El Catrin Mexican Kitchen — Restaurant in Sellersburg

Update: Probably should have taken negative reviews more seriously instead of only seeing the positive. Might not be closing up shop…

I was excited for El Catrin to open. We went on a Friday night around the busiest time. Hostess said the wait was going to be an hour so we decided to go to the bar and get a couple beers. They have about 5 beers on draft. Modelo, Panchanga (Sunking), a Rhinegeist, and a couple others. Seating opened up after about 30 minutes which was great. For appetizer we ordered the ceviche and roasted vegetables. Both looked great, but that was about it. Upon first bite we realized that the "lime aioli" was mostly mayonnaise with little to no other flavor, and there was a lot of it on both dishes. The menu didn't list the "aioli" for the ceviche but it did for the vegetables. Another issue was the fact that the avocados were maybe the most unripe that I have ever had at a restaurant. Hard, horrible flavor that made the food taste worse. For entree we ordered the Carne Asada Salad and a Cuban torte. The salad was fine, except for the fact that the steak was not more than Luke warm and it had more of the unripe avocados. The torte was not a traditional torte that you get at a Senór Iguanas restaurant (El Catrin is owned by Senór Iguanas). It was basically a sub sandwich roll, that was nice and soft like a torte is supposed to be, but the ham seemed to be no more than lunch meat. The rest of the filling was good, but like the steak on the salad, the temperature was Luke warm. I really wanted to like the place because there are very little options for outdoor dining and with flair in Sellersburg, but this place needs work. The three main factors were:

Lime aioli is too heavy with the mayo Avocados were hard and unripe Food serving temperature was Luke...

I spent a majority of my childhood growing up in Ensenada in Baja California, and my high school years in the San Diego area. I left the west coast 20 years ago. For the first time since I lived in Mexico and left San Diego, I've finally found a restaurant that serves Mexican food that tastes just like my childhood. I got the fish tacos and they were so delicious I got misty eyed. They brought me right back to the seaside restaurants I remember. The margarita was perfection, and the elote tasted EXACTLY like the ones I used to buy from the street vendors in Mexico. The waiter Armando was wonderful. He was attentive to my every need and genuinely concerned about me enjoying my experience there. He's a real asset to this company. He expressed to me what a great place it is to work, and you can tell. It's a warm atmosphere to eat in. The people working there are happy. The decor is just beautiful and immaculately clean. THIS is what an experience at a Mexican food restaurant should be. Warm, exceptional hospitality, colorfully and tastefully decorated, happy, spicy, and delicious. I live in Minnesota, but travel to the Kentucky/Indiana area several times a year. I'm adding this restaurant to my very short list of favorite restaurants. I'm going to make it a point to stop by and eat here every time I'm in the area. I'm now a big fan!...

This is no longer El Catrin, it is now just another Señor Iguanas. I like Señor Iguanas, the food was good, I believe they're owned by the same people so y'know, it's their restaurant they can change it if they want, but I was very disappointed because I expected the El Catrin menu, and didn't get it. It's also strange to me because presumably they have pretty much the same general ingredients for both menus, so I don't understand why they can't just keep the old one which is frankly more interesting and exciting than the Señor Iguanas menu. It's just disappointing, and to be honest El Catrin was the only reason I was ever in that area, so I don't have much of a reason to go over there anymore. I don't pretend to know why they did this, maybe they had a good reason, but to me it feels like a poor decision, and they should definitely alter the google profile so people know what restaurant they're...