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    El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant

    4.5 (22 reviews)
    Open • 11:00 am - 9:30 pm

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    We were greeted and sat quickly, but waited over 5 minutes for anyone to acknowledge us. Then cold, unsalted chips arrived. Then another few minutes passed until a friendly waiter arrived. The food was definitely worth it! Chimichanga's amazing! Fajitas Michoacanas absolutely delicious!

    Brandeis A.

    The food was amazing. Everything was seasoned great. Everyone was extremely kind and there was a larger party in at the same time as us but the service was great. My favorite is that Happy Hour is from 3-8. East Brainerd needed a place with good Mexican food. Can't wait to go back.

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    Excellent food, service was great and atmosphere was modern and spacious! Highly recommend the Quesabirrias and the carnitas were heavenly!

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    Wonderful place. Clean great service, food tastes 100% authentic Mexican and the price and quantity are second to none.

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    Always really good service, even if you're dining as just one person(which I often do). Food is great!

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    Great food. Good service. We have enjoyed every meal we've had there. The Guacamole Fresca is incredible.

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    Great food and service! Convenient location. Waited some for the food Highly recommend

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    Great food, Great service, Great ambiance. Got the food in less than 10 minutes, I was also clean.

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    Throughout the years, I've always loved coming to this restaurant with friends and family…read more And this recent visit while in town did not disappoint! Upon arrival, a friendly host found us comfortable booth seating behind the bar. The waitress not only answered our food allergy related questions pertaining to certain dish prep but the manager came over to our table to assure us that she would be double checking our order to make sure there was no allergen cross contamination. Such a kind, thoughtful gesture! Mom and I ordered the sampler to split - a huge tray filed with delish gluten free chips, a delish bowl salsa verde, a delish bowl of homemade guacamole, and a delish bowl of homemade cheese sauce. For my lunch, I got two of my favorite tacos on their menu still, the California Club ones, large tacos filled with roasted chicken, a tasty like crema, and avocado. Not as hungry as I, Mom got an Oy Vey Taco, another longstanding goodie, a brisket based taco, which she enjoyed. Our later than planned Wednesday lunch was perfect.

    Took my Mamacita to Taco Mamacita after a quick run to the mall. I won't turn down a good taco but…read moreit was pretty mid. I like the idea of trendy sounding dishes and fun taco names, but I wasn't wowed. Our server took a while to get to us despite being a relatively empty dining room at the time. We both ordered an El Camino margarita, which was an orange-ish one. I asked for it blended but it came out on the rocks, so I just kept it. I ordered two tacos, the Oy Vey and the Taco Royale. The Oy Vey was nothing special and I didn't taste the barbacoa at all. The Taco Royale was much better and had a good blend of flavor between the chicken, chorizo, and pico. The side of corn was not what I ordered but I couldn't flag down the server so I gave in and kept it. It was average corn with a little bit of queso fresco on top. I noticed that the bowl really wasn't too filled for the $14 price point, some fast casual chains can do better bowls. I've had better and worse but the tacos at Taco Mamacita really didn't feel like the gourmet tacos they are billed to be.

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