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    EL TAPATIO Restaurant

    4.1 (96 reviews)
    ModerateMexican
    Open 6:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Casual
    Good for groups
    Dogs allowed

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    Birria quesadilla
    Ronald M.

    Walked in to good service, the hostess acknowledged me and told me to sit anywhere. My waitress brought out chips and water immediately and my order was brought out, hot and fresh within 10 minutes of ordering it. I ordered a Birria quesadilla, one of my favorite meals when I visit Mexican resturants. It was nice and hot, tender and flavorful the only thing is they did not give me any consommé. The restaurant had the typical authentic Mexican vibe and was very clean. No TV's but they were playing music.

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    Zoe M.

    With the limited options for food while traveling through this town, I had low expectations and didn't expect to find some good authentic Mexican food like this! Walk in and seat yourself, get started with some chips & salsa. Their chips look like they're gonna be thick and hard, but it's the opposite! Their chips were light and almost flakey. We loved them. Their queso was thick, cheesy & creamy. Great, flavorful charro beans. Overall, it was all good and definitely would be considered comfort food. Service was wonderful and it was very clean inside.

    Mix fajita for one, it was plenty
    Ai Vy N.

    Good food! Decent price! Friendly staff! All the components needed for a great hole in the wall! For this small town, there are only a handful of decent places to go eat. And by handful, I mean less than 5 lol. El Tapatio is definitely one of them. I always go for the same things every time I come here: mixed fajita for one entree, and the queso grill for appetizer. They're so good that I don't want to cheat on them and go with something else. Writing this review gets my mouth all watering right now thinking of that cheesy, greasy, delicious queso grill. I would come here at least every other day for lunch or dinner if I didn't get eater's remorse after indulging all that yummy but not very healthy food.

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    1 year ago

    Excellent service. Clean restaurant. Friendly staff. Amazing food. Fair prices. Highly recommend.

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    1 year ago

    i'm confused on how we live right next to mexico but we can't get real authentic mexican food anywhere tex mex is disgusting

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    2 years ago

    Friendly, fresh and clean! Food is flavorful, staff is friendly, restaurant is clean. Bathrooms are older but clean.

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    3 years ago

    Authentic TX/Mex. Reasonably priced. Great selection. Miya's are my fav for breakfast. Coach likes steak and eggs.

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    3 years ago

    With the great food and great staff, you can't beat El Tap. My go to place in Gatesville!

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    2 years ago

    Food was ok. Prices on here are wrong. By 4 dollars. Verde sauce was to sour and soda was flat. Don't recommend this el tap

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    2 years ago

    Great food and salas and cheese and good service everyone was nice for a family owned Business and great experience and good food

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    3 years ago

    Food is OK. Services is good sitting areas is a little crammed. Better to pay with cash surcharge on card.

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    3 years ago

    Truly the best food, service and Dr. Pepper in town! #21 Bistec Ranchero is phenomenal!

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    5 years ago

    The absolute best Mexican food! My husband had the Chile relleno and I had the combo fajitas. Yum! Highly recommend!

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    La Hacienda Mexican Grill - Combo fajitas for 2

    La Hacienda Mexican Grill

    3.7(22 reviews)
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    This is a great place to eat. The margaritas were also amazing. Of course it's helpful that they…read morehave PITCHERS of margaritas!!! You can get them frozen or on the rocks.... Flavored or regular. Woo hoo!!! The first time we went I got the brisket tacos. The flavor was great and the meat was tender. The second time we went we got the chicken rice dip. Wow who would have ever thought to put Mexican rice topped with queso and fajita chicken meat. It was delish!!!! They served it with tortillas and chips. I loved it. I also tried the new fajita nachos. It was absolutely amazing as well. We also got the fajitas for two the last time and it was so much meat! The meat had great flavor. It was so much food. Our only complaint was that it literally came with 4 small tortillas and when we asked for a couple more they were going to charge us. There was no way even if we filled the tortillas to the top that 4 would be plenty. It's a pretty small space, but every time we have been there we didn't have to wait. That isn't saying that there wasn't a bunch of people, I am simply saying we picked good times to go. Ha ha The wait staff are all very friendly and accommodating. Overall it has been great experiences.

    Since they opened the parking lot has always been packed so we thought we'd try it out. It is a…read morenice place. Very clean. All the staff are nice. Our waiter was good but his English was not so good. But that's fine. He tried really hard. I was a little disappointed in the food. I got Supreme Enchiladas and my wife cheese enchiladas. It was pretty good but not the best I've ever had. It just didn't seem all that spicy. Hard to put my finger on it. Coming from South Texas we are used to spicy Tex-Mex. They do give you large portions.

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    Frozen margarita dressed with tajin

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