If its good old fashioned service you’re after, you can’t go past El Dorado, serving heroic sized meals at great prices for 20 years.
If you haven’t experienced El Dorado recently you’re missing out on a fresh and pleasant surprise. Coming into their 20th year, El Dorado boasts a new fresher fit out, vibrant team, and a brand new Chef with delicious tricks up his sleeve.
Head Chef Petre Krsteski made the switch to Dickson’s relaxed dining haven a short time ago, leaving his position as Head Chef at Gooromon Park, in Hall.
A local man, Petre was trained at the Rex Hotel where he was taught the art of cooking by Gerhard Stein.
Unlike the name would have you believe, El Dorado is not a Mexican Restaurant. “People come in and see we don’t have tacos or anything like that on the menu,” laughs co-owner Johnny. “We offer a relaxed steak and seafood casual dining experience instead, and we are child friendly.”
Owners Johnny and Chris took the business over 2 years ago. “Taking on such a popular restaurant was exciting. I was working here as a Chef for 4 years prior to buying in and I still find myself in the kitchen on those busy nights.”
El Dorado has kept the same structure, same great quality and cheap prices for 2 decades. “We are just newer and fresher and now Petre has bought his skills from around the place, we couldn’t be happier.”
Head Chef Petre is loving the change too and injecting his personal style into the classic menu.
“80 percent of the El Dorado menu has stayed the same for 20 years,” Petre said. So while the regulars can still enjoy that good old fashion taste, the younger crowds can indulge in something a little more modern.
“We offer nothing too complicated or daunting at El Dorado. My philosophy has always been a nice and simple one; Good food starts with a good product.”
With a long list of seafood, pastas, salads, steaks, burgers and something bizarre-sounding called the ‘surf and turf,’ what do the crowds of hungry patrons love the most?
“The house favourite is definatly our big steaks. I can’t give away too much but I will say the secret is a good product and years of experience.”
With a gigantically extensive menu, including kid’s specials and huge tables to match, El Dorado is the ideal location for big family dinners, work parties, get togethers and boasting a great cocktail list; it’s also the perfect choice for drinks before a night out.
Come down for a table of 5 or 50 and with Monday and Tuesday nights ‘Kids eat free’ deals and Wednesday night full of steak and seafood specials, there’s never been a better reason!
