Great food! Lunch special is good portion size. Very good price. Good service. Salsa is AMAZING and comes in three heats.

Best Mexican restaurant in Payson and anywhere nearby. With that said, coming from San Diego, California (quite down haters) the food here is average Mexican food. Their fajitas are the best thing on the menu and getting it served in a half pineapple is a good twist. The servers are quick to get your order and get your food to you but they do get distracted with the other employees once your order is on the table. The dining area is open and loud which isn't a bad thing for me. It makes it feel more like you're eating amongst friends. My recommendation to the owners is to taste your food and ask yourself, would I be proud to serve this in Mexico? Adding a little more depth of flavor would make you answer yes. I have made this my go to place because honestly no one else from Payson to Spanish Fork is better. read more

Small family restaurant. Very busy early on a Friday night. Food was a little bland but good.

Pineapple fajitas were again, the way to go. Great prices. Come here. Great service, clean tables, amazing waitress, great food, and the price can't be beat. read more

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Hole-in-the-wall type place. Quick service. Pineapple Fajitas 10/10 would recommend read more

El Tapatio - Pineapple Pork Fajitas - Mexican Near Me - Payson, Utah

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Stopped by El Tapatio with a friend and had a nice experience. We seated ourselves and were quickly greeted by a kind, attentive waitress. I had a smothered burrito with both red and green sauce--delicious and filling. The chips and salsa were just okay; the chips didn't seem fresh and the salsa was pretty watery. Overall, solid service and good food with room for small improvements. read more

El Tapatio - Lunch menu, chips/ salsa - Mexican Near Me - Payson, Utah

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This is the best kept secret place to eat in Payson. Very nice servers and food tastes great every time we go.

Parallel parking in Main Street is difficult, but most places you can park behind, if you can figure out how to get in. We generally get the Pina. My wife likes chicken, I like steak. Tonight's menu, I think it is new, said chicken is $20 and steak is $20, but a chicken and steak if $24. I tried to ask the waitress about that, but she was clueless and didn't want to talk about it. Anyway, I ordered the chicken and steak, hoping to get half and half. It came with about 3/4 chicken, but there were mushrooms and onions and peppers, and grilled pineapple, which is really good. I would love just a mushroom, onion and pineapple fajita. There is certainly enough for two people, and we brought the rest, of the chicken, home. Service was good. The surprise was the bill, I was charged $24.95 for the chicken and steak Pina, someone in management must have had too much tequilla. I will go there again, we have been many times, but beware of these quirks, and enjoy. read more

At the risk of writing a good review causing a storm of activity of patrons to this place, I will say this is a hidden gem. If you only order one thing, get the pineapple fajitas. Ooooh, the flavors it adds. We loved it. Great food and great service. read more

The food is pretty good here, especially the Pineapple Fajita(which is not on the menu, you have to ask for it). The salsa is good and so are the chips. There is a decent variety of food and the prices are ok. The servings are large. There are tables to eat inside the restaurant. There is street parking. The service is usually good. Sometimes the music can be a bit loud. read more

Delicious and so flavorful! I loved the service 10/10 recommend. If I could rate them higher I would. read more

El Tapatio - Mini pineapple fajita burrito with chicken - Mexican Near Me - Payson, Utah

The food is the best in Payson, Utah. whenever we wanna go out to eat the only place that we can think of in Payson is here!!! Their pineapple fajitas are incredible. Great service always fast and friendly. I highly recommend El Tapatio to anyone. read more

El Tapatio - Pineapple fajitas - Mexican Near Me - Payson, Utah

The pinapple fajitas were delish but I didn't realize how huge for one person. Probably best split between two people:). But I'm not complaining, I took home leftovers and had both lunch and dinner the next day. Great value! read more

Found this yummy spot in adorable downtown Payson off Yelp. Yummy food, family owned. Husband loved his carne asada and my taco were authentic read more

We made a quick stop in our way down to Vegas and enjoyed it. We'll definitely frequent it when we're in the area. The breakfast options weren't our favorites but still the nachos and California burrito were great! read more

