Reviews for El Pueblo Mexican Restaurant in Portage, IN
This place is my absolute favorite Mexican restaurant. I get the jilisco special almost every time and you can tell its served... with love and care. Owners are great people too very nice when being seated and really makes you feel welcomed there. Irecommend this spot to anyone looking for some good food. Read more
From the moment I stepped inside this restaurant, I could almost tell I was about to be served some gourmet food. My intuition... was correct, thankfully. My girlfriend and I were quickly given chips and salsa at our booth. They served us a basket of chips,a salsa container, and two little bowls. I thought that was both creative and handy since it could be awkward sharing a dip withsomeone else. The chips and salsa, besides being convenient, were so good! The blend the salsa had to it was right to my liking.We sprinkled salt and pepper on them to make for an even better vibe at the table. Yummy, now they were really hard to beat.Good luck to the next restaurant I get chips and salsa at! They even gave us a refill free of charge later on, so you can?treally beat that. I ordered a Diet Pepsi and a Large (27oz.) El Pueblo lime Margarita on the Rocks. For food, I ordered the ElPueblo Fajitas, which included steak, chicken, shrimp, sauteed onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. It was served with lettuce,sour cream, pico de gallo, rice, and beans. I chose corn tortillas with mine. If you plan on choosing flour tortillas, maybeyou?d be better off making your own at home, just kidding. The Diet Pepsi was really good and came with free refills. TheMargarita was basically average. This was my only disappointment regarding their quality here. It needed more lime flavoring inmy opinion. It mainly tasted of tequila and water. They put a lot of salt around the rim. The food came out super fast. Itseemed like it only took three minutes! The Fajitas were great! The portion size was plentiful. The quality was towards the topof the chart. Everything in the serving was juicy. The rice and beans were both solid tasting. The whole meal was close toperfect. The service was pretty good. Our waiter was nice and really helpful. He made sure we were okay constantly. Overall,the food here is almost perfect. I wish my Margarita was a bit better. The prices are average I?d say. I Read more
I love this place! The food is great and the environment is even better! Sierra, Vanessa, Miguel, Jenna, Crystal, Angelica and... Andrea are some of the best servers and kind of people I have ever come across in a restaurant! Even the bussers Xavier andDamien treat you with respect and courtesy! The owner is a phenomenal woman who treats her customers and staff with kindness andcare! Read more
Very delicious food. Easy to miss this place actually ????. Family enjoyed the food. They do a lot Birthday gatherings too.
Definitely a great atmosphere. The servers have such great personalities and treat their regulars like family. They made sure my... order was exactly how I wanted it, even though there were quite a few changes. I the way the food came out was absolutelydelicious! I highly recommend stopping in and giving them a chance!! Oh& have a margaritas while you're there. I am not aregular drinker, so just having one to relax was lovely and they are delicious!! Read more
The salsa was very tasty! Unfortunately, my steak tacos were a pretty dry.
Not a very good meal. Started off with chips and salsa which was decent. Nothing wowing. Ordered queso fundido as an appetizer.... This was better. Hot and cheesy. We had the mixed fajitas meal. Never had it so bland before. Needed seasoned bad. Steak was alittle tough. Veggies did not seem fresh at all, and some of them you could tell was starting to turn. The atmosphere wasbeautiful. Our waitress was mediocre. They were not busy but she rarely walked by to make sure we were doing ok. They evenforgot the extra or of taco de lingua (beef tongue). We had to ask for it. I had high Hopes for a place that had 4.5 stars. Ithink it was highly overactive and wouldn't go here again. Read more
The manager is extremely childish. I was here the yesterday, and overheard a customer ask for their food not to be on the floor... before being served to them. Their server just walked off and the owner came out after screaming in the back to let that sametable know they weren?t yelling that?s just how they talk. Then continued to talk down on an old employee and just telling thiscustomer all the old employees personal business, nothing even to do with her as an employee. It?s clear something was saidabout this restaurant publicly and made a big scene as they?ve never received this many reviews at one time, but I wanted to addmy experience. Read more