The service was terrible. The food itself tasted good. However, when it came time to pay, the experience was even worse--there wasn't a shred of friendliness, and the staff wore sour faces. They got my order wrong, and they actually mocked the idea of ​​having to remake it. I rarely take the time to write reviews, but this experience was so bad that I simply couldn't let it slide. I left an 18% tip out of courtesy, but they didn't deserve a thing. read more

The food comes so fast and they have the best rice and when you eat inside you get bottles with salsa and the salsa always is perfect with the right amount of spice and flavor and they're steak tacos are always perfectly cooked with the best flavor not to mention the Horchata that is cold and tasty! read more

Food is decent, but why is it $2 for extra nacho cheese! $2 y'all tripping. The communication sucks as well, they don't understand shit really. read more

Unbelievable .. an absolute tragedy this place is even open.. ordered a total of 7 items between 2 people and NONE had any flavor, all were very obviously old and microwave reheated (how do carnitas and flank steak both arrive at a table literally Grey throughout and no color from the grill at all???) Salsa bottles are dirty and caked up inside.. "sope" is a tiny thing piece of I don't know what.. "gordita" was disgusting.. Piccadillo had literally 0 taste at all.. I mean come on, even the coffee was horrendous. It tasted like old iced tea heated up. To order all this food and have everything come in under 5 minutes made it all too obvious the only method of cooking here is microwaving pre made junk. The owners should be ashamed. I've never been this hard on a restaurant, but they earned it today. Absolutely disgusting read more

El Palmar - "Suizo" burrito... 6 shreds of mozzarella cheese on top, literally nothing but 3-4 beans and maybe an ounce of meat in the entire burrito - Mexican Near Me - Waukesha, Wisconsin

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THIS PLACE IS NOT IT...if you're looking for any hint of "Authentic" Mexican flavors. Bland and lacking seasoning. Chipotle does better at representing Mexican food than this place. Couple tasteless food with poor customer service, and a lying owner/manager, and you'll luckily get two (2) stars. Salsa verde is NOT red Sir. Smh!!! read more

Quick, authentic and fresh.... I can't wait to try it again and next time a full meal with margaritas!

Very good steak tacos, the service was great. I stopped here at around 1:30am after a night out. I recommend checking this place out if you're in the area! read more

Really good food, fast and friendly service, and it gives the vibes of a small taco shop. Overall, good restaurant.

Very good food. Especially tacos. Fresh and tasty. Will try it again. A bit of a hole in the wall type place with many local neighborhood folks who know the food is great. Small seating area and needs a bit of updating. GREAT value for the cost. Limited chips in the small bowl and guac was just okay. Shrimp, chorizo, carnitas all good. Saw a Tilapia platter that looked very interesting. Lots of options to try in the future ... but the menu is very hard to read, with verbiage over pictures, etc. read more

literally wtf! Okay I had high hopes for this restaurant. But when I received my food I was shocked. The NACHO cheese on my chimichanga was insane to me. I love chimichanga's and get them frequently at Mexican restaurants. I have never once gotten nacho cheese in mine, it was really off putting. I ended up cutting the tortilla in half to try and avoide eating the nacho cheese after the first bite of it, and realizing how gross it was! The torta was very smushed and sloppily put togther. The beans were unseasoned along with the rice :(. Pretty sad about it because I was in the mood for Mexican but definitely not anymore . Definitely gonna be sticking to my go to place from now on! read more

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Margarita & food were EXCELLENT! Fast service & authentic menu. Good value for the price also.

The lettuce was rotten...the bun had some weird meat slug on it, meat was not even cooked all the way. when I called to order the first guy gave up on taking the order and randomly passed the phone to another employee to reorder everything. I had been there one time today and the chubbier guy at the cashier has been extremely rude both times. I'm questioning whether I should have even eaten the shrimp. read more

El Palmar - a hand holding a piece of food - Mexican Near Me - Waukesha, Wisconsin

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Mal servicio el cajero es muy grosero sin simpatía para los clientes y si le preguntas por el precio de algún producto te contesta molesto !

