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El Patio Mexican Grill

3.6 (50 reviews)
ModerateMexican
Open 12:00 pm - 10:00 PM

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Casual
Moderate noise
Outdoor seating
Good for kids

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Dustin H.

What are you doing with your life? Eat this amazing burrito asap! It is loaded with shredded pork, sautéed onions and peppers AND ABSOLUTELY SOAKED IN CHEESE!!

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2 years ago

Really good food. Quick service for food. Really nice inside salsa bar has variety can choose from

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1 year ago

Been here over 30 times and never been disappointed! Best Mexican in Bristol,Tn and Britol, Va. Love El Patio!!

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1 year ago

Best Mexican in Bristol and even surrounding areas. Been here over ten times and never been disappointed!

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5 years ago

Perhaps they could start by purchasing their Queso Blanco from a source which offers real cheese with some flavor to it?

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5 years ago

Tried it and loved it! The food is as close to CA Mexican food as you're going to get in the area.

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4 years ago

Great Mexican food!! Service is nice as well. I eat here often and I'm always satisfied! Thank you El Patio!!

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The food here is always good and the wait staff are always friendly. I also really enjoy the salsa bar. I've never had any problems here.

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7 years ago

We stopped on our way thru town. First time here. Above average food, quick service even though they were busy.

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5 years ago

Steak was saturated in salt. No service. Supposedly busy. Fajitas were coated in oil . Wait time for drinks was 45 min . We left

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6 years ago

Fajitas inedible, so salty and oily. Carne asada burrito very bland. Inattentive waitress.

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6 years ago

Best fajitas I've had around here and I love the salsa bar! The waiters and waitresses are all friendly too.

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16 years ago

A low brow restaurant. The food came right out of Old El Paso mix. The server didn't seem to like his job. I'd rather go to Taco Bell.

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Puerto Nuevo - Chips and sauce

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4.2(76 reviews)
0.2 mi

We will not be back to this place.... My bf ordered beef…read morenachos and a order of cheese sauce with chips. I ordered a burrito with shrimp, octopus, a whole poblano, avocado, shredded cheese all inside the burrito. I also asked for a lot of limes on the side. They came out after we took our order to go so he could check on it because he asked me numerous times about the cheese I wanted. I had said I do not want anything on top of my burrito and hate the liquid cheese. The person who made my burrito used the liquid cheese, similar to nacho cheese consistency on top. No shredded cheese inside. So they didn't give my bf his cheese sauce he paid for. My burrito was nasty. They didn't put a whole poblano, the first half of the burrito had a few small pieces of poblano, barely any octopus, no shredded cheese inside, they didn't give me any limes. I HATE this crap cheese sauce that "mexican" food places use in Tennessee. Legit Mexican food places don't use this fake liquid cheese. My bf said his nachos were good. Problem is.. I was on the toilet all night because of this cheese. I say this because it was the same cheese they put on his nachos and... he was sick to his stomach for the rest of the night and then he had his turn on the toilet.

As we wend our way to Florida, we spend the night in Bristol for one main reason. This restaurant!…read more (The Hilton Garden Inn hits all the marks too, but as I have nothing to add I'm not updating that review.) My husband ordered five enchiladas each with a different stuffing. While delicious, unless you haven't eaten since last Thursday, who can consume so many enchiladas?! I shouldn't talk. The house special quesadilla -- always excellent -- is a lot of food. Ever resourceful, I took half back, put the chicken and peppers on a bagel and ate it for breakfast! (Note to self AND my husband: next time let's split one and maybe forego the steak and chicken. Chorizo and shrimp?!) Moving on, the salsa bar is great with smooth, chunky, mild and spicy salsas. That's not counting the warm bean spread brought to the table with their thin and crisp chips. Our margaritas -- $6 each -- are not only good but pretty, topped with berries and a flower. Here it is, Monday night -- not a typical going-out day of the week -- and the place is busy with locals. Pretty good testimony to what's become one of my favorite Mexican restaurants.

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La Corona Mexican Restaurant - Steak nachos barely any cheese on it

La Corona Mexican Restaurant

3.9(55 reviews)
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I called to order food to go. This is NOT authentic I tried…read more to order a burrito with chicken, rice, cheese, beans and guacamole. They said they can't do that. Literally any restaurant can do that. They said they have to do the rice and the beans on the side and the guacamole on top with red sauce. I said just put the guacamole on the side and burritos shouldn't have sauce on it. She kept repeating it has red sauce I said no sauce strictly this stuff I said only. Doesn't take a rocket scientist... she kept saying cheese sauce I said No, we want cheese, literal cheese, not any sauce anything. I also ordered shrimp fajitas and steak nachos with just steak and cheese, and the burrito above. The chicken in the burrito was kind of dry, like they possibly boiled it then shredded it. Her food wasn't very flavorful. My bf said that his nachos were tasty but needed more cheese sauce. My plate wasn't flavorful at all. To me it seems like this is more Tex-Mex with white people in the kitchen. iI from California and have been to Mexico many time..so I know authentic Mexican food and this doesn't come anywhere near it. The salsa taste like they just mixed some tomato paste with a little bit of seasoning

We were very disappointed in our food. Chips were good salsa so-so looked like sauce nit chunky…read more My husband was given a plate with a rotten tomato ( we saw it as soon as plate was placed on table hard to believe the kitchen did not see it--turned us off. Then I got the cheese enchilada w/ beef tips. The enchiladas were filled with american cheese and enchilada sauce from a can and the "beef tips" were just small pieces of beef cut up. We should have walked out after the rotten tomato.

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El Patio Mexican Grill - mexican - Updated May 2026

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