EL Azabache Mexican Restaurant

Been going here for 25+ years! It's always delicious!

Pretty restaurant. But food was horrible! So disappointing. The server acted like we didn’t exist! One of us had to go track him down in the bar after sitting with empty glasses for more than 20 minutes. Food tasted like it came out of a box or can. Two out of 6 plates were wrong. And took forever to get side of sour cream and salsa and chips. We will not return

Our family stopped in last night for Valentine's day dinner. The place was PACKED and they did wonderful. It took a little time to get our food, but that was expected with how busy they were. They're always attentive even when they're not busy. Our waitress Aurora was so kind and did an amazing job. She checked on us consistently and assured us our food would be out soon. The atmosphere, food, and the people were outstanding. This is our favorite Mexican restaurant to stop in at. Pictures of the food are from a previous visit.

It's a beautiful atmosphere and the staff is great. The food is just not good. I ordered a combo with an enchilada and tamale. I asked for the sauce and beef on the side for the tamale. When my food came they left the sauce off the enchilada and not the tamale. I decided to eat it anyway and the tamale was pure masa. Maybe a spoonful of pork and very dry even though it had sauce. Hard to find a good Mexican restaurant with quality food in Indy. Too bad.

Greasy meat and handfuls of cilantros. Pastor tacos were pretty good. Lots of fat, grease, and cilantro. We got the queso dip with ground beef, since adding beef didn’t cost anything. Once we got it, you can see all the grease. It was even hard to dip a chip in it. But thankfully they were nice enough to swap it out with regular queso. You could taste it being from a can. Plus we were sat in a corner behind the register and forgotten about. We got our drinks, food, and check. No other check up on our table. Maybe she would’ve known my girlfriend couldn’t eat half of meal if she actually stopped by and asked. She didn’t come by until a new table was sat down near us. I don’t know why this place is rated so high.

The ambiance was wonderful. The service wasn't. The hostess led me back to my booth without a word of greeting. The server never came back once my good was delivered and left the check without a thank you it come again. Pretty sad service. The good was very good though. The typical chips and salsa were present. Içed tea was good. Had lunch special number nine: chicken burrito/beef burrito with a side of beans and rice. Followed up with fried ice cream. It you're just hungry for Mexican dishes and don't care about service, then you'll have a great experience.

So the food is about what you expect from a typical place, not bad in the slightest; not amazing, just good. On this occasion though, wrong orders everywhere. Food no delivered and wrong food was delivered, but that was the least of the problems. The absolute biggest issue was that we sat, and sat, and sat. It was 90 minutes before we saw the first plate of food. The restaurant was not really full at all. Having 3 hungry kids at the table for that time was a chore. In that entire time we saw the waiter 3 times. Once to take out order, 5 min later to deliver our drinks and then 60 minutes later to deliver our food. And when I asked for a refill on the water it never arrived. This kind of thing happens. It would have been understandable, but when I asked if there were issues I was given a cold shoulder and a mean look.