El Rodeo
El Rodeo
El grande
a plate of meat in a tin foil container
a red car parked in front of a restaurant
a car parked in front of a restaurant
Curdled queso on the Quesadilla and old chicken in the ##F Chicken
vegetable quesadilla
Top right: Combination Dinner, Left and Bottom right: Carne Azada
Grande Dinner
a menu for a mexican restaurant
Part of el grande dinner
Chicken Enchiladas? No! If death had meal this would be it.
Avocado salad- skimpy portions
Menu
food
outside
menu
Sopa de mariscos. Normally comes with rice, avocado salad, and crackers... but I opted out. I requested extra crab legs.
Enchiladas Poblanas
Tilapia frita
The $2.00 Grilled Chicken charge is supposed to represent the price for the Al Pastor and Shrimp taco cost.
interior
Fun decor!
Carne azada
Bella B.
Feb 6, 2025
Looking for a delicious, fast meal on a budget? How about a giant margarita as an accompaniment? Throw in some friendly service, bright, colorful decor & plenty of seating & you've got this cute neighborhood spot. The food is great, and I highly recommend the shredded beef wet burritos! Their salsa is fresh, with a kick! This has become a favorite spot for a few rounds of cocktails and a great dinner for my bestie & I. Their queso is really enjoyable, great flavor. Give them a shot, it's worth the trip.
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Amberlani C.
Aug 12, 2023
Seated immediately on a Wed afternoon for 2. Server was polite. Atmosphere was excellent. Clean and definitely shows their colorful cantina atmosphere described on their website. Ordered the Carne Asada, Dinner combination (forgot which combo) and I believe a Mango Margarita. Food was pretty good overall!Although our server mistaken us asking for the menu back to look at the dessert because he brought the check instead...Pretty OK place
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Jim C.
Nov 15, 2023
Ordered steak fajitas. It ended up being a plate of grilled vegetables and about 2-3 ounces of beef in it. Not sure if they ran out of steak today or if its always that way? But $17 for 3 oz of low quality beef was very disappointing. If they always serve portion like that it honestly should be called it veggie fajitas and prices, and say it comes with a bite of beef on the side. It was that strange. We all had a laugh about it actually. (Not gonna ask them to correct that for fear somebody spitting in my food or whatnot so we all just laughed about it)We had a party of 6, and the other people ordered burritos and enchiladas and chile relleno. Nobody else seemed to have portion issues but i didnt taste anything else to say how it was. For sure tho... do NOT get fajitas at this restaurant!!!
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Rodrigo L.
Apr 10, 2023
I have been coming to this restaurant for over 12 years and never had a bad experience. Until today.Today at 8:30 pm, I got in a shouting match with the young, tall, lean, attractive male manager with dramatic large eyes (I didn't get his name) over being charged $2 for "grilled chicken" (that was never ordered) that was in reality, a compensation for the Al Pastor and Shrimp tacos, that were charged at $3.00 a piece (Two Tacos $6.00). We also got a very smart attitude from the server at the beginning of the dinner.Went here with a friend and sat down to order. We ordered drinks and then proceeded to order food. I asked the server if they sold tacos, because there were no tacos or taco prices on the menu. He sharply retorted, "What do you think?! This is a Mexican Restaurant! Of course we have tacos!" I said, "Ok, but you don't have tacos or their prices on the menu." And he said more politely, "We have tacos, what would you like?" Everything then seem to go more smoothly.We get the bill. (see enclosed photo)On the bill it states that my two tacos were $6.00 total and that there was a $2.00 charge for Grilled Chicken. I waited for the server to come back and asked him; he turned around and went and asked the Manager about the charges. The server comes back and explains to me that the extra charge ($2.00 for grilled chicken, was in fact the higher prices for Al Pastor and Shrimp). He said the manager explained that the grilled food was more than the ground beef, which is the regular price of $3.00 per taco.) He also said, that extra cost was because the steak and shrimp were grilled. (?)I told our server, that that he should have explained from the start and the prices should be on the menu. He said, "I just work here." My thinking here was, if you charge me per taco, you should have that actual taco on the reciept and not a fake upcharge for $2.00 grilled chicken. I also told him he should have let me know that, when he brought the bill. I asked him to voice my concern with the Manager.When we went to leave, I asked to speak with the Manager at the counter. He stood five feet away, so I asked if he could come closer so I could show him the bill and talk more discretely. He asked why?, so I explained that I didn't want to talk about this out loud in front of a guest waiting for her company. He came a little closer as I started telling him about our visit.As I started to explain, he raised his voice and rudely cut me off, to explain that "shrimp and steak cost more than ground beef" I got offended and said, "please don't cut me off before I have to explain to you.... " and he said, "I already knew what you were going to say!" and it devolved from there. We got into shouting match because he started saying that "You must not eat at many Mexican restaurants, because you would know that shrimp and steak cost more and that is why you were charged more." Once this was said, I got heated and told him that I was going to call his father (I assumed the elder gentleman who used to work during that shift, when the