We popped in to El Mex while visiting Lake Bowen. I loved, loved, loved the artwork on the walls. Stunning. Per our usual we ordered Fresh Guacamole with all the goodies. It was delicious and refreshing. The hubby had the Carnitas Tacos and I had the Carne Asada tacos. The hubby said these were the closest to the California street tacos we miss. read more

El Mex - Beautiful Artwork - Mexican Near Me - Inman, South Carolina

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Delicious Vegan Friendly meal item Ate lunch here with a large group of friends, selected because they had a vegan option. Ordered the veggie fajitas with no cheese, no sour cream. Staff was great, they immediately started taking beverage orders and everyone enjoyed the chips and salsa. Everyone liked the food and service, wish I lived closer to return regularly.. Service: 5 stars Value: Good (good portion size for price) 5 Taste: 5 stars read more

Worst place I e ever been Bad food took forever Worst service ever I'd give a 0 if you were able read more

We got takeout. The staff were friendly and made the ordering process a breeze. The food was very good and great portion sizes especially for the price. The timing was incredible as we got it in 10 minutes. read more

El Mex - Mushroom quesadilla, rice, and beans - Mexican Near Me - Inman, South Carolina

Our lunch take out order was close to $40 for 2 burritos, nachos supreme and a side of guacamole and it was pathetic. Pictures attached! Do not go here. It's a giant rip off. I will never order again and I will warn all my friends from ordering from here. There are too many food options to settle for this, I even tipped $5 for the takeout order because the guy seemed to understand what I was asking for. I don't like queso so I just asked for shredded cheese instead of a cheese sauce... there was not any cheese at all in the burritos and barely any on the "nachos". This was a giant rip off. We were very disappointed. read more

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one of my favorite mexican restaurants always quick food and good service. Love the grilled chicken nachos , only negative is smaller portions then most places read more

Great food, Great service! Dine inside, dine outside, or call for carryout. I always get the shredded chicken quesadilla with a side of beans; so good! And my husband gets chicken fajitas. The food is hot and comes out fast. If your looking for a quick bite or in need of a date night, this is your place. read more

Love to get the Shrimp Soft Tacos and some Spicy Cheese Dip! Great atmosphere and yummy food! You'll def find something good to eat here!

I love the reviews that are judging based on lack of masks. What a bunch of children. Grow up.... I'm glad this place made a conscience choice not to wear masks.. Its called FREEDOM... Good to see immigrant business owners making a decision based on the rights afforded to them by our Constitution.. I have also eaten here the food was great.. service was great... the atmosphere was great also.. This food was the closest to the food I ate from the Hispanic community I grew up in. Thanks guys.. read more

These folks provide delectable food and conscientious service. They are open Sunday and Monday, too.

The margarita tower and beef burritos are my favorite. Plus the service was great, Roy was fantastic and Alfonzo was a good bartender. Not sure how there are bad reviews here. Me and my girlfriends come AT LEAST once a week. read more

Went with a party of 6 for dinner and 3 of us ended up with food poisoning. Will never eat there again.

Well I have given El Mex another try- should not have. Food was cold - most places the plates are super hot not here, the service was slow and to boot they charge an extra 4% on top of your bill for using a credit card. The waiter was not attentive and we felt like an outsider there. Save your money and go to a different Mexican Restaurant. read more

Terrible on multiple levels. Waiter took forever to initially come to the table and return with 3 waters. Chips were stale and flavorless. After the food finally arrived every plate and it's contents were cold and the portions were small. Waiter only came to the table one time between the food arriving and taking our order. This is the last time I will visit, not to fail to mention that this is not the first time this type of situation has occurred at this place. Also when I got to the counter to pay the bill I was informed that THERE IS A 4% UP CHARGE TO USE A CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD!!! Needless to say I'll make the drive somewhere else next time I want Mexican. read more

Excellent Mexican restaurant that is always excellent. Wonderful dishes and even better service.

Slow service. Took a long time before my drink was refilled. Several minutes before anyone appeared to seat us and there was only 2 booths full at the moment. Never asked to refill chips or check on us. Only time we saw a waiter was to take order and bring food. Never even brought the bill had to go up front to get it. Food took a long time to arrive and it was just off the lunch menu nothing special. And this is not a one time event last two times we went was that way. read more

My girlfriend and I went, ordered, and ate. While everything was decent, after i paid and got my to-go order i went out to the car. Just as i was about to pull off a short man ran, banged on my girlfriends window, and started yelling we never paid. After telling him i paid and going inside to prove it, i saw my ticket sitting directly on top. This place isn't worth the hassle of dealing with for getting below average food. read more

Usually don't have a problem with this place but I placed a to-go order today for a shrimp quesadilla and the shrimp were raw. I don't usually complain but when I called up there to let them know about the undercooked shrimp the man who answered called our conversation useless and was extremely rude. Sheesh... didn't realize you could serve someone raw food and be rude to them about it too. Very unprofessional and I will no longer be coming here. Good luck staying in business. read more

Prob my worst experience eating Mexican food. I got steak nachos, was $7-$8 bucks. I got about 10 soggy nachos covered with about 3 pieces of meat. Wilted lettuce, what smelled like rotten guacamole, mixed with sour cream. A couple pieces of tomatoes. I took one bite tried to get the owners attention. We were in a pretty big group he spoke to everyone except our party. I ordered a beer, was told the owner would bring it over. I'm assuming because she was under age. Never brought it over, the waitress brought it over warm 20 min later. People like it, it's why we went. We had a party of 12, none of us will be going back. read more

Just an overall bad experience. Wrong order, over charged and music blaring like a night club.

