Oler's Bar & Grill

I cannot begin to explain how bad this place is.  Oler's has been around Findaly forever...and I have absolutly no idea why it is still in business.  People rave about thier margaritas, but they are nothing but cheap tequila and Rose's lime juice.  

There were eight of us in our party and only my father finished his food...and he got the ribs....yes...ribs at a Mexican restuaraunt.  We actually were laughing near the end of our meal it was so bad.

Where to begin....

My girlfriend asked for a cheese enchilada with her enchilada dinner (cheese was not an option and now we know why). It was baiscally a greasy brick of shreaded cheddar cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla and covered with chopped raw white onions. The chicken enchilada was equally as bad. I didn't try it, but the way my girlfriend described it to the group was shredded chicken mixed with either cream of mushroom or cream of celery soup. And the enchilada dinner was missing a key element: enchilada sauce.  My girlfriend, who can put away some Mexican food, had about four bites of her entire meal. We also took a picture with the cheese brick to provide some comic relief from the horrible meal, and to show proof of it.  It truly was disgusting.

I had some pork dish covered in cheese.  It, too, was missing any sauce, vegetables or flavor. Hey...just cover it in cheese and call it Mexican!  There was absolutly nothing Mexican about my dinner.  Its bad news when my mother says she can make better Mexican than a legendary eatery.  They didn't even come close on the most basic of Mexican staples...RICE & BEANS.  The rice was like no other spanish rice i have ever had before.  It was more like a long grain spiced rice mix likely from a box.  If you are going to box route, just get a box of Mexican rice, it could not have been any worse. The beans, well, I don't even want to go there.  It was like the stuff you get a taco bell at 2:30 in the morning...been sitting in the steam table all day...all congealed and nasty.

For people who are saying this is the Midwest's "take" on Mexican food, they clearly are delusional. I don't mean to be rude, but I cannot underscore enough how inedible the food was. I can't believe I even paid for that garbage.

Yelp needs to change the rating option to include zero stars because Olers is not even deserving of one star.  If I won the lottery it would give me great joy to buy this place and buldoze it to the ground so nobody would ever be exposed to their terrible food ever again.

While the outside of the place terrified my girlfriend, I had heard good things about the place, so I was eager to try it out. I could sit here writing you a story about the place, but I think it's far better to just say it's really good.

For somebody who eschews "Americanized" restaurants for the real thing, I was pleasantly surprised with Oler's. Their food, while not even remotely authentic, had a taste of its own that sat well with me. The service was honest and polite, none of that veiled resentment you get from a lot of restaurant servers. Food came out quick, refills came quick, and I have to repeat myself, the food was delicious.

If you want a good, if unappealing to look at appetizer, get the dirty dip.

One small note, I don't know if this is common or if we just came at a bad time, the chips were a bit chewy. A far cry from the delicious, light and crispy chips that come from basically every other mexican restaurant. Still, I enjoyed my time here, and I'd like to come back soon, which is about the best thing a restaurant can do.

Oler's Bar & Grill has been around for decades. I think that's the same length of time since they've fixed up the outside of the place. However, I know it's intentional.

Now, if you're looking for authentic Mexican food, you're not going to be happy here. This is the Midwest's take on Mexican food. Oler's is a place to take a group of friends to drink beer, have some burritos, and eat those bottomless baskets of tortilla chips they provide when seated.  

The food is good in its own right, but you mainly go there to socialize with other Findlay natives.