El Charro Café

This is among the most over-hyped restaurants I’ve ever been to. We arrived-admittedly without a reservation-and were told it would be a 45 minute wait. While we waited, I eventually found a bar where I could get a drink while I waited. I only found out about this from other reviews, as there were no signs explaining this. We waited over 45 minutes, and then were told it’d be 20 more. It was an hour longer. The host stand staff were terrible. Very rude, unapologetic, and refused to take responsibility for lying to us. Once we were seated, our service was fine. We were seated in the basement. This place is a maze of cramped seating areas. The basement smelled weird. The menu has decent variety and the prices aren’t a ripoff. The food was not very good. We got an enchilada sampler and the carne seca plate. I’ve had carne seca elsewhere which was much better. The enchiladas were reportedly mediocre. Most disappointing was the cheese crisp. Just look at my picture of it, blah! The drinks w

We visited during a work conference and had maybe the best meal of our life here! The chimichangas were incredible! After a disappointing experience at another well known restaurant we were hesitant - but the original El Charro location was charming, the food incredible, and Collin, our server, could not have been more gracious. If you can only try one restaurant in Tucson make it this one. If you have time for two restaurants, eat here twice. Seriously!

By far this place is absolutely amazing. Fantastic service and our server, caleb went above and beyond for us. Beautiful patio, Thank you for the kindness. Food was delicious too. Definitely will definitely be coming back.