El Tapatio Restaurante

Preston, ID · Mexican restaurant

Rating
4.2/5
★★★★☆ 4.2
Reviews
20
Rank in Preston
#7
of 29 restaurants
City Percentile
50%
rating percentile
Address
El Tapatio Restaurante, 33 W 1st S St, Preston, ID 83263
Phone
(208) 852-4040
Status
Closed · Opens 9 AM Sat

El Tapatio Restaurante is a restaurant located in Preston, ID. It is one of 29 restaurants listed in Preston. Its 4.2-star rating matches the Preston city average of 4.3 stars. It ranks #7 of 29 restaurants in Preston. There are 10 photos associated with this location.

About El Tapatio Restaurante

Delicious Mexican cuisine — traditional dishes such as enchiladas, street tacos, fajitas, burritos, chimichangas, nachos, beans and delicious rice. Fresh chips and salsa to enjoy with the family, or loved one. Kids meals on the menu. Warm tortillas... More

Hours

Friday9 AM–8 PM
Saturday9 AM–8 PM
SundayClosed
MondayClosed
Tuesday9 AM–8 PM
Wednesday9 AM–8 PM
Thursday9 AM–8 PM

Customer Reviews

★★☆☆☆ 2.0 Chuck Norris · Feb 2026

This place would fit right in on the show "kitchen nightmares". Food is good, but the atmosphere is disgusting. Sticky tables, the place seems like it has never been cleaned. Not to mention the bathroom.🤢 Waitress was rude. Would not recommend this place.

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 David Sheaman · Jun 2025

Absolutely horrible place, took forever for them to take our order, let alone sitting at a sticky table. The food came around after an hour, and here is the result. Felt like I was eating canned dog food on "chips" or whatever you wanna call it. The waitress kept asking what flavor of Jaritos we wanted, told her 4 times over. Just absolutely disgusting. With so many 1 star reviews, from 5+ years ago, how is this dump still open?

★★★☆☆ 3.0 brianandterra pope · Aug 2025

It’s a hit and miss with this place sometimes you get a good waitress and the food is good and other times you get water downed salsa and stale chips. I don’t know why we keep coming back.

★★★★★ 5.0 Cam N530 · Feb 2019

My favorite Mexican place in town! It's been a while since I've been, so I don't know how accurate this is, I need to go back again. The food is amazing. Atmosphere is a two because booths are broken and uncomfortable. Glad that they fixed the hole in the ceiling.

★★★★★ 5.0 Dale McElmurry · Nov 2020

This place has good food served by good people. I've been here plenty of times and have never been disappointed. There was 3 of us each one of us enjoyed the food. The meal didn't come real fast but we sat there eating our complimentary chips and salsa. It wasn't hot and had a good flavor. As we waited, we were given a second chips and salsa. The meal was fresh and warm. Not too spicy and what they brought out filled the plate. I had the rellano burrito and it was plenty. My wife had the tapatio nachos smothered. They were great but every chip had something on it. They were truly smothered. This was a good visit. We recommend this place.

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Onsite Services ✓ Takeout ✓ Dine In ✓ Delivery ✓ Fast Service ✓ Serves Local Specialty ✓ Breakfast ✓ Lunch ✓ Dinner ✓ Solo Dining ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Entrance ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Seating ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot ✓ Wheelchair Accessible Restroom ✓ Coffee ✓ Comfort Food

Services

Mexican restaurant

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