Wow! We stopped by here on our way back from camping and we were NOT disappointed! The host & server/bartender were super friendly and checked on us frequently. Our meal came with chips and fresh salsa. We order the beef fajitas and they were SO good!! Very flavorful & hot with a huge portion (we split it between the two of us). The cheese crispy was also huge, delicious, and perfectly crispy. We used some of the slices as our fajita tortillas when we ran out of flour tortillas lol. The city power went out while we were there and even then the staff was calm, attentive, and helpful. I was very impressed by how they handled everything. Outdoor seating was perfect and the vibes were great! read more

El Charro Beer - cheese crispy, beef fajitas - Mexican Near Me - Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona

Disappointing Experience - Watch Your Bill! I was extremely disappointed with our experience at this restaurant. Our waiter attempted to add a 15% gratuity to our bill, claiming we were part of a large party when we clearly were not. There were only three of us, seated at our own table in a separate corner of the restaurant. When we arrived, the large party was already there and had already been served. Our waiter knew we were not part of that group. When we questioned the additional gratuity, he claimed he thought we were with the other party. That explanation made absolutely no sense given the circumstances. What should have been an enjoyable dining experience turned into a frustrating situation where we felt the waiter was trying to overcharge us. Customers should not have to scrutinize their bills to catch questionable charges. My advice: Check your bill carefully before paying! This experience left us questioning the honesty and integrity of the service. read more

I have my regular spots in Pinetop and this is added to my must-visits. The salsa is tasty, the beer is a-flowin, and the service is great. The added bonus is the decor, which is elevated yet authentic. I love that they show the Spanish-speaking music videos. My reason for 4 stars is that I want them to turn up the dial 3 levels in terms of heat. Spicier, please. The food is incredible but please don't be scared to smoke us out. I'd love to see what food they can make with more heat. read more

El Charro Beer - Mexican Near Me - Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona

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What a beautiful decorated Mexican restaurant! Lots of bright colors & fun decor! ALL the staff was super friendly & attentive too! Food was hot & AMAZING! Great chips & salsas and love the water bottles at each table, have it a 5 star experience. Visiting my brother from the PHX area, so glad he brought us here to get my Mexican food fix! YUM!! All the dishes everyone ordered had a great presentation but also very delish! Highly recommend if you're visiting, if you live here you're lucky! read more

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I really like this place. I got the Pollo El charro. It's: Grilled chicken breast topped with grilled anaheim chili, grilled onions and bacon, smothered with cheese sauce, served with rice and beans. Really good ! read more

El Charro Beer - El Pollo Charro - Mexican Near Me - Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona

So good! We ordered 2 hard beef tacos and 1 soft beef taco. Shredded beef. Everything was delicious. The rice & beans were yummy too. Customer service was very good. Perfect after a long hike. read more

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Cute restaurant with a beautiful decor. However after having their shrimp tacos I was sick all night. read more

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Ok Food. Mediocre Service. Environment is bright, new and clean. Excellent Margaritas!! read more

Took a weekend trip up to the White Mountains and decided to check out the newly open El Charro. We got there 30min before they closed so it wasn't very crowded. We were greeted quickly and given our table. There's outside and inside seating options with bar seating as well. Plenty of long tables as well if you're in a large group. Service was excellent, we had our drinks with chips & salsa within 30 seconds and food ordered within 5min. I got the chile verde burrito with a double side of refried beans (cause I MUST taste them). It was amazing! I really like this spot and the salsa options were both great. Scale of 1 to 10, I'll come back next time....i need to have a bean and cheese to validate its greatness. read more

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Just stop by because of the Mexican Cowboy out front. We had the ribeye steak and was so amazingly delicious and cooked to perfection. The service was great and everyone is so friendly. The ambiance is so nice and beautiful, almost like visiting a restaurant in Guadalajara. My wife and I love, love, love this place. A must try for great food and atmosphere. read more

Impressed. The quesadillas are the size of manhole covers! Delicious! My husband and I both ordered rib eye steaks. Cooked and seasoned perfectly! They were large and neither of us could finish them- looking forward to breakfast tomorrow with eggs. The restaurant was very clean and service attentive. Salsa was on point! read more

Hubs & I have been frequenting the El Charro Beer in Show Low for quite some time. I've never had a bad meal there. When we saw they were opening a place in Pinetop, we couldn't wait. (plus it's closer for us). Our first time at the new location, our server happened to be the young lady who was the hostess at the SL location. She recognized us and we chatted it up. This restaurant is beautiful! It looked like no expense was spared. I ordered a dish I had had in SL several times. Same dish. Same taste. It was yummy. Of course, Mexican food is subjective. What I might enjoy, you might not. The service was great. The food was great. My only complaint.... the lady who makes the tortillas is Show Low is staying in Show Low. Her tortillas are phenomenal! No pictures of food, just the inside. read more

