EL HABANERO — Restaurant in Town of Warwick

The food was not very good. If you're looking for authentic mexican food...this is not the place to be. The food is very bland and they charge for chips and salsa. If you do purchase chips and salsa or chips and queso, the portion of the chips and salsa/queso is not fit for bigger parties. It's enough for 2 or 3 people. The rice was soggy? I'm not sure if rice can even be soggy but it was. I didn't taste the beans but they looked very liquidy. The salsa verde was very watery, flavorless, and not spicy at all, neither was the red salsa. The shrimp and mushrooms tasted funny. It definitely wasn't pleasant, we sent it back. The french fries were chewy and almost hard. The honey mustard tasted like chemicals. The tacos looked delicious but the meat was also flavorless and crunchy. The fajitas had beautiful presentation and the portion was great however...again...it was flavorless and there was a pool of grease at the bottom of the dish. The chicken in all the dishes tasted like it was boiled. My grandmother got sautéed shrimp with rice and she said the shrimp was better than the shrimp and mushrooms but the rice was unseasoned. Flan is my favorite dessert. The flan was not creamy as flan should be and it looked dry which should be impossible for flan 💀 We sat in the back of the restaurant and the air conditioner was blowing directly on us...like hair blowing and goosebumps. It was not comfortable. We adjusted the fan speed from high to low and it did not change. But the guacamole and pico were very very delicious. The tortillas and chips were homemade and they tasted fresh. The service was...

First, the food: overall food was salty, small portion and does a disservice to Mexican food. Easily the worse mexican restaurant I've been too. Steak was salty and dry. They definitely opt for cheap steak. Beans was salty as well AND, I get that some cultures make their beans more liquidity, but this was beyond that and was more like soup with barely any beans in the plate. Rice was ok but it being the cheapest thing in the plate, why the hec would they only give you enough for 3 spoon fulls. To make things worse, our food was cold or lukewarm at best when we received it which brings me to my next point.

Second: The service was horrible, most at fault by the people in the kitchen. For a group of 7, we waited close to an hour for our food to arrive which is unacceptable no matter how many other people are ordering online or at the restaurant. A second group of friends came into the restaurant to eat in, about 25min after we were aleady seated and they receiced their food FIRST. I noticed they ordered tacos, burritos or chicken fingers for the kids. The kitchen definitely prioritized easy quick bites over meals or platters.

Lastly, the price: considering the portion size, sub par atmosphere, and horrible food, safe to say ill never co.e back here again. I rather drive an hour back home and wait to eat some good...

Was in the area enjoying ciders was looking for home cook food and someone recommended el Habanero .

First not many food option in the area so I give them a break .

I have mix feeling about this place in one part am happy to have a Mexican restaurant in the area but am not thrilled with there menu and preparation.

They got some things right and others they can work on . Rice was so bland need more flavor or bigger portion . Salad look very sad just lettuce with nothing else make the plate look boring , they say you eat with your eyes first .

Also being a Mexican restaurant they should have Mexican beer or at least Mexican drinks if they did , they never offered.

What I enjoyed was hand made tortillas excellent delicious. Salsa was Good but need spicy ones .

The decor can use better upgrade make look more festive . Am glad they are there but they need better plate presentation better decoration .

Great presentation will make the price feel justifiable.

I will visit again to try other option on menu hope they read this review and improve on some areas ....