El Torito

24301 Avenida De La Carlota, Laguna Hills - 92653
452 reviews
Mexican
(949) 951-9137

My friend and I came here for 4th of July, as options are limited with most places being closed for the holiday. The hostess spoke broken English and was hard to understand, which should have been our 1st clue to get out of here. We asked the hostess if she had a gluten free menu, and she replied that if we wanted happy hour we had to sit in the bar, so either she could not understand us or just didn't bother to listen. So once seated we asked our waitress what on the menu was gluten free. She said nothing was gluten free. We asked her to please check with the chef because we were shocked. We have never been anywhere that didn't even have 1 gluten free option on the menu. Our waitress also had a thick accent and was hard to understand, so we thought maybe it was just a miscommunication. But she came back and said she checked with the kitchen and nothing they have is gluten free. She said not even a salad because the dressings have gluten. So we had to just leave. Its really sad that they can't even put 1 single item on their menu to accommodate gluten free diets, since such a large amount of people have gluten allergies.

Brunch is back and very good selection. Service was adequate. Looking forward to returning

Most of the food was good. However the omelette were over cooked & my family had problems with the cheese enchiladas. The service was fantastic & everything else was great. Yes, we will go back again.

Soooo delicious! The atmosphere is so festive and it just makes eating here really fun. The service is always amazing, as well as the food. Their weekday lunch specials are my fave!

Excellent food and service only issue was with a current promotional alcoholic beverage. It cast me $14.50 for less than 6 oz of what was mostly fruit juice.

We go to this location at least twice per month and the service is always great. Clean and friendly staff. We love it.

Everything was good, shortage of prime rib.Good service

Father’s Day

Father’s Day Brunch

Brunch buffet. All food was cold. 4 stations with only 1 person serving from each station. Spent most of our time in line. 1 person making waffles and serving all deserts. Gave up on that line after 15 minutes. So disappointing and expensive!