EL Rinconcito Mexicano – Fine Mexican Cuisine

I was hoping to see more reviews and pictures of this place, but there wasn’t, so I decided to give it a try and share with everyone my findings.
I’m giving this place a 3.5, but leaning more to the lower end, hence the 3 stars. Here’s a breakdown for my rating.
Restaurant Design/​Interior — 3.5 stars
The location of the store is pretty convenient, situated on Church St, just South of Bloor. At first, I thought this is one of those places where you go in, grab take out, and go, with maybe a few bar seats to sit and eat. However, to my surprise, this place was a full restaurant with maybe around 12 – 15 tables (40 – 50 people). It might be a bit confusing when you first walk in though, because I was. When you get through the front door, you’re in a long hallway. If you go straight, it leads directly into the kitchen, but there’s also no front desk/​podium/​kiosk, so you wouldn’t know whether to keep walking straight or just grab a table yourself. A bar is half hidden, but still visible from dining area (see picture).
Service — 3 stars
Maybe they were under staffed, or they’re still hiring, but there was only one guy and he’s always busy. I don’t know if he was the one working the kitchen as well, maybe, maybe not. He’s very friendly, however, he’s just not around for anything, and you have to wait a while to ask for anything.
Food — 3.25 stars
We get a free serving of nachos with salsa and hot sauce, as you’d expect from any Mexican restaurants. The nachos were pretty fresh, and the sauces all tasted pretty authentic. I ordered the Chimichanga, which is a flour tortilla filled with rice, your choice of chicken or veg, lots of marble cheese, sour cream on top, served with rice and refried beans (see picture). The chicken and rice is wrapped inside the tortilla, with the sour cream and marble cheese spread on top of it. A few nachos chips on the side for eating the refried beans, and a small portion of salad as well. The salad was pretty plain, with lots of oil in it (a little too much for my taste). The Chimichanga itself was pretty good, a pretty decent portion as well. It’s almost the size of a 500 ml water bottle. The fillings were both chicken and rice, at about 60:40 ratio. I find that the flavour was a little lacking, as I compared it to some authentic Mexican food I had recently in Mexico. The taste is still good, but it’s not as strong as I expected it to be.

3.5 stars
This new restaurant came to my attention from my Grabb app. It was a convenient way to take out and head back to the office. A bit on the pricier end of lunch specials in the area. But if you work near Bloor and Church, and wouldn’t mind veering off the typical Salad Days give this a shot.
They have lunch specials! ($ 10-​$ 12)
Ordered:
Signature chimichanga special ($ 12)
Flour tortilla filled with rice, chicken and marbled cheese, deep fried and served with refried beans and small portion of mixed salad
Portion size was just right. Cheesy comfort food on a bed of savoury rice and the hot sauce is a must! However, the dish is missing a sour element to cut through the cheesy taste. Still yummy overall. The other lunch specials came with sour cream in the description but this one didn’t.
Ordered through the app at 1pm on a Friday and it was ready within 8 mins. It wasn’t busy at all when I picked up my food. They deserve more business!

Decided to check out this place for lunch today with a work colleague. The food and service was great overall. The server was friendly and gave us some chips with pico de gallo while we waited for the signature special chicken chimichangas. The chimichanga is one of 5 (I think?) $ 10 lunch specials and is served with salad and refried beans. The chicken was tender and the tortillas were perfect. I could tell that the cheese was freshly grated and this really complemented the nice blend of flavours. Do check it out if you’re in the area!

This new restaurant took the place of Indian Hut, which was an okay restaurant.
Pros:
–I really like the ambiance. It feels very homey yet sophisticated.
–They have decent lunch specials for around $ 10. Chimchangas, enchiladas and a few other things.
–The servers are very nice.
–Free tortilla chips
Cons:
–They’ve only been open for a month, and they got a super busy lunch rush and service was slightly slow but still acceptable.
–They have vegetarian options but no vegan options.
–No appetizers just mostly entrees.
I ordered a chimichanga and it was crispy and tasty. The side salad that came with it was tasty too.
Verdict: This is more of a 3.5 star but I’m rounding up since they are new and to offset the one star from the other review because it’s not really deserved considering that person never even went to the restaurant.

Well… I wanted to come here on a Friday night at 6:30 pm and it’s close and there is no phone number to call anywhere.