text: I was very excited about the re-opening of El Chorro.  I always felt it was a great location that was hampered by a boring menu and a tired looking restaurant.  There is no doubt that the property and build-out was money well spent.  It is a gorgeous restaurant.  It is a shame that they didn't put the same amount of money and effort into training their staff on service and execution.\n\nWe ordered the shrimp cocktail and the cheese plate which was $18 for 4 store bought crackers, 2 small, thin pieces of cheese and 4 small, thin slices of salami.  The salads were horrendous - the vegetable chopped salad was a rectangular plate with little rows of potato, celery, carrot, walnuts and cranberries - all totally oversalted and just not appetizing.  The signature steak and onion soup was gelatinous and lukewarm.  (They mistakenly brought the baked potato soup first which had an oatmeal consistency.) And by the way, according to our server we were allowed to order whatever salads we wanted to go with our entrees.  At the end there were upcharges on the bill for the non \"house\" salads.  \n \nWe never received rolls or sticky buns (after asking twice) and they finally brought sticky buns out when the entrees were plated.  In addition, we did not have bread and butter plates and the utensils were not replenished.   My friend's $40+ steak was ordered medium rare, yet came out well done.  He ordered no starch so they brought him a plate of carrots!  I ordered \"double vegetable\" with my chicken instead of starch and I literally had 4 snow peas and 3 green beans on the plate.   My spouse ordered the duck and the side dish it came with was absolutely disgusting - some kind of pomegranate-y starch thing that had a sour taste.   My friend sent the steak back and it came out bloody and rare - and with starch on the plate.  That one was sent back and the chef himself brought out the third one - with starch.  They bought us a round of desserts (the molten cake was cooked through so it was basically a warm brownie) and took the steak off the bill.  \n\nI would return for drinks but not for the food.