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Food was okay. Lacked seasoning but nothing a little salt can't fix. Service and ambiance was great! Very nice waiter. They gave me curdled flan tho. read more

El Charro Beer - Flan - Mexican Near Me - Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona

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Sorry, but horrible margaritas. They brought out giant glasses of pure sugar. I drank part of one & felt sick. I'd rather have a normal-sized drink. Service & food were mediocre. Choose somewhere else. read more

We had a very large group and she did a great job and serving all of us. Everyone loved their food. We will be back next year for sure. read more

We had two fantastic meals and superb service from our server Catherine. The chips were crispy and fresh. We had mild medium and hot salsas which were delicious. The daily special was two enchiladas with rice and beans for only $9.50. We also had fajitas that were tasty and generous. The menu has great choices including molcajetes.The ambience here is beautiful and worth a trip just for that! read more

El Charro Beer - Beef enchiladas and sides, without dairy. - Mexican Near Me - Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona

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The seafood enchiladas were supposed to have shrimp, crab & scallops. There were a few shrimp, No Scallops, and the "crab" was the consistency of penne pasta. It cut like pasta with a slight fish flavor. So disappointing & after sharing my disappointment with Jasmine, the waitress, she said it was imitation crab & proceeded to give us the full check. read more

El Charro Beer - Enchilada Seafood - Mexican Near Me - Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona

How was the food and service? Great! We went to El Charro Beer in Pinetop, where we were promptly seated despite having no reservation. We enjoyed excellent service, drinks, appetizers, entrees, desserts, and coffee - all for the price of a single entre per person at the local "destination" pasta house. Based on customer service, drinks, food quality and quantity, we'll be returning to El Charro Beer in Pinetop. read more

Theresa was our waitress- she is amazing ANd hilarious!!!! I would come back just to have her as our waitress again! :). Keep her- it's hard to find quality service. Also I LOVED the ambiance here! The style inside is similar to my style and I wants to just make that decor ALL mine! I mean, I'm speechless and soo impressed with the vibe this place had! I couldn't stop looking at everything hanging on the ceilings and the shelving, walls etc. it was stunning in there AND family friendly! Cool statues out front too! Food still has some kinks- but I'd recommend the cheese dip. Also things were a bit slow but they're new, There is an adjustment period there. They have trap much potential so I hope things come together smoothly for them soon. We saw a guy being a jerk as we were being sat- he made a huge scene. I personally was happy to be there! :) Thanks for the great service Theresa!! You're an amazing young lady- keep it up!! Food rating 3 Service rating 10!! :) I know it doesn't Math, but I'll give a 4 Star for now. We will be back to visit again and I'll update review then. We love a good Mexican spot. read more

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Amazing new location in Pinetop. Best Mexican food on the mountain (SL & PT) . Great ambience. Anyone saying otherwise is probably disgruntled competition. Yes, as with any new restaurant they will have some wrinkles to iron out, but be patient- they opened up in high season and getting slammed. Side note- this new location has provided a lot of employment opportunies for locals. read more

El Charro Beer - Great bar - Mexican Near Me - Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona

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Food was good, ate in the bar. I had the pasta with shrimp and hubby had the happy hour nachos. Service was not so great, slow and our waiter keep forgetting what we ask for like extra napkins. All in all a pretty good experience. read more

El Charro Beer - Pasta with 6 really big prawns. Nachos in the back. - Mexican Near Me - Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona

Nice decor and service was quick and friendly. The burritos were a good deal and stuffed with chicken, very filling. read more

El Charro Beer - Chicken Burrito - Mexican Near Me - Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona

This location opened in May 2025. We had been to El Charro in Show Low and really enjoyed it. We decided to try their new location in Pinetop. The new restaurant is absolutely beautiful! Please see my video below. I love the authentic decor and the hand painted booths were absolutely gorgeous! The service was fantastic. Catherine was our server. She made great recommendations and was very friendly. She told us about the decor in the restaurant and how they went into the woods looking for just the right branches to utilize for some of the design touches. I wasn't super hungry so we split a green chili cheese crisp. It was the best cheese crisp I've tasted. It was a large flour tortilla topped with lots of cheese and garnished with freshly roasted green chili. Catherine informed us that they roast the green chilies fresh every day. We then tried the chili Verde Burrito. It was large and had a lot of meat inside. It was served with beans and rice and a bit of chopped vegetable garnish. Overall, we really enjoyed this location for its ambience, food, and definitely the service. Thank you so much Catherine and the entire staff for taking such great care of us. read more

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The decor in this restaurant is beautiful! Well above normal standards in this area. We went today for lunch and ordered the lunch special which was 2 enchiladas, beans & rice. We each ordered a cheese enchilada and a ground beef and shredded beef. All were very good and the beans are rice were very tasty and perfectly spiced. The house margarita was delicious. It was a nice serving so we only needed one with our meals. The chips and salsa were fresh The bartender was super helpful, pleasant and timely. Overall a great experience and I hope other restaurants in this area rise to meet these standards! read more

