I come here about twice a week on average. I love the margaritas. They have recently revamped their food with the quality and presentation have been spot on the last several visits. But tonight they were totally lacking. Presentation and quality. When the waitress came over and asked us how everything was I told her they have a new chef in the kitchen because this was not the same quality that I have gotten recently. She told me no they did not have a new chef. I had the chimichanga and there was hardly any grilled chicken in it at all. Also a chimichanga is fried and it was soggy and not crisp. My waitress only said that they did not have a chef. She did not say she was sorry or asked if I wanted to speak with anyone. Her parting words were was thank you for coming have a nice night. In other words I guess it sucks to be you. read more

This is another chain restaurant. Wife and I were curious about what replaced the Macaroni Grill and they re-used the "grill" sign! Wife enjoyed her grilled shrimp burrito but my tamale plate was awful. Okay aside from the fact that "authentic" tamales should come in corn husk wrappers, tamales are supposed to be moist not dry!!! The ground beef should ground and not paste! If we could only bring back Manuel's Tamales from the corner sellers with their big pots of hot steaming REAL tamales. If you can't get the almost universally basic Mexican foodstuff correct, I don't think that there is much hope for the rest of your menu. read more

Disgusting is the only word I can think of to describe the food. We ordered through Waitr & nothing look or tasted fresh. The entree' I ordered was supposed to come with a cheese sauce but all I received was fried dough with chunks of dry chicken with no flavor. My husband said his wasn't any better & thought his actually tasted bad (like old meat). Salsa tastes like ketchup, honestly I could go on but I just ready to forget this place & never eat here again! Yuck! read more

Not that good and overpriced. I'm not a picky person at all but was disappointed enough that I had to write a review. The chips had the strangest after taste. The food was not that great and the margaritas seemed watered down. The guy that brought our food out was apparently in a huge hurry. He was yelling in Spanish so we had no,idea what he was saying. He spilled guacamole all over my husband and never even offered a napkin or an apology, gave my daughter two entrees and me no plate at all. Our waitress was very sweet and accommodating. read more

This is the first time I have ever taken the time to do this. The food here was average and the service was horrible. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME COMING HERE. My avocado salad had processed grilled chicken and they didn't even drain the lettuce. We waited an hour for salads . After making the waitress aware, she stated it was her third day here. This place is poorly run and will probably end up making someone sick. NEVER AGAIN. Never even saw a manager. AWFUL!!!! read more

Awesome! Miss the one back home in laffayette! Came to have lunch with tthe hubby our waitress is so very sweet!

My favorite Mexican restaurant on the Northshore. The endless bean dip is great. The 2 for 1 margarita happy hour is a bonus. I've yet to eat something on the menu that I was not happy with. read more

Good place, even though Mandeville didn't need ANOTHER Mexican restaurant. Had the usual opening restaurant snags, but overall the food was good. Beautiful restaurant. Manager and wait staff are personable and friendly. read more

First visit to this location, certainly not our last. Our waiter, Leo, was awesome. You have to love when the staff seem to actually enjoy talking with customers. If the server can make you smile, they have already gone above and beyond. Food was on Par with the other El Paso locations we have visited, it was great. I highly recommend ending with the Flan, you will not be disappointed. read more

I was not totally thrilled after my first visit (shortly after opening) and this evening was a fantastic experience on every level. The drinks and service were always good but the food was really good and authentic this time. This from a person who lived in San Antonio where you can eat some of the best Mexican food in the world. We can see becoming regulars here. read more

I've eaten a lot of Mexican food and I'd say this is on the better side. Charro beans, horchata, ceviche. Good food, big menu, in a former Macaroni Grill location. Much better than the other places down the road. read more

This place e on Wednesday for fajitia, delicious, great price, and entertainment. Don't miss

When this restaurant first opened in Mandeville i thought it was the best in the area, but a new manager seems to have taken over and it has gone downhill fast. The fajitas are still good, but sometimes stingy on the meats. Their El Paso plate should be avoided at all costs. The beef on the taco and tostada is about as good as Taco Bell, which means its really just greasy mealy filler. I wish they could get the idea that for these prices customers expect real shredded beef or a least real ground beef. I'll still go there for the fajita specials but really wish the management would check out the quality problems. read more

I thought omg another chain. Mexican restaurant that we don't need and we were right the puffy taco wasn't puffy and everything was mediocre at best, I can do Tex mex better. Stick with the locals read more

