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El Loco Gringo's fish tacos used to be better. I went back recently and noticed their menu changed. At least they still had the fish tacos I loved! Or so I thought. We started with fajitas...which took ages because the kitchen was busy filling delivery orders. When our sizzling fajita platter finally arrived, it had all of 4 prawns, some mix of undercooked bell peppers and onions. Then we moved on to fish tacos, which came a looong while after the fajitas. The new fish tacos, while still flavo
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El Loco Gringo's fish tacos used to be better.

I went back recently and noticed their menu changed. At least they still had the fish tacos I loved! Or so I thought.

We started with fajitas...which took ages because the kitchen was busy filling delivery orders. When our sizzling fajita platter finally arrived, it had all of 4 prawns, some mix of undercooked bell peppers and onions.

Then we moved on to fish tacos, which came a looong while after the fajitas. The new fish tacos, while still flavorful, was not the same flaky fish tacos that had a bit of Asian flair to it as before. It was more similar to what you would expect of a fish taco. The tortilla the fish sat on was also larger, which I personally like the tortilla to filling ratio of the old tacos.


Overall tasty, but not as great as before. I'm still rooting for them to make a comeback though.
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朋友介紹黎食依間墨西哥餐廳,餐廳入口設計成好似個花園陽台gum,好適合影相,正門口要落地牢,入到裡面好多墨西哥標誌大隻佬摔角畫同霓虹燈,一邊係dinning,轉角另一邊有一個私隱度極好ge bar檯。我地walk in坐open kitchen附近,叫左個鴨胸沙拉,燒蘑菇taco同小龍蝦taco。鴨胸沙拉分量都唔少,主要係番茄彩椒jalapino同青瓜配以胡椒同醋做seasoning,本身鴨胸脂肪唔高,整體口感清新,酸酸地,freshy!跟住taco就好似mini薄餅一樣,同一個一般見到兜型裡面放材料ge taco稍有不同。 小龍蝦taco的龍蝦爽口,每一淡都有龍蝦肉。蘑菇taco的蘑菇上面有一層濃郁的芝士,味道濃郁。每款taco的醬汁都有好不同的感覺, 依到食taco重點在於食個醬汁,以小龍蝦的那個醬做例子,醬料是用來配搭海鮮,味道有點像thousand island dressing味道,但係廚師加埋小小酸味ge配搭,味道唔會好溜同太heavy。
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朋友介紹黎食依間墨西哥餐廳,餐廳入口設計成好似個花園陽台gum,好適合影相,正門口要落地牢,入到裡面好多墨西哥標誌大隻佬摔角畫同霓虹燈,一邊係dinning,轉角另一邊有一個私隱度極好ge bar檯。我地walk in坐open kitchen附近,叫左個鴨胸沙拉,燒蘑菇taco同小龍蝦taco。
鴨胸沙拉分量都唔少,主要係番茄彩椒jalapino同青瓜配以胡椒同醋做seasoning,本身鴨胸脂肪唔高,整體口感清新,酸酸地,freshy!
跟住taco就好似mini薄餅一樣,同一個一般見到兜型裡面放材料ge taco稍有不同。 
小龍蝦taco的龍蝦爽口,每一淡都有龍蝦肉。蘑菇taco的蘑菇上面有一層濃郁的芝士,味道濃郁。
每款taco的醬汁都有好不同的感覺, 依到食taco重點在於食個醬汁,以小龍蝦的那個醬做例子,醬料是用來配搭海鮮,味道有點像thousand island dressing味道,但係廚師加埋小小酸味ge配搭,味道唔會好溜同太heavy。
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The tacos are legit! My favorite is the lobster and the Chilean Seabass. It was so good I had 2 of them. Chicken and cheddar quesadillas were awesome too. Poppers were tasty stuffed with so much cheese. So Yum!Although it is not cheap to eat here but it is great for big groups because the environment is fun and lively!Definitely will be back again.side note: Remember to check your bill before paying, our waitress had accidentally put 7 tequila shots on our check that belonged to the table next t
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The tacos are legit!
My favorite is the lobster and the Chilean Seabass. It was so good I had 2 of them. Chicken and cheddar quesadillas were awesome too.
Poppers were tasty stuffed with so much cheese. So Yum!
Although it is not cheap to eat here but it is great for big groups because the environment is fun and lively!
Definitely will be back again.


side note: Remember to check your bill before paying, our waitress had accidentally put 7 tequila shots on our check that belonged to the table next to us. It was quickly corrected but our bill was so big and long, we could've easily missed it!
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  • Chilean Sea Bass Tacos
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When I saw another reviewer said they opened an account to give them a bad review I had to open my account to state my exact opposite experience.A group of 14 of us went there for a birthday and had the set meal. The best place was full with other birthday parties. All of us agreed The food was honestly very very good. I particularly liked the flavour and high quality cheese used in the Poppers. The Tacos were also a big hit. Margaritas were flowing and everything was timed so well with the musi
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When I saw another reviewer said they opened an account to give them a bad review I had to open my account to state my exact opposite experience.

