El Michoacano - Freedom

Sign says authentic Mexican food. This was not my experience there. The food wasn 't bad by any means, it was delicious.

THE MOLCAJETE COST $50!!!!! I think they robbed us, it wasn't that good for the price so don't overdo it!!! The chicken nuggets were the Costco Dinonuggets. The lady, the waitress was in a bad mood, with an angry face, she didn't respond well because she was busy, it was a Monday, it's not our fault, they should hire someone else to help her if she can't do it alone.

This restaurant came up on my Instagram. Their PR sure knows how to take pictures because we drove to Watsonville to try their food. This restaurant is located inside a plaza, so there is plenty of free parking. We walked in and the lady smiled at us. She didn’t approach us or say hello. There was no one inside. The restaurant was completely empty. They had the TV’s playing and the music playing too. We stood there until I came to the conclusion that we could sit anywhere. There were menus on most of the tables. Coincidentally, there wasn’t menus on the table we chose to sit at. Once we were seated, she came with menus. She didn’t say welcome or anything, just dropped them off and left. I had to tell her we were ready to order. We really liked that they had a full menu for kids and not just chicken nuggets with fries. I watched as they cooked the food. It made me excited. The presentation of the food is great. However, the beans were below average. The rice looked stiff and it was dry. The fajitas didn’t have flavor. 3 stars for the fajitas. 1 star for the sushi. It tasted as though they had dipped the entire roll in the oil. The entire roll was so deep fried. As a sushi enthusiast, this was one of the worst sushi rolls. To top it off, it was $22. How deeply disappointed I was with the Enchiladas. I immediately noticed they were flat. When I looked inside, they were filled with cheese : I couldn’t even finish them because there was already enough cheese melted on top with sour cream. It was cheese overload. I am not sure if they offer chicken, but the server didn’t ask what kind I wanted, or even check in on us once she brought out the food. On instagram, they promote their alcoholic drinks so that may be their specialty because our food was definitely not delicious. Definitely not worth $89.59. Improve the customer service, welcome us in, check in on us. The TV and the music are both playing so it’s hard to hear. When it comes to food, add flavor, add Sazon.

Expensive for the quality of food. Chavela was decorated well but very plain tasting. Salsa was the best thing. I had Carne asada nachos. Meat was very good, but very small amount of meat for $16 nachos. My wife had shrimp enchiladas and she said they were just ok.

Excellent service and food. Parking: Plenty of paking Kid-friendliness: Kid friendly Wheelchair accessibility: Wheelchair accommodations