El Perico

Everything great...food,staff,price. We love this place. Best Mexican food we've found in North Carolina.

Excellent taste. Super service. Authentic ambience. Fantastic prices. Large portions.

The low down: Food is good and seems authentic for a reasonable cost. Service was not extraordinary but definitely acceptable. The town of Louisburg is very small so I was surprised to find such a gem in the Foodlion shopping plaza. Arrived around 5:30pm on a Tuesday night planning on doing taco Tuesday special (chicken or beef taco for 1.25 each). The restaurant was fairly busy, but there was more than enough open tables to accommodate our party of 3. Our server promptly took our order and brought us the most delicious tortilla chips I've ever had at a Mexican restaurant (these chips would get a 5 star). They bring each person a small dish of salsa which is nice so you don't have to share! I ordered 1 chicken hard taco and 1 beef hard taco. We had a coupon for a free kids meal, which ended up being a cheese quesadilla and fries (there were other things to choose from). The tacos come only with the meat ordered, and cheese. If you add sour cream or guacamole it adds 1.00 to the cost ( which was a little crazy to me and one of the reasons for 4 versus 5 stars). I really liked the chicken taco. I'm not a big fan of beef tacos at restaurants so I'm I can't really say if there beef taco was worse than other places, but the beef reminded me of fast food restaurant (Taco Bell) beef in both taste and consistency. Service was good, the only faux pas, in my opinion, was that my plate was taken w my food still on it in a walk-by that happened in a blink of the eye, without a word or glance in my direction. In the servers defense, I had put the plate to the side but was going to request a to-go box. I was surprised that the plate was just taken w out a word on a side-swipe walk-by w half of the food still on it. I would definitely eat here again(and look forward to it) and try something off their regular menu.

First time here and we will definitely return! Chips and salsa were average, nothing stellar. The fajitas tejanas were very good and the pollo con crema was delicious. Portions are very generous, service very fast and friendly, and dinner for two was $29 (before tip). Plenty of parking, well lit area, located right off S Bickett.

I went to El Perico for the first time over the weekend with extended family who live in town. They are frequent diners which was evidenced by the staff knowing them by name, asking about them, and having an idea of their "favorites". We had a bigger party, all family, and they were able to safely accommodate us. We had a number of different beverages and a ton of different food items. Everything was absolutely delicious! I had the Fajitas Tropical- the pineapple in it was the perfect last touch!

My wife and I went for lunch. She got veggie fajitas. I got Los Amigos chicken. Very good. Always fun to eat there. Support our local restaurants.

Very good food. So far, it is the best we've tried in NC. Inexpensive, too. Only complaint is very minor; they brought flour tortillas instead of asking if we wanted corn. But this was very good, anyway.

Awful. We tried it once about 2 years ago and the staff was rude. We tried it again tonight and they were just as rude if not worse. 1. We talked to the hostess and then some girl grabbed menus and just expected us to follow her. Didn't say a word. 2. Same girl threw our queso on the table without saying a word. 3. The waitress interrupted my husband when he was trying to explain what we wanted and was rude when he asked about having poblano sauce on the side of his tamales. We will definitely not be returning.

Great LunchEl Perico is a better-than-average Mexican restaurant. The decor is welcoming, the service professional and the food is authentic American style Mexican. The Lunch Enchilada Supreme was more than enough and cost only $5.99. The Taco Salad ($7.50) was fresh, crispy and loaded with ground beef in a flaky Tortilla Shell. Will definitely be back.

Love the food but it gets confusing sometimes they are open and sometimes they are not I'm not sure if it's because they don't have enough staff or what