Love thos place. Best taco Tuesday deal around. See pic. Fast courteous service. Great taco sauces. Can't beat it for a budget deal! read more

El Fast Burrito - 3 carne 3 pastor - Mexican Near Me - Des Plaines, Illinois

Rude employee at the register and the tacos were not good. Dirty and needs some up dating.

After getting food here a few times, I started noticing a trend, if you are nonhispanic you get really bad meat pieces. All the fatty parts. If you are hispanic they give you really good chunky steak. That's kinda bad, considering the white folk is your main customer. I have found better mexican joints now, so have not returned here. And will not. Also don't need your attitude and btw I am hispanic, just because I don't really look like it, doesn't mean I am not. Also it's kinda dirty looking in there. read more

I had no time to head over at 10am to hunt down the food I ordered at 7am. I had much to do and had to order breakfast somewhere else since this place did not provide such things for my husband and I. Fast forward to today, I forgot I got charged $20 something dollars from this restaurant and so I called for a refund. A man had answered as I tried to explain my situation and if they did ever receive my order, to which this man replies very quickly and mumbles, "you never picked up the food and it had gone to waste. I will not give you a refund". Will never attempt to eat here again. First and last time I will ever order from here. read more

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El Fast Burrito had very good homemade Tex Mex food. For around $10 you can get a meal that fills you up. There was a stage, sometimes they have bands. I had a burrito and a unique stuffed pepper taco. read more

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The burrito was delicious! I got the steak burrito and it was fresh ingredients and very filling!

This place has great food - but the service isn't amazing. The tacos and salsa are very good but I wish the service was better! I'll definitely always get take out from here but won't be dining in again! Also on Tuesday they have $1 tacos!! read more

El Fast Burrito - Veggie Taco and Fries - Mexican Near Me - Des Plaines, Illinois

BE CAREFUL with this place. I had just gotten a new credit card and used it for the first time at this place. The following day, I got notifications of Starbucks gift cards purchased using my credit card. I called my credit card company to file fraud transactions and to lock my card and get a replacement. The following day, they tried to use my card again to pay for parking and also buy more Starbucks gift cards. So glad none of them went through. And how do I know it was from this place? It was a new credit card and I used it only ONCE. I inserted the card in their machine up front to pay. I'm guessing their machine has some sort of skimming device in it. You've been warned. read more

I absolutely love this place. Family owned and operated. I've been eating here since 2012ish. The food and the prices are great. They have good customer service and the food is prepared in a timely manner. I eat here whenever I'm in the Desplaines area. If it was close to my house, I think it would be over! OD on El Fast. read more

good food good service needs more attention food was really good and authentic the workers are nice

Food 10 out of 10 definitely recommend service amazing 10 out of 10. Definitely recommend. very friendly very delicious. Very cheap. I love the prices on everything. Definitely recommend 100 out of 10 for sure. I hope the prices stay the same. That's what makes the food even better because I'm broke. SO YUMMY AND FAST -Lay read more

The vegetarian burrito is delicious. Rice, avocados, refried bean, lettuce, and cheese. I really like their green and red salsas. read more

Picked up lunch to go. The chile relleno torta was fantastic and I really enjoyed the chips and salsa. Which I got a lot of. Service was friendly and quick. I did go at an off peak time, though. read more

El Fast Burrito - Salsa & Chips Chile Relleno Torta - Mexican Near Me - Des Plaines, Illinois

I loved the food here. The pastor and chicken have good marinades. What I didn't care for was coming by on a Saturday at 8:30pm and they're closed. Sign says 9pm. I also found the bathrooms to be 20 years old. Time for an update. read more

El Fast Burrito - Taco and sope - Mexican Near Me - Des Plaines, Illinois

Food is always ready fast, I love their nachos. Chorizo tacos are delicious as well.

El Fast was good. It was solid. I had a torta and elotes (that's somehow under the deserts heading on the menu) I did not like the elotes too much. Kinda did not have much flavor. I went with a group of 8 and everyone was satisfied with their meal. read more

Always kind and friendly! Food is great especially for the price. Fast delivery. Great staff. Recently remodeled as well. Can't complain.

Stopped in for someMexican food. Place was EMPTY. I was standing at counter. Employee right front of me was filling cooler with soda. He turned to talk to another employee. At that point he saw me. I was ignored and he kept filling the cooler. No problem. I walked out and went elsewhere. read more

Awesome service and the food was great! The place looks lively and enough room for a lot of customers. They won't regret this place.

Really solid food and salsas (coming from a Mexican). Their tortas always hit the spot and the prices are fair. I work in the area and there's so many chains, so it's nice to have a family owned Mexican restaurant close by. The workers have always been friendly when I pick up my food as well. Looking forward to coming back soon. read more

Craving some fast and delicious Mexican food? Look no further (if you around Des Plaines) than El Fast Burrito! With specials every day, how can you not go there for lunch or dinner? I especially like the Taco Tuesday deal ($1/taco) and the options include chicken, pork, steak and vegetarian on a corn or flour tortilla with onion and lettuce and green or red sauce. I recommend getting any of the tacos with the green sauce that has a bit of a kick. The taco meats are sliced very thinly and cooked well with great flavoring. The Friday deal is also pretty good if you can't go on Tuesday - 3 tacos for $5. The menu is quite extensive so anything you crave will be found here. This is the best restaurant at the low price point! The location is pretty convenient too - situated in a strip mall area with tons of free parking and nearby shops (UPS and Ace Hardware). The restaurant itself is very large and even has a small performance corner in the front - it looks like a very nice place to hang around, listen to some music and eat some good and affordable Mexican food during normal times. The restaurant accepts cash and credit card ($5 at least to use a credit card). read more

