We love El Rodeo! We love it so much we drive out of the way to get here. The food, staff, and vibe are all worth it! read more

El Rodeo - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

Food was good. I got three different tacos with meat. The margarita was tasty and chips and salsa were also good. Service was vast and easy. read more

El Rodeo - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

Went for cinco de Mayo, so naturally it was slammed packed. Seemed they only had 2 waiters in the whole place, but we all know hood help is hard to find. They were doing their best. I got the birria tacos, they were very good but not the best I've ever had. But I would go back and try some other items. read more

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In town for business and this place looked like it had good reviews. Walking in to pick up a take out, they were busy and also seemed very disorganized. I let one person know I was there for a pickup and they told me to wait in "line", which was anyone's guess as to where the line was. They also didn't ask for a name or any way to identify as to when my food was up. After I went back to find out about my food, turns out it had been sitting waiting for a few minutes. Half way through my first taco, I discovered the meat was still raw. Second taco had a lovely hair in it. By the time I got to the third, the shell was almost falling apart because it was so soggy. At least I still had my chips and salsa right? That was until my second dip in the salsa to find, yes, ANOTHER HAIR?!? This place is DISGUSTING! read more

El Rodeo - Hairy Salsa - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

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Great food. Authentic. Some of the best REALMexican food I have had in a very long time! Thanks so much. I will co.w back next year when I am back in town For aure! read more

After visiting Artspace in downtown Raleigh, I wanted to grab some food before the Carolina Hurricanes played. Right next door is El Rodeo which is a Mexican restaurant. I've heard of this place and I always wanted to try it, so I made today that day. El Rodeo is a great spot if you wanna take someone out for good tacos and drinks, it's amazing for groups and even if you're alone and just wanna vibe, they have a bar as well. We were seated immediately after walking in and I knew what I wanted so I didn't waste time. I ordered the Texas ACP (Arroz Con Pollo) ($15.25). It comes with grilled chicken, steak strips, shrimp, onions, bell peppers and tomato over rice covered with cheese sauce. It's said to be served with flour tortillas on the menu, but I didn't get any when my dish was brought out. I wasn't concerned because I didn't want tortillas. I also had a 16 oz lime margarita pitcher ($8.25) as well. The margarita is smooth. One of the best margaritas I've had. It's not strong but you can also tell that there is alcohol in this drink. This one drink is enough for one or two people and it does the job. The Texas ACP is delightful. Very pleasant to the taste. The portion size of this entree is enough to fill you up and still have some to take to go. The ratio of meat to rice was in favor of the meat. So much chicken and steak strips with nice size shrimp covered the rice to the point that the rice looked nonexistent. Once you mix and stir to the meat in with the rice you can see the cheese, rice and vegetables too. The dish was very hot and flavorful. Everything cooked just right. The steak strips were tender, the chicken and shrimp was seasoned just right and the rice was just cooked. Nothing left over. I really enjoyed the Texas ACP a lot and the margarita. Id always go back for that and to try other things as well. read more

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Beats any appetizer!!! Chicken rolls. Service is quick and food came out fresh and tasting amazing . This is now one of the reasons to come to downtown Raleigh. Well Done!!! We also ordered Fajita Taco which was also good. Will cone next time we are in downtown. read more

El Rodeo - Chicken Rolls and Fajita Tacos. I will go for Chicken Roll appetizer. - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

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Wonderful service here! They do have a large menu with lots of options to choose from. I ordered their birria tacos, I thought they were okay a tad oily and not the right consistency. However, the fajitas and the quesadilla were great! Ordered their large house margarita and it was good and strong! Located downtown. read more

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Arrived for a late lunch and the restaurant was a little busy. Still good service. I was greeted with the menu and the usual chips/salsa. Salsa is served in a small carafe which is nice. Less waste and easier to refresh. Chips were firm and did not break when scooping. A good plus. For lunch, I chose a chicken dish (can't remember the name) that is topped with chorizo and queso. Delicious, served with rice and beans that I ignored as my keto diet suggests. A good portion and very flavorful. I enjoyed my lunch at El Rodeo. I'd return! [Review 12488 overall, 2277 of 2019.] read more

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Great spot! It's located downtown Raleigh so be prepared to pay for parking. The food is very good...you get a lot of food! Prices are very reasonable! The restaurant is clean and the staff is incredibly friendly and helpful. read more

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This is our favorite spot in Raleigh! The staff is so friendly and the food is amazing! It's a very cute place that always has great music playing! read more

I've been here for lunch twice now and I love this place. It's a great spot if you want inexpensive Mexican food that's quick and delicious. Unsure about takeout, but when you dine-in you get chips and salsa for the table that they'll keep refilling. The salsa is the delicious and the chips and usually warm. I've gotten enchiladas both times but my boyfriend got their new queso birria tacos the more recent visit, which I tried. It was the first time we'd ever had those so we don't have anything to compare them to, but they tasted good with a nice portion of shredded beef. The enchiladas blancas with beef are delicious as well if you like queso, which is the sauce on top. The only thing I don't like about this place is that the meals come with rice OR beans -- I'd much prefer half and half! But luckily you can just get a side of beans/rice so it's not too big of a deal. The service is good and I always leave here stuffed! read more

El Rodeo - Enchiladas Blancas - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

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My favorite mexican place!! The prices are very reasonable and the staff is super nice. Highly recommend.

