We have been visiting them many times often every third week for very fresh and piping hot meals…read more Favorite of mine is Chili poblano- green peppers filled with cheese and covered with sweetened sauce - don't know but tastes great. With side of rice and beans . Service is fast with courteous staff. Lime Margarita is very good. Nice seating area

Some solid Mexican in while in the area. I had the carne asada and it was good, everyone in my…read moreparty seemed to enjoy the food as well. Service was excellent. Food did take a bit to come out on a random Wednesday night. Gave them 4 stars because it was food but just average overall, not amongst the best Mexican I've had.

Delicious food! Love their Crab Chimichanga! Great service. I get take out and I love how easy it…read moreis with the drive up window. Great experience!

It was the Christmas Music & Sing Along at El Pulpo. Beth, wife and partner of Bernardo, is a…read moretalented musician and singer. She put together a group of her talented friends, and presented an entertaining evening of international and classic American songs of the Season. All of that plus the always delicious and well prepared authentic Mexican fare, was a crowd pleaser. The Chimichangas and Margaritas were perfect, and the service wjas excekllent as always. The prices are still wjell within the anverage families comfort zone. I hope readers will stop at El Pulpo and enjoy the food and milieu as much as Meg and I do.

So many great things about this place!…read more Loved that they have soda from Mexico in glass bottles. And beer... Waitstaff recommended a variety of dishes, chimichangas, carnitas and enchiladas all were outstanding. The vibe is casual and friendly. The kind of place you can chat with other patrons or just enjoy great Mexican food savory the moment. Street parking was easy. I didn't think about a picture because the food was just that good.

We have been to Grandmas many times pre covid and during covid for take out. We decided to go this…read morepast week and see if it was what we remembered. They did not disappoint! We were greeted upon walking in the door . The family ran restaurant offered quick service and food was prepared and delivered to our table rather quickly. My husband had his usual chimichangas and I tried the fajita burrito. Both were delicious and as we remembered. We will be going back!

Food was amazing, atmosphere was awesome and service was kind and pleasant and phenomenal! Will…read moredefinitely be going back.

Love the vibe of this place. Good tacos, good sides, good drinks, and good service. Good stop when…read moreyou are going through Binghamton.

This authentic Mexican food restaurant in Vestal is awesome. The birria tacos were hot and fresh…read moreand even better dipped in the au jus. The drinks came out fast and everyone we interacted with was friendly. I will 100% be coming back for another meal

Tapatios was my family's Mexican restaurant of choice growing up, so my review is a little biased…read morein that I have the nostalgia glasses on when I eat here. That being said, I think it's fully decent food, if not totally authentic Mexican. Lots of variety on the menu. I mostly eat vegetarian, and they have a good number of vegetarian options, but I do really like their seafood dishes. I don't think anything on the menu is totally vegan as-is, but you could probably make some of the vegetarian specials vegan by requesting no cheese. The food is tasty and I would say well-prepared even if the presentation isn't always fancy. It does tend to be salty. If you like cheese, any of the cheese-based dishes like cheese enchiladas or chiles poblanos will delight because they are very cheesy. Their chips and salsa are great - the chips always come out warm and the salsa is simple but fresh. First batch of chips and salsa are complimentary and refills are pretty cheap, but one basket is sufficient for us. I tried the "Cinco de Melón" margarita this time, a frozen watermelon margarita with lots of Tajin. It was a good margarita - I really liked the spicy Tajin with the watermelon, and the drink was appropriately strong. Always friendly service and fun atmosphere. In my experience the service is almost never slow. The waitress on our last visit was actually a little too attentive; it felt like she was coming by every few minutes while we were eating to ask if we needed anything, but definitely better too much than too little. I've visited some other Mexican-American restaurants in the area in the past few years and it seems to me that the quality and degree of "authenticity" at Tapatios is comparable to similar places, so my family continues to come here because of proximity and familiarity.

Came here with family and everyone really liked it! The smothered veggie burrito was very good! The…read moresauces were great and I liked that it was mostly veggies and beans inside without too much rice. The burrito was big but not too big to finish if you're really hungry. We shared a tres leches cake for dessert which was also delicious, drizzled with a little dulce de leche. I had a peach thyme agua fresca to drink which was fine, and I liked the flavour, but it seemed like it was made from a syrup rather directly from real fruit like agua fresca should be. Service was very good. The host and our waitress were both friendly and attentive enough, and the food was reasonably fast. The restaurant looks cool, although I imagine it gets loud when it's busier. We had a reservation but didn't need it even on a Saturday evening, but we went early and it was summer. It seems like it would be popular with the university students when they're around.