A group of 14 of us went there for a birthday and had the set meal. The best place was full with other birthday parties. All of us agreed The food was honestly very very good. I particularly liked the flavour and high quality cheese used in the Poppers. The Tacos were also a big hit.

Margaritas were flowing and everything was timed so well with the music slowly getting more active as the meal was nearing and then there was a fun after dinner vibe which had us stay a little longer than expected to enjoy another round of drinks. The staff and chef were also friendly.
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We went there on Saturday for a friend's birthday and it was wonderful. The food was delicious and then afterwards the whole restaurant turned into a party! it was so much fun! Really loved the experience!
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We went there on Saturday for a friend's birthday and it was wonderful. The food was delicious and then afterwards the whole restaurant turned into a party! it was so much fun! Really loved the experience!
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After living in Hong Kong for 6 years, I've been to a number of good and bad restaurants here. However, none of those places were either good or bad enough to make me want to create an Openrice account to publicize my opinion of the restaurant and its food.  Yet, here we are...Although I'm no expert on Mexican food, I do feel like I have had my share of really good Mexican food in my life. I'm originally from San Francisco, I lived in Los Angeles 8 years and frequented Mexico regularly.  Rather
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After living in Hong Kong for 6 years, I've been to a number of good and bad restaurants here. However, none of those places were either good or bad enough to make me want to create an Openrice account to publicize my opinion of the restaurant and its food.  Yet, here we are...
Although I'm no expert on Mexican food, I do feel like I have had my share of really good Mexican food in my life. I'm originally from San Francisco, I lived in Los Angeles 8 years and frequented Mexico regularly.  Rather than go through my entire experience and list the dishes that we were subjected to, I 'll just summarize with the list/ranking below.
Mexican food from (best to worst)...Mexico - Very good and obviously authentic.California - Very good with a lot of authenticity still, but like most other ethnic foods has an American spin to it (burritos are an American creation).Cali-Mex/Taco Chaca/Caliente/Little Burro - Good enough where you can still recognize that it's Mexican food. I'll eat here only if I'm really jonesing for a burrito, and not heading back to California anytime soon. These guys are all more or less on the same level.Brickhouse - Good food, but bad Mexican food if you know what I mean. It's like Chinese food in the states... I love me some General Tso's chicken, but it's hardly "Chinese food". Brickhouse also makes it up with a really fun atmosphere.El Loco Gringo - They're a wanna be version of Brickhouse, but not only do they have bad Mexican food, they make bad food in general. If you do decide to go, stay away from the chorizo which was more like hot dogs (soft and soggy) and the sea bass.  They were expensive for what it is too (the prices are per taco).
Good luck if you decide to go there... you gotta be a Loco Gringo if you do.
题外话/补充资料: They do not offer tap water, bottled water only.
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  • The tequila. Great way to chase the flavor of the food.
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The place has a very particular decoration thats makes it very classy. I ate the corn with sauce for starter and the ceviche with guacamole: both delicious. For dessert we had churros with dulce de leche and were amazing. To drink we had some mojitos and were very good!
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The place has a very particular decoration thats makes it very classy. I ate the corn with sauce for starter and the ceviche with guacamole: both delicious. For dessert we had churros with dulce de leche and were amazing. To drink we had some mojitos and were very good!
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  • Ceviche  with  guacamole
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This restaurant is somewhat mysterious because it is never opened for lunch. It just so happened it was opened that I visited. The location is very hidden but luckily I will never have to look for it again. Positive-ish: The restaurant was interestingly decorated and the prices isn't too overly crazy for that district. The Nachos with pork was edible and they were very generous with their cheese and jalapeno peppers. Music and ambience was quite nice.Negatives: The service was fast but terrible.
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This restaurant is somewhat mysterious because it is never opened for lunch. It just so happened it was opened that I visited. The location is very hidden but luckily I will never have to look for it again. 

Positive-ish: The restaurant was interestingly decorated and the prices isn't too overly crazy for that district. The Nachos with pork was edible and they were very generous with their cheese and jalapeno peppers. Music and ambience was quite nice.

