This restaurant was pretty average. Came for a coworkers going away party. We were a big party with one waitress. She did have help when the food arrived. We waited a while until we got our drinks, the food actually came out before the drinks. Their chips and salsa is really good!! I ordered chicken flautas and they were actually the bomb.com. My coworkers ordered the happy hour margaritas, which were actually $2.69(not $2). I would recommend this place is you have a smaller party so service could be more efficient. They do have outside seating so it is spacious throughout the restaurant. Overall this location was decent and I would come back. read more

The staff at Arroyos is always great, under the current conditions they have done an amazing job. The everyday patron who is tired of being locked down can create a social distancing issue for some of the paranoid sheep. The food and beverages are great and the patio tops anything in DFW. Want to say this is a family owned business and they do a great job in making people feel welcomed and have created a wonderful atmosphere. read more

The server here is a very fast server and nice smile youbg lady. We got served quick whenever we order the food. The food is great. Of course we cant miss the margaritas! read more

El Arroyo - Love it!!! - Mexican Near Me - Arlington, Texas

I would say a good solid Mexican food restaurant. Nice to eat outside too in good weather. Their hot sauce was a hit with all of us and Katie was a great waitress that was their with what we needed before we asked! read more

El Arroyo - Mexican Near Me - Arlington, Texas

Great atmosphere and friendly staff!!! A great family restaurant!!! My son loved the queso and his nachos were amazing!!!

Always a good time here! Excellent food and great band playing on the weekends! Tried the stuffed zucchini today and it was amazing! Yum meh!! read more

El Arroyo - Stuffed Zucchini - Mexican Near Me - Arlington, Texas

I hate to say it but disappointed. Today we came to El Arroyo to celebrate a birthday with my family. Our family has been here many many times in the past. Expecting to have great food like before, but that was not the case. Both my husband and I got the southwest salad. I asked for no black beans, corn or pico. When the salads came out it it had all the stuff that I asked not to have. I should have sent it back but mine was the last one out and half of the table was almost done. Then on top of that was the "fajita chicken" which really looks like little dices cubes of chicken. They also got my husbands order wrong as well. He asked for ground beef and it came out chicken.... Overall the quality of the salad was awful. read more

First time here. The atmosphere was great Sat at the outside bar waiting on service. The bar had 6 people seated. So it was about 1/4 full. It took the bartender 10 minutes to take our order. Had chips and salsa. Salsa was plain no heat what so ever. My wife had a margarita and it was watered down. So she was going to order a mojito and they were out of mint. The service was slow and the food wasn't that good. The bartender was not very assertive. So we will find another Mexican restaurant. read more

I've been a reasonably regular customer to El Arroyo for about 5 years, well - tonight was my very last night at this place. I had dinner with a friend and upon receiving my bill I notice an entry called "Service Charge." It was about a 3.5% fee. When I asked about it, I was told that it was only applied if you paid with a card, but not with cash. Hmm..... I didn't see anything on the menu about that. Joe T. Garcia's in Fort Worth has a big sign out front "CASH ONLY" they make their position clear. If El Arroyo wants to charge more, they should just raise their prices rather than playing games with the bill. Well I won't be back. I hope the 3.5% was worth it to you, El Arroyo!! read more

OMG! Not sure if it's because I was famished when I had lunch here or not, but