El Camino Kitchen — Restaurant in Pleasant Prairie

Second time to El Camino. The first time was not good. Food and service were subpar. Things have not changed in the year since then. My wife and I met some friends there.

None of us thought the food was special. My wife and one of our friends both had the Asian shrimp bowl. Neither of them were impressed and would not order it again. Our other friend had the Al Pastor, and he was disappointed. He thought it was a little flat on flavor, thought it would have a little more spice. I ordered the Tacos de Alambre with grilled chicken. Despite the description of the dish, the chicken was the best part of the dish, except it was warm at best, the green pepper and onions were over sauted and not much cheese. The Alambre was supposed to come with Hickory bacon, but for $1 dollar more I could get their bourbon bacon, which I ordered. There was no bacon in the dish(at least I was not charged the extra $. This dish comes with refried beans and Mexican rice, and again, no flavor. I wish I had taken a picture. My order, each item, came on separate plates where my dinner took up half the table. Separate plate for beans and rice, separate for the Alambre, separate plate for taco stuffing, the lettuce, tomatoes, and onions and a tortilla container. In order to place it all on our table, he stacked the stuffing on top of the tortilla container. So, each time I wanted to get out a tortilla, I had to hold the plate.

The service was very subpar. Shortly after we sat, our server came by with chips and a bowel of mild salsa and said he would be right back. When he came back, he asked if we wanted anything to drink. We placed our orders, and I asked about their bourbons he let me know they were out of Blanton's, but the rest of the should be in stock. After ordering 5 different bourbons and all were out of stock, I decided just to have water. We also asked if they had a hot or spicier salsa. They do but did not offer it, but would bring some to us. About 10 minutes later, we had to remind him before he brought it in a very small container about halfthe size of the mild.

We will not be coming back! If you are looking for a good restaurant featuring good Mexican food, I would recommend Iguana Wanna. They are less than...

Edit: Update. New review: I have, since the last 1 star review given El Camino Kitchen another chance. I have friends that wanted to meet there for lunch one day and I went back. This time was probably more than a year later. That's how bad my first experience was. However, I'm more than happy to admit that my second experience was much, much better. I had chimichangas and they were delicious. Our waitress seemed much happier this time and was very friendly. I don't know when, but I expect I'll be going here again. El Camino Kitchen has redeemed itself in my opinion. 👍🏻👍🏻

Old review: My first and last visit here. Based on the prices I was looking forward to some good food. I ordered tenderloin medalions with fries and chicken rice soup ($29). I'm not going to post a photo of my food because then you would see the piece of meat I had to spit out on my plate. Four small pieces of tenderloin all cooked differently. One was ok, one was overcooked and inedible, one was raw, one was tough. None had any taste at all and I needed to salt and pepper just to eat. The waitress offered me steak sauce. Yes, steak sauce for a tenderloin (the mind boggles). The mushrooms were tiny, thin and sparse. Not sure if they were canned or not. The fries were cold and inedible. The soup seemed ok, I didn't see any rice in it and I kept getting hints of shell fish taste. I had to check more than once if there was just chicken in there or clams. Must have added oyster sauce or something. The tastelessness and quality of the food reminded me of Denny's, except I can finish eating what I order from Denny's. Really pathetic to spend $40 on lunch and have to leave half of it there on the plate for the garbage. Dino, I've seen your lip service to other reviewers. Don't bother here. I'm not going to email you. I've said everything right here already. Fire your cook in Pleasant Prarie.

This is a response to Dino. Nice backhanded reply. Yeah, it's my fault that I expected something that I could actually eat. I did let your waitress know that I wasn't happy. It was lunch, I didn't have time for a redo. Good luck with your...

5+5+5+5🌟 Destination 👍🏽

El Camino, this ain't your old rusted out Chevy, or, a broken down horse!

This is a destination eatery. The ambiance is extremely classic Western!

I hadn't been here before, although I do remember it was a famous Dave's I believe.

The ownership should be proud of what they have here, the manager that I spoke to, and, our server Nicole, were extremely responsive to our requests. I'm grateful for their kindness and knowledge of what they are a part.

It was just fairly simple for the first time there, I had the All-American burger, which was delicious by the way. The aioli on the burger was special. My wife ordered a specialty salad which she brought home, because all she wanted to do was have fried ice cream for dinner lol! I have to admit, that really seemed to be a good idea. I tasted it, and it was the best I've had yet. The side salad was tremendous, And I'm grateful for the privilege of being able to enjoy this very visually appealing establishment, along with the delicious fare! I understand they're going to be serving breakfast, I can't wait! If you haven't been, you need to be, lol! I don't have 250 million views for nothing, so I would suggest, you go check them out, it really is a destination. Oh and by the way, everything is spotless, including the bathrooms which denote The management and employees concern for the health and welfare of the...