The food was very , very good. I shared a chicken fajita serving with my wife. The server was wonderful, and, it turns out she is a member of the family that owns the restaurant. This is a really good thing! The owner hails from Michoacán, Mexico, and the menu features a lot of varied dishes. This may be wonderful border food sprinkled with some very interesting seafood dishes, however, I'm coming back for the pork chili verde-and soon. Muy, muy bueno!! read more

My family visited El Charro on Wednesday for dinner. Even though there was 8 of us, we were seated within minutes. We started with drinks and appetizers and everything was delicious. The cheese crispy was fantastic, as was the Cadillac Margaritas! The meal was served hot and everyone really enjoyed their meal! Teresa was our server and she was attentive and quickly, courteously handled all of our requests. We would absolutely eat at El Charro again!! read more

Was really good waiter was awesome would highly recommend the pictures on wall were very beautiful read more

El Charro Beer - Steak was really good mushrooms perfect - Mexican Near Me - Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona

New and elegant decor, great service. They were able to accommodate a party of 14. Delicious food in every price range. If you're in the neighborhood stop by. read more

First of all, the ambience is really nice. It's a large open space that's attractively decorated. The chips and salsa were an excellent start. Fresh tasting and a salsa that doesn't taste like it comes from a can. Although the food isn't that spicy, it has more spicing than other places on the mountain. The menu is extensive with a lot of seafood on it. I steered away from the seafood as these mountains are far from the sea, and we tried some traditional fair. The quesobirria taco plate was delicious; good quality tortillas, meat, and flavorful consume. My partner had the chorizo burrito which he enjoyed, although the spice level was low. It is by far the best Mexican food in Pinetop. We will definitely be back. read more

The food is terrific and the service is great. Really like the ambience. And Teresa is a fantastic waitress and helps out bartending and always takes care of us when the other bartenders are busy. read more

El Charro Beer - El Charro - Mexican Near Me - Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona

Food had no flavor. Very bland. Husband had chicken that was like jerky. Beans and rice had no flavor and the prices were very high for the low level food and service. Plenty of other places to go. This place will not last long with low quality ingredients. read more

Simply, the absolute best Mexican food in the Pinetop area. Their sauces and preparations and smoked shrimp are to die for. !! every time we go we try some new items of theirs, and we have never been disappointed in anything including their drinks, which are great read more

This place is fantastic!! I hate when new places open and people start to leave silly low star ratings. The food was fantastic, the atmosphere is on point and service was great. Katherine even went out of her way to make sure the kitchen knew about my mom's food allergies. Highly recommend and we can't wait to go back!! read more

El Charro Beer - Mexican Near Me - Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona

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Excited to have a new Mexican restaurant in Pinetop. Great combo lunch options and solid chips and salsa. Love having the bar option when I leave the fam back at the cabin. read more

El Charro Beer - Cheese Enchilada & Shredded Beef Taco Combo - Mexican Near Me - Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona

I hope I can update to 5 stars soon, because maybe there are a few growing pains... Mostly great though! Awesome: 1. Ambiance. It's got the "new car" feel because... It's brand new! 2. They have Pacifico on draft! Yay!!! 3. (Ask for the) hot salsa for the chips. Boom! Mix with the regular salsa! Weird: 1. A cold salad served as a side on a scalding hot plate? Um, Beans would be a more obvious choice. It came with rice, but a warm salad??? 2. Flavor was kinda bland. But that being said, the demographic here probably embraces that! 3. I can't get over the bizarre cold salad cooking on my plate that was hot like the surface of the sun. Who thought this was a good idea??? Solid fresh new addition to the mountain! Salad was a bad choice... read more

Definitely the best Mexican food on the mountain. Birria tacos are delicious & definitely a customer favorite! Huge margaritas! Both times we have been, there was only one waitress so don't be in a rush. read more

Food is always good the service is alway great and it's a comfortable and clean place to eat .

Food was just okay but the bartender was there but not present. We couldn't get refills. He was more interested in the football game and his phone. But the place is nice, good ambiance. read more

Excellent carne asada tacos and good customer service! We highly recommend for good Mexican food in Pinetop.

The restaurant opened too soon. My husband and I asked for an alcohol list. They didn't have enough one... I ordered a combination of Flautas and Chili Relleno. The beans and rice that were included with the combo were ice cold. Really? When we received the check, there was a 3.5% upcharge for using a debit card with no forewarning. The waiter made up a bull crap excuse about how we were in Pinetop as opposed to Show Low. I say bull crap. I say the ambiance is nice and the waiter was great. But they need to get their crap together. read more