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    El Tapatio

    3.3 (36 reviews)
    InexpensiveMexican
    Closed 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Dogs allowed
    Good for kids

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    This is the inside of the take out menu.
    Matthew G.

    Nice late lunch after a two hour car ride. Huge menu take out or dinner in. My wife had enchiladas Verde and I had the Tapatio tortilla special, chicken, beef and shrimp. Meals come with rice and refried beans, mildly seasoned. Great service, drinks up quick and they have beer or wine besides Pepsi fountain drinks. Two big meals with drinks reasonably priced. Not as spicy and seasoned as some of the other places I've been, but good food. Quantity of food was great. We'll be back with more family sometime.

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    1 year ago

    Go there often. Food and service are always good. Pay in cash to avoid a card fee.

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    4 years ago

    Good food. We eat there often. We love the fajita nachos and margaritas. Service is great and food is quickly served

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    4 years ago

    The food has absolutely no flavor. Now they've added the 3% rule on all debit and credit purchases

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    8 years ago

    Service was great, my food came out quickly and correctly. Prices were fair and portions were huge. Everything was excellent.

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    6 years ago

    Food was excellent. Just make sure you have a fork and napkins so you can eat it , if your getting it to go

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    11 years ago

    The real deal. Authentic and excellent food at a fair price. We ordered a shrimp meal, I forgot the name of it but it was very very good.

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    La Familia - Chips and Salsa

    La Familia

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    When it comes to a place like this, which is clearly a family-run "mom-and-pop" shop, I want to be…read morea little more lenient. I recognize they are operating in a different environment, especially being over two hours away from the competition found in Chicago. In any case, I found myself hungry in Rock Falls, so I stopped in at La Familia. I had the opportunity to try a carnitas taco, an al pastor taco, and a tamale. I also ordered an horchata to drink. The food was a mixed bag, but with some notable high points. The highlight of the meal was the tamale. The exterior was soft and flavorful, and the interior was appropriately meaty with a good, mild flavor. I believe this was my first experience with a tamale, and it was an enjoyable one at that. For the tacos, I appreciated that the proteins, onion, and cilantro were all in balance and that they didn't skimp on the meat. I am a traditionalist and asked for my tacos with just onion and cilantro, rather than their standard of lettuce, tomato, and cheese. While the meat had a mild flavor and wasn't completely bland, it needed something more to stand on its own. To be fair, there is salsa, lime, and two varieties of El Yucateco hot sauce available. However, being the purist I am, it is my belief that food should be able to stand alone without condiments. That said, with these tacos, it felt like something was lacking--perhaps sauce, crema, or pineapple with the al pastor. I'd also like to call out the complimentary chips and salsa offered at the beginning of the meal. I loved that the salsa was served in a little spouted container and that the tortilla chips were clearly homemade. They were a bit unusual, with layers flaking off (not a bad thing, just not often seen in restaurants). I also liked that they had a little bit of salt... far too many places skip that, and how can you skip the salt? My horchata was an absolute delight with great flavor. It was a tad sweet for my taste, but that's more a matter of personal preference than a technical issue. The service was a major highlight. It was very kind, knowledgeable, and attentive. The staff was also quick and efficient. Final Verdict: La Familia is very solid and respectable as a family-run, home-cooking-style restaurant. While to be 100% honest it doesn't hold a candle to some of the things you might find in downtown Chicago, Pilsen, or Cicero, that isn't the expectation. With this in mind, it does its job well. While I'm not going to come all the way back to Rock Falls just to eat here, when I find myself in town, I can't say I would be totally against it.

    Phenomenal spot I travel quite a bit . It's hard to find good food around here and this is…read moredefinitely one that hit home for me. . And the service is incredible. Very clean.

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    Willy's Restaurant

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    This place is good! Staying in Rock Falls for work and I searched Yelp for Mexican food and found…read morethis place. So glad I chose to stop in! Barbacoa tacos were delicious, was happy to hear they offer it; back home barbacoa isn't traditionally offered at our Mexican restaurants, so this was positive from the start. Food was exceptional and service was friendly and accommodating. Give it a go! Side note; when I was checking out I overheard the staff tell an incoming couple that the kitchen was closed and it was only 7:30pm. The bar remains open, however. Maybe it was just this evening the kitchen closed early but Yelp says 9pm. Just a friendly heads up!

    It's simple you don't know how to cook seafood I've tried it twice. The first time I had to send…read morethe order back twice with crawfish because the undercooked them you couldn't get them out of the shell. I went in again the other night with my boss because he was wanting a Lonestar beer they had run out. I asked the girl at the bar how long they've been out she said quite a while manager how come you're running out of Lonestar beer that is completely ridiculous so I thought I'd give it another chance. I didn't order the crawfish but I fall well. I'll order the shrimp. I ordered the shrimp again they were undercooked. You could not get them out of the shell peel and peel and peel and it just stuck to it. I asked the bartender again. I actually gave her a shrimp and she tried to peel it. My boss tried to peel them. No one offered me a discount. No one offered me anything. I would gladly come in and give you people lessons and how to cook seafood could be because apparently, or that is Bohl seafood apparently after 3×3 different orders now you still can't get it right I also questioned the bartender how they did it and when she told me, I realized even more that you don't know what you're Doing. She also mentioned that other people love it maybe so but maybe they don't know anything about seafood either I did watch the first time I come in some people try to eat crawfish and they didn't know how to eat them either. They said they peeled each one little piece by piece trying to eat it having this difficulty with it the whole time I wonder if they'll be back, I doubt it who wants to sit there for two hours trying to eat 1 pound of crawfish. I would like an answer on this, but I'll bet that you won't even take the time to reply to this.

    El Tapatio - mexican - Updated May 2026

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