El Tapatio

Whether you are headed east or west on the Turner turnpike, here is the Mexican food break you need to take. It is located on the north side of the pike, approximately mid-way at the Stroud exit, in what used to be the Ranch House Restaurant, part of the Cattle Country Lodge. It is easy to access from the turnpike. The interior is large and pleasantly decorated to match the theme "ranch house" and "cattle country." El Tapatio adds a Mexican spin to the furnishings with the typical carved back chairs. Each chair back painted with bright colorful Mexican scenes and the restaurant's name, so you will remember where you were in that drunken birthday picture posted on Facebook. And there are a few sombreros hanging on the wall here and there. Overall, a very nice large clean restaurant. El Tapatio is in no way like the small town dumpy Mexican restaurants, that I frequent. The food is excellent, as is the friendly attentive service. Big Menu! Great chips and salsas start the meal. For me the Fajita Jalisco: beef steak strips, chicken and shrimp cooked with onions bell peppers and tomatoes served with Pico de Gallo, guacamole beans and rice. Delicious and fresh with a perfect side of creamy smooth refried beans. My wife had the Burrito Ranchero. A large pork filled flour tortilla, covered in red, green, and queso sauces. Rice and beans on the side. The pork in the burrito was wonderful tender shredded pork. Some of the pieces of pork had a delicious crisp finish; think carnitas. Both meals flavorfully seasoned. Nothing bland. Both of these meals are highly recommended. This was a big surprise for me to find such a quality Mexican restaurant in small town Oklahoma. If you are looking for other Mexican restaurants in the area, check out my reviews in my collection "Jalapeno Highway" by Spike S. on Yelp. I've probably been there.

Updating my review to give this restaurant some more love. It's now our favorite Mexican food restaurant in Oklahoma. Great molcajete, fajitas, queso. Terrific prices as well. And the atmosphere is cool. Love it.

I'm so glad this place opened up! I've been several times now and the service was amazing and you get good food for a good price!

We eat here a lot. Service is fast and the food is good. A welcome addition to the town.

Great service, upstairs and downstairs dining so good for groups. Immediately seated Saturday evening at 6 p.m with a group of 13. Set up is chips and salsa. We got a chorizo queso and white queso appetizer, both were great and good price. Very happy all around, probably my new favorite Mexican restaurant in the surrounding area.

good food, one of the best mexican places around , convenient and eat here often. Busy at times

Really good food, wonderful staff and the environment feels great! We have been here many times and highly recommend it.

Great food good service (even at lunch on Sunday we got good fast service. The price and quality are excellent. I highly recommend this Mexican restaurant.

Our family loves this place. They recommend it and my wife and I will be eating there after our visit. I hope it is as good as it looks. They got 3 full meals for less than $30. I shall post a review later if it was good bad or awesome.

I wasn't impressed that it was attached to a motel. I didn't like the fact we had to climb stairs to be seated .