to help,as the only server was running around the tables,cashier,running food and drinks. I can understand why she was very blah.

A "Mexican" restaurant that screws up a Carne asada torta could not be trusted with nothing else on the menu. The meat was served cold and hard to chew, tasteless and the bread was stale. My daughter that is a torta fan could only eat 2 bites.

Rice and beans that came with enchiladas were old. The hard shell tacos are from a box,we asked for shredded beef and got the machaca beef( no, not the same) Aguas "frescas" are the bagged pre-made drinks sold at gas stations.

To make things worst the same guy owner/manager sat behind me to fill up lil salsa containers as I was voicing my complaint with food and never said a word. We paid $82 for 2 tortas, enchilada plate, 3 hard shell tacos and 4 Aguas Frescas. I love supporting local places and got to say this...

At first, the place was OK, was not very busy, was able to walk in and place my take out order immediately. After five minutes the place began to get busy and that is when the service began to loose ratings. The gentleman ahead of me ordered menudo's, after thirty minutes they had not received their order, nor had either of the waitresses checked on the gentleman to see if they wanted more water or chips. It was only after one of the guys went up to ask how much longer his food would take that they checked. I waited for five breakfast burritos, it took forty minutes to get my order and to everyone's surprise when they bit in to their burritos they mislabeled each burrito. The food was good, everyone enjoyed their burritos after we figured out which belonged to who, but the lack and quality of service is a major...

This is a little local Mexican restaurant on the newly remodeled section of San Pablo. The chips and salsa appear to be home made, but chips were served cold, not very appetizing. I had the Chile relleno omelet. The sauces and food were pretty good. But I was very disappointed with the omelet. The chili relleno was almost frozen in the center. The cheese was not melted. I tried to get my servers attention a few times, but he never came back around. No refills, no follow-up, etc. I finally told him when he brought the check, but by then, I had eaten most of it. He didn't offer to correct the issue or anything. he just kind of shrugged it off. For the caliber of the restaurant, level of service, and quality of food, it is way over priced. But I do hope they can make it work as it is a nice...