We have been to the other El
Chaparro a few times, and decided to try this one. We went later on a
Saturday evening--the place was full but we still did not have to wait.
We
ordered several Tex-Mex standards. First off, fajitas--every
restaurant says they have the best ones, but these do stand out. The
beef is tender and very flavorful. They include a serving of clarified
butter, which I have seen with seafood before but never beef. I love
clarified butter with pretty much anything, so this worked for me. I
liked the standard beef fajitas better than the combination I got the
last time I was there.
Next up, seafood. We ordered Betty's
Shrimp, which was a tasty combination of sauteed shrimp and vegetables.
The shrimp were nicely done. The vegetables were more "southern
style", pretty thoroughly cooked but not falling apart and well
seasoned. It came with cilantro rice, which was very good--I prefer it
to the standard Tex-Mex rice.
We also got a combination enchilada
plate. The presentation was very nice, with each one well separated on
the plate. These were fine but did not stand out.
The
restaurant offers free soft-serve ice cream, but we ordered a couple of
desserts--sopapillas and chocolate cake. The sopapillas had plenty of
sugar and cinnamon. They were a bit heavy for my taste but were
fine--came with a nice garnish of whipped cream. The chocolate cake is
made in-house. The taste was good, but it was a bit dry. They serve it
with a garnish of vanilla ice cream, and it actually would have been
perfect with more of it.
Service was fine, particularly with the
restaurant being pretty full. The ambiance is somewhat dark inside and
the decor is mostly TVs, showing a very wide variety of
programming--women's golf and reality TV in addition to the usual
soccer/Astros stuff. They have a wide variety of alcohol offerings,
which we did not try but heard good things about. Overall, we were very happy with the meal and will be back.
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