El MigueleñO Restaurant

Ayer fui a comer con un amigo allí, y pedí una sopa de res, pero eso parecia que era las sobras de 5 sopas juntas, juzgue usted, yo doy un cero 0 en recomendación, el peor restaurant que he hido, la peor sopa que jamas probé antes

Papusas banging and honestly I was feeling good after dat, I had been blessed truly .

Terrible customer service why do I call you guys and non of you speak English not only that she hung up on me after speaking in English not only did I tell her in Spanish I wanted chips and queso she didn't say anything in response just hung up never go here if you don't speak English I guess it's not welcome to everyone

When you're the "first to review" a given restaurant, you assume some level of risk that the restaurant might suck. In this case, I rolled the dice, and not even the "first" medal was worth it this time. I'm stingy with my 1s, but this joint falls into the "call the cops and report a mob front, because there's no way they're a profitable business operating as a restaurant" category.When I first sat down at the outdoor patio, the whiff of fetid air from the inside, the aloof (stoned?) waitress and the shoddy menu of lackluster Tex-Mex (and a smattering of Salvadoran, per DC standards) items would normally have sent me running, but I stuck it out for the purposes of getting a review in. I resolved that I was definitely not ordering seafood, much less ceviche, from these people, so ended up getting a chimichanga and a margarita.The margarita was, as impossible as this seems to do, pretty terrible somehow. The food took around 30 minutes despite my being the only person there, despite the waitress shambling out to drone "just another minute" every so often. When it arrived, the chimichanga was, rather than being packed with ground beef, or strips of asada, with some kind of stewed beef in some kind of red sauce. It wasn't very flavorful, and the beef tasted a bit odd; not quite gone off, but just a bit less than appetizing. The guacamole was packed with onions, which I hate both for flavor and the perception that I'm being ripped off with filler in place of avocado. The rice and beans actually gave me pause for a moment, since they vaguely reminded me of home-cooked meals in Latin America. But then I realized I might be conflating "home cooked" and "made by unskilled amateurs."At the end I deliberately went inside to pay the bill, just to scope the place out. The interior was dark and sketchy, and smelled something between a bus-station restroom and that "just hose it down with Lysol" strip-club smell. In fairness, this is a "Restaurant/Discoteca" so maybe they run an absolutely amazing nightclub in this place, but based on food I'm giving them a 1 for general sketchiness and sub-standard chow. After my experiences here and a few other Columbia Rd "Mexican" joints, I'm going to stick with Super Tacos and Bakery for my Mexican chow needs, and will probably start crossing the street to avoid walking past this place.

Great Salvadorian place. Any one of their entrees will fill you up. It's got a good low key atmosphere. If you want a place to get a beer, eat some chips and salsa and have a taco, you can't go wrong here.