young man started a few years ago, was his father because of the way he spoke with him.). The young man raised his voice and said, "Get The Hell Out NOW! You will not threaten me with telling my father!" and grinning the entire time as if I made a mistake.I said, "I am not leaving until I say what I have to say, and you do not disrespect me."At this point we both were shouting.I then stated that the issue wasn't about the shrimp or steak, but that 1) The server never mentioned any upcharge or knew why the receipt reflected what it did. 2) I didn't order grilled chicken and most restaurants have the actual price for each type of taco printed on their receipt and menu.He continued to tell me to "Get The Hell Out!" and I parted with an, "F-U." as I left. Not very mature of me I know, but the manager set the tone.I don't mind paying $2.00 for anything and I don't like to argue or confront, but the Manager 1) Didn't come to the table to explain, 2)Didn't listen to my complaint first, 3) Insulted me by insinuating my lack of knowledge of Mexican restaurants and prices for food., 4) Raising his voice, smirking and disrespecting me, 5) The server giving a snarky remark about question on the menu, and 6) Not having the server explain BEFOREHAND the upcharge for certain tacos BEFORE the receipt arrives.The restaurant is ultimately at fault for not having taco prices on the menu or accurately listed on the receipt. The manager and I got into an ugly scene over $2.00 "grilled chicken" printed and charged on my receipt.This was totally unacceptable and never happened before. I have never had a surcharge for tacos ever from El Rodeo (N. Olmsted location), snarky comments or a problem that wasn't politely solved.
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Kathy M.
Dec 16, 2021
The wait staff was very friendly and accommodating when asked to sit at a both not near a lot of people. They give you chips and salsa while you wait for your food which I almost finished them all. There are so many options that it is hard to choose what to get. I ordered the Grande Dinner without cheese which is a variety platter of food. You can get the meat of your choice; mine was ground beef. I was not able to finish my food which I was able to enjoy the next day for lunch. This restaurant is a must try.
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Dee W.
Jun 6, 2024
Yep, back to El rodeo on Lorain because the Parma Heights one has got to go muchmuch to my surprise. This one has also changed its menu but instead of having a new menu of 12 pages like the one in Parma Heights they backed it down to just four convenient pages with all of the favorites everybody orders all the time --now the prices went up and I wasn't happier about that, but my dinner number four was still there so I was able to get it and left a happy camper. again don't miss it. Don't go to the other one. Still will never understand why it's the same restaurant the same chain the same interior decor, identical, and the menus are eons apart not to mention so are the cooks This one always stands on a star cleanliness wise server, wise host wise and the temperature the food is always hot.
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Mike A.
Apr 28, 2024
Have never been here before and wish i would have stayed away.Service was terrible our waiterJesus2 was not very accommodating.Waited about 10 minutes before he even acknowledged us.We placed our order and had to ask for chips and salsa.When the food arrived that's the last I saw of him, had to flag him down to ask if they had any hot salsa he then proceeded to bring me a bottle of Franks Red Hot???.Never came back to ask if we needed anything or how it was.Wanted a refill on my beverage never got itHad to ask him for my bill.Terrible customer service needless to say I won't be coming back.!!!When i went to pay the bill told the manager about our visit and our waiter he said that's the best waiter they have??Wow good luck Amigos!!!
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first l.
Jun 30, 2024
Food is always delivered fast and delicious. Wait staff are very friendly.Love the old school decor
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Don't Get F.
May 30, 2024
The customer service and taste are the standard of excellence and is consistent for Lunch at El Rodeo Enjoy! :)
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Stella D.
Dec 4, 2022
We ordered 2 entrees, the quesadilla and the #F combo. They messed up the quesadilla by adding things that weren't on the menu. They fixed it but added curdled queso. The server never came back after that even after we attempted to flag her down about the #F combo burrito tasting off. When she finally came back we let her know that the burrito tasted gross and she said she was grabbing her manager. We understand Spanish, she probably assumed we didn't because she spoke to the manager in Spanish saying that we're complaining but the food looks fine. The manager came with an attitude and said that we ate 1/2 the combo so it must not have been too bad. There were 2 different types of chicken in the combo for some reason. 1 tasted great the other had a sour taste. He stood there and argued with us and said that we could've told the server if it wasn't "up to our standards" we told him we tried to flag her down multiple times and he said we should've stopped eating then (which we did). He didn't apologize once and tried to argue even more after we said that we didn't want the quesadilla to go. I've never seen a manager try to argue with customers over their server not coming back and to make matters worse he talked more crap in Spanish once he walked away. Definitely bad for business to crap talk people 3 feet away from them.
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