So first off I love Mexican food and my wife is never excited for it but she is a real fan of chips and salsa so they gotta be good. The salsa here tastes sweet and lacks flavor. It'll be awhile before I can talk into Mexican food again. I got sad looking enchiladas with again a sweet flavored sauce. My wife had carnitas. They forgot to bring her the tortillas that come with it. The flavor was not bad but she had to pick through a lot of fatty bits in it. Service sucked. My water was not refilled once and I needed a drink to wash away the overly sweet food I was trying to eat. She seemed to be annoyed that she was at work. This was definitely the one and only time I'll eat here. read more

This is the worst Mexican restaurant I've ever eaten at. The appetizers are frozen bar food. My kids wouldn't even eat their food. Gross!

Not great quality of food. I've tried it a few times and every time my food is greasy and sloppy. Also, they tried to stiff me on my change back! I had to speak with the manager and didn't leave till I got the correct change. The person that handled my order said she didn't give me change because sometimes they don't have change!! Like What? This is a business right? I expect my correct change! Never going back. read more

Went to lunch with my family, food was fine. Service and customer service AWFUL! The waiter rang up another tables bill on my card, instead of coming to tell me what he did prior to ringing up my bill, he charged my card a second time with my bill. He then came over and told me what he had done and told me he voided out the first charge. I explained that I would still be out of those funds in my account for several days, he did not seem to care. When I asked for a manager, she reacted in the same manner. Where is the customer service? No offer to discount my meal. I think my biggest issue was if they would have told me when they first made the mistake, we could have just charged my card the difference. Poor customer service. I will not be back. read more

I wish I could rate things different ways. The foods great, the service not so much. Janet, a waitress we had, was completely and utterly rude. Completely ruined the experience. She was given a very clear order, got it wrong, not a big deal. But instead of just apologizing and fixing it, she proceeded to take her notepad out from her apron and tell us that we were wrong and what we told her was wrong. She continued this for several minutes. I was astonished. I've never had a server take out their notepad and tell me I'm wrong with the worst ghetto attitude I've ever experienced. She then grabbed what I assume was a manager, not only to confront us, but to completely take over the table. The managers attitude was equally rude. Instead of apologizing she justified her waitress' behavior and was condescending. She was reading back the order very slow, like we were idiots. She didn't hold her waitress accountable, she enabled the behavior and even took over our table while Janet was allowed to pout and not finish her job serving us. Unbelievable. The night before we had Jocelyn, a wonderful and kind server. She deserves 5 stars. Wish this place had better, more professional people because the food is amazing. read more

Very consistent. Bad service, bad food. They charge you for every condiment ( guacamole, sour cream, etc) unless you upgrade to a larger ( and more $$) menu item. Rather go to Taco Bell. read more

My husband and I went there for the first time and enjoyed it for the most part. The salsa wasn't great, but everything else was pretty good. The carnitas were great. I just thought the prices were high for moderate food. read more

Terrible experience. Long wait to get seated. Wrong order came out. By the time the replacement came the other person was finished eating. One part of order was bean soup and it was served with a long handle ice tea spoon instead of soup spoon. Avoid until they work out some bugs read more

In general the food and service was good. The chile relleno was not so good, filling resembled cottage cheese. Also, wanted $3.75 to top a $5.00 burrito with some chili con carne. Pick an enchilada; I've had both beef and cheese, both were very good. read more

Love love love this place... they did a great job converting the building, always plenty of parking and seating no matter how busy! It's your basic Mexican food, good flavor and better prices, and the location is great. If you're looking for this type of meal in Mandeville don't fall for the hype you'll "C" over subpar restaurants- unless you want to go across the lake this is definitely your best bet since we lost La Casa Gomez years ago. read more

Horrible place. Will not be back. Service was good, but the food is terrible. Save your money, go anywhere but here!

This is a typical Tex Mexican restaurant. I like it because I like this type of Mexican food. I recommend!

