El Torito - Irvine

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   Richard

   Central Coast

   9 reviews

   4.0

   9 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Went there for Thanksgiving dinner with my daughter. The Turkey was excellent, as well as the rest of everything we tasted. The drinks were also very good. The service was prompt and efficient. Only minor thing was the ran out of salsa in at the buffet, Otherwise very satisfied.
   

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   Mary

   Orange County

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   Terrible experience. Worst buffet we have ever been to. Sadly for my mom, who is 94 years old, we had to wait outside in the cold, my mom with her walker, for almost an hour. our reservation was for 5:15 pm, so it wasn't super late in the evening. The hostess had no idea what she was doing, couldn't find my reservation, which I showed her on my phone, and confused our party with another. She also said she had no booth available, which I had requested, and tried to seat us at a very noisy, small table. A waiter had to run over and tell her that the booth behind the table was empty. Horrible noise, screaming kids everywhere, a lumpy, sagging booth that hurt our mom's back, and worst of all- they were out of turkey, ham, stuffing, and desserts, serving only literally about one bite each of turkey and ham. No stuffing for any of us. No flan. No custard. Just terrible. We will never go back there for a holiday buffet again. The only good thing about the evening was our drinks waiter, Hector, who I would give 5 stars to. He was always there, and very attentive. Thank you, Hector. A huge BOO for everything else about the evening. :(
   

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   Teresa

   Orange County

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We had a very nice family Thanksgiving Dinner at El Torito in Irvine. The Mexican food selections were excellent! Great service for a very busy day.
   

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   William

   Hawaii

   5 reviews

   4.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Great value for Thanksgiving buffet at $39 pp. Mashed potatoes, stuffing, ham and yams were great. Turkey was super dry. It was a treat to have Mexican food (including made to order tacos), salad and desserts available. Place was packed and we had to wait 30 minutes even though we had a reservation at 3:30pm. With some buffets going for $200, small inconvenience I suppose.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   Las Vegas

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Got on really quickly food thanksgiving food was good so was the Mexican
   

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   Kelly

   Orange County

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   I’ve always loved your Sunday brunch , so going for thanksgiving I was wondering. It was so great !!!! I’ll totally do it again. Not crowded. Staff was so so nice !! Thank you for making it a great holiday!!!🦃🦃
   

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   Ricardo

   San Francisco

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined on 26 October 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   Food took long to arrive and came wrong. After aguing with the waiter he ackowledge the erro. Took long again and the food came cold and tasteless. Will not go again there.
   

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   Nathielle

   Tahoe

   4 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on 1 October 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Amazing happy hour deals! Delicious food and drinks.
   

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   Matt

   Los Angeles

   19 reviews

   5.0

   19 reviews

   Dined on 24 September 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Tasty lunch with excellent service and a nice outdoor table
   

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    WILLIAM

    Los Angeles

    33 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    33 reviews

    Dined on 22 September 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 3

    We arrived 8:00, and was seated around 8:05 didn’t get noticed until 8:20, waters chips and salsa 8:30ish. It was crazy slow too. Other tables around us were letting us know that they’ve been there for a very long time and service was horrible. We ordered, but nearly walked out twice, was told food was on its way twice. Finally an hour after we arrived food came. It was delicious! Yummy. So it was either a kitchen problem or a server problem. Still tipped her 20%.
    

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