El Mezcal - Ottawa

While the restaurant seems to be decorated okay, the service and food were subpar in our experience. It took at least 20 minutes for anyone come to seat us which I can understand due to how busy they were for the car show. Our server forgot our drink order and we didn't see her come by to check on us either. The food wasn't that great. My two tacos were extremely greasy and a bit bland. Overall, it was fine but not memorable. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $10–20 Food: 2 Service: 2 Atmosphere: 3

Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $20–30 Food: 5 Service: 2 Atmosphere: 4 Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Cheese Dip

Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Price per person: $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 3 Recommended dishes: Street Tacos

The service was terriblez took over an hour amd a half to get our food. Mised drink werw made incorrectly. Will not go back Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $20–30 Food: 1 Service: 1 Atmosphere: 1

We usually enjoy this place but after our most recent visit I’m not sure we’ll be back anytime soon. The service was terrible to start, seated at a dirty table, waiter didn’t listen to us, ignored us for most of the time and some of the food was definitely old and tasted off. Edit Left my initial review a few weeks ago and thought maybe it was a one off experience so we tried it again and there’s something off with this place. Downgrading to a 1 star. It used to be pretty good but feels like something must have changed, a new manager or cook or something. The food taste old like they prepared it way ahead of time and then heated it back up a bit. My girlfriend said she’s never had a worse chili rellono, she had two in her order and we had to throw them out. We won’t be back after our most recent experience. I’ll eat at one of the other Mexican places in town or even Taco Bell before I’d think about going back. Serving such inedible food basically feels like stealing. Food: 1 Service: 1 Atmosphere: 2