We are always looking for a new place to eat on the Northshore and I've always been a fan of the El Paso in Alexandria, LA but this location is no where close in quality. Our food arrived within five minutes....I totally understand that most Mexican dishes are warmed quickly in convection and microwave ovens but five minutes????? The food was mushy....nothing was crispy and everything tasted the same! The shells on the chimichanga and the quesadilla were like stiff wet paper towels. A member of our party ordered a chile releno and it was litterally the size of a baby gerkin and was hardly recognizable in the sea of beans that it was drowned in!!! You would think with 15-20 Mexican Resturants to chose from, the competition on the Northshore would be stiff with resturants trying to one-up each other.....this location of El Paso is a "No Go"!!!! read more

I've had some really good meals here but was there last night and it was terrible. We were seated quickly but after 10 minutes I had to get up and ask for a waitress. My friend and I both ordered steak fajitas. They must have e cooked them together and gave me a plate full of onions and her a plate full of meat. I left hungry, annoyed and out $25 dollars. Will not be back or recommend again anytime soon. read more

I usually adore this restaurant BUT.........On Valentines Day we went there and all of the 4 BASKETS OF CHIPS they brought us were ether stale or under cooked.The seat they gave us was darker than The Night Before Christmas.ALSO I am not done they had absolutely no mints on my way out.They would have gotten a 3 star if they had mints.So I had to go home and make my replacement brushing my teeth.GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER EL PASO.Expect me coming back and getting good service or you guys are going to get another bad review read more

This place is absolutely overrated and over priced! We went for lunch and the lowest price on the lunch menu is $9. Outrageous. So my hubby and i left, since it was just too expensive for our bugdet and the managers followed us to our car!! Asking why we left and if it was the service or what... ugh. Will never come back here. read more

Usually is our go to place for Mexican but just picked up an to go order and I don't have anything good to say about it. They did not put the large queso (that was paid for), wrong sauce (which luckily I noticed before I left), and everything is soggy. I also asked for an extra order of chips...did not get that either. Nor did I get the bean dip. VERY disappointed. When I called to be reimbursed for at least the queso because I live 30 minutes away and I'm not driving back, I was told that next time they would just give me a free one....super upset with the order and costumer service read more

The first time I came here I really liked it! There was a band playing that would come to each table and on a crowded Friday night we still got seated and our food at a decent time! The second time I came here I did not have the same experience. I ordered the chicken enchiladas with tortilla soup. The enchiladas were great but the soup was terrible. My other family members ordered food with beef in it. Before they could even reach home they all got sick to their stomachs and threw up their meals. Seems like the we're cooking with bad ground beef. read more

The chimichanga was very greasy and salty. The shrimp fajitas were fishy tasting. Have eaten here many times and the food is usually pretty good. This tasted like lunch leftovers. Very disappointed read more

Pretty awful, re used chips with sugar packet stuck to previously warm chip, young kids with no care of service or quality of your experience. The interior is already worn down and dirty. Lago's, Mamacitas and Carretas are much better Mexican Restaurants . Also chicken wasn't even flavored in any stock or seasoning it looked straight out the can still in chunks. Mark my word, Guaranteed not to last!!!!! read more

Honestly the food here isn't that bad, but I have to give this restaurant one star because their salsa is consistently terrible. Spare your time and go to Chilis instead for Tex-mex. read more

Ate here once and had never had smoke sausage in fajitas. Service was just ok. Just a slight notch over a certain fast food restaurant that serves Mexican type food. Pass there often and the place seems to do some business so decided to try it again. Ok don't have to try it again . Can't figure it out . It's not good . Frozen food dishes at high prices. Smoke sausage filler in their fajitas . Really can't even say anything was worth going back for. read more

We've been on the hunt for good Mexican food since moving to the area from Arizona. Welp, this isn't it. The salsa was awful, super sweet. I thought it tasted like Ragu pasta sauce. My son said it tasted like cold tomato soup. The ground beef nachos were bland and pitiful. The enchiladas were smothered in another sugary gross sauce. The carnitas were okay at best, lacking flavor and very fatty but were probably the best thing on our table. Our servers personality was as bland as the food. We had to ask for drink refills and when she brought the bill she stood over my husband awkwardly waiting for him to pay even though we were still eating. Go away, girl, we will pay when we're ready! The place was pretty dead on a Saturday night, which makes sense cause it's awful. Let the hunt for legit Mexican food continue! read more

Chips were delivered - stale, not crisp. Replaced with better, fresher, but not great. Meal was okay, but aside from being cheap it was nothing to get excited about. We have had better at the same restaurant on earlier occasions. read more

Decor, atmosphere and food was all good. Better than other places in this area. We been looking for a decent place to eat that was more Tex-mex well this is it, food was seasoned well. Give it a shot. read more

Great food, and great service! The service was spotty the first time I came here, but it is an entirely different experience now. The host and the waitress were very attentive, and the food was delivered hot and fresh to the table within minutes! They also have an excellent lunch menu at great prices! read more