I was a customer back in the day when it was El Patio. It was nice to see that nothing has changed. I moved out of state years ago. Good was delivered quickly to the table and it was delish. I had the Quesadilla Relleno, it had a really nice flavor. It was also huge (see photo) Chips and salsa were good. That's always important in a Mexican spot. read more

El Parian - a restaurant with tables and chairs - Mexican Near Me - Lakeville, Minnesota

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The best tacos in Lakeville! The steak tacos combo is my go-to and the tacos are flavorful and loaded with cilantro and onions. The beef is perfectly salted and it's served with rice (so good) and refried beans. The margaritas are delicious and the complimentary chips are fresh and crisp. I usually order to-go and the food is consistently delicious and travels well. Inside the restaurant the food came out fast and service was very friendly. There are a bunch of booths inside the restaurant and there is plenty of parking in the lot outside. read more

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The steak tacos combo at El Parian is a stable in our household. The steak tacos are filled with flavor - some of my favorite in the metro. The combo comes with rice, beans, chips, and assorted dips. Scooping rice and beans onto a chip is a perfect bite and compliments the steak tacos nicely. When we have dined in, the inside is nice and clean and the staff have been friendly. read more

El Parian - Steak Tacos Combo - Mexican Near Me - Lakeville, Minnesota

The food was great and jut what you would expect. They were very good and efficient with the order and the speed of the delivery. My buddy and I stopped in for lunch and we were out of there in around 30min! Great place to have a quick lunch meal! read more

We have been coming here for years, and it's a great experience every time. The manager that works here is really friendly and always greets us at the table. We were going to order the parillada for two, but we're talked into upgrading to the molcajete and are so glad we did! It comes with two plates of rice, beans, and salad as well as two sets of tortillas. Lots of different sizzling proteins and fajita style veggies as well as pieces of queso and grilled jalepeños. Highly recommend! One of my favorite spots to sit on the patio with a margarita in the area. I'm obsessed with the white sauce they serve with the chips, and their salsa is so fresh and just the right amount of spicy. El Parian is a great option for consistently great Mexican food and margaritas in the south metro! read more

El Parian - El Molcajete - Mexican Near Me - Lakeville, Minnesota

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The food was really good, but it was hard to enjoy it because it was so hot in the restaurant. It was end of June and 95 degrees outside and probably 83 degrees in the restaurant. The service was also not great. We had to flag down our server several times. read more

El Parian has the best food I've had in a very long time. Perfect- but that's oversimplified ... Went there one day when they reopened after covid (AC) and had really good street tacos. Had chimichangas this time. One shredded beef, one shredded chicken. Whatever they marinated them in was scrumptious. It wasn't super spicy - which I wouldn't have minded. It didn't need any additional seasoning. Also - pretty good margaritas And - Great staff. They have a really good team. read more

El Parian - Mexican Near Me - Lakeville, Minnesota

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Gotten take out once and thought the food was alright, but decided to dine in for my 2nd try and the food was delicious! The only thing is customer service was not as good once I got my food, my water never got refilled. read more

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The food isn't as good as it used to be. They also no longer have sugar free drinks. Not so good for diabetics.

The service wasn't good here at all, so that's why I'm giving El Parian 3 stars. We didn't get checked on, and had to flag our waitress down for refills or anything that we needed. The food was very good though. We ordered chimichangas and the chorizo tacos which were delicious! read more

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Meh Mexican good. Little flavor in the beans, stale chips, underseasoned meats, and ridiculously slow service. And goopy cheese.

One if my favorite people to have a margarita. Food is good as well. Definitely recommend for family and friends. Hang out after work on Friday. read more

I'm new to the area from Texas. I'm of Mexican descent and have to say this place is pretty good. I had their Enchiladas Poblanas which is my go to back home in Texas. The only reason I have 4/5 is because of the salsa which was missing spice. Thank goodness they had the green Yucateco hot sauce which I added to it. I will be back to check out more of their menu. read more

