El Aguila - Gulfport

Always Always excellent food and service . Must try beef brisket nachos and pineapple salsa. Hubby's pick for his Father's Day dinner so we went yesterday. Did not disappoint!

This was a HIGHLY recommended restaurant by many of our more high end friends with money (not us . We were pretty excited though. Parking was weird had to park in a grassy lawn. The bartender said the wait would be about 15 minutes. We ended up waiting an hour with 3 restless kids. When we were finally sat, the chef/owner(? came by and took our initial order for drinks, specialty salsa, guac, etc. All we received was chips. The drinks took 15 minutes, the salsa never came, and 2 guacs were delivered to another table that were sat long after us. Another server came over and asked for our order. I also mentioned the other table already got guac (not actually table side , and we still hadn 't gotten salsa or drinks. He came back 15 minutes later with drinks no guac. At this point I 'm ready to leave. Long story short, the food (when we finally got it was not great. No better than your hole in the wall spots. Barely covered half the plate. Server seemed ready to leave. Managers went to the rich person table asking how everything was but I noticed that 's the only one they stopped at. I suppose if it looks like you have money, you 're treated well. Those people did know the manager and seemed to frequent the place, but we still felt ignored. As of right now we won 't be going back. Aztecas is better in every way imaginable. Hopefully this place can improve and maybe we 'll give it another shot down the road.

Second time I've been here. Service was not good, waiting for drinks, steak was overcooked.

Food was good but portions were extremely small. I've been to many Mexican restaurants and by far the smallest ever experienced. The entree barely covered half of the plate. I had to stop at checkers for a burger on my way home. Otherwise food including salsas were very good

I always like to go to el Aguila because it is my.favprite gourmet Mexican restaurant. The flavors that the chef can make dance on your palate. Between the stuffed avocado, the mixed grill, the ceviche and other amazing dishes, you will not regret one minute