El Tapatio #2

Delicious Huevos Rancheros! House-made corn tortillas. Nice coffee. Over-medium eggs cooked just right. Right amount of spice in the salsa. Will eat here again.

Very high hopes for this place due to what I've heard from co-workers. Ehhh, not so much. Both servers we had seemed very quiet and timid and maybe unsure of the expectations of waitressing...we had to ask for chips and salsa (also ordered queso) and this was after she had taken our drink order and delivered them and after we had placed our lunch order. Chips and salsa should be the first thing you do. I ordered two beef enchiladas with a chicken taquito. Hubby ordered a fajita steak quesadilla (no surprise here...that's his normal) along with an order of cheese fries, and daughter ordered the tacos on flour tortillas (I know, I know...she should have kept them on corn). Chips were warm and fresh when delivered...all they needed was a heavy sprinkling of salt. Salsa had a dark flavor, almost burnt or over cooked. Queso was very thin and flavorless...not sure if they thin it down so much because they offer it free during the week and probably go through lots of queso. The beef in the tacos and enchiladas was the same...something ground and then mixed with tiny pieces of sautéed onion, green peppers, and potatoes. Not much flavor. Beans and rice were very 101 and not that great. Redeeming quality: tortillas were homemade and fresh and chicken flauta was crispy on the outside and flavorful and juicy on the inside. Quesadilla did NOT have fajita steak...more like roast type meat with big hunks of fat and gristle. Very little cheese...no cheese pull at all. Cheese fries were of the frozen variety with that same thinned down queso. Only thing that gave them two stars instead of one star...homemade tortillas, chicken flauta, and fresh chips. IF we return, will probably have a flauta meal and possibly try an order of beef fajitas.

Food was authentic and delicious! Best tacos I've had in a long time! Will be back! Food ready as well quickly. Husband steak ranchero dish too that was awesome

Called ahead for Pick up! Food was ready within 10 minutes. My chicken enchiladas and Fajita Quesadilla were AMAZING plenty of delicious cheeses and meat steak and chicken both were bursting with flavor. Ordered extra pico and hot sauce and she threw in some queso and salsa picante and a few different hot sauces! The guacamole was buttery savory needless to say I'll be picking up food there very soon.

In Huntsville today and came into El Tapatio! Food was great, service was excellent and the restaurant was clean as usual. Some items prices have been adjusted as most other restaurants but I find them to still have extraordinary value for the quality of food and what you get. The warm salsa was accompanied by chilled green sauce and a side of queso. I had Melon Fresca and the picadillo beef enchilada with the crispiest flauta I've ever had. I saw a couple of poor reviews but I can tell you as far as I can see they are working hard and doi a great job!

Consistency great food and service every time. I recommend to friends often and they're always impressed.

I think this place has the best beef fajitas in town. They have a drive through or you can dine in. They have very nice paintings on two of the walls, and it feels very cheerful when you're inside. We went on a Sunday afternoon, and the service was very good. The food came very quick, the wait staff is very nice. It's a great place to go to eat Mexican food.

Food was soooo good . 10/10. Definitely recommend the chorizo breakfast quesadilla. Salsa and green salsa were the perfect heat and very good flavor to it. Pancakes were cooked good as well. Restaurant was clean and service was good and fast! The paintings were so beautiful. I recommend this place for breakfast or lunch or dinner.

I'd eaten at this place once before a while back, but I really didn't remember anything about it. I thought it was time to give it another go, so I placed a to-go order of one of my usual Mexican standbys: a torta and a quesadilla. I chose the shrimp torta, and a cheese quesadilla with no meat. The quesadilla came with rice and beans.The standout items for me were the rice and beans, especially the beans. I tend to judge a Mexican restaurant on the quality of its refried beans, and El Tapatio might just have the best tasting refried beans I've tried in Huntsville. They were perfectly seasoned, the texture was just right, and after I finished them I was left wanting more of them. The rice was also excellent in terms of seasoning and texture. Give me a couple of tortillas and a plate full of these beans and this rice, and I'd be perfectly happy.Unfortunately, the main items were just OK. The torta tasted like just about every other torta you'd get served at most places, and the shrimp had no flavor at all. You literally could not taste it. The quesadilla likewise was fine, generously filled with Mexican white cheese, but there was absolutely nothing special about it whatsoever. Maybe that's why I don't remember anything about my first visit; the food just wasn't that memorable.After reading some of the other reviews, I have to say that I didn't have the issues with service that other patrons seem to have experienced. They were courteous, the food came out quickly, and they didn't make any mistakes on my order.Would I go back to El Tapatio? Sure. They're not too expensive, the food is decent (if unremarkable), and there are a few other items on the menu I'd like to try.

I went for takeout today and only received half my order. I call and went back and was told there was nothing they could do. I advised I would give a bad review and she told me "I don't care". I guess it's worth $7 to lose a long time customer.