El Molcajete 2

I had a call in order for lunch. They have eta of 10 – 15 minutes before it’s ready. I arrived for pickup and waited at the register and waited and waited… I tried to ask a waitress for the manager but she didnt speak ENGLISH! I waited for 15 minutes for my food, that was sitting on the counter in front of me!####!!! When someone finally arrived at the register, he was confused and kept cursing everything was totalled together. I called the order at the same time but told them they were separate orders. Finally got everything corrected. Paid for my order and the waiter left everything on the counter with a thank you and left. I could have taken everything on the counter but I knew one of them wasn’t mine! I hate the service here! The food is ok but the staff really is horrible!!!

Today, I ordered the cancun seafood entrée. The sautéed vegetables were unevenly cook, some being burnt while others quite crunchy. The seafood including shrimps and scallops were low-​quality. The crab meat turned out to be obviously cheap imitation crab meat. In addition, the side of steamed vegetables were way too over cooked. I would not recommend this dish. Try the burritos or fajitas instead.

I don’t know if it’s different when you dine in but we ordered to go and were very unhappy with our meal. My husband ordered the salmon salad with ranch dressing. The salmon was extremely over cooked to the point of needing a knife then they put blue cheese instead of ranch. I had the carne asada plate. My steak was dry and like flavorless rubber. We will not be going again. One and done.

I lived near this place for years and it was my favorite place when i first moved here. They are under new management now and it shows because the food, and service is severly lacking. I want the old molcajete back!

This place used to be my favorite place to eat. lately has been going down the hill who knows why! service its kind of slow food its different somewhat too salted. defenetly not as good as it used to be!

El Molcajete is authentic and it is cheap, but the flavors are a little lacking. I’m not sure if I would go back or not.
Right off the bat, the salsa was a little too sweet for me to enjoy it. The chips were thick and crispy, though. I ordered the chimichanga, which quite unmemorable. The beans and rice were both pretty average. I will say that you can enjoy lunch here for $ 6 and be quite full.
Our service was good and friendly, so I wish the food was a little better.

Only go here is you like microwaved food. DETAILS: I came for lunch with a friend and had an enchilada and chile relleno lunch specioal. Service was good, but the food was awful. Tasted like frozen food that had been popped into the microwave. Certainly NOT freshly made. The cheese on the chile relleno was clearly «zapped». It was hard and crusty when delivered to the table. I had an upset stomach that afternoon. I will never, ever return. There are many better options nearby.

The service was good and the company was good. But this place has few redeeming qualities in the food or presentation. The pre-​meal chips and salsa were bottom rung quality.

This has been a favorite place for me to eat the past year, but last night I went there, the food was good as it used to be, but the service has become not very good.
But the thing that made my experience most displeasurable was, as me and my date were eating, a ROACH crawled up onto and across the table!!! When we left I noticed that their sanitation grade is now a C, but October of last year it was an A.
When one cockroach is ballsy enough to crawl across a table in light… There are many hiding elsewhere!
It really is sad, I used to love the place, but they will no longer be receiving my business.

Very, very average. Service was okay, food was typical strip mall Mexican fare. I had a lunch combo– beans were good and covered in cheese, rice was dry and burrito was okay.
It was quick and cheap. If you’re looking for a $ 6 lunch and want something other than a drive thru burger, give it a try.

I ordered the Filete Des Pescado ala Mexicano or as the server called it, «the what?». It is supposed to come smothered in jalapeños, onions and tomatoes. It came smothered in nothing. I poured salsa on it for a little flavor. The rice is good, much better than the fish. I ordered fries with it and they are just what you would expect.
My wife ordered the Super Fajitas. They are so supper that, apparently, they don’t need any tortillas cause we didn’t get any. The flavor of them is ok. I guess the name «Just OK Fajitas with fatty cuts of beef» doesn’t translate well.
So, all of this is my opinion and clearly is quite the opposite of everyone else. Try Fonda Rosalinda’s.

