El Parian Restaurante Mexicano

1009 US-17, Elizabeth City - 27909
118 reviews
Mexican
(252) 335-1537

Loved that they gave you two different dips with your tortilla chips, not everyone likes salsa. Their white dip was really good and their salsa was very tasty. The enchiladas were plentiful and enough to share with my fiancé. The servers were hard-working too because it was getting very busy and they continued to wait on people with a smile.

The chips and the white sauce are the best we ever had! The guy (owner?!?) that answered the phone was really nice and helpful. Instead of ordering online, we decided to place our order online after speaking to him on the phone. Met him in person when we arrived to pickup our order and he was even nicer in person. On the phone, we asked about the white sauce instead of the red sauce for the chips, he told us that the white sauce is not on the online and we have to request the white sauce when we arrive to pickup order. That's why we requested our order online and he gave us the white sauce as requested. Also, we wanted to pay for 2 separate orders, and he separated the orders, so that we could pay for them separately. The fajita, enchilada and the kids plate (soft taco, beans and rice) were all good!

One of the better places we've been to for Mexican food. Staff was efficient and knowledgeable of their menu. Courteous and thorough. Salsa was fresh and packed full of flavor! My little one had chicken wings, she ate them all up! Hunny got the large shrimp cocktail, stated it needs more shrimp and veggies, but overall great flavor. I had a vegetarian dish, fried potato burrito! Omg! It was delicious! A definite return and recommend!

Overall I was not disappointed. The indoor area is not very large so I would consider it cozy. Service was great at first but it seemed that towards the end of the meal, we were being rushed. For the salsa, which is very important to me, was good but had a heavy black pepper taste and lacked the tomato flavor profile. I had a favorite dish of mine, Chili Verde. The food was hot and had good flavor. Compared to other locations with the same dish, this would rank lower. The tomatillo salsa was thick & chunky and not as much flavor compared to others.

Food is horrible. Canned beef ad canned chicken is used to make the food. This place should close.

The food is good, the people are nice and the place is clean. Full bar. Churros :)

We eat here quite often! We love the food and the family atmosphere. :) Great people!

This service was okay food was cold when we got it and got charged 3 times price of the meal horrible place

Service is great,foods tasty and margarittas on point,good people and locally owned so support them.

The food was ridiculously good. I mean, just the rice alone, was some of the best I've ever had.