the food and the service was so good! i misread the menu and my burrito ended up being too spicy for me, and Angel V helped me out and got me a different entree instead. chips and salsa and water was constantly refilled, amazing service! i love the sweet corn too read more

El Torito - CARNE ASADA BURRITO SPINACH ENCHILADAS - Mexican Near Me - Milpitas, California

We always love coming here for drinks, food, and ambiance! The bartender (woman) is always SJ on top of it too! We def enjoyed our Vday date! read more

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Manager treated us horribly. The manager was rude and always watching our group like we were about to steal something. Never once did he say hello, welcome, or even a hello. Just rude, wearing a mask, we could barely hear what the hell he was asking or saying. I hate that. We had a large group and he was annoyed right when we walked in. The Happy Hour is confusing, we made a reservation and we were able to order the drinks from the bar and take them back to our table but not the food. We ordered a couple appetizers but on the regular menu, tried to get separate bills but they said no. They didn't explain that the Happy Hour is basically at the bar side. We would have went straight there if that was the case. The staff was confused too, some saying it was ok to order the happy hour food and take back to your table and then here comes the Rude manager saying NO!We don't take the food there only here in the bar area! The bartender didn't even say Hello, or greet any of us when we first got there, this seems to be a regular thing with this establishment but later he was friendly maybe after we were buying more drinks and tipping? The server we had was nice but nothing more. The only one who was friendly from the beginning was the Guy in the front who was actually greeting everyone as they came in. The Manager who didn't even look or seem like the manager just really brought the evening down for us, his presence alone was very negative and everyone could feel and see it. We will never come here again! Thank you Manager! read more

We came out for my birthday & Vicente was our waiter, he was so quick & attentive we never saw the bottom of our cups. His kind personality created a homey experience for my family & I. The food here is always top tier theres no question to what spot were picking for birthdays that come around. read more

They accommodated our last minute large party. The service was great and fast luckily the restaurant wasn't fully packed like usual. Food was great read more

Jacqueline was a great server! She was very attentive and personable! She recommended the Tacos Vampira, which I enjoyed.

We had great service at El Toritos. Our server Antonio took great care of our party with drinks and food recommendation. He also went out of the way to get us off the menu items. Will definitely repeat. read more

YOYOYO! DAT Ngo back at it again! El Torito's brunch is where it's at! I went to Cabo in February and the Cabo all-inclusive breakfast? Nah, this place smoked it. First off, mimosas always full--like, no waiting around hoping someone notices you're empty. Cabo could never.The freshly pressed corn tortillas? Chef's kiss. And that omelette station? A whole vibe. They got a fricking chocolate fountain with churros, strawberries, and marshmallows. The flan and freshly churned vanilla ice cream was bussin! Made-to-order, no rushed mess like Cabo's buffet--just straight perfection. Plus, this place was so clean. Tables ready, everything fresh, zero chaos. Honestly, El Torito's got brunch on lock! Way better than their lunch. It won't disappoint brodies. read more

I really enjoy every experience here, food was great as always. Vicente was the highlight of the day. His customer service was phenomenal, couldn't have asked for a better waiter. As always, the ambiance was just right. Music not too loud and not too much going on. Would recommend. read more

Amazing place Issac was so sweet!!! Food was really good and great spicy margaritas! Celebrating my besties 30th birthday and got a delicious flan !!! read more

Angel was an amazing server! The BEST! Thank you for your smile, fast service and care. We will be back!

Vicente was amazing! Great service, helped us make the lunch nice and easy. Amazing food amazing job, thank you Vicente.

Cadillac margaritas were good. Appetizers were ok. The Carnitas were really salty and dry. And the rice was greasy. It was a to go order and they left out the refried beans and guacamole so we didn't notice till we got home. The macho combo was also to go and didn't have very much meat on any of the items. Very bland. Overall not really worth coming back. read more

Imelda provided great service and the food and drinks were delicious. Hope to have her as our server on our next visit

We visited for a graduation party. Our waiter was awesome, pictured making our guacamole. He did such a great job for a table of 13. Superb service with a smile. Food was fresh and yummy. read more

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Stellar Service from the Manager Dee & her team for our wedding reception! Professional and expert guidance from our first meeting. Excellent logistics and presentation of delicious foods, drinks, desserts, champagne toast; exceptional execution of our vision for 90 people. Decor & service, sublime; with many of our guests singing the praises of how kind, professional, attentive staff was.. can't "Thank You!" enough love & gratitude, sandra The manager Dee was terrific. She was very helpful in our planning of the reception at the restaurant. She was so excited for us and took a personal interest in making sure our wedding reception would be wonderful. She and her staff exceeded our expectations on the day of the reception. The rooms were decorated very nice and the layout for entertaining and eating were perfect. All the staff were pleasant and very efficient in taking care of all our guest. Food was excellent as always. We were so pleased how everything turned out and we received so many compliments from our family and friends on how nice and fun our reception was. Thank you Dee and your excellent staff for making our reception one to remember. All the best, Robert Further note Berenice from the corporate office was also very helpful and wonderful to work with over the months as we planned our reception. read more

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Isaac was the best! Super sweet and very attentive! We always leave here very happy and satisfied. Thank you!

