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El Rico Frappé Latino

1775 reviews

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Hours

Monday, 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Tuesday, 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday, 11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Thursday, 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday, 11:00 AM - 0:00 AM
Saturday, 11:00 AM - 1:00 AM
Sunday, 11:00 AM - 10:00 PM

About El Rico Frappé Latino

El Rico Frappé Latino is a restaurant located at 122 Pierce Christie Dr, Valrico, FL 33594, USA. They can be contacted at (813) 315-8419 or +1 813-315-8419. While listed under the category of Chinese Restaurant, customer reviews suggest it is a Latino restaurant that also offers frappes and desserts.

Multiple customer reviews for El Rico Frappé Latino in Valrico, FL, raise significant concerns about the service provided by a specific blonde waitress named Diane. One review detailed an extremely negative experience where they had to go to the bar for drinks, were charged a $30 tip despite receiving no service, and their husband's steak was completely raw. The customer stated they asked for the waitress's name in front of the owner and, having spent over $200, described her service as "HORRIBLE!!!!@" They also mentioned a long wait for an appetizer that eventually arrived with the main meal, and the waitress never checked back on their table. This reviewer, also a business owner, emphasized the need for the employee to take responsibility and stated they would not return due to the poor service, considering a forced tip to a rude and unserving person as "outrageous." They also noted that other bad service reviews seemed to be attributed to this same waitress.

Another customer had a negative experience with a dessert item, the "Dubai chocolate Strawberry cup." They disliked the "poor quality" of the chocolate sauce and found the pistachio flavor to be artificial, noting the absence of pistachio crumbs as shown in a picture. They felt the $15 price was too high for "a cup of strawberries and chocolate sauce with crispy dough on it."

Based on these reviews, El Rico Frappé Latino in Valrico, FL, appears to have serious issues with service, particularly concerning a waitress named Diane who has been accused of providing horrible service, not attending to customers, and yet having a large tip automatically charged. There is also a report of serving a completely raw steak. Additionally, at least one dessert item has been criticized for poor quality ingredients and being overpriced. Local users should be aware of these significant negative experiences, especially regarding the service, before deciding to visit.

Information about the environment is limited to indoor and outdoor seating options. Services include table service and possibly a bar. Key features are a Latino-inspired menu, frappes, and desserts. However, significant drawbacks highlighted in the reviews include extremely poor service from at least one waitress, instances of undercooked food, and potentially overpriced and low-quality desserts. No promotional information is available in the provided text.

El Rico Frappé Latino Location

122 Pierce Christie Dr, Valrico, FL 33594, USA

Customer Reviews

4.0
1775 reviews
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Nallili Olejarz
Apr 06, 2025

The waitress Diane with the blonde hair did not provide good service. We had to go to the bar to get more drinks and on top of that they charge us $30 tip even though she didn't gave service at all Also my husband steak was not cooked at all. I asked for her name right in front on the owner. So this just happened. And if you want i can load the receipt. We spend over 200 on food today and she was HORRIBLE!!!!@ We did not request expedite service. We arrived there and the previous waitress was very polite. She had us sitting inside and told us that ones a table was available she will move us outside. We place the order inside. Then we were move outside. We asked for some appetizer prior our meal and one of them didn't arrived after waiting close to and hour so I asked about it and said if the appetizer was coming with the food I didn't want it. And guess was it cam with the food. She NEVER CAME BLACK to see how our food was or if we needed more beverages ones again she was awful and she was not worth $30 ************************** As a business owner you really need to have you employee taken responsibility for their actions. The biggest issue was the waitress, we didn't complain about the bill we are complaining about the service we didn't have. A waitress that didn't do anything except taking our orders and never checked on us. Obviously she is not a very good server because every bad review about service is because of her. So unfortunately we will not be coming back. I usually tip 20% but giving a tip to a rude person that didn't NOT SERV US is outrageous. No idea why this individual is a waitress because everyone has problems with her!!!!!

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Brenda Espinal
Mar 29, 2025

I tried the Dubai chocolate Strawberry cup and I honestly didn’t like it. The chocolate sauce tasted poor quality, I was really looking forward to pistachio flavor sauce but it didn’t taste like real pistachio at all. Also they do not put the pistachio crumbs like the picture. So just $15 for a cup of strawberries and chocolate sauce with crispy dough on it.

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Santii Santiago
Feb 06, 2025

The food is great, but the service from Diane- the name she gave us when we asked her for her name (skinny girl with the ponytail) is consistently awful. I gave her the benefit of the doubt the first time, but on my second visit, she had the same bad attitude—except toward male customers, whom she was noticeably nicer to. Not sure if it’s because we didn’t speak Spanish and she was being discriminatory, but good food isn’t worth the terrible service and atmosphere.

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Carol Vasquez
Sep 15, 2024

So unfortunately, after being there so many times I had one incident where the waitress brought me a plate I did not order and I got charged for a larger platter although I pointed to the smaller one, even asked her what was included in this price, she still went and gave me the more expensive platter. Then, after 1 hour of waiting for this appetizer platter, I had to ask her where my food was. finally Someone else brings me the food. I also ordered a bucket of beer. At the end, the bill was $80. When I asked her why it was SO high, she proceeded to explain to me the price of the platter. I proceeded to tell her with the person I was confirming that we asked for the smaller platter. her response was she thought I meant the larger platter. then it still didn't add up and there was a difference of $12 extra that she claimed was tax. I asked her for a detailed invoice and she prints it out and it says service charge not tax. I ask her so this includes the tip then? she says I don't know. of course you do. it clearly states service charge. Either way, I paid the bill, but didn't order anymore beer like I normally would have and left.

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Bekka Pagan
Mar 12, 2025

We have been here many times and it’s been good with good service but it’s been awhile since we have and the day we dine the foods are over cooked, we also tried to order other dishes on the menu and were not available, we waited for our order long enough with recieved order and was waiting on the other dish, went inside to be after waiting so long to be told again was not available! A server was also with a bunch of frozen bag foods to fry! 😒 not freshly made, precooked food and microwave. I don’t know if there are new owners but customers pay to eat authentic fresh foods not frozen pre made supermarket frozen section foods recooked which explains the over cooked texture and poor quality of taste. It was disappointing. Hopefully some changes are made to bring back authentic flavors back in!

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