So Mexican food is one of my favs when I go out to eat. So when a friend said they heard some good things about this place and took me here I was excited! Upon sitting, just like any traditional Mexican restaurant, we received chips and salsa, but a surprise bowl of "Mexican ranch". When the hostess told me what it is I said, well I don't even like American ranch. That was weird to me. I ordered the chili relleno, beef burrito, and beef enchilada combo. The relleno was decent, the only difference of the burrito and enchilada was the flour versus the corn tortilla. Then they drenched everything in the red enchilada sauce. I was not a fan of this or the burrito and enchilada being the same. The price is on the lower end, so I guess you get what you pay for. read more

El Parian - Mexican Near Me - Lakeville, Minnesota

The food and service were both outstanding. We went at lunch time and our food was served in about 5 min. Jumbo margaritas were only 6.99. You also get the free chips and salsa read more

Food is great and they don't short you at all. Good atmosphere, friendly staff. Best margarita I've had! Would have given 5 stars, but I ordered off the lunch menu recently and felt like I was at an entirely different restaurant. Food wasn't good at all. It was overly smothered in sauce and weird cheese. Maybe like American??? Fiesta Burrito is my favorite. Highly recommend! read more

I went about 5 months ago, ordered off the lunch menu. (There was no time frame listed for lunch ordering) and my sister ordered off the kid's menu, ( again no age limit listed) they brought us the dinner size meal I explained I only wanted the lunch size, and my sister only wanted the kids size! We were told I couldn't get the lunch size, it was after the time for lunch. And since we weren't "kids" we were not allowed to order off the kid's menu. Nothing was stated when we ordered! They pretended to help us, but all they did was to treat us in a condescending way. Thought we'd try it again last Wednesday. Was lunch time, ordered off the lunch menu. Got charged for the dinner taco salad, $2 more than the lunch taco salad, plus charged for an ice tea that we didn't order. Pointed this out 2 times!!! He brought the final bill and NO correction was made. The manager again came over, " I'll give you the cash difference" NOPE he gave me a buck. I will NOT go back! They just want your money won't treat you with respect! read more

The service has always been awful here, but decided to give it another try. I found out about this place on restaurant.com and purchased a couple coupons. They tried to tell me both times I used them that I can't. (Making up lies already) the second time I used it I assumed it was going to happen again. Showed him the fine lines and he knew he was caught in lies. In the picture, the $10 off he is referring to is my COUPON I brought in.. he didn't willingly give it to me. The service is awful, they don't care about their customers and it's said to be a drug ring. Won't be back that's for sure. They also brought out 3/5 people's food and they were half way done by the time we had ASK for the other 2 plates. Others were getting up to go to the bar because their drinks had been sitting there for 10+ minutes. Thank goodness Teresa's is so much better and right down the street! read more

El Parian - Mexican Near Me - Lakeville, Minnesota

Wish I could do this in one word. (Lento) I'll give 1 star because food was good. But the service and listening to my easy needs was not listen too. Server seemed overwhelmed and with attitude of not giving a la mierda. By time I got my stuff corrected and drinks refilled. I could've booked a ticket to Mexico had a authentic dinner...build a souvenir pinata brought it back and had a birthday party. Good luck peeps. read more

Went with my wife and her dad on a whim. She got the chimichangas, her dad got the pollo con chorizo, and I got the tacos de alambre (pictured: steak with chorizo). The food was great but the service was a bit lacking. Didn't check in on us hardly at all, and forgot to bring one of the custom ordered things (her dad substituted salad with the rice) so we had to remind our server and I didnt receive a drink refill until we were about ready to pay the check and head out. read more

