El Reparo Mexican Restaurant

We went to this restaurant due to positive reviews on Yelp, but were very disappointed by the experience.  The atmosphere is dreadful--dark green walls, black ceiling, no windows, like being inside an avocado.  The food was even worse.  My friend had shrimp in garlic sauce, which was edible, but not appealing.  I had seafood enchiladas in green sauce, which supposedly had scallops, crab and shrimp.  I have never had a worse Mexican dish.  There was no crab or scallops (there was ample fake crab) and the shrimp were microscopic and rubbery.  The sauce was sour and also not very appealing.  Service was fine, but it was the only redeeming quality.  I had hopes--the menu is big and reviews I saw were good--but I will never go back.  Avoid this place.

As far as I know, this is one of two El Reparo restaurants, the other being in Brookville.  I was surprised at 1 p.m. to be the only customer in the place.  Later, a few other people arrived.

The lunch menu seemed very much like El Rodeo, down to the Speedy Gonzalez and the #3 Enchilada with rice and beans that I often order.

The chips weren't very good--the usual cook-them-once-reheat them-many-times kind of chips.  The accompanying salsa was good.  I know that they don't have time to cook the chips in individual batches but it would certainly taste much, much better.

The enchilada came with ground beef--I forgot to specify the filling--and the sauce was good.  I'd almost think it was the same kind that El Rodeo and so many others use.  The rice was particularly tasty and the beans were good.

The price wasn't bad, especially considering the lack of customers.  You'd think that they'd have to charge more to keep it open for lunch.

They had two tvs mounted high on the walls, so I would imagine that they have a great after-work crowd and during sports events.  The décor was amusing with little cactus figures on the partitions and paintings on the walls to remind you of Mexico.

We were very pleasantly surprised with El Reparo!  The food was really good, served warm and tasted fresh! Looks brand new inside...so it's nice and clean! Will definitely be back!