El Potro Mexican Restaurant - Mexican restaurant in Richmond Hill - 2459 Hwy 17, USA

Hidden gem in a small shopping center. The staff was friendly and while we are passing by; found this listing while on a long ride off 95, we witnessed locals coming in. We watched how several staff talked and laughed with the repeat customers. That was nice. Showed they care about their customers. The food was delicious! The rib eye for the steak fajita on the bed of onions was scrumptious and juicy. The Texas platter was also delicious. Shrimp wasn't chewy, The combination of the shrimp, chicken, and steak on the rice with cheese allowed so many flavors to burst in my mouth! Yum. Plenty of parking. Plenty of seating. Stop here!

I have had enchiladas at alot of places but this is the first for no flavor. Tortilla chips taste like bag chips and stale. Looks great coming out still no flavor on anything. Salsa was hot but nothing but sauce wheres the rest of it never be back here.

We walked in and requested a booth. We were told that due to "rotation policy" we would have to wait 10 minutes for a booth. There was hardly anyone in the place and clearly a few booths empty. We opted to wait for a booth. But were seated in the bar area at a tiny table.....completely crammed in a corner with very little space when there were tons of open larger tables and booths. Then we ordered a pitcher of beer, which was cold and the glasses were chilled. We requested a spicier salsa for the chips.....the girl brought a tiny plastic container holding about 2 tablespoons....and charged us $1.50 for it! Unreal. Not even enough for 2 chips. Then she brought our food and never returned. We had to go find someone to requested another pitcher to finish the meal. The gentleman rudely said she was waiting tables.....well at the time we finally got up to find someone to bring a pitcher, she was, but for 10 minutes before that she was hanging at the bar chatting with a coworker and not waiting tables. Staff was rude and inefficient. We can see why this place was almost empty....and yet we could not get service or the requested booth. Huh. Only up side was that the food was half way decent....not the best we have had but not the worst and the prices were okay. We will not be back. We will find a place that had customer service and more authentic food.

Although the doors were open, no customers inside, we we told we had to wait outside for another 5 -10 minutes. So we decided to wait outside and eat on the outside patio once some came out and you'd use we could come in. I ordered the Chili Relleno, The taste was average but overcooked. Overall, it's not a "bad" place to eat, but it wouldn't be a restaurant that I would make a special point to go to.

Food was decent, service was good. The only issue is the people that were in the restaurant. I believe they were friends and a boyfriend of a waitress. They were loud, obnoxious and doing stuff like grabbing the broom pretending to clean. Definitely not what you want in your place of business. I added a photo of the kids in the fire lane)

First time visit. The staff was friendly, and the atmosphere was ok during lunchtime. I had a "Paloma" and chicken wings to start. Paloma was very ok, and wings were very small for a 10 piece. The main course was shrimp fajitas. Shrimp was on the smaller side but was fine. It's not a terrible place. Just ok.

I was hungry so you could have fed me a shoe and I would have eaten it. I was very pleased to have taken the servers suggestion and had the rib eye spiced up. This was good food at a good price. No nonsense beans and rice filled the plate. My wife enjoyed her burritos and especially the margaritas. Now this is not for date night necessarily and I don't think they mean to be. Take the family and you won't be disappointed.

This place is TERRIBLE! I’ve never been to a bad Mexican restaurant but this one wins! So unfriendly, never refill drinks or chips/salsa, always sits us in the middle of the restaurant when every single booth is open and tells us we can’t have one lol. We’ve tried this place about 5 times now, giving it many of opportunities so it’s definitely not a one-off! Will never be back and definitely recommend not wasting your time or money either.