Despite me ordering door dash, some of the best Mexican food I've ever had. It held up from delivery, and my plate was loaded up to the brim. Would highly recommend. read more

Stopped in for lunch. This location is always busy for lunch. We were quickly seated, chips and salsa followed. They have a big lunch selection which is great. I decided to try the shrimp quesadilla from the lunch menu and ordered beans on the side. Considering it was busy, the food came out quick. The shrimp was lacking flavor, the rice was hard and the beans were my favorite- they topped the beans with cheese. The food was ok, filling and good price for downtown Raleigh lunch. The staff were attentive which was great. read more

El Rodeo - Shrimp Quesadilla- lunch menu - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

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I love that they have lots of veggie options. I went with the veggie fajita, minus the beans. They happily offered rice instead. The fajitas came out sizzling and smoking, and was a huge portion of broccoli, zucchini, onions and peppers in a very tasty marinade. With lettuce, tomato and rice, I couldn't finish it all. Server came back to make sure we had everything we needed. Prices very reasonable. read more

El Rodeo - Smokin hot veggie fajitas - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

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Not for us. We ordered to go and the food arrived hot. However it was very salty and missing the verde sauce as well as the tortillas kinda ruining the carnitas platter. read more

Excellent food and easily most affordable downtown Raleigh. Free chips and salsa and generous sized meal everytime. Totally worth it!

Love this place! DTR on the corner of Blount and Davie st. Stopped in for a quick drink and bite to eat at lunch and found out they have $1.99 margarita specials on Saturdays and Sundays! I even came back later for dinner because that marg special is everything. You get chips and salsa when you're seated/situated. The first batch of salsa that I had was really good and spicy, but the second carafe that came out wasn't the same. The food is inexpensive and comes out super quick. The service at the bar was great. This is a place I recommend to just chill out and grab margaritas at a steal! read more

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This place used to be delicious a decade ago. I ordered the chicken enchiladas. Shredded chicken wrapped in a tortilla with some red sauce on it and over priced. No vegetables in the enchiladas, no green peppers, onion and completely and utterly TASTELESS. THE WORSE FOOD. WILL NEVER EVER GO BACK TO THIS PLACE. read more

Girlfriend and I went, we were undecided where to go. El Rodeo was the BEST DECISION WE'VE MADE. Great food. Cooks were freaking amazing. Margs AMAZING. Top tier authentic Mexican restaurant. Love love love read more

Food is always delicious and delicate a pleasure to have at every visit. We also get quick and fast service. Always a treat to eat here

Delicious and great service. I popped in for a quick lunch ended up having a long lunch. The soup was delicious seasoned perfectly. I had a margarita on the rocks super fresh and not too sweet! Highly recommend the soup! read more

The food was out of this world delicious, I recommend this place to anyone who loves Mexican food. El Rodeo Mexican restaurant in Raleigh is a keeper, the staff very friendly and helpful read more

El Rodeo - Chimichanga plate at El Rodeo Mexican restaurant, outstanding food was delicious, planning on coming back again and again - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

We were a party of 11 and when we arrived the restaurant was pretty empty. We were a party of 11 and were seated pretty quickly. It seemed like they were not used to serving large parties. We attempted to order from the lunch menu it was 2:20 and despite it not being posted on the menu or anywhere In the restaurant we were told that lunch was over. The saving grace of all of this was that the food was delicious and the service did improve. Overall I would recommend this restaurant. I would recommend that the employees become more familiar with the cost of items on the menu. One of the people in my party wanted a different sauce on their enchiladas and was told it would be an extra charge but he didn't know how much it would cost. Then the price changed a couple times. I would like to add that there was a female employee who was sitting in the front of the restaurant and seemed to be in charge and seemed quite irritated by the questions and when errors were requested to be fixed. Again the food was delicious but the service could use some improving. read more

Extremely slow service, did not listen to requests. Mojito just tasted watered down and very minty, could not taste the alcohol at all for $8. Could not finish it. Do not recommend. Go somewhere else to save your time. read more

The worst Mexican food we have ever had . Poor quality food! First time there on Mother's Day. I ordered carne asada. The meat is so poor quality no flavor no seasoning, tuff and chewy. My husband ordered a combo with a taco, enchilada and chili rellenó. The taco was a store bought hard shell taco with ground beef. The rellenó was a plain chili not fryer not battered ( traditionally they are fried) with the same low quality ground beef. I'm not sure why the have good reviews on here. Just a poor quality of food. Will not be back. If you want good authentic Mexican food try Mi Cancun on Falls of Neuse or Las Maria's across from Walmart new hope and Falls of Neuse. read more

