El Tenampa

For a Mexican restaurant on Court Street, I have little complaints.My dinner, the spinach and chicken quesadilla, was great. The chips and salsa were even better, and my margarita was one of the best I have had in a while. The service is a bit slow, but since I was there catching up with an old friend I hardly noticed. And lastly, the prices are easy on the wallet. Compared to Mexican restaurants I am used to, this place will not break the bank.If you are in the area and need a filling meal, I would highly recommend stopping in. The outside looks unassuming, but do not let that fool you.Just a heads up: there are two toilets in the women's restroom, which is weird but both were clean.

So new, the sign isn't up! Don't pass up this new Athens restaurant! Cute interior with a beautiful bar, great place to grab a cocktail while waiting for a table. Tasty food, good sized portions, and lunch specials make it a great place to dine with your Bobcat. Fantastic service, quick serve time, and free chips and salsa while you wait.

Quick service, the food is really really good! The cheese sauce on the fajita burrito is amazing!!

This place served the most delicious Mexican food I have ever eaten including food in MEXICO! Starting with the fresh salsa, and ending with the main courses (surf and turf, Quesabirria tacos and the grade burrit). The food was incredible. The atmosphere was lovely, the service was good. The price was good! Go if you are in town!

We are here for lunch on a Sunday. Very few people in the restaurant so not busy at all. Food was just ok. The service was pretty nonexistent. We had to ask for everything we needed from silverware to refills and chips.

I took my fiancé here for his birthday dinner in February, and it was probably one of the worst customer service experiences we've had in Athens. It was the first time we had ever visited and we expected a bit more from it - being so new and all. The food was pretty basic, pretty much like other quick service Mexican food places we had visited before in the area (i.e. Casa Nueva, Gran Ranchero). The drinks were good but the food was just okay. Nothing to write home aboutI had the huevos rancheros and my fiancé had a burrito. He liked his food, but the part that makes me not want to go back was our waiter. He was very stand-offish and quite rude when my fiancé asked if he could have both beef and chicken in his burrito. He barely spoke to us at all and didn't seem like he liked us much. It was just the two of us so it's not like we were causing a ruckus nor were we rude, but it just wasn't a good experience. Probably won't be returning for another meal.

Wow yum! Great restaurant. Gran ranchero on state street. Free chips and salsa! $2 monday margaritas! What's better than this place?!

I've never had a horrible experience here it's more just that I typically don't enjoy my food a lot when I come here. Staff is always nice and it's like a typically Mexican restaurant inside but it's not my favorite place to get Mexican food.

9/11/2021 We came here for lunch on Saturday during Parent's Weekend. I must applaud the owners for the courage of opening a restaurant during the COVID crisis. The restaurant is newly opened. I'll give the food a "C" for an adult's expectation and a "B" for the expectations of a college kid. This is not the same quality as Casa Nueva. The service deserves a "C" I think part of the issue is the restaurant is new and the front of the house needs to learn to operate smoothly. The other part of the problem was the perfect storm of lack of experience with the crowds of Parent's Weekend. I do like to murals on the wall. I look forward to returning in the spring of 2022 to see how management chooses to raise their game.

I love El Tenampa! Great service nice people! Great food! Amazing art and such a good place to go! One of the best mexican food places to go to ever!!