El Tapatio - Half Nachos - Mexican Near Me - Payson, Utah

Okay, so you're probably going to think I'm making this up, exaggerating, or just being dramatic. But seriously, listen up: behold my evening, ye mortals, and despair. The nachos, halfway through, started giving off this weird, gross smell that was so bad my mom kept insisting I must have, like, totally pooped myself. Not even kidding. So yeah, dig in and bon appétit... if you dare. read more

I had heard really good things about El Tapatio. In my opinion it was good, but not great. Maybe I just had higher expectations and then was underwhelmed. The restaurant itself is a little run down. It was also freezing inside--we went back to the car to get our coats to wear while we ate. I also felt it was a tad disorganized. The fajita in the pineapple is definitelyyyyyy what you need to get though. Don't even open the menu and just get that. We shared between two of us and it was more than plenty. Like I said, good but not great. Probably one of your best options in Payson though. read more

The food was exceptionally good. We tried a handful of different foods, and they were all excellent. read more

El Tapatio - Steak Mofongo - Mexican Near Me - Payson, Utah

This place should just rename themselves to "the pineapple fajita place" because that's all anyone orders and what everyone calls it. That said, the pineapple fajitas are amazing. Well worth going for. The downsides: This place is small and popular. So it can be busy and hard to find seating, especially on saturdays. The parking situation isn't great either. They can also be very slow. They usually only have one waiter. Don't expect prompt drink refills or prompt service. Keeping the above in mind, you will likely love the pineapple fajitas. I've had other stuff on the menu as well, and it's pretty standard fair. But the Pineapple Fajitas are where it's at. read more

Delicious! Try the pineapple fajitas!! Located in the middle of downtown. Food is great. Service is friendly.

Pineapple fajitas are the best things on the menu and what they are known for. Sometimes the chicken is dry or steak is rubbery, but most of the time it's good. Chips and salsa are good as well. Service is spotty and sometimes slow, but they are the best restaurant for a small town like Payson. read more

Drove from Orem to this yummy restaurant! Their food was sooo good! The salsa and chips were yummy, but it's $2.00 to get it refilled. The steak pineapple fajitas were amazing and the main reason we come! It can feed 3-4 people. Well worth the drive! read more

Best Mexican food, made fresh and delicious. Eaten there 6-8 times after moving here recently. Always had good meals, service and a full stomach. read more

This morning my lace was amazing. We were in town for a baseball tournament. Stumbled on to this place. Definitely in my tip 5 all Mexican restaurants in utah. I got the smothered burrito. Home made flour tortilla. read more

Wanna have a "to-die-for" kind of lunch? Wanna to be pleasantly surprised by a meal that tastes even more spectacular than the dish looks on the serving plate? Then you must certainly try their signature dish, they call the Traditional Plate - La Piña, a delectable dish served with your choice of Chicken, Beef or Shrimp, inside a Pineapple. The meal started with their homemade chips and salsa. Oh, my, they were the perfect appetizer. Then, when my meal came out on the serving plate, it looked wonderfully awesome. And the flavor was wonderful. Wow. I recommend this dish. You gotta try it. Great service. Nice cozy place. It is located on the nice little downtown main street of Payson! Check it out. Let me know what you think? Enjoy! 47 S Main ST. Payson, UT, 84651 (801)658-5284 read more

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One star because I can't give 0. Ordered the fish, was covered in garlic and parts of it appeared raw, barely ate anything and was sick for a week after. Will NEVER be going back. read more

I like abundant portions of the food and their food has good flavor. They have delicious frozen horchata.

This is a family favorite for us. We love the pineapple fajitas they are excellent. It's also in a quaint part of Payson, all my friends I have taken there love the flavor as well! read more

El Tapatio - Steak and chicken pineapple fajitas - Mexican Near Me - Payson, Utah

Food is okay. Very salty and it doesn't matter what you order, it all tastes the same. I felt like it fulfilled my craving for Mexican food but wasn't worth the price paid. Still... nothing to complain about and they didn't mess anything up. Four stars! read more

Always love the Pineapple Bowl Fajitas!! Yum!! Anytime we have company we bring them here...