The only thing worse than the rude and unhelpful people at this restaurant are how consistently they get the order wrong and, when they get it right, how bad the food is. Every time I order from here the items have incorrect ingredients or are just the wrong food. Whenever I try to address the issue the person that answers the phone is rude. My wife recently tried to ask about an issue with an order and was just hung up on. When we do get our food, it's poor quality and tastes terrible. We will never come back here and recommend you avoid at all costs read more

Food was awesome & the prices are still great! We used to have one of these in Pleasant Valley but they closed a while ago. I thought it was the only one all this time. I was so happy to find the downtown locations. read more

My friends and I went in on a Saturday evening for dinner. They seemed pretty packed and busy but they still provided a great service. I ordered Fajitas Texanas and it was delicious. Very big portions! They also have great deals on drinks. All 9 of us ended up ordering margaritas! Definitely would go back. read more

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Best Mexican food in DTR. Let me repeat this for those who think Glenwood has good Mexican food...this is the best and has authentic specials. read more

This place was the biggest happy shock of the weekend last week. It wasn't packed, which made us nervous considering the Cinco de Mayo weekend, but the weather was not in anyone's favor that day. So we did an early dinner (or linner, if you will), were sat quickly. We waited for a few minutes before greated by waiter, then a few more minutes before chips and salsa and waters- up to this point we were O.K. This is standard Mexican fare and unsurprising. What was a delightful surprise was the food- quality, portion, and seasoned taste was out of the park. Maybe we hit the jackpot with what we ordered- the fajita quesadilla and a similarly priced burrito. It was as if they did the normal fajita amount, and then put it allll in this quesadilla. Like so many spots, this one was actually about the meat and not the tortilla! The guac salad on the side tasted like the fresh tableside version! Needless to say, your food is actually prepared fresh here and hasn't been sitting under a heating lamp all day. It's definitely worth checking out for the food :) The pictures can better do it justice, and I sure hope we go back when in Raleigh again! read more

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Went in here for lunch on a holiday (MLK Day). Place was busy but it wasn't packed. We were seated immediately. Chips and salsa along with our order of drinks came out fairly quickly. Our server was nice and very accommodating when asked to lower the blinds because the sun was hitting our face as we sat on our table. Food (to include salsa) wasn't too bad, but it lacked some flavoring. I drowned my carnitas and carne asada tacos with the other salsa that was on the table, for some flavor. Overall, not too bad and would come back if I'm ever in the area and craving for Mexican food. read more

El Rodeo - Mexican Near Me - Raleigh, North Carolina

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Vegetarian options are tasty as well as the margaritas! Perfect lunch spot would highly recommend

I love this place! We continue to come here for the good food, fast friendly service, great drinks, and lots of vegetarian options! Everyone in our party is sure to find something great on the menu and they are happy to make substitutions as requested. There's an entire page of vegetarian options and the combos are plentiful and delicious. It's definitely Tex-Mex food and they consistently deliver on the flavor and the value so we will keep coming back! read more

This a great spot for greasy/casual Mexican food. It is very cheap (especially for lunch) and you get lots of food. This is our go to for a cheap and quick lunch in downtown. Their fajitas are very good and most of the enchiladas I have enjoyed. read more

Beautiful walk from Oakwood and researched this place beforehand because I was craving a chimichanga...I was solo and they were going to seat me in the middle of a room facing a pile of chairs...I asked for a booth and got it...someone brought chips and salsa and I had to get up and get my own napkin and utensil set and flag someone down for water...chimichanga set down on my table and another guy just left and didn't even check if I needed anything...extremely underwhelmed by the meal which consisted of fried flour tortilla and fatty meat...WORST SERVICE AND MEDIOCRE FOOD!!!! Please send me better Mexican food options in Raleigh!!! read more

El Rodeo can have my first born. When you're hungry, downtown, and lost without direction el rodeo will save you. Only have $13 to your name? No problem. Their cheese is sexy, their chicken is, and their steak is gobbleable. Highly recommend. read more

Had a great meal with the family here. The service was spot on, friendly and quick. The food was very good, veggie's had some firmness and not overcooked which I loved. The area for improvement is the furniture. I felt the wood frame and springs on my gluteus Maximus which was pretty uncomfortable. Would return if in the area. read more

Came across this place by walking around & exploring the downtown area. The happy hour drinks is what got my attention..huge 24oz margarita for $6.75..can't beat that. I just wanted nachos but when i saw the menu i saw these chicken rolls that sounded great. It's basically like a spring roll u can get at a Chinese restaurant but with chicken & has some Mexican seasoning. The chicken rolls was sooooo good. I absolutely loved it . I ran out of the sauce that comes with it so i has ordered a side of guacamole & it went pretty well with it as well. The chicken nachos wasn't too bad but i definitely wasn't diggin the big unsliced tomato they just slapped on top. I would get it without tomatoes next time. I would definitely come back here again thou read more

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