I was not getting a good vibe from this place from the moment I walked in because all the employees walked past me several times and never acknowledged me and just left me standing there until I finally stopped some and asked if could I sit any where. I was the only non Mexican in the place so I had high hopes. The place is small and with booths and tables and chairs. There is a flat screen and art on the walls. It has wall paper that looks like bricks and wood half way up the walls. And like so many places in Wi the poker machines. There was no hot sauces on the table which I hate from a Mexican place. My chips and salsa came to the table with my menu. The menu had a lot of choices but no combo plates to get a better sampling of the menu. I noticed all the other table getting getting hot sauce brought to them but I'm invisible and none for me WTF hello I would like some hot sauce. My meal came to the table and still no hot sauce so I asked for some and I finally got some. The yellow bottle tasted horrible while the red was hot with plenty of seeds in it. The chips were thin and crisp and not seasoned. The salsa was semi chunky on the watery side with some heat with tomatoes, onion and cilantro. I ordered the steak burrito suizo meal that comes with a drink so I took home a Pepsi. The meal comes with rice and beans, see my pictures. The burrito suizo looked strange because all the other times I have had one there was sauce and cheese on top where this one only had cheese on top. None of the food is seasoned by the way. The beans had the texture of gravy, very runny and bland. The rice had great texture and was firm and separated well from the other pieces but bland also. The steak burrito had a nice amount of steak but it was gray looking and not seasoned so it was bland and not exciting at all. My service was not very good from start to finish and my server never came back after I got my meal to see if I needed anything. I finally had to grab a server and ask for the check so I could leave. I don't see the four star reviews because this place can't hang with the Milwaukee area four star places at all and I now have a better appreciation for Milwaukee's Mexican food scene. read more

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Authentic Mexican Cuise here. Great service super friendly fast service for a great price. I eat here about three times a week. The tacos and tamales are delicious read more

The food is uninspired, at least for breakfast. I LOVE Mexican food, but this was just the worst. Nothing was good. Just unimaginative, bland. Felt like everything came out of a can. I took 3-4 bites and paid and walked out. My wife and daughter were equally disappointed. read more

Great flank steak burritos and prices. The wait was only 10 minutes for two burrito dinners.

Great food. Not the friendliest employees. But food is hot and tasty. Clean restaurant.

Love this place. Great prices and excellent food! If you want to try something new, try the goat tacos on corn tortillas with cilantro and onion. If your contagious enough to try the beef head tacos on flour tortillas with cilantro and onion, here is where you'll find them. Yum! A bit greasy so make sure you have plenty of napkins. Lol If you find the courage to try the goat or beet head give me a thumbs up or down to let me know what you think. Enjoy! read more

Best authentic Mexican food in Waukesha by far, I've been going here everyday for a little over a year. I get the taco dinner, the tacos are always perfect. Good meat portions and side portions. The rice is the best rice I've had at any place. Service and atmosphere is amazing, definitely recommend good food with a good price ! read more

OMG. Tasty street tacos as a reasonable price. Try the goat taco, and the beef head taco!

Delicious! Try barbacoa de chivo taco and consomé and the sea in a taco. Delicious, delicious. Approved by a Mexican ;) read more

El Palmar - Mexican Near Me - Waukesha, Wisconsin

Food is good so I will give them two stars for that . Service is terrible! Rude servers act like you are doing them a favor coming there not the other way around. Always rude too . Spouse likes to come here I would go somewhere else personally. Some items are good others not and you cannot request items to be put on the side . They make a big deal of it . I think because they are open late am not much competition around they have good business. If another better place came in would give them a run for their money . read more

I was in and out in less than 10 min! Ordered take out after I got there and the service was prompt and friendly!! Ordered legua and tripa tacos and they were delicious as were the refried beans:) only the rice was boring, though the texture was great. read more

The absolute best! I crave the flavors of their tacos and they are the sweetest people! I love this place!

Doesn't look like much walking by, but we were so hungry we decided to swing in and try it. The food is great and you can't beat the prices! So much food, but costs so little. Authentic Mexican food was amazing and our hunger was more than satisfied! read more

This that mom & pops Mexican restaurant in town that you've been looking for. Once you become a regular you'll be welcomed by the cooks and Chon every time. It's cheap with large quantities. read more

We love the ground beef chimichangas! Seasoned really nicely, and definitely enough for a plentiful dinner and lunch the next day.

