Rude! A classic scene out of the movie "Pretty Woman" where she goes into a shop and the employees of the shop treated her like a vagabond. That was my experience exactly. I had a long day of travel, it was raining, and I had recently pulled a muscle in my leg and I just wanted to get out of the rain, sit down, and have a nice dinner. Elpaso is a small basement space that might hold a maximum of 30 people. When I entered, there was only one female client seated by herself and a table. I also wanted to sit at a table so I could relax, but the manager or whoever let me in...made it clear that he wanted me to sit at the bar. Strike One. I have never sat at a bar to eat dinner. He gave me some menu's but I was so uncomfortable (physically). I asked about a small meal and then I asked him if the drinks under "gin" included tonic or was it sold separately. He said they didn't have tonic, and that ginger ale was the same thing. It's not the same thing. Since they didn't have tonic water, I just ordered the meal and I asked for water. He got very Indignant and said I "had" to order a drink. Strike 2. I was so exhausted and my knee was hurting so bad, but I said "No, this isn't my kind of place", and I left. Never...in all of my years of world travel and thousands of restaurants, have I ever been treated so disrespectful. It was surreal...I couldn't believe it was happening. I left and walked down the street a few meters and found a nice Italian restaurant where the staff treated me professionally and I had a great meal there. Not only do I not recommend this place, I would highly discourage anyone to visit unless they look ultra wealthy. This is a hard definite no for me. If there was a zero score, I would give it to Elpaso.

+3

I live in southern CA and have been to Mexico many times……..but I literally had the best enchiladas I’ve ever had in this tiny basement in Tokyo. Get the tomatillo jalapeño option. Truly so good. Great margaritas, too.

It was really delicious ! The Chef and Bartender are nice ! Would come back next time :) The Raspberry Mojito and Pina Colada was yummyyy 😋🤤✌️

Small Mexican restaurant with amazing food and drinks. One of the best Mexican places I've ever been to - including restaurants in Mexico. All the dishes we ordered were perfectly seasoned and cooked and the drinks were even better. Large selection of tequila cocktails. Food is reasonably priced while drinks are a bit on the expensive side.

+3

Mexican fine dining. Expensive but worth it! As all the reviews seem to mention, everything is seasoned so perfectly. For dinner there is a one drink minimum. The cocktails are delicious but small.