El Potrillo Mexican Restaurant

Definitely not the best but not the worst. If you need Mexican on this long stretch to obx then go for it. If you can wait, taco bell is 20 min up the road lol

Found a roach on the chicken soup I haved been buying the soup for a few days and liked it but today wasn't a good day and then I asked for three steak tacos and that I will pay for the difference and they say it was ok and received nasty crunchy ground beef with cheese tacos amd before that they were trying to give another soup I mean come on if I asked for steak tacos that's what I wanted not what you want to give me

Leaving the Outer Banks and heading to Elizabeth City, the choices are pretty slim for dinner on a Sunday night. We happened to drive past this little gem, did a quick u-turn and went in to check it out. You generally can't go wrong with Mexican since you can pretty much know what to expect on the menu. It was packed! And with a lot of Hispanics, which was a really good sign of great food! I always like finding places that are frequented by either locals or people of whatever nationality coincides with what a restaurant is serving. Host and server were prompt and very friendly! We got one order of veggie fajitas and one veggie fajita salad. Fajitas were typical. Tortillas are from a package, not homemade. Salad was lacking as it was shredded iceberg lettuce, diced tomatoes, guac and the fajita veggies. But heavy on the lettuce. So not quite what I expected, but still good veggies. The guac was a little too creamy for me. It tastes like they mix something into it to extend it or make it creamier. It's clearly not just avocados etc. The only beans they have are refried. Being vegan, I was guessing they are regular refried beans made with lard, but I didn't ask. I ate them anyway. They were fine. If there had been other bean options, I would have preferred whole pinto or black beans. The food came quickly as did the check when we were done. If you are heading in or out of the Outer Banks, it's a solid choice for lunch or dinner.