Negatives: The service was fast but terrible. The waitress was rude (pissed off rude) and not professional. The food was greasy and really weird. So strange that they're not even designed for gringos/locals. They had a weird mix of flavors (e.g. pineapple in tacos, habanero sauce that was not hot etc.), the wrap was way too small for the fillings. None of it had the lovely fresh pico de gallo or lime juice etc you'd expect in a  Mexican place. We did get a couple of wedges of lemon on the taco plate but it seemed quite stale. It was truly disappointing.

I will never go there again and will not recommend anyone to go there. 
题外话/补充资料: They had strange number of servers standing around not serving people and left one very moody lady serving the entire floor. The moody lady wanted to seat us right next to a couple (while the entire restaurant was pretty empty) and when we requested to sit elsewhere and she was visibly angry at us. Then throughout the entire evening, she acted as if someone had farted in her face. It was horrible.
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I tend to hang out at HKU. Sometimes it's because I work there, sometimes it's for the discount Starbucks. As such, I monitor offerings in the area, which are slim, and now less relevant given that the MTR has opened. I've had my eye on El Loco Gringo for a while, given that signs have been up for it since forever and a half ago. Recently, a certain well-regarded, award-winning Professor T-Spoon informed me that the place had opened, and I decided to give it a go.I didn't come un-informed. Thou
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I tend to hang out at HKU. Sometimes it's because I work there, sometimes it's for the discount Starbucks. As such, I monitor offerings in the area, which are slim, and now less relevant given that the MTR has opened. I've had my eye on El Loco Gringo [sic] for a while, given that signs have been up for it since forever and a half ago. Recently, a certain well-regarded, award-winning Professor T-Spoon informed me that the place had opened, and I decided to give it a go.
I didn't come un-informed. Though there was nary an Open Rice review at the time, it had been covered by the questionable local English-language media. And it looked a little questionable. The Dim Sum Diaries tells us,
"The interiors, designed by Charlie & Rose, are inspired by a famous Mexican TV show called El Chavo del Ocho, a very silly show that we used to watch as kids in Venezuela. The show is set in a typical Mexican slum, so in the restaurant you'll see rows of laundry hanging from a line above the tables."
I’m no PC-police, but I wouldn't dress up like a hobo for Halloween. It's de-humanizing. Taking what people wear under exigent circumstances as a type of costume or fashion is really insensitive. Similarly, I wouldn’t dress up my restaurant like a slum. Sure, you can say it’s from a TV show, but I don’t see how that mitigates things.
Let's move on to the food.
The food here is terrible. Literally awful. This place is an abomination that should not exist; the people who made it should be ashamed; and I am personally offended by the level of quality. It's not a contextual thing—the bar in Hong Kong for Mexican-ish food is extremely low to the ground. El Gringo Loco [sic] manages to nigh-impossibly limbo under it, with room to spare. It's not a quality-relative-to-price thing either. If you made this food for me for free, I would consider you to have done me a harm. Proprietors, if you have a sense of shame or care about your fellow man to the slightest degree, please stop. Quit, and find some productive way to pay back your debt to society.
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First on our cavalcade of horrors is the "Chips and Dips" - $60. It comes with, and I quote, "guacamole, pico de gallo, and sour cream." I quote because that is not true, at least as regards the pico. Google "pico de gallo" if you don’t know what that is. Now look at the soupy mess in the photo. Are both of these things not like the other thing? You betcha.
That's not even what’s worst. According to Time Out Hong Kong, "The base [for the tortillas] is imported straight from Mexico, made only with corn flour." This is a fancy way of saying the masa harina is from Mexico, because there are literally only two ingredients in corn tortillas, and the other is water. Maybe they import the water too. Maybe they import the water mixed with the flour because they don’t know how to mix.