Imelda was great and provided excellent customer service. The sizzling enchilada plate is my favorite! The sides use to include a scoop of guacamole but I guess they stopped doing that with inflation? Bright color walls as expected an any Mexican restaurant. Great bar are and happy hour specials. Would visit again. read more

El Torito - Happy hour drinks - Mexican Near Me - Milpitas, California

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Many el Torito have gone down hill.. Monterey and San Leandro to name a few. This one, however is great! Great food and our server Sergio was amazing! Charming, attentive.. just the best. Give this man a raise! read more

I'm sad to report that El Torito has gone downhill. Over the years, my husband and I have been to the Cupertino (closed for years), Santa Clara, Milpitas and this location and they were great, fun, and popular hangouts. Nowadays, the Monterey location's food takes a while to come even when they are not busy and to top it off it is cold. So, now, my husband and I come for the nice views at this restaurant and the margaritas after eating somewhere else if we aren't too full from our meals. Let me be clear here, we love Mexican food. If the food was delicious at El Torito we would frequent this restaurant often. The most recent time my husband and I decided to give this place another shot without eating elsewhere. We shared more like a "sample" plate on the 4th of July which was the 3 item combo and selected 1) Crispy beef taco and their two "classics" 2) Chicken tamale, 3) Chile Relleno. What prompted this review is the chile relleno had a huge hard chunk of unknown substance that took up 1/4 of the chili. This was a small chili too.‍ We told Mathew, the very nice waiter, and he requested a fresh one. Mathew did a good job checking in on us and providing us with good service that day and my review of the food is not a reflection on his performance. Unfortunately, the "freshly made" chille relleno looked good but lacked any flavor and we didn't finish it. My husband ate the chicken tamale and said it had hardly any meat in it to the point you don't know what meat you are eating! I tried the end of the tamale and I had no meat at all! The beef taco was just ok. The rice, beans and sweet corn were the only reliably good thing from our dish. If I had to order any of the items separately I would not order any of the three. We haven't done the Sunday brunch in a while but it use to be a treat to go to with family and friends. At least you get food hot and fresh food at some point and fill up on bottomless mimosas with just ok food. The happy hour would be tolerable since I like the drinks. The table side guacamole is a good value during happy hour and so are the drinks but my husband and I are usually there during lunch and pay regular price for our drinks and table side guacamole. I stopped taking pictures of the food here and mostly take pictures of the view out the window! read more

El Torito - Mexican Near Me - Milpitas, California

Ordered chicken fajitas, was so dry . Only onions with hardly any other veggies . Very disappointed. The cucumber drink was all watery with full of ice chips , it's like drinking water with ice and a slice of cucumber and lemon . Service was ok . Forgot to bring my drink until at end of my dinner . The floor was so sticky and very loud in the dining area. It felt warm since no air circulation was going on . Not a enjoyable experience read more

Alejandro was great today. Service was prompt and very attentive to our table. The food was good. read more

El Torito - Fajitas sizzle - Mexican Near Me - Milpitas, California

This is the 3rd time in 6 weeks I've been there and it will be the last. I spoke with Omar and we took photos of he COLD Buffet food and the rotten fruit in the bar drink caddy. There are NO standards at this place. Poor Service by Luis. Told me the meat was left over from Sunday brunch. It was stone Cold and burndt to a crisp. My Salsa was Brown. Definitely not mad fresh. One problem after another. I want to contacted by someone in the Corporate Office ASAP. Ridiculous....... mllindberg@yahoo.com read more

Luis Gonzalez was the bomb! Will come back to enjoy with him. He was kind and attentive.

Came here friday night. The place was full, we had to wait around 15 mins for the table. After being seated our server came, she seemed very tired and done for the day. We got some drinks and ordered food at the same time. Got a margarita n beer. For food we got table side guacamole, chicken n shrimp fajitas and sizzling enchiladas. The entrees come with a side of rice beans some corn dessert n tortillas if fajitas. The guacamole is of two teeny tiny avocado not worth it for 13$, both the entrees portion size was decent but lacked flavor n meat was overcooked. Our server once food was served never was seen again. Didn't have a good time!! read more

El Torito - FAJITAS COMBO - Mexican Near Me - Milpitas, California

Growing up in the area, I have eaten here numerous times throughout the years and it has always been a pleasant experience. The food and atmosphere is always great. My most recent visit was for a wedding reception for a group of about 50 people (more or less). The wait staff had their hands full but they were friendly and attentive. We were seated and served in a timely manner with refills on drinks readily available. I highly recommend El Torito for your dinning pleasure. Whether you're going to their bar, solo, on a date, with family or with a group they have you covered. read more

