"El Toro Mexican restaurant is located on Ft. Campbell Blvd in Clarksville Tennessee. There are so many Mexican restaurants, so it is hard for a restaurant to differentiate itself from the mass of others. El Toro does not do that as it once did.Prior to Covid, El Toro featured a Mexican buffet. While the food on the buffet was not always the absolute greatest, the variety of Mexican fare and novelty of a Mexican buffet more than made up for a few less than stellar offerings. Imagine my disappointment to find out the El Toro buffet is gone.With the buffet gone, El Toro is like the other thousands of Mexican restaurants in Clarksville Tennessee. Personally, I feel like the quality and taste of food from El Toro is better than most other Mexican restaurants. The ground beef in the tacos had an actual flavor, unlike the bland offerings of others. The salsa had a spicy flavor. Unlike the no taste salsa of other Mexican restaurants. I have lamented before of the bland Americanized flavors of local Mexican restaurants. El Toro features more authentic Mexican flavors and spices than you will find elsewhere.While I liked the food, the service was atrocious. Perhaps the particular employee was having an off day. It happens. Just be cognizant of the issue of poor service.One other negative aspect of El Toro was the gas quality of the restrooms. It was bad. While you don't eat in the bathroom, how clean and sanitary are the employees/food prep areas if the bathrooms are in this condition.While I found the food to be excellent at El Toro Mexican restaurant, without the buffet, it shall remain a pass to me."
