El Toro Cafe

Food was ok but really bland. Service was great. If they make their food more flavorful with herbs and spices it would be a great place to eat. Salsa is also pretty bland even the hot was pretty mild.

Excellent food! We come from California and definitely love ordering the cheese dip! Everyone is super nice. We all definitely recommend eating at El Toro in Newton, KS.

Ricky and I were looking for someplace to eat as the previous two Mexican restaurants we tried were closed. We drove by this one and there were several cars parked out front. This was a good sign. Food was inexpensive and good. While chips and salsa are extra, the chili verde with cheese was very good. I had a taco and enchilada, and Ricky had a smothered burrito. All was very good.

The decor is brown and white. Everything is in good shape and appears clean. In my book Mexican restaurants should be fun and colorful, and this one looks dreary for lack of color, but neat and clean. Except for the folks in the kitchen, we didn't see any Hispanic people there, so probably just a place for white people to go have Mexican.Hubby ordered guacamole. It was nice and very fresh. The waitress brought 2 bottles of salsa, which were not labeled. We had to ask her which was which. Hubby said the mild one smelled like solvent. I had the spicier one which was very lacking in flavor and had no cilantro that I could tell. We also ordered the cheese dip - again, flavorless and also watery. Don't bother with that. I had the enchilada plate. The cheese tasted good. The little bit of mole sauce was good; wish they had put more. It came with pork chile on the side - pork was nice and tender, but gravy was watery and though there was some spice to it, something was missing. Summary: this restaurant has some good points, but you might want to keep looking. There are better ones out there.