El Torito Mexican Restaurant & Cantina

I was traveling in the area and stopped at this El Torito.  It was a known entity and I wasn't in the mood for trying something new.  The food was okay, pretty good - but I ordered a basic meal: enchiladas, rice and beans.  

However, my waitress was worth giving this place 4-5 stars!!  Zoila greeted me as though I was a long time resident.  I saw her interact with other diners in the same way.  Great service has a way of making any meal better!!  This restaurant has a gem in her and I hope they know it.

The food tonight, 2/12/2013 was really lame. The vegetables in the fajitas that I ordered were charred on the bottom. I ordered chicken and steak fajitas and I was brought steak and shrimp. They did bring me chicken and let me keep the shrimp too, but the steak was a really crappy cut. My wife's food enchiladas were dry and had about two tablespoons of sauce for her entire plate. We had our irritable baby with us or we would have asked fro replacement food for both of us. The service was meh. Our server was nice, he did say he was new. The manager was nice as well. Not nice enough to make up for the sub-par food though. I will not be going back here...

You people that are giving more than 1 star, must work at El Toritos, be related to the owner, or some other connection that is NOT about the food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This place used to be good and crowded, until they decided to revamp and serve pre-made, frozen crap for food... Yeah the tacos may be fresh, but you can get tacos anywhere!!! This place has gone in the sh_tter!!!! GO ANYWHERE ELSE BUT HERE AND DON'T GO TO TACO LOCO EITHER!!!!! THE WORST FOOD IN EUGENE!!!!!!!!