This was by far the best Mexican food I've had in Utah. I've lived in Salt Lake City for the past 9 years, and the Salt Lake staples like Red Iguana and Tres Hombres just don't compete with El Tapatio. If I lived in Payson, I'm not sure I'd eat anywhere else. Obviously the pineapple dishes are their specialty, and it's amazing, but the beans, rice, salsa, tortillas, and aguas frescas were also delicious. In the middle of the meal I was trying to figure out a reason to come back in the future. It was so good! It's located in the cute downtown area of Payson, and even though the ambiance is somewhat lacking, the food definitely makes up for it. read more

We checked out this restaurant based on a review offered by a former camper at a place we stayed in Nephi, UT (Rollin' Home RV Park). We opted for the pineapple chicken fajitas and OH, what a meal! First, this is authentic Mexican cuisine, made to order with beautiful fresh ingredients! The cooking aroma was amazing! Then, this dish was presented in 1/2 a pineapple shell! It was a gorgeous presentation (and we got ours to go)! The meal came with beans & rice, which were some of the best we've ever had, homemade chips, fresh salsa and we ordered extra guacamole. If you are anywhere near Payson, UT (where the high school kids convinced Kevin Bacon to attend their prom), do not miss the opportunity to dine in or out at El Tapatio! You won't be disappointed! read more

Unfortunately it was an unpleasant experience. Food did not have a whole lot of flavor and service was just ok.

Great chips and salsa and they give you more when you devour those I got a fajita burrito lunch special it was delicious and I took 1/2 home for later Loved the pineapple in it. I had mine smothered cuz I like that Waitress was great don't know what the complaints are about service. Food was pretty quick it tasted great refills on drink and chips salsa read more

It has been a while since we ate here, however tonight the food was not as good as it used to be. The food had a burnt taste to it. Also, prices have shot way up. They charge now for extra salsa and chips. I don't know what has changed but it is not the same hidden gem we were used to. read more

We tried this place while in Payson for the Scottish Festival. They were not very busy at lunch but they soon filled in while we were there. The staff was friendly and attentive and they decor was Mexican blankets on the wall with sombreros. I ordered the special of the day which was Shrimp Fajitas served in a half pineapple. It tasted good but was very watery and the cheese made it messy to eat. The filtered my way through the peppers and onions and ate the shrimp, mushrooms, and pineapple. There were quite a few shrimp which was good. The rice and beans came on the side but I didn't find they added anything to the dish so I didn't eat much of them. My husband ordered a combo with chili verse but wasn't ver impressed and didn't eat everything. read more

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I had the carne asada plate flavor was good and it was a fair price! I'm glad I found This place and would definitely recommend.

I've been wanting to try this place after reading all the Yelp reviews. I really have want to like this place, I promise. While eating and the whole experience I evaluated everything and rewind everything in my mind over and over to make sure I post the right review based on my 'own experience'. Staff - they seem clueless of what they're doing. Or maybe they just need to have an actual system in place instead of playing things by ear. They can easily get overwhelming for a party of over 4. They literally just tell you to wait outside without asking for your name or any info-in hopes that they remember and they have some type of reminder that you are waiting outside hungrily. We waited more than 30mins and we were like, maybe we should remind them that we are here in the sidewalk waiting. Guess what? Good thing we did! We got seated and for some reason they keep forgetting about the tables on the left side. So just tip - do NOT sit on the left side because people here must be all right-handed that they literally look pass you it's not even upsetting it was more like a joke. Getting drinks refill was extremely challenging. Food - it was a blah. But I have to say - they are super smart for using pineapple for presentation and making it very intriguing. I honestly think this is why customers are coming wanting to try it. Unfortunately when the food was served it was more like 'what the heck is this?' It was some food mixed together and the only visible thing that I can identify on that dish was the pineapple and a shipload of onions. Carne asada, the meat was rubbery and chicken mole was a meh. Their chips were stale and their salsa is more like 'onions with salsa' - too much onions it's over powering. It could use some salt to taste. I am sorry but I am not really a fan. read more

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We love eating here. The Pineapple fajitas are the best. Great authentic Mexican food.

Bottomless chips and salsa...included free! Great lunch specials, and amazing pineapple fajita for those special occasions. read more

El Tapatio - Mexican Near Me - Payson, Utah