El Fenix Corp

Outdoorguy333 

on Citysearch

12 years ago

Went here with my date and the waitress was this huge mexican lady that barely spoke English. It was very frustrating in trying to get her to understand what we wanted to order. When the food arrived, it was not good at all and was along the lines of what you would get at Taco Bell. When the bill arrived, we found the waitress had charged us $3.79 for two orders of gaucamole salads and also $1.40 a taco salad. My date had said she just wanted a small spoonful of gaucamole and the waitress had said this would be fifty cents. ... read more

Contributor 

on Citysearch

20 years ago

Dallas's oldest and most famous chain practically invented Tex-Mex, and the chips, sauce, margaritas and enchiladas keep winning the accolades. – In Short Opening its first restaurant in 1918, El Fenix is the gold standard to which other Mexican restaurants in Dallas measure up. It's bare-bones all the way, with white plates, brown booths, and regular ol' light bulbs. That's just like when the real cowboys came in with their spurs to chow down. The fajitas sizzle; the salsa punches and the chili and beans bring on the flavor... read more