El Chico

Pretty good! White queso was the best I’ve had anywhere else. Salsa was so good! Very unique flavor and yummy! Their fajita beef has great flavor, seasoned perfectly!

My most favorite Mexican restaurant in Shreveport. The chips and salsa are to die for, no one can beat them!

the food wasn’t that good. chips and salsa were pretty good. nice spice on the red sauce but not to hot. main dish was a special entre «asada and enchiladas». I think most people would not like it because the «chimichuri» sauce was so hot it over powered everything else on the dish. the meat itself was a flank or skirt steak which is a tougher cut of meat… it was. But it was cooked to right temperature for me. the enchiladas were well kinda weird… they we OK again couldn’t really taste them. the margarita… was there ANY tequila in there? nuff said. staff was friendly and attentive.
and the restaurant was fairly clean.

Mexican apple pie in butter brandy sauce. ‘Nuff said.

I’ve been coming here forever. The staff are all usually polite and friendly. There are regular specials presented on the menu as well throughout the year.
Unfortunately the food is only mediocre. It’s typical of the other local Mexican choices: microwaved.
For the best waiter ask for Rudy.

Really great food, prompt and courteous service, and a minimal wait (~5 min, at busy hour!) made for a very pleasant dining experience tonight.
The new managers have turned this place around, to their credit.
The Shrimp Enchiladas had a scrumptious tomatillo sauce, and inside, fresh, perfectly wilted spinach with a generous portion of shrimp in each bite. My wife’s Carnitas tasted as good as the autentico ‘cabeza’ recipes we’ve sampled in San Antonio. Great job! We’ll be back!

I have loved this place since I was 13. Chips and salsa are always good but when they’re hot they are GREAT!
This location has a new manager that knows how to get things done and customer service is what matters… even though I have endured bad service for good food. Example: remember Pete Harris Café, well I only ate there 3x in my life but the food was worth it and the service was to be remembered (as what not to do).
Back to El Chico’s:
1) I’ve worked here during college so I know the kitchen is clean and they don’t use Microwaves (or at least not @ Fern Ave. Greenwood Rd & the now defunct Baton Rouge location).
2) Fern has the best «extras» but Bert Kouns/​Youree has finally stepped into the BIG BOY LEAGUES and offering 9p-​1a bar menu and staying open later than 10pm to have a BAR crowd.
3) I wish they’d switch to fresh pressed tortillas but what they have works for me.
4) Mgr. Cedric Secoundiata and the older Hostess really know how to cater to you for a budget-​friendly place… they are keepers.
5) I never have room for dessert but I have made trips specifically to order the APPLE PIE with BRANDY BUTTER SAUCE & the Cinnamon Ice Cream on top. Now, separately, none of these things make me excited but together… GOOD GRACIOUS!!!
6) Super broke: Go for just the Tortilla Soup.
7) Need something more «american» get the Chicken Strips with that White Gravy or the Fajita sandwich. OMgracious.
I could say more but this is lengthy so you can tell my joy & passion abounds a plenty when it comes to El Chico’s. Greenwood is the closet location when I’m home so I will go there and put up with the less than stellar service in order to get my «El Chico fix» but each has it’s own personality and quips, I’m sure.