El Timon Mexican Cuisine & Bar

399 E 81st Ave, Merrillville
(219) 525-4378

Recent Reviews

Linda N

Second time here. Food is good, service good, waitress friendly.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Pollo Rivier Maya Tacos Dinner

Niren Shah

It's ok

Thomas Mesich

Great food and nice atmosphere. Will visit again. Fair prices.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Fred Lemery

Great food, good atmosphere. Service did seem to rush us out because I didn't get a second beer. Some of the best tasting rice I had at a mexican restaurant. Kudos to the chef.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Mary Banks_Paddyfoot

This place is nice. I've been here twice. Love the atmosphere and the food was delicious. I had the steak quesadillas on my 1st visit and the Riviera Torta sandwich yesterday. The drinks are very nice. Definitely will go again.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

erica cotts

I'm very confused how this place has 4.6 stars. Nothing about it was good. Well the atmosphere is nice. 11 dollars for a rocks glass of the worst margarita I've ever had. The shrimp tacos just tasted like mayo, the beans were bland the rice tasty like uncle bens, the steak didn't seem to have any seasoning. This was so unbelievably disappointing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 4

Rebecca Arms

I can't give this place enough stars!! The food is so amazing. The last time I went, I had Camarones al mojo de ajo. The shrimp were huge and fresh, the garlic sauce was fresh and just full of wonderful flavor. The coconut rice is flavorful but not too sweet. My husband has chicken mole every time we go here and says it's the best mole he's ever had. It's obviously made fresh in house with a lot of love!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Enchiladas, Coconut Rice

Vera Cedano

menu is not the same as it is online ,food is not good and it is too

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Katelyn Wood

Food was great. Waitstaff very friendly. My gripe here is that they didn't offer us a drink menu...so we ordered micheladas and they tasted great. They weren't the gussied up kind you see in the pictures with shrimp & things...just a beer with a spice blend topped with soda water. When our bill came they were $16 a piece!!! We were SO shook. When we brought it up to the waitress she acted like she was she was going to take care of it but never did....some transparency with alcohol prices would be cool...

Ashley Chase

Went here for dinner last night and did not have the best experience. I ordered fajitas and they brought me the wrong ones. The service was extremely slow, we were there over 2 hours and there was just the two of us. I would have given them less stars, but they did take care of me due to the incorrect order. They didn't charge me for the fajitas and brought me tacos. The food I ate was OK, nothing to write home about. The chips and salsa were good, Fajitas (the part that I ate) was only OK. I'll let you know how the tacos are after I have them for lunch today. They only charged me for the tacos then which was a big savings. I would try them again, maybe they just had an off night.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 3

Jeremiah A.

Make sure you don't bring a big group but overall the experience was great but slow with a big group. The food was really good But he ambiance was nice

Thundicat B

Overall the taste of the food wasn't bad. My complaints are there was a long, gnarly hair in my queso dip, that I had already started eating before I discovered it, I bravely allowed them to replace it, but as a courtesy why wouldn't that be taken off the check, or even a discount....nothing. I wasn't in the mood to fuss or argue, so I pd for it, frozen margaritas wasn't avail, vegetarian tacos (lettuce, tomato, cheese) were ordered, but were rang in as chorizo tacos & cost $15, gratuity was added for 5ppl, thought that was for parties of 6 or more, the 2 babies didn't eat & weren't served, but whatever, 1st and last time at this place!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 1

Jonathon Pelayo

Cochinita Pibil taco's ? that should be the whole review... Great, strong, margaritas with lots of flavors. Delicious tender and juicy Carne Asada fries. (Could have easily demolished the entire plate of them alone). But, yes, the real star was the Cochinita Pibil. Regular steak was not the greatest at the time, but Barbacoa, Carnitas, and Al Pastor were juicy and full of flavor. Can't wait to go again and get a plate of just the Cochinita Pibil taco's and some Carne Asada fries!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cochinita Pibil Tacos with Coconut Rice, Barbacoa Tacos, Al Pastor Tacos

Penny Frazier

Excellent!! The food is amazing and our service was great! I ordered the steak chimichanga, and it was fabulous!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Scott L.

Food was excellent but the service was terrible. They need to focus on customer service and if so, this place has potential.

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