great for native our out of towners, notgreatfor poseurs!. both my fiancée and i come from ethnically mexican country, and this is some of the most authentically mexican cooking you can come by in a restaurant. you can taste the real manteca, the real mexican cheeses (not just melted swiss and mozzarella, but real queso fresco. the ambiance can be brisk at times, but only because they want to get you your food quickly. the concentration on service is abundantly clear here. also, even though i don't like tequila, i will say that the margaritas here are friggin huge, and also really, really good.
which brings me to my second point. if you are a native of annapolis, you know that the town is full of cougars, hipsters, poseurs, and bar-going one-night-stand seekers. also midshipmen. i find that all of these groups are found in proportionally smaller quantities at el toro bravo than at any other restaurant in annapolis. friday nights are a little bit of an exception, but even then, it seems to be a different crowd. fairly normal folk go there, which i like. if you like that kind of thing, this is probably the restaurant for you.