Man, I miss the old managers .... It's like you ask to sit some where and this new managers says no. In turn you have to wait for a bar table to be cleaned when there are ones open. He says they are for a bigger parties than 2 "... the old managers Would accommodate since there isn't allot of people in the restaurant. Genesis - she's a nice waitress. I'm not trying to be picky but come on... sitting directly under a tv isn't an idea spot but when there are more seats - smh - I guess I'll be wrong on this one. He's the manager and has the say so! SMH. read more

El Torito - Open tables - Mexican Near Me - Milpitas, California

El Torito is a really good place to come and have food specially Sundays with their brunch they're Menudo. It's really good. It does not smell bad or it tastes bad. It's excellent service. Here's one of the greatest place I can say to come and have some Mexican food. Trust me I'm Mexican. My parents are from Guadalajara. So I know my Mexican food.! Angel v as always excellent customer service tysm read more

El Torito - Dessert and mimosa - Mexican Near Me - Milpitas, California

Vicente was a great server. He was polite and patient. We had a great dinner and discussion. Their happy hour is excellent.

Ana had the best service for my family and I , enjoyed it , made sure we were all taken care of.

The server Juan C was attentive to our needs we had drinks which had too much syrup, so they were a little too sweet. The appetizer platter was good. We have been coming here for a long time. We will come back again. read more

Antonio was great and made my mom's birthday celebration great!!!! Would recommend this place again

Awesome experience - 1st vist for Sunday brunch for 2, Food made from scratch - from omelet station to tortillas for tacos, pozole, menudo, cevivhe,enchiladas and deserts stations delicious. Bottomless mimosas, nice! Excellent service from our host Damaris She gave us tour of what to expect n seated us mmediately in patio with our service dog. Our other hosts Juan and Imelda- Absolutely wonderful, even gave our service dog water excellent service from Juan, Imelda and Damaris with our first experience at El Torrito in Milpitas. With appreciation, thank you! read more

It was our first time, and I have to say, the food and service was AMAZING!! Our server was Antonio was great!! He was very attentive, observant and kind!! Definitely coming back with our family and friends!! read more

I'm not the type to leave reviews but Angel served us and he was the best server I've had. Always checking on us and accommodating. Food was awesome too! read more

Haven't been here in years, decided to check out their happy hour. We arrived around 5:30PM, not to crowded for a Sunday but then again we just beat the crowd, starts getting super busy around 6ish. We got seated immediately. My bf said the margaritas were good here. I Had to see for myself. The waitress was very friendly and upbeat. I got the mango margarita, my bf got the watermelon candy shot. Iv had better margaritas elsewhere. Tasted watered down with a hint of mango. My bf didn't really care for the watermelon candy shot. He said it was way to sweet. We ended up ordering the Fried Ice Cream. It was meh, I wish I would have just gone with the flan. It started getting really busy so we barley saw our server after our dessert got served. We waited a while for our check and then again waiting another 30min to get our card back. Other than that it was overall an okay experience. read more

El Torito - DEEP-FRIED ICE CREAM - Mexican Near Me - Milpitas, California

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Came here fir happy hour to order food and drinks Guy said could not sit in bar area with kids so waited for table they mentioned would be outside. A gentleman came to seat us inside said was too hot outside. When going to order he says oh I didn't know you wanted happy hour you can't order here oh my gosh so now he says the table still available outside. So we go outside and wait and wait my daughters asks for chips and salsa they only bring chips SMH. Finally gonna order street corn was not street corn was greasy fried with a lemon wedge. Salmon tacos dry as heck and flavorless, carne asada fries bland, flautas were ok, the only good thing was the birria tacos. Mojito and marjarita gave me a headache cheap liquor ugh read more

The food was delicious! The service from beginning to end was beyond my expectations! Angel V took great care of us. Angel made my Mom and 99 year granddaughter feel so special. Will be back soon! Thank you read more

I've been coming to this location since I was born and have always had a great time. But especially now, Juan C just upped the service to another level and made sure we had a great experience. Thank you Juan! read more

Happy hour here is the bees knees! Used to come here a lot after college for taco Tuesdays... Fast forward a few years (or decades lol). It's the place to be for busy moms who just need a quick break (and drink or two lol)! Imelda is amazing and so delightful, with great recs! Me & my bestie got: - watermelon candy shots - the margarita flight - crispy flautas - sopes All 10/10!! Except for the carne asada fries! Passsss on this IMO. The papas calientes that they used to have were way way waaaay better. But yay for Imelda :) she got it comped for us cuz we did NOT like it at all. read more