El Chapala

Kitchen is efficient, waiters are friendly and super fast.

Pretty standard Mexican food here, but it’s super cheap, super fast and the staff is as friendly as they come. This has been a go-​to lunch spot for me for several years since I work nearby.

Great service! The food was all very high quality and well prepared. We especially enjoyed the fajitas quesadilla and the burritos mexicanos. The salsa was a bit thin, very flavorful and unique Definitely coming back again!

We might come back here sometime if we’re really in the mood for some tacos and beer, but only because we’re close and Taco Bell doesn’t serve beer. I gave them two stars instead of one only because we’ve come to expect mediocrity in Brevard.
Honestly, we came here HOPING for mediocre Mexican food. We’ve given up on finding good Mexican in Brevard considering the town’s palate seems to gravitate towards bland, but this was pretty rank. The floors were sticky and the décor was garish, but those would have been easily overlooked had the food been halfway decent. I got the garlic shrimp, which is a fairly simple dish in terms of flavoring. I was pleasantly surprised to find the shrimp weren’t overcooked and there were quite a few of them, but that was were the pleasant ended. Instead of being seasoned with a pleasant blend of olive oil or butter, minced garlic, a little salt and pepper, and perhaps some lemon or lime juice, I was served shrimp that were absolutely coated in nothing but garlic powder with a bit of oil holding it on. If there were any other seasonings whatsoever (which, judging from the appearance, there weren’t), they were completely overwhelmed by the garlic powder. I love garlic — real garlic. Garlic powder has its place, but not as a primary, let alone sole, seasoning.
My husband’s enchiladas were bland and tasted mostly canned. He ordered a beef taco as well, which seemed to be ground beef that was cooked with no seasoning whatsoever thrown into a shell. Honestly, you can make better tacos at home with a grocery store taco kit — at least those have a bit of flavor to them. Give them a shot if you’re really desperate, but if you have half an hour, driving to Hendersonville for good Mexican is your best bet.

Typical Mexican food. Hard to do it better or worse. Good margaritas.