In town for a couple days and looking for a good Mexican place for dinner. Followed reviews and hoped that despite the outside view and inside of the restaurant that the food would be good. Not quite, Service was slow bc there was only 1 dude serving everyone (about 8 tables) and he was swamped. We got combo fajitas which were okay, the kids got cheese and cheese/ground beef quesadillas which looked good. Drinks served in cans from cooler and no margaritas (only Mike's Hard Lemonade drinks). If I lived locally I probably wouldn't return. read more

Good food, cheap eats... free chips & salsa then Tried 3 different tacos with beans & rice & avocado. Beans a little runny but overall it was a good meal. Wait staff (1 for the whole place) was on the slow side, l was the only gringo dining (all other patrons spoke Español to her). Seems like a great place to eat late-night after a few beers.... or before a few beers as it is across the street from Discount Liquor Waukesha. They dont take American Express. read more

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My new go-to lunch spot in Waukesha. Authentic, inexpensive, and fast! Usually get the shrimp tacos and they are so tasty! I splurged last time and ordered the homemade guacamole as well. I was not disappointed - so fresh! I definitely recommend that you give this place a try if you don't think you can find authentic Mexican food outside of Milwaukee! read more

What's not to like about authentic Mexican food that's cheap? The establishment is not as decorated as others in the area, but the food rivals a popular train stop in town. Although its nothing fancy, this is a clean place with about six tables. The staff is friendly and quick to serve you. Salsa is fresh and good. I come here on a rather regular basis for their tacos. I recommend the beef, with cilantro and onion on corn tortilla. It's authentic and muy delicioso! read more

Worst service ever. Server was cursing at everyone and I had not one but TWO hairs in my food! So disturbed this place should be shut down!

Full disclosure, I did not eat a full meal here. Walked in, was seated, given a menu, and drink order was taken. Some clues that something was off - chips and salsa only upon request. Chips were stale and not very salty. Salsa was jar-like. It was as if someone threw some tomatoes at some onions and watered the whole thing down with tomato water. The meal reached a confusing conclusion when ketchup and mustard were left at the table to accompany nothing at all. The layout inside is confusing. It kind of reminded me of an old Laundromat. The wait staff was friendly but not friendly enough to offset the chips/salsa/canned soda. We left. The can of soda (and the chips?) totaled $2.something. It was a confusing end to a short-lived meal. Maybe it's better take out than dine in. It wouldn't be my first choice in Waukesha. This detail isn't that important but I found it to be meaningful that Speed Racer (the new one) was on TV in the background. read more

Good little taco location in a fairly quite location. There is nothing upscale about the location but it works as this is a great lunch location to grab something quick to eat. Of all the lower cost taco locations in the area this one is right up there as one of the best. I would say the location is fairly small so don't plan on showing up with more than 5 or 6 people and get a table right away. The benefit to El Palmar over Los Tacos is the free chips and salas as well as a full menu although you lose the taco topping bar that is at Los Tacos. read more

Steak Taco dinner slapps every time! I especially like the orange salsa. Also they will have it ready in 10 mins rain snow or shine.

Quaint restaurant with fast service, and authentic food. We had tacos de lengua and chicharron. Both were excellent. The server was fast and polite. This is a great place to check out if your in Waukesha. Easy on the pocket book as well. read more

El Palmar - Tacos de lengua. - Mexican Near Me - Waukesha, Wisconsin

Found hair in two of our meals, we called to respectfully inform them to try and avoid that from repeating itself and instead of apologizing for the inconvenience, they went ahead and rudely told us that there's nothing they can do. We got comments like "What do you want us to do? cut our hair off?" read more

Let me start by saying if you're looking for a place that looks nice this is not the place for you. But I don't care about that, when I go to eat I'm looking for good food. It's a simple place with a simple menu. But the food is amazing. So amazing that I eat here way more than I would like to admit. Like the salsa verde. And on top of it, it's very inexpensive. My husband and kids love it as well so 5 stars it is. read more

One of our favorite places in town. Consistently awesome food, great service and fair prices. A true gem.