Reviews for El Gato Cantina in Essex Junction, VT
So nice to come back! Our daughter worked here while she was in college. Enjoyed fresh margaritas, good tacos, enchiladas and... chimichangas. Yum! Read more
Food was good prices were okay. The cheese dip for an appetizer was very strange. Not like anything I've ever had in any other... Mexican restaurant. Very thick and tastes like mac and cheese without the Mac. Much too much like cheddar. Other than that foodwas good Read more
If you're looking for Mexican food or atleast food with flavor, don't eat here. The salsa was bland. The guacamole was bland,... we had to "fix" it by adding salt and pepper and squeezing the lime slice in it to make it taste good. I ordered the burritoswith chicken, it tasted like chicken from a can with Herdez salsa Verde poured on top. I gave them 2 stars because the chipswere great and we ate 2 servings of it. I love supporting small local places, but don't play us! This was a bad diningexperience. We left a decent tip for the waitress even though she did not provide excellent service. She didn't cook the mealso we couldn't fault her for that. Read more
Don't bother with this place. The food is ridiculously overpriced for the quality and quantity you get. $17 for a soggy burrito... with 3 pieces of steak in it and some beans, tiny amount of rice and more beans. This isn't a one off either. The only reasonwe kept going back is the salsa and chips that were included with the meal we're pretty good and literally 50% of themeal. Naturally they've now decided to not include salsa and chips with take out orders but yet the prices stay thesame. Never again with this place. Read more
Good service (but took 15+ minutes to come to table) & host seated us quickly. Horrible food—-Took over an hour, super small... portion (3 bites of cold refried beans & maybe 2 spoonfuls of cold rice were the sides) didn’t taste good (corn tortillas noteven warmed so they were gummy) and stone cold. Server never came to check how it was. It’s also not authentic at all &expensive for what you get. Totally tacky & cheap atmosphere and not very clean. Don’t recommend at all. Read more
The picture below is the pork that I got for my tacos I was suppose to put together myself! Not only is the meat completely... burnt and dry they never gave me the flour tortillas that was supposed to come with it! I ordered this through DoorDash which isnot in anyway the companies fault I just can’t figure out how a cook actually sends this out of the kitchen, for someone toeat, knowing how bad it is! I tried taking a bit bit of it but you literally choke on it because of the amount of dryness andover seasoning and completely black you can’t eat it! I’ve always had good experiences with this restaurant and I was soexcited to get the food it’s sad that this is what we got! Read more
I've tried this place twice now and it's been so disappointing each time. They overcharge in a way that is even surprising for... restaurants in Chittenden county. I ordered the "taco platter" to go and it was supposed to come with refried beans. Its was$16.50, for the comically smallest amount of food I've ever seen. First picture with phone next to it for scale. My refriedbeans also never came and the tacos were cold! The second picture is a picture of their "side of guacamole" which when we boughtthe first time paid $3.99 for. It must be maybe 2 teaspoons at best? Just save yourself from feeling like a chump when thisrestaurant takes you for a ride with their partial tiny orders that are cold and overpriced. Read more
This is my favorite Mexican place in the tri-state area. They know their stuff. Very generous portions and they have free chips... and salsa. Tamales were amazing and mole sauce was perfect. Read more