I tried Iron Agave and I must say it's a shame I spent $50 on sloppy tacos that didn't even taste…read morelike birria. Hardly any meat or any toppings in it. By far the worst food place around here. Too expensive for poor quality food.

Delicious cute little hole in the wall restaurant…read more Amazing service by the owner , very nice lady

This place will make you feel right at home! Julie and Jim are so welcoming and personable. If…read moreyou come here on a regular basis, they feel like family. They have an excellent selection of home-cooked meals in all different cuisines! I especially like their holupki and their selection of Mexican food. Others in my party have loved Mama T's pasta and sauce for years. Excellent homemade soups too! They are so attentive and really want to make all customers happy. They are equally friendly to those they have known for years, and those just visiting for the first time. I was sad to see a "regular" customer only leave them a $1 tip on a full meal after the customer was given the royal treatment and commented on how good their food was! Mama T's offers excellent selections, side options, and generous portions. Of course they are knowledgeable about the menu--they make everything right there! :) I definitely recommend!!!

Highly recommended. We were famished after 3.5 hr drive from LI plus visit to daughter at her new…read morejob, but pretty sure food would have been absolutely excellent (as it was) under any circumstances. Chimichurri Salmon, Truffle Caesar + Salmon, but the mac n cheese was as good as it gets with perfectly singed upper crust.....sorry to sound like nyc snob, but gotta believe this is best restaurant in Binghampton for at least a while.....Adam H.

This is a difficult review to properly balance. We'd seen the rooftop restaurant from my son's new…read morecollege apartment and went for dinner. After reading the sign indicating we need to see the host inside, we went. It was packed and looked modern chic, with low lights and high tables and tall chairs. We didn't have reservations and got the sorry, but we're full, to which I said we wanted to eat upstairs. To that, we got "okay" but that is a "different experience," which I frankly took as pretension... until I got upstairs. Then we understood. It was mostly empty on this Saturday evening, opposite the main restaurant below, and had a single person working the whole space, a Bar tender who explained we were to pull up the menu with a QRC, order, and they would bring the food; if we wanted drinks, we needed to come to the bar. Ordered food. Went to bar and waited. Good local craft beer on tap. Decent view, pleasant weather. And then a half hour passed. For sandwiches and tacos. Few minutes later, I went in to make sure our order was sent and that the kitchen actually received it. There was no animated chef in toque at a stove to indicate it was working, but she assured me it was. Another 15 minutes go by, and our beers are low, and we're considering.... Leaving or raising a stink when the bartender leaves her bar, looks at us, and goes down the stairs without a word, returning a few minutes later with nothing. That was odd, but seemed like progress. A few minutes later, our food arrives. Perhaps 50-60 minutes after ordering it. The runner tells us the manager apologies for the wait and has comped all our food. Without our having to say a word. We ate a fine arugula salad with watermelon, blueberries, and cheese. A good chicken sandwich with the most unusual Parmesan parsley fries--they were more thick chips, fried into curls, and topped with fried parsley and grated Parmesan. If you order it on the side, it comes with aioli, which was excellent. My burger was outstanding. I could taste the smoke, and it came with not slices, but small cubes of bacon. No need for sauce. My wife's shrimp tacos were very good eating. Frankly, it was so good, I *might* have forgiven them the wait. They did right to acknowledge their mistake. When we visit Binghampton again, we'll make reservations for the main dining room, which we were told has a much larger menu. We paid our bar tab via their Toast app. So yes, table service, but no waitron. It was a different experience, true to the host's word.

Really happy I stumbled upon this spot on Instagram. Recently moved to the area and have had a busy…read moreschedule. This will be my new go to spot for a quick meal. It's so hard finding the balance of eating healthy and not wanting to drop over $10 for a meal to stay in between those lines. Paid $7 for some Turkey chili on this cold day (central New York.... why?!) I was skeptical with purchasing the chili, because it's such a good comfort food meal, but this was great. Lots of flavor and a good kick. Did not have the chance to try a shake, but they looked delicious. Staff was super friendly, and the store had a great variety of pre workout/ recovery drinks. Will definitely return soon.