El Torito - Laguna Hills

We have enjoyed eating at El Torito Laguna Hills since moving to Orange County over 30 years ago. Our dinner today was excellent and our waiter Hector did a great job while they were short staffed. We have known Hector for years and he always gives a 100%. We had a very nice dining experience thus evening.

After 2nd time at this location all the meats taste reheated (multiple times) and not at all fresh. Maybe it's the time of day but un fortunate that the food quality was so inconsistent. Line up for waffle dessert was slow and disorganized. Loud obnoxious adults were allowed to cut the kids already waiting. Disappointing. Not returning do awhile.

We have been coming to this brunch for years. It's no longer a self serve brunch. The staff serves you a very small portion that is saturated in oil and cold while having to point to what you want like a child.Seems to be understaffed as well, we had piles of dishes waiting to be picked up on our table and the food was sparse or empty everytime someone from our party went back for more.The other locations of this restaurant chain is highly recommended which has a completely pleasant experience..I suggest management take a visit.

We came for the tacos on their anniversary and was not disappointed.The staff were all very friendly and we really enjoyed ourselves!

Another chance, another fail!My daughter and I came for lunch, we arrived at 12:45 hoping to beet the crowd. Oh yeah, it was a ghost town. We ordered the lunch specail, all you can eat soup and salad with 8ced tea to drink.When we finished 1 each, she brought us the check. We each wanted more soup ..... she was annoyed, picked up the check, she returned 20 minutes later!! When ww finished, my daughter flagged her down and asked for a 3rd bowl of soup. WOW!! This time, she says something about the lunch special was over at 2. Reluctantly, she did bring more soup ..... NEVER have we ever had this tiny bowl of soup!!The bowl held the same portion as the salsa dish!! Why do you advertise it as all you can eat but hols back? We did not want more salad. It was terrible. I did not finish my salad because it tasted like it had cabbage in it, I can't eat cabbage.The waitress had a bad attitude, and although the soup was good, it was not great. There was no chicken in it. We won't come back to this location, we're done.