Very good Mexican homemade atmosphere and food. Also very expensive for what you might be expecting. I probably won't go back due to the price, but the experience wasn't bad, neither was the food.Vegetarian options: Vegetarians suckParking: You can park if you want to. You can leave your friends behind.Kid-friendliness: Kids can go there. Mine had margaritas.Wheelchair accessibility: Roll through Holmes.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Green Chile Verde Burrito, Carnitas, Burrito, Green Chile Pork, Chips and Salsa
Randy Fuchs
Great Mexican food. NOT part of the El Torito chain.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Enchiladas with Beans & Rice
Stephanie Walker
Been coming here for years.. chips and salsa and food is always good! Workers are all really nice too.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: El Torito Cheese Crisps, Burrito, Chips and Salsa
Bill Finch
Food and service always good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Taco, Enchilada, Burrito, Chips and Salsa
Kent Redell
Almost there the green sauce is not green chili I'm looking for Colorado style green
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Taco, Burrito
Aj roxit
I'm not sure what happened but the last few times the food is mediocre at best. I would offer the following suggestions...Chips n dip: warm the chips in an oven. It's like they came right out of a bag. Just mediocre. The salsa was blazing hot this time and tasted like canned tomato puree. We asked for beans to go with the chips. Literally right out of the can. Cheese came from a bag and was preshredded. Like the cheap bag of shredded cheese you get from the store.The food: My wife told the wait staff "no rice, just beans." I too told the wait staff "my wife wants beans only, no rice." Her food came with rice. They took it back, scraped off some of the rice and mashed the beans over covering the rice that they left on her plate.My food: instant rice and beans right from the can. The tacos were really good though but the bagged lettuce and cheap bagged cheese they used was kind of wierd so I scraped most of it off. Not coming back. Sorry not sorry.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Theresa Wilson
Wonderful family restaurant. Food very authentic ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa
Bill Kaforey
I have been wanting to try El Torito for the 10 years we have lived in the valley. Today was the day. The business has been continuously operating since 1975 and for the Vegas area that's remarkable in itself. When you pull into the parking lot, you'll find that it's semi paved. When you walk in, you are greeted with some Mexican art. The style and pieces are what you'd expect for an older restaurant. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say. The cool thing about this place are the half circle booths, which makes conversation easier over a meal. The booths are a bit worn, and I assume they were installed in the 70's. The chips and salsa were excellent. Salsa should have a bit of zing to it, and this was spot on. I wish I had taken a picture of my burrito, as the portion size was large and tasty. Everyone in our group seemed to enjoy their meals. The restroom was decent and functional.Now the complaint. They like many places of late, tack on a credit card fee. Their prices are only fair to begin with, so I always feel this is either a money grab at the end of the meal, or they want you to pay cash for reasons I won't speculate on. Just add $.25 to your menu items and drop the silliness.Net-net, I may return in the future, but the competition around Mexican food in this town is plentiful.Parking: Semi-paved and rough in spots. If you are in a wheelchair, you may need assistance.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Taco, Enchilada, Burrito, Chips and Salsa
Scott Elliott
What a surprisingly great treat! Unique, friendly, fast, yummy! Came on a recommend from a local. We'll go back next time in Town!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: El Torito Cheese Crisps, Carnitas, Chips and Salsa
Richard Harris
I used to love this placeIt took over an hour and 15 minutes to get my food & it was wrong !!The owner was hostile & rude when I questioned the delay and inaccurate order did NOTHING to make it
I've been here twice. The first experience was horrible (service & food) but being local family owned we wanted to give it another chance. Second time around the service was better but the food was the same. I ordered the chicken fajitas. They are NOT fajitas. It was plain shredded chicken. I was so disappointed. I even told the server that I ordered fajitas. He said that was their fajitas. I didn't even eat one taco. I even added beans, guacamole, sour cream & cheese to the taco but still not very good. My husband had the green Chile burrito and liked it. I guess stay away from the fajitas. The red and green salsa is pretty good!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa
Vicki Rudolph
Took friends from CA. They loved it!Parking: Enough room for everyone at no costKid-friendliness: Waitress was friendly unhurried and took time to take our picture
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Taco, Enchilada, Burrito, Chips and Salsa
Imelda Suppe
I used to eat and drink here a lot and enjoy myself with friends. But the last couple of times were disappointing. The shrimp tacos and margaritas weren't what I expected. Margaritas are too sugary and barely alcohol in it. Shrimp tacos tasted so plain. I guess I'm spoiled eating at many different Mexican restaurants and expected more flavor. The staff did an awesome job though. They checked on us periodically making sure were okay. This is probably the last time I am coming here.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Jason Havlicek
The Super Burrito was awesome! They kept refilling my chips and salsa! Margaritas were tasty too!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Ice Cream, Burrito
Richard Rios
This place is a hidden gem. The food was really good.