Went in on Taco Tuesday and bum looking cashier gets mad at me for remaking an order because he can't pronounce "$1 tacos" correctly. Should've just said " do you want cheap tacos or expensive tacos" but there's prob no difference between the 2 options besides the price lol read more

Restaurant is decently sized. Staff is friendly. I had the nachos with ground beef which was good. Only ate about half the plate, decent portion for a $6 meal. read more

Real decent steak tacos, nachos, and burritos. My go to for when I don't feel like cooking. Mostly take it home. UPDATE: Taco Tuesday's.....the best $1 tacos!! read more

Prepare for a 20 minute wait on Tuesday's and about 4 pieces of meat per taco. Even on non taco tuesdays the wait time is insane. It's about a 2 minute walk from work but I have been driving across town to other establishments. read more

cheapest prices around! great serving sizes and huge menu. awesome place during these hard times. thanks for not price gauging and being a customer friendly place. read more

Food is always fresh and tasty . If you go there at pick hours, expect delays! Ambiance...it's a neighborhood restaurant. Overall, not bad at all. read more

Their sopes are excellent. And you can't beat $1 tacos every Tuesday over there. I do recommend this place.

How you gonna run outta fish during LENT?! I mean, you're a latino restaurant... I am pretty sure you cater to many hispanics... and most hispanics are catholics that follow Lent, so why not be prepared for this at least for Friday's? Ridiculous! and to top it off, the fish tacos were flavorless. Not even the green salsa could save them. read more

These guys are awesome. We order from here on a weekly basis. Everything from here tastes fresh &delicious. They rarely mess up on our orders they get things done quickly & staff is nice and polite. Also price is very affordable & you get a lot of food. Highly recommended. read more

My husband bought tacos here today.... they are so tiny it's not even funny. We paid $1.85 per taco and they're literally like 2-3 inches long. I posted a picture next to their thimble size sauce container for size read more

El Fast Burrito - Tiniest taco I've ever seen. - Mexican Near Me - Des Plaines, Illinois

6 years later.. had chicken burrito was full of lettuce didn't really see any cheese in there even though it said it came with it probably will not go back read more

I've been going to this restaurant since it opened and have no complaints. The food is delicious and the prices are great like taco Tuesday. Workers are very friendly and the service is fast! Recommend trying everything on the menu! read more

El Fast Burrito - Chilaquiles - Mexican Near Me - Des Plaines, Illinois

This place took 25 minutes with no one in the restaurant to make me six $1 tacos! Then dude behind counter tried telling me they go by order.. If it was like that, I would never of ordered! I mean come on seasoned restaurant knows they can make 6 tacos for the guy waiting at counter, right? Try any of the other restaurants in Des Plaines, forget this place! I will never order from here again. Lousy service and tiny portions of dried up meat! read more

This place is a recycle of El Famous Burrito, with the same decor, probably the same employees, and almost definitely the same food. It's a good place, especially since they do tacos the non-Taco Bell way. But on to the review... Food - it's generally good, though the steak here is a bit varied, usually it's quite good, but sometimes (not at the fault of El Fast) some gristle is in there, but that's to be expected in bulk meat. Expect the same or similar menu as with El Famous except they make tacos both the Tex-Mex way as well as the method close to 'real' tacos - the meat with cilantro and onions. That's yummy. Same with elotes, which doesn't seem to be offered at many restaurants. Service - it's basically a self-service place with tables and chairs, like McDonald's but they keep up the place fairly clean. Misc - plenty of parking in the lot, it's a bit noisy especially if it's got the fútbol game on. Atmosphere is decent there, though it doesn't speak much to me, but that's a me thing, not a problem with the restaurant plenty of chairs and tables and a couple of TVs. This place is no El Faro in terms of the tasty burritos, but it still holds its own well, accounting for the 45 minute trip (one-way) to El Faro, I'll take Fast. read more

I would rate this as a 0 if I could. For a work event, I tried to order for delivery from this place but 45 min after I had placed the order someone called me and said that it could not be completed for "personal reasons"? I am not too sure what that means, nor have I ever had this problem anywhere else. read more

This should be called El SLOW BURRITO great food but I waited 1 hour for my food and literally almost missed the entire TOP GUN MAVERICK movie because of it... don't get me wrong great tacos but I advise calling 35-1 hour ahead on taco Tuesday read more

You got me at Carni Asada Fries! Never been here but they got me on my first order. The fries were still crispy and everything was fresh. read more

El Fast Burrito - Mexican Near Me - Des Plaines, Illinois

Great food, great staff and reasonable prices! Really good burritos. Now that ACE Hardware has opened in the Center, it makes for a good carry out after getting my hardware needs. read more

I started a new job and as part of the initial co worker bonding I was invited to "Taco Tuesday". The one dollar taco place! All the taco sauce you can eat ! awesome! read more