El Tapatio

What an experience. Great food. Terrific staff. Fast friendly service. Menu is very large. True Mexican food through and through. The guacamole was awesome. My flan was great. The chips were warm and the salsa fresh. I even got corn tortillas for my fajitas. Thanks for a great meal. Alfonso was a terrific server.

I'm really confused by all of the good reviews for this place. I went for the first time yesterday while traveling through, and the place is falling apart. The service is good and very friendly staff, but the cleanliness leaves literally everything to be desired. Bathroom was utterly disgusting. Plywood under a sink tap? Really? If this is how they keep the front of house I can't imagine the cleanliness of the kitchen and food prep areas. Just imagining the kitchen staff touching that door handle after using the restroom and then touching my food...scary.

Not a ton of choices because of the weather but we decided to give it a try based on the reviews. The salsa and chips were spot on, I ate four bowls before the food made it out. The dishes look really nice except for the watery queso. The overall taste of the dishes just weren't that great. It was a table wide consensus. Appetizers - White Queso. 4/10 It was watery and needed some help in the flavor department. It was cheese, that's about all I can say about it. Main Dishes - Enchiladas Supremas. 5/10 Four rolled corn tortilla, one beef, one chicken, one cheese and one bean, topped with enchiladas red sauce, cheese, lettuce, tomato and sour cream. $7.99 The beef enchilada was ok but the sauce was a bit too spicy. The chicken, bean and cheese enchiladas were blah. Enchiladas Mexicanas. 5/10 Three enchiladas: 1 topped with green sauce, 1 topped with white sauce, 1 topped with red sauce, Served with rice and salad $7.99 Like the other dish the beef in these tasted decent but the salsa verde was a bit too spicy. The guacamole was pretty good. Burrito El Tapatio. 4/10 A large flour tortilla filled with seasoned ground beef or spicy chicken topped with lettuce tomato, sour cream and cheese. Served with Mexican rice and beans $7.49 It was ok, the spicy chicken wasn't very good. It once again lacked flavor. Nacho Fajita. 4/10 Cheese nachos topped with marinated tender strips of chicken, beef or mixed. Cooked with onions, peppers and tomatoes. Topped with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo $9.25 A lot of food but the fajitas were not that great and it was coated in that watery queso. Chimichanga Fajita. 5/10 Flour tortilla stuffed with beef or chicken fajita, deep fried to a golden brown topped with cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, onion, bell pepper and tomatoes $8.79 As with the nachos the fajita meat wasn't that great and the watery queso was there as well. The customer service was ok, not horrible but not great either. Give it a try if you want, I don't recommend it, but people have different tastes and you may like it.

Ok, I don't know what they put in the refried beans, but those alone are worth making a stop. And it just gets better from there. I'm almost speechless... it was sooo good and very well priced. We have a regular local family owned Mexican restaurant down here around Ft.Worth that I've been eating at for 20years, and I have to admit, It may be worth the hour drive every now and then just because it's that good.