After reading several great reviews here in Unilocalland I drove the fam down in the family truckster after my son’s Little League game. We were hungry and I had a crazy hankerin’ for some GOOD Mexican food. Sorry to say, this wuddn’t it.
Right off the bat the chips were greasy, unsalted, and chewy. The salsa wasn’t completely awful but not very spicy at all. More like canned diced tomatoes run through a few turns of the blender. Would have been much better with some cilantro or something in it to give it a little more flavor.
The meals. Look I never have sky-​high expectations for Mexican food at this price point but I do expect it to have just a little zing at least. Everything on my plate was bland. The poblano pepper was covered with a layer of thick, white cheese that was cold and heavy. My beef enchilada wasn’t all that bad but nothing to write home about. The tostada was soggy and tasteless. There were a couple dollops of guac on it but it, too, was bland and unappealing. What the??? Very disappointing. My wife said her vegetarian meal was «okay» but she couldn’t make it through the cheese quesadilla that suffered the same issues as the cheese layered over my poblano pepper. Neither of my kids were impressed with their meals.
Actually, the best thing about tonight happened by mistake. The waiter had brought my 7-​year old tyke the wrong meal which was a taco. He said to just go ahead and keep it at no charge if we wanted to so I gave it a shot. By far the best thing I ate all night. They did that right and it even had a hint of spice to it. Yay!
I’m giving it two stars because of the taco and the service. The waiter made an honest mistake with my son’s order and was quick to correct it. Nice guy. But will we be back anytime son? Doubtful. Maybe the kitchen staff was just having an off night but I think I’ll probably keep shopping.
We just moved to Greenville about 3 months ago and look forward to finding our favorites of everything. The hunt will have to continue for quality Mexican at a reasonable price but I think we’re up for the challenge!

Greenville you do have a Mexican restaurant and El Molcajete is it. Although they do not have empanadas (most places in this part of the country do not — only in Orangeburg) they do have an excellent Mole (the flavors were complex with just the right amount of heat) and the shaved beef soft tacos are to die for! I am tired of so called Mexican restaurants that do not have shaved beef and pass off ground beef as the only way to have beef in mexican food. I just wish I could have finished my feast — boy was it GOOD. It really reminded me of Southern California when I lived there. I will be back.

Love to eat here since it is a great deal for a college student. I cannot say enough about the Meat Rice soup. They use the beef filling from the enchiladas and their standard rice in a moderately sized bowl. They then cover all of that in some variant of the enchilada sauce so that it’s more like a chunky stew. Its fabulous. And it’s (wait for it…) less than $ 3! Delicious and hearty for so cheap? Sign me up!
The Burrito California was mentioned in another post. He was right! It’s delicious! Chicken beef and shrimp doused in cheese. It’s excellent especially with the Diablo Sauce (or whatever they call it). Be warned: it is crazy freaking hot and they ask if you’ve ever had it before. If you say no, they will advise you to get it on the side — do this at first. It will make you sweat bullets and look like a fool in front of your friends, but it is oh so good.
The service is very fast as well! Enjoy!

Let me keep this short and sweet.
El Molcajete is the real deal (obviously only if you’re looking for quick, cheap, delicious American-​Mexican food).
Super fast, incredibly delicious and filling. Oh, have I mentioned the price? You can sit down for a lunch for two that will result in a much needed loosening of the belt… for $ 16.
Enough said.

Best burrito of my life and I’m a 41 year old fat bastard. It was the California burrito. Chicken, shrimp, beef, beans, covered in a river of cheese, the size of my forearm and not a vegetable in sight. Healthy choice? Uh, no. Delicious? Si senior! Would absolutely eat here again.

The salsa is watery but the chips were good. No ambiance. Too stark and bright. Horrible music playing overhead. The only thing that was relatively good on my combination plate was the taco, stuffed full but the beef was not seasoned. This is the first mexican restaurant at which I’ve ever had to salt my food. The food was served quickly but that’s because they put so little effort into preparing it. The tortilla on my enchilada was raw and inedible. So sad that we haven’t found a mexican restaurant here that we love and would frequent regularly. Would have tried Fonda Rosalinda or El Matador but both were closed New Years Eve!

Good food… fast service… we love this place!

They are very, very fast.
Like, in the time it takes me to write this review the server will have taken my drink order, brought out the drink with chips+salsa, and have busted out his pen & pad out to take my order.
Yes, the food is like any other American-​Mex restaurant. But sometimes you gotta have hard-​shell ground beef taco. Go here if you want it super-​fast.

Ate there twice in the last month and the food and service are both really good.
I had the paralladas for one ($ 11) both times and it could Easily feed 2 adults. They also made me a cherry coke with real cherry juice from a jar rather than grenadine… DELICIOUS! The paralladas was one of the most expensive things on the menu and it comes with chicken, steak, chorizzo (spelling), and shrimp (usually an upcharge) for only $ 11.
There were 7 in our party so it took a while (15 – 20 min) to get our food but it was worth the wait. There was also another party of 6 ahead of us. Just saying, it might not be the fastest place for a large party on a short business lunch but was great nonetheless.
Great place in a strip-​mall most people would normally overlook.