El Charro Mexican Grill

The food is great! They treat us like family! Best salsa!! Try their Tortas and their chilequiles.

I placed an order through Uber eats as this restaurant offered the 50% promo with an order over $25. I ordered a side salad ($3.00), steak fajitas and guacamole dip. It was really easy to order and there's a lot of options to choose from.The side salad came with lettuce, chopped tomatoes, croutons and dressing. It's a great starter salad.The steak fajita also comes with tortillas (I ordered flour but got corn), sour cream, guacamole, rice and beans. I also asked for pico de gallo and mild sauce on the side. The steak was on the tough side, the guacamole dip with salad was weird and wrong tortillas - that's why I gave 3 stars.The guacamole dip was strange. It had shredded lettuce on the bottom, then a thick layer of guacamole (for $9).

Since we had a 7:00 performance to attend tonight, we decided to try El Charro Mexican Grill (opens at 5:00). It is located in the former Pho Saigon location. The decor is simple but was nice. We me our friends there, so we were a party of four. We had two flauta plates, four shrimp tacos and an Asada burrito, smothered in green chile and a side of refried beans. The burrito was abundantly filled with chopped steak and was delicious. The refried beans were also very tasty, almost lumpy in texture. Service was very good.

Return visit finds the dining experience at El Charro the same, i e., about Three and Three Quarter Stars...meaning a little above average. I paid a second visit to El Charro on a Saturday afternoon and found the restaurant fairly busy. Despite having just two young women working out front the service was efficient and very polite. The orders and food came timely. Today I sampled a green chile con carne burrito and their combo plate with an enchilada, a chile relleno, and red chile con carne. It of course came with Spanish rice and refried beans. Before the meal was served the waitress brought out their basket of tortilla chips with a little bowl of red salsa and one of their creamy cheese dip. The chips were ok...rate them a "B." Today the red salsa was quite watery and lacking flavor. Rate it a "C." The creamy cheese dip was mild and lacking in flavor. Not a fan! Rate it a ""B-." The combo plate itself was out and on the table within eight minutes or so. The refried beans were pretty good for refried beans. Rate them a "B+." The rice was ok...the usual. The enchilada was on the smallish side and fairly good with a fair amount of cheese inside. Rate it a "B." The chile relleno, however, despite a nice light batter was NOT a flavorful tasting chile. Not good. Rate the relleno a "C" at best. The red chile con carne was diced again in smallish pieces and thus not so succulent or juicy. The flavor was just ok. Rate the chile a "B-." I ordered the burrito to once again sample their green chile con carne. The beef wasn't bad but there was not much green chile in there. A few bits of potato were present. It was ok green chile but far from the best. Rate it a "B-." I would also add that much of the food today seemed to be OVER SALTED. In sum, El Charro has a nice ambiance, pleasant service, good prices, but at the end of the day, food that is just so-so to good. Nothing found here inspires. Nothing found here to be enthused about! Nothing bad but nothing top drawer. (PS...they do charge a little less if you pay in cash!)

We had lunch here, it wasn't busy. Service was a little slow and they seemed a little unsure of themselves but they were friendly. The white cheese sauce was fantastic. We enjoyed our meal but the prices seemed a little much. You can order your tacos but if you want the standard rice and beans that generally come with a meal you're charged extra. An additional charge for using your credit card as well. Too many extras kinda makes you feel like they're trying to get as much out of you as possible. May or may not return

The food is amazingly flavorful. It can get spicy, but the cook doesn't rely on heat to get his flavor across. We've been there three times and can say everything is good. The pazole is good now but will be an excellent choice in cool weather. They do sell it for takeout. The combo plates are well done. Tamales, taco, and enchilada. The green chili plate may be the best chili in town. Trying the asada fries is a full meal deal, just heaps of cheese, fries, pico de gallo, guacamole, and carne asada. And the fajita salad is a plate full. The meat is seasoned well. The free basket of chips comes with freshly made salsa and queso. There is usually one waitress, but they stay on top of everything. Your glasses are refilled, and your food arrives hot.

The Mrs. and I just had a great dinner at El Charro in Las Cruces, NM. We each kinda stuck to the basics with combo plates, but dang, it was delicious! Our server, Nikole, was sweet and efficient. I had a beef flauta, pork tamale and relleno. My wife had a ground beef taco, chicken enchilada with green sauce and a cheese and bean enchilada with red sauce. Everything was delicious. Not fancy, but if you want really good food at a very fair price check out El Charro.