El Charro - Montrose

The other recent reviews are kind of spot on. The food didn't taste fresh and the flavor was very very lacking. This place has potential but I think they need to bring their menu up to date and add some more varied flavors and options. Staff was nice and the food was prepared quickly (probably too quickly ‍

I have been coming here for years and it is an old school style hole in the wall. Not much to look at on the outside and inside needs some updating, however, food has always been great. Old style booths to sit. Salsa is perfect and warm chips. Shredded beef taco are a go to for me but have enjoyed other items on the menu. Generally only one waiter but have never had to wait due to that. Very efficient!

Been coming here for many many years, food is always good. Must try the chili Verde if you like spicy food, it's great. Don't forget the shredded beef tacos, always a hit.

El Charro is a Mexican restaurant in sleepy little Montrose that serves, at best, edible and mildly palatable Mexican food. We came as a group of six on a Friday night after our first Mexican food choice had a crazy long wait. That type of wait is a no go with a bouncy, high energy toddler. Unfortunately, this was just a total flop, and given we've sampled a pretty amazing assortment of Mexican food in LA and beyond, El Charro was not even remotely up to snuff. I'm not really sure where to start with our experience here. We'll start with the good thing we were seated immediately and the staff was pretty quick with us asking for this and that. And none of us got food poisoning. So that's all good. We were seated at a large table and utensils and napkins were hurriedly plopped in a pile at the end of the table. Forks only, no knives, and we were clearly short on napkins. No small plates or serving spoons with which to eat our appetizers. And then with the exception of my mom's chicken tacos and the bean dip we ordered with our chips, our entrees were just plain odd, and the margaritas almost insultingly bitter, weak, and flavorless literally the worst margaritas I've ever tasted. My husband's chicken fajita quesadilla ? Why he ordered that, I do not know and my dad's fajita plate were full of utterly flavorless cubed chicken hard to argue that this chicken, 20 minutes prior to being served, was not canned chicken. Half of the chicken on my arroz cob pollo was chewy, tough, and essentially inedible. Further, my simple dish was brought out incorrectly not once but twice; I just didn't have the heart to say anything the second time and just wanted to eat and get out of there. And, they were out of fish. Lackluster environment Tom Petty music in Mexican restaurant? and subpar food will not return. Should've tipped us off when the only patrons when we walked in were Caucasian folks 60 70 years old. I really am not a fan of giving negative reviews, especially during the pandemic, but in retrospect I would've taken an hour long wait with a toddler for better food over El Charro any day.

My sister and I go here every Friday and have been customers since they opened! Jorge is a great waiter which is another reason we love El Charro!