El Tapatio Restaurant

We were waited on by Jennifer and had excellent service. The food here is average and what I would expect from a traditional Mexican restaurant in Portland, e.g. exactly what you want when you want *that* type of meal.

Afternoon nachos. Good plate. Meat well seasoned. Good salsa too. Finished off with deep fried ice cream with the works.

I’ve been going here for a couple years and they just recently changed their beans and rice. It’s closer to Tex mex now instead of authentic Mexican food. Seriously, I think Taco Bell has better beans now. They’re oily and have tooooo much seasoning. The rice is tasteless with a lot of veggies now too. At least it means I’ll stop eating there as much and save money.

We’ve been coming here for close to 20 years. Excellent, friendly service from a kind family every time! The food is always consistently delicious and the atmosphere is casual with tons of comfortable booths. We’ve loved everything we’ve ordered here but usually just get ala carte hard shell and soft flour ground beef tacos ($2.95 each). They’re a great deal and with all their complimentary chips and delicious salsa it just takes a few tacos to fill you up happily. We’ve also had their fajitas trio ($30) (beef, chicken, prawns and grilled peppers and onions) and it comes with a full size plate of beans, rice, sour cream, pico de gallo and guacamole - and really liked that. Their combo plates are so good with many choices of enchiladas, Rellenos, tamales, sopes, tacos, burritos… that

I love the staff and used to love the food. Ate there many times in the past. I unfortunately had two instances one where the steak was off, and the last time the carnitas did not taste right either. It makes me sad, as we really love the staff, but cooking old meat and serving it, is a big no for me. We did mention it when last we ate there, so hopefully they are more attentive.