El Parian - Tacos de Alambre - Mexican Near Me - Lakeville, Minnesota

A friend of my dad recommend this place to him. I believe there is other Parian restaurants but this dude specifically recommended this one, so we went. In my mind I said to myself " this place better be good because driving from Minnetonka to here is a whole lot of gas money to be driving for some Mexican food" Walking in the restaurant was pretty much empty, I would say maybe 6 people were there at the time. Which was nice because if its slow the food should come out asap. We were seated all the way in the back away from the "crowd" lol. Why? I have no idea but its whatever. Right away we get are menus and I started to look for my Mexican dish ( seafood) its called aguachile which its basically shrimp drenched in hot salsa and lime . Everyone else ordered steak and beans all that jazz. 15 minutes go by and I was like okay so far NOT so good. My dad had to wave the server down. We ordered our dishes and as we waited me and my family started having conversation, you kind of lose track of time when your chatting away. Well not me not this day. I basically starved myself all day before coming here so I can be a big fat fatty. I would say about a good 50 minutes went by to get our food. I am not being dramatic and may i reminded you on what i wrote in the beginning of this review the place was basically empty soooooo wtf was the chef doing in the kitchen ? reading yelp reviews?smh. My shrimp dish was sad looking i probably got maybe 5 shrimps but a whole lot of lime juice for 5 shrimps it aint worth the price. I dont remember the exact price i think it was about $15. the rest of my mini family group, there food was medium-cold ( our dishes were probably just sitting there and forgotten on the counter, basically just chillin) My family has this thing about complaining about your dish. They will not complain because they are afraid that the employees will spit on your food lmao. So they sucked it up. The only thing that was tasty and every one else agreed was the cocktail with shrimp hanging on the side. That was pretty refreshing. My dad ordered a margarita with the corona upside down ( i have no idea what their called, i am not a drinker. it taste like medicine to me lol) He didn't like it, it was watered down he said.. My diet coke was really good to. I think the diet was soooooo good that maybe they ran out because the server ( man, not sure his name) never came to refill any of our cokes. He was probably embarrassed to say they are out of coke products lmao ( being sarcastic ) But true story not once did he stop by to check up on us. I got into my B*** mode at this time and i walked my angry Latina booty over to ask for a diet coke. Well i got my diet but i starred at it and remembered "WAIT what if they spit on my diet coke" lmao ( no they didn't but i wasn't going to risk it lmao) Every time i go to a Mexican restaurant I always order Flan as my dessert! its a law i made up for myself, if there is flan on the menu I will order it no matter if my stomach explodes. Well they ran out of flan apparently. How can you run out of flan if your restaurant is empty and its only 2pm? Never again will i waste my gas to come to this sad overpriced joint. I cant even with this place. I give this place a F on my yelp book. Not sure about my parents book but for sure on mine. No bueno read more

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I've been to many Mexican restaurants and this one is by far the best tasting and they have nice staff. They have a huge menu and I like most things I've tried. My favorites are the La Lancha, Steak taco and enchiladas Rojas. People please, If you truly want good Mexican food don't expect the staff to speak the best English. If you want more bland Mexican food go to taco bell or theresas. Only helpful suggestions for El Parian is to change the channel or turn off the tv if the show with surgeries in Mexico come on... been going here for two years and hope this place stays in business for many more years read more

El Parian - Mexican Near Me - Lakeville, Minnesota

My husband and I come here on a regular basis and have for several years. Food is spectacular, customer service is awesome. Staff is always friendly. Food comes out lightning fast. I grew up in Southern California and am extremely picky about my Mexican food. This is my go to when I can't get my California Mexican food fix. read more

Always a great, hardy, tasty meal! Enchiladas verdes were great. Chalupa, burrito, avocado salad were all very good. Need to get the recipe for the queso that comes with the chips. It has a nice, subtle sweetness to it that you can't beat. read more

Its ok, not great not terrible, good service, friendly staff. Food just reasonably priced but not great.

I will start by saying the food was excellent. I had chips and cheese and loved it! There were 7 of us and nobody had any complaints food wise. The service is the only reason I am giving 3 stars. After we had sat and got our drinks we waited about 10 minutes for our server to come take our order because she was playing on her phone at the bar. After our food came out we didn't see our server until we were nearly done. She never even asked how the food was, although it was great. I work at a restaurant so I understand slow service if it is busy, however, they were not busy at all. read more

I love mexican food, it is one of my favorite foods. This was the worst mexican food that i have EVER had.Nothing that we had tasted fresh or good. The way that our food looked and tasted was like it had been cooked in a microwave. We always bring our left overs home and this time we left so much food on the table. The service was not good either. They sat us on the right side when everyone else was on the left.Even the people that came in after us were sat on the left side.We were rushed to order when we had never ever been here before. Just completely unsatisfied. read more

I have enjoyed the food there but when I walked in to have lunch a couple of weeks ago, every server and cook had their mask on their chin. If they can't cover their face and keep us safe then I cannot return. read more

First time at this location and service was very poor. There wasn't a designated server for us & everything was very unorganized.

