Hernandez El Sarape

Go someplace else, bad service, high prices, and long wait times for food even when the restaurant is fairly empty. We arrived and placed an order to go on Sunday evening. First thing I noticed, the prices are higher than their website. Lots of prices are rising, not a big deal. I asked if they had Menudo on the weekend and the women who appeared to be the manager said “Yuk”. We placed our order and then went to the bar to have a drink while we waited. The bartender sat us at a table and then before the beer even got there the manager was asking us why we sat down and said we needed to move. We then watched our waitress struggle to pour the beers, bartender relieved her but still couldn’t get a beer that wasn’t half foam. They then asked if they could just bring us bottles. Fine. 30 minutes later we ask for our food. The waitress immediately walks out with it. Questioning the timing we ask if it had been sitting and waiting for a while. The waitress replies “Chef sometimes stalls. The kitchen is always backed up.” $54 for enchiladas, chimichangas, and fajitas. Oh and the two “draft beers”. Food wasn’t great. We wish we hadn’t stopped.

Hernandez has always been my families go to place since we first started to travel up to Wisconsin. We highly recommend the food for adults and children. When you sit down and they bring the chips and salsa they will immediately ask if you would like the mild salsa for the kids. The food they make is authentic and not pre-made items that you find at other Mexican restaurants in the area.

We really enjoyed our experience at Hernandez Mexican Restaurant. The service was lovely. Our server and all the staff was very friendly and made for a nice experience with our whole family tonight including our 3 young children. The chips were fresh and obviously homemade. Worth the trip for the chips alone. We had margaritas on the rocks which were strong and delicious. The chimichanga combo was tasty and incredibly filling. My husband had the combination Guadalajara and said it was wonderful as well. Our check arrived with two chocolate chip cookies as well that were a nice top off to the meal considering we were too full for dessert! We will definitely be back! As an update May 2022 they no longer serve the cookies but we did order some fried ice cream and it was very yummy and sat atop almost a sopapilla like cinnamon sugar tortilla. They've also had to increase their prices across the board by $1.25 unfortunately but we understand why with sadly absolutely everything going up in price these days so it's not a knock against the restaurant. To their credit they have signage up and a sticker on the menu to let you know about the price difference.