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    El Maguey Restaurant

    3.7 (22 reviews)
    Closed 8:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Lunch special. Relleno and enchilada both picadillo beef filled. Bean and cheese chalupa

    I am new to working on Elgin. I was driving in downtown and thought I would try this restaurant. I am so glad I did. I ordered the lunch special which includes tea. Everything was seasoned well. It was a lot of food. The relleno was crispy which I liked as opposed to the softer egg batter. They had a hotter salsa which was really good as well. I highly recommend this place. I can't wait to bring my family and friends here.

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    These nachos were $12. The food here is not that great. Recently the waitstaff has gotten much better but I think they get overworked by only having 1-2 staff when it gets "busy". We've literally sat for an hour on many occasions to have someone even come check on us. It's just a local dive that locals go to because there are not many other choices. Their margaritas are good but the quality varies depending on who's working. Prices seem to fluctuate. The same margarita might be three different prices in three different days.

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    We went back for lunch! I made a new discovery: everything you get here will be amazing and you can tell it's homemade!

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    We were there in the afternoon. It was not busy at the time. Food we great and the draft beers were icy cold.

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    Great food and attentive service. We had fajitas and diablo shrimp. Will be back for more!

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    I love the place. It's comfort Mexican food and always consistently good. Great margaritas too. We come weekly.

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