Jon Fairbanks

Review of El ARBOL

We've just been here once and had a really good ex...

We've just been here once and had a really good experience. The servers were pleasant, the atmosphere is great and all of our food came out correct and with an appropriate wait time. It wasn't too busy when we went, so that probably helps. It's a little pricey - I would have felt better if everything was a dollar less.

We had 6 different tacos - buffalo chicken, chorizo, some chicken one, shrimp, fish, and pork. My favorite was the shrimp; my wife's was the chorizo. I thought the pork was okay, the chicken was good, but a little dry. The piece of fish was huge - it could have been half the size and still would have been okay. It desperately needed more sauce or something else. It was just basically fish and cabbage.

We also ordered churros, which were a major disappointment. They were bad. So I've had plenty of churros in my time and they should be crispy on the outside and light and fluffy on the inside. Usually they will be either a long stick or a tear drop shape. These were hard and dense and looked like a mangled bit of fried dough. They definitely need to rethink these. The best part of this dessert was the chocolate sauce, which was the consistency of drinking chocolate (not hot chocolate for those who haven't had drinking chocolate) and tasted good.

We will probably be back at some point, but based on the price point we won't be back that often.