Anyway, I thought for sure that we would be getting fresh tortilla chips. You play up your imported ingredients, surely you don’t just purchase a bag of "Garden of Eatin" tortilla chips from the Marketplace by Jason’s and serve that. Well, if you’re El Loco Gringo [sic], you do.
The guacamole is also pre-made and store bought. I make guacamole. My friends make guacamole. There is a large qualitative difference between that and the stuff from the store. If this place makes its own, then it literally has the worst fresh guac recipe known to man. It’s not terrible for store bought, but we paid $60, hello.
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Absolute: D-
For HK Mex: D
Relative to Price: F
OK, so those are some complaints. They may seem a little outsized, but let me paint for you the rest of the dinner, and see if you too don’t have your sunny outlook dimmed to grey skies and drizzle.
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The jalapeno "poppers" arrive. I have put "poppers" in quote-marks because that's how the menu describes them. We got one for each of us of the beef ($15/ pc) and the cheese ($10/ pc). They come with a "side of blue cheese ranch sauce." I tried the cheese one first. The breading is non-standard, more like if you got a fried and stuffed chili in Korea, if you've ever had those. The cheese choice was a bad one. Normally, as poppers (or "poppers") are a Tex-Mex thing, they are filled with cheddar, which is vibrant and tangy and fantastic. This was some variety of tasteless cheese goo. The jalapenos are a little undercooked, so quite firm as these things go. They aren’t spicy.
The beef "poppers" come with some densely packed ground beef. My wife stopped eating hers a third of the way through because she thought the beef was too pink. It wasn't a big loss, because they were about as bland as the cheese ones.
Choice quote from HK Magazine: "the blue cheese ranch sauce was pretty unremarkable." They can't even make blue cheese and ranch (for crying out loud!) that aren't bland, how do they expect them to save you from the bland, undercooked tempura "poppers"?
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Absolute: F
For HK Mex: D-
Relative to Price: F
We’re not done!
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We got 5 tacos. The tacos are small, but it strikes me that that's the universe having pity on me. I have no pity for you, however, so I will describe them:
"Spit Roast Pork w/ pineapple and habanero chutney" $40. Someone online called these "tacos al pastor." This restaurant should call them "al pastor tacos [sic]." Tacos al pastor are perhaps the greatest of all tacos (and al pastor is great on tortas too). Shawarma-inspired Lebanese-Mexican fusion, the pork is roasted on a rotating spit and carved off when nice and crisp. I had high hopes and we ordered x2, but they were pretty bland:
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Absolute: C+
For HK Mex: C+
Relative to Price: C-
"Slow Cooked Beef Ribs w/ pickled cabbage" $45. The beef wasn’t particularly good. Not succulent and soft from slow-cooking, and not particularly flavorful. So meh they don’t deserve a rating.
"Grilled Chicken w/ guacamole and caramelized onion" $35. Almost the highlight of the meal. Almost! My wife and I share tacos by one of us eating half and then the other eating the other half. My half of the chicken was fine. It wasn’t knock-you-out or anything, but seemed fine. Then she had her half and got some inedible gristle. It's like they're not even trying. Or trying to be terrible. Probably that.
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Absolute: D+
For HK Mex: D
Relative to Price: C-
"Chillean [sic] Sea Bass w/ coleslaw and apricot" $55. Ah, the Patagonian toothfish! I like PT, typically. But this taco was foul. You know how the Sai Ying Pun fish market smells? This tasted like that, but like times ten. This fish had been singing with the choir invisible for at least a week. We only took a bite, and when they asked us why we didn't like it, we said it was way too fishy, in a bad way. The excuse? "It's marinated in miso." But there ain't any fish in miso! Yeah, miso soup is a little fishy, but that’s because it’s miso in fish soup! This is my new catchphrase. Next time I leave something in my fridge and it goes bad, I’m going to say, "it's marinated in miso."
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Absolute: n/a
For HK Mex: n/a
Relative to Price: n/a
All ratings are "n/a" because this is trash. Literally. They should've thrown this fish into the garbage instead of serving it to paying customers. If I was the head chef, and I caught a sous chef serving this to customers, I would've fired that chef. If I was the manager, and I caught the head chef serving it, I would've fired the head chef. If I was the owner, and I caught the manager letting this fish be served, I would fire the manager. If I was Almighty God, who art in Heaven, and I caught the universe allowing this event to occur, game over, I would instantly nullify all of existence.
There's such a thing as a hit piece. You go out, you’re looking to take someone down, and you write any old thing—maliciously and hyperbolically. People accuse me of this every now and again and I don't deny a fair measure of hyperbole, BUT I own no restaurants and make no money off of food reviewing, receive no free food, and have never reviewed a restaurant run by someone I know, or for any compensation whatsoever. I don't have an ulterior motive. If you must know the truth, I visited El Loco Gringo [sic] on my birthday.* I don’t hate because I wanted to hate on them. I can hate any day of the year, I was here to celebrate. I was here because I thought, from reading the reviews at the Dim Sum Diaries, HK Magazine, and Time Out Hong Kong, that I'd have a pretty decent Mexican food experience. And that’s what I wanted. For my birthday.
* Actually two days later, my b-day unfortunately fell on Chinese New Year. But this was my b-day dinner. It was my special night out.
TL; DR: ABANDON ALL HOPE, YE WHO ENTER HERE.
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题外话/补充资料: I can imagine this being the best concept restaurant in Hong Kong. Just hire Quico, and whenever someone orders a taco, they get the exact thing that I got, but Quico sits down with a much better taco his mom made. Then Don Ramon shows up and pinches Quico until he cries. Then roll laugh track.
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