12 responses so far ↓

• 1 trevista // May 5, 2008 at 4:21 pm

  great HH menu food wise. HH drinks… not so much…

• 2 willowboo // May 29, 2008 at 11:14 am

  I can’t have gluten, so eating out can be a bit problematic. I was delighted that the waitress at the Matador not only knew what the heck gluten was but which entrees were safe as well.

• 3 Mr Fantastic // Jun 2, 2008 at 9:02 pm

  I like the building, I like the decor, I like the location, I like the fireplace, but it’s so…. kirkland. Yuck.

• 4 Steve // Jul 2, 2008 at 4:43 pm

  The Matador is a waste of a perfectly great corner space.

• 5 Spier01 // Jul 29, 2008 at 11:46 am

  I LOVE the Matador. Just moved to the area and have eaten there at least once a week. Great food & stiff drinks. Makes for an outstanding lunch or dinner.

• 6 jong // Aug 8, 2008 at 7:35 pm

  i’m with mr fantastic. the drinks are good, but that crowd in there? not my crowd.

• 7 m // Aug 12, 2008 at 11:59 am

  jong - re: the crowd; its not called The Meet-a-Whore for nothing…

• 8 Steph // Aug 19, 2008 at 1:41 pm

  Ballard’s own little frat party!

• 9 Geoff // Sep 11, 2008 at 7:27 pm

  Wow some people are so bitter….

• 10 Bethany // Sep 16, 2008 at 12:02 pm

  It’s so crowded, just not with people who actually live in Ballard.

• 11 Doug Nichols // Oct 5, 2008 at 8:19 am

  I love eating mex, but this place puts a new price tag on okay food.

  First, I really find the atmosphere pretty nice, fireplace, lots of metal and cozy. On the down side it is loud, crowded and the awkward to get into. You cannot really go here and have a conversation unless you are outside

  The drinks are wells in the worse way- Watery, over priced and nothing special.

  The food is fine, but it is not great. Mostly lots of cheese, well I should say lots of food too- for you people who are hungry- but too much for me.

  The shrimp skewer thing is way over cooked and well over cooked. The braised carnitas are slow cooked to death and the enchiladas and ho hum.

  The other thing I would say about this place, and I think it is because of the crowd or volume they server, but it seems more like a pub and the wait staff act like it is a party place. And if that is what it is suppose to be, that is fine, just not my idea of dinner and fun.

• 12 PAS915 // Oct 6, 2008 at 7:06 pm

  Too many “beautiful people” in the bar. I’ll take The Sloop over the Matador any day. At least the people are real at the Sloop Tavern.
  M- I like the Meet-a-Whore — I’ll have to remember that!

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