El Michoacano Restaurant — Restaurant in Watsonville

This restaurant came up on my Instagram. Their PR sure knows how to take pictures because we drove to Watsonville to try their food.

This restaurant is located inside a plaza, so there is plenty of free parking.

We walked in and the lady smiled at us. She didn’t approach us or say hello. There was no one inside. The restaurant was completely empty.

They had the TV’s playing and the music playing too.

We stood there until I came to the conclusion that we could sit anywhere. There were menus on most of the tables. Coincidentally, there wasn’t menus on the table we chose to sit at.

Once we were seated, she came with menus. She didn’t say welcome or anything, just dropped them off and left.

I had to tell her we were ready to order.

We really liked that they had a full menu for kids and not just chicken nuggets with fries.

I watched as they cooked the food. It made me excited.

The presentation of the food is great.

However, the beans were below average. The rice looked stiff and it was dry.

The fajitas didn’t have flavor. 3 stars for the fajitas.

1 star for the sushi. It tasted as though they had dipped the entire roll in the oil. The entire roll was so deep fried. As a sushi enthusiast, this was one of the worst sushi rolls. To top it off, it was $22.

How deeply disappointed I was with the Enchiladas. I immediately noticed they were flat. When I looked inside, they were filled with cheese :( I couldn’t even finish them because there was already enough cheese melted on top with sour cream. It was cheese overload. I am not sure if they offer chicken, but the server didn’t ask what kind I wanted, or even check in on us once she brought out the food.

On instagram, they promote their alcoholic drinks so that may be their specialty because our food was definitely not delicious.

Definitely not worth $89.59.

Improve the customer service, welcome us in, check in on us. The TV and the music are both playing so it’s hard to hear. When it comes to food, add...

Walked in by myself I got a vibe from the servers that they probably wouldn't get a big tip from me since I'm by myself . Wich leads to bad service. Ordered a drink and food. Food never showed up, waited for over an hour. There was people coming in after me that got served first. Wich confirms to me that since I was alone servers wouldn't entertain me because they would get a big tip. Little so they know I would have giving them there biggest tip. So service was terrible and will never step into this place again. Also the chabela was very water down didn't taste good at all. Probably the worst chabela I've had. It's a shame because the atmosphere is cool but servers look unhappy wich speaks to...

Good place to eat. Chill environment the food was great. My wife got the 3 meat fajita (asada, chicken and shrimp) I tried it and it was delicious side note on the shrimp (I know a lot of Mexican restaurant don't clean their shrimp here they DO here) my wife said they were nice and juicy. My self I got the Wet Chile verde burrito it was delicious and the meat was nice and soft. But before I took a bite at the burrito I tried the rice and beans and I told my wife if the rice n beans were that good e rest of the food has to be good as well. Sorry about the picture, I should have taken the picture before I dig in. Thanks great service...