Very good Mexican homemade atmosphere and food. Also very expensive for what you might be expecting. I probably won't go back due to the price, but the experience wasn't bad, neither was the food.Vegetarian options: Vegetarians suckParking: You can park if you want to. You can leave your friends behind.Kid-friendliness: Kids can go there. Mine had margaritas.Wheelchair accessibility: Roll through Holmes.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Green Chile Verde Burrito, Carnitas, Burrito, Green Chile Pork, Chips and Salsa
Great Mexican food. NOT part of the El Torito chain.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Enchiladas with Beans & Rice
Been coming here for years.. chips and salsa and food is always good! Workers are all really nice too.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: El Torito Cheese Crisps, Burrito, Chips and Salsa
Food and service always good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Taco, Enchilada, Burrito, Chips and Salsa
Almost there the green sauce is not green chili I'm looking for Colorado style green
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Taco, Burrito
I'm not sure what happened but the last few times the food is mediocre at best. I would offer the following suggestions...Chips n dip: warm the chips in an oven. It's like they came right out of a bag. Just mediocre. The salsa was blazing hot this time and tasted like canned tomato puree. We asked for beans to go with the chips. Literally right out of the can. Cheese came from a bag and was preshredded. Like the cheap bag of shredded cheese you get from the store.The food: My wife told the wait staff "no rice, just beans." I too told the wait staff "my wife wants beans only, no rice." Her food came with rice. They took it back, scraped off some of the rice and mashed the beans over covering the rice that they left on her plate.My food: instant rice and beans right from the can. The tacos were really good though but the bagged lettuce and cheap bagged cheese they used was kind of wierd so I scraped most of it off. Not coming back. Sorry not sorry.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Wonderful family restaurant. Food very authentic ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa
I have been wanting to try El Torito for the 10 years we have lived in the valley. Today was the day. The business has been continuously operating since 1975 and for the Vegas area that's remarkable in itself. When you pull into the parking lot, you'll find that it's semi paved. When you walk in, you are greeted with some Mexican art. The style and pieces are what you'd expect for an older restaurant. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say. The cool thing about this place are the half circle booths, which makes conversation easier over a meal. The booths are a bit worn, and I assume they were installed in the 70's. The chips and salsa were excellent. Salsa should have a bit of zing to it, and this was spot on. I wish I had taken a picture of my burrito, as the portion size was large and tasty. Everyone in our group seemed to enjoy their meals. The restroom was decent and functional.Now the complaint. They like many places of late, tack on a credit card fee. Their prices are only fair to begin with, so I always feel this is either a money grab at the end of the meal, or they want you to pay cash for reasons I won't speculate on. Just add $.25 to your menu items and drop the silliness.Net-net, I may return in the future, but the competition around Mexican food in this town is plentiful.Parking: Semi-paved and rough in spots. If you are in a wheelchair, you may need assistance.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Taco, Enchilada, Burrito, Chips and Salsa
What a surprisingly great treat! Unique, friendly, fast, yummy! Came on a recommend from a local. We'll go back next time in Town!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: El Torito Cheese Crisps, Carnitas, Chips and Salsa
I used to love this placeIt took over an hour and 15 minutes to get my food & it was wrong !!The owner was hostile & rude when I questioned the delay and inaccurate order did NOTHING to make it
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Restaurantji Recommends
I've been here twice. The first experience was horrible (service & food) but being local family owned we wanted to give it another chance. Second time around the service was better but the food was the same. I ordered the chicken fajitas. They are NOT fajitas. It was plain shredded chicken. I was so disappointed. I even told the server that I ordered fajitas. He said that was their fajitas. I didn't even eat one taco. I even added beans, guacamole, sour cream & cheese to the taco but still not very good. My husband had the green Chile burrito and liked it. I guess stay away from the fajitas. The red and green salsa is pretty good!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa
Took friends from CA. They loved it!Parking: Enough room for everyone at no costKid-friendliness: Waitress was friendly unhurried and took time to take our picture
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Taco, Enchilada, Burrito, Chips and Salsa
I used to eat and drink here a lot and enjoy myself with friends. But the last couple of times were disappointing. The shrimp tacos and margaritas weren't what I expected. Margaritas are too sugary and barely alcohol in it. Shrimp tacos tasted so plain. I guess I'm spoiled eating at many different Mexican restaurants and expected more flavor. The staff did an awesome job though. They checked on us periodically making sure were okay. This is probably the last time I am coming here.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
The Super Burrito was awesome! They kept refilling my chips and salsa! Margaritas were tasty too!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Ice Cream, Burrito
This place is a hidden gem. The food was really good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4