Hamlin's El Toro

The 1st time I ate at Hamlin's Pig Stand it was in the early 1960's. I remember Mrs. Hamlin and the restaurant was in a railroad car across the street and East of the present location. It was great then and high standards or Mama Hamlin would fix it. We now live in Colorado, the last 30 years. However, we enjoy Hamlin's El Toro every time we visit or when someone comes to visit us. As one of the oldest restaurants in town we're glad it is still there. You really don't realize what you have until you can't get it any longer. Thanks for the Long Distance order and glad you're still there. Bob Gorman

When we drove up at noon on Saturday, my wife noticed "no cars."White sauce and chips and cheese enchiladas were as good as I remembered. Their hamburger meat for beef anything must've been old, it tasted weird. I don't get sick, but after not being there for 32 years, it was disappointing. They used to have two restaurants, now down to one. I was at my reunion for a local high school, and when I said I was going to Hamlin's and asked if anyone wanted to meet us there, I had no takers. After I went, I shared my experience and then they told me why...it is gross. Service was excellent, gave great tip. Hamlin's, I think the sun is setting on your establishment unless you fix your beef. I had given you all 5's when I first got there and tasted you long awaited white sauce, but afterwards, when considering, I balked that with a "1".

Haven't been here in a long time. Since we lost El Chico in town, we had a white dipping sauce fix, which was met. Hamlin's is well known for the chips and white dipping sauce. What it's called... I'm not sure what the ingredients are, but at this point .. it's a tasting food mystery. The table service was friendly and greeted us promptly. We had to beat the church rush before noon on a Sunday.. I guess this is where families meet ;-)

I'm not quite sure where to start so perhaps at the beginning. The menu touted famous dip with their chips. When the chips came, the red looked more like cocktail sauce and tasted oddly like ketchup and siracha. The white seriously tasted like Ranch dressing. The only reason I kept trying it was to figure out the ingredients. I asked what was in the chile rellano and got an odd look. She replied nothing. It's a breaded jalapeño fried with cheese. I was going to say poblano? But didn't. So I ordered the plate and sure enough, it was a huge jalapeño that I couldn't even cut through with my fork. Granted the menu does say they pride themselves on being unique. I believe this qualifies. Chips were adequate as was the tea. The rest was no bueno.

Average is about all I can say. I've had much better, but I have had worse. The service was the best part of the experience. Serving size was large.

This is probably the first time in my life that I've been disappointed by Mexican food! My chicken enchiladas were tough and just pretty lousy - they don't even offer sour cream sauce! Chips are served with salsa and some unknown mystery white sauce, and no it wasn't white cheese sauce - it was just weird. I'd recommend trying someplace else.

They brag about Okie-Mexican and it's just that! Yum as I left the place and it left me very anxious to get back there. The family members (live in the area) chose the place to eat on this evening and I was thoroughly impressed! The appetizer of chips and salsa came out with a white dip. Something Mayo based and people love it... The chips were hot and fresh and the service was top notch. I ordered some hotter salsa and it arrived... after trying it I was very satisfied with the flames coming out of my mouth. I wasn't too awful hungry when we sat down...so I ordered a chicken enchilada that was covered in the cheese sauce. It was awesome! No leftovers on this visit. I am super anxious to visit again and want to thank the staff for a pleasant evening with dynamite food!Respectfully,BryanOKC

I ordered a cheese enchilada and asked for chili as the topping. Would order that again. Thought the salsa was on the sweet side. Companions enjoyed the white dip. Nice menu selection. Nicely decorated inside.

Worst service ever if you could call it that. We was seated and 15 minutes later no sign of a waitress other then walking by. Had to get up and leave. Couldn't tell you about the food.

They need to take the words Mexican restaurant off the sign. Stopped here on our way threw town...waited forever for service but that was nothing compared to the terrible excuse for salsa that was literally only tomato sauce and the cold "famous white dip" We ate our chips with salt on them...ordered the "special" (el toro- cheesy chicken & rice with flour tortillas) asked for hot sauce...or some salsa or some pico, and was told the "red sauce" was all they had, it literally tasted like ketchup. She said she "may be able to find some Tabasco in the back maybe". It was all we could do to mess up our plate so it looked like we ate and leave. Definitely nothing authentic or anything that resembles Mexican cuisine