I'm happy with my order, had the twin burritos and they had good flavor and were priced well. Good portions, would order again. Only thing was the food was prepared quite quickly, within 6 minutes of ordering. So if you plan on ordering takeout I would order it from the parking lot. read more

The food is great but the service is really lacking. Each time we come we either have to request a server, we have to flag down a host, or we don't receive the exact food that we ordered. As I mentioned the food is really good but patience is a must when eating here. read more

Came in to have a quick drink and late lunch but they were very understaffed and never acknowledged how rudely and late they were able to bring me anything I asked for! Never apologized or made any sort of accommodation. I understand the industry but this was outright ridiculous. I never even got a menu to look at... people who came in after me got quicker service. This is just unacceptable read more

We have ordered multiple times in the past month from this restaurant using Grubhub for delivery. The food and service was excellent.

Very good salsa and they made a special hot salsa too. The cucumber shrimp is yummy and we always order a chile relleno! read more

El Parian - Mexican Near Me - Lakeville, Minnesota

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I hate my parents. What? That requires more explanation? Ok fine. So my parents lived in Eagan and like the day I went off to college El Loro opened up a block from their house which was the first decent restaurant Eagan had ever had. This is back in the day when El Loro was good. I had like 5+ birthdays in a row there as that was the only time of year I cam back to the land beyond the wall. Then Aldo split off and formed his own restaurant- El Parian. At this point the quality of El Loro began its tail spin and El Parian began its rise to empire status. So jump to last summer and my parents moved to Lakeville. Within like 3 weeks of them moving Aldo decides to open a new El Parian literally on the same street they live on about 200 feet from their house. Are you beginning to understand the hate? Good. El Parian is a great tex mex style restaurant, so when you go you should get -Cheese dip- this is the famed white queso dip that is great for dipping chips, pouring on burritos or your naked body, but its best when you eat with plain flour tortillas. -Texas Margaritas-like a regular Margarita only more manly and Texasy which are really the same thing -Fajitas-get mixed- the one that comes with beef, chicken, shrip, and fried pork (which shouldbe rather obvious I think) They have a lot of other good items on the menu,but with this list you literally cannot fail. The service is always great and very fast- drinks and chip baskets are refilled instantly, the food comes out like 5 minutes after you order, everyone is very nice and friendly. read more

I was excited to try a new Mexican restaurant in Lakeville but was sadly disappointed by my dining experience. Service was mediocre- not very friendly, or helpful. The food started with bland salsa that tasted like canned tomatoes only, with torilla chips that were fried in nasty oil so tasted very bad. The main course was a lunch special for me (one beef enchilada and one beef burrito.) Both were literally hamburger that tasted fine but was very bland- didn't tasted like Mexican at all. No cheese that I could find- and they were topped with what tasted exactly like Campbell's tomato soup. No other toppings. A side of okay rice. My husband ordered enchiladas and they were chicken. As far as I could tell we just got what we got on the meats- there were no options for changes. My husbands chicken tasted fine but was very bland. It at least had lettuce, sour cream, and tomatoes on the top so it had a little flavor. We will not be returning. No Mexican seasonings, no salsa seasonings, no cilantro, no melted cheese on top, no decent tasting salsa or tortillas to go with. The Coke was the highlight of our lunch. read more

We love this place. Really great food and drinks. We have them make a beer drink we have in Mexico. I eat there often and when we have family from out of town we always go eat there!! Super friendly people!!! read more

I order from here about 1-2 times a week, and I get the steak tacos everytime. It is always good as f***, Ive never cleaned a plate like I have when I eat here. You get big portions for the price so it's worth it, I think. I can't recommend it enough if you're craving a good steak taco read more

It wasn't the worst Mexican Food I had. I ordered a lunch sized chicken taco bowl. The bowl presentation was very nice but the taste and texture were not. The taco bowl was soaking wet and mushy from all the super wet ingredients. And the sides of the bowl were extremely greasy. The taste of the "chicken" was strange I wouldn't be shocked if it was canned. Putting the food aside the restaurant itself is very beautiful. And the service was pretty nice. read more

Awesome food great tortas great shrimp chimichangas great tacos and enchiladas you need to come try this place.