Very good food at very reasonable prices. Taco salad was very good and filling. Nice, clean and quiet atmosphere.

We eat here at least twice per week !!! Great atmosphere good service, great place for families and gatherings. People love to be taken care of and this is the place. !!!! Food is fantastic!!! I try something different in the menu often and its all yummy! read more

This place is terrible. Spend the extra time and drive to boiling springs to eat Mexican. The salsa taste like pure salt. The rice taste like dirt. There was absolutely nothing good about this place. read more

Tony is great! Great place to eat and chill. There drinks are fantastic and the people are even better

Worst customer service !!!! Ordered nachos and guacamole dip .. received 2 cheese dips on my delivery... manager said cook said he put one cheese and one guacamole... he stated that maybe I made the two cheese dips ... food is ok but poor customer service to accuse a customer instead of taking ownership and maybe it was a mistake and. Correct it ... read more

This place sucks!! Worst service, food order was not correct, took 40 mins for them to take our drink order, another 20 after that to order food, then 40 mins to get food. This restaurant was hosting a car show event so why would you not properly staff your business when you know you will be busy. Just plain poor management all the way around!!!! Next time-THERE WON'T BE A NEXT TIME!! Wanna bet this place goes under? There are too many nice good Mexican Restaurants to put up with this bad service!!!!! read more

We ate here for the first time tonight. The chips and salsa were fresh , service was fast and drinks were cold . The food was excellent. This is our new favorite place in the lake Bowen , boiling springs area . We can't wait to go back. read more

I don't even want to give them a star. My dad went there today and placed to go. They had just opened and he was the second person in there. He waited for a while for them to even take his order and then after paying, and waiting 40 minutes, they had still not brought him his food. In fact they had sat and served food to several people who came in after him. They also stood around talking and joking as if they didn't have a customer to serve. My dad was so angry at the lack of respect that he left without getting his money back. That will be the last dime they get from our family and we recommend spending your money in the other Mexican restaurants nearby. New businesses can't afford to be so rude! read more

We were on our way to MI..back tracked and were extremely happy. Chips were fresh and warm.. beer was cold! Burrito was great.. beans were authentic and service 5 stars‼ Salsa was tasty and the right amount of heat. Judy & Tim read more

Best restaurant in Inman! Fresh food, perfect margaritas, and the best service you'll ever have! I've never had a bad experience at El Mex!

This is the best restaurant I have ever been to. The nachos fantastic! The salsa great! The service even better! Never have had a complaint. They always know how to take care of me read more

The restaurant initially had a cool vibe, but the food was cold, tables were dirty, and service was mediocre. We will not eat here again.

Food was ok. Did not taste like authentic Mexican to me. I've never had fajitas filled with squash. Will not be going back since this area has many other options. read more

This is by far the WORST Mexican Restaurant ever. We got a table right away but it was down hill from there. The place was filthy dirty for starters, so were the menus. It took us twenty minutes for us to get a waitress and menus. We tried to order a pitcher of beer and they didnt know how to even ring it up... when we had been there a week or so before and had ordered one. Twenty went by just to order drinks. Then we had to go to the bar to get our second drinks because our waitress was MIA. When she finally came to our table we still didn't have menu's dirty ones at that. Don't places know that's where most of your germs come from, wash your menus. When we were able to order another twenty minutes went by, by the time we got food (not our food mind you) it was not cold, it was stone cold. When we were able to flag someone on the wait staff to have our order fixed. That took about ten more minutes. When our food arrived it was HORRIBLE!!!! The ground beef in my tacos was just that ground beef absolutely no flavor what so ever. My husband's ordered his without sour cream and it was dumped on top. His food was cold as well. We sent our plates back and another fifteen minutes went by just to reheat. We flagged down the manager and told him of our situation he was very apologetic and comped us our whole bill drinks and all. Now we are not the kind people that go around trying to get a free meal. But I wouldn't have paid for that meal either way. The manager was the only bright spot in the place. He was running around cleaning tables, running food and taking orders. Some of the wait staff needs to either be fired or re trained and their cell phones have no place on the floor. We saw at least three of the wait staff including our waitress texting on their phones while customers were waiting for some kind of service. Over all it took us almost 2 1/2 hour to try to have two drinks and Mexican food. We live less than ten minutes from this restaurant and we will never go back. I have no idea how these other people can post such positive reviews they are either related to the owners, are friends to the family or are just down right not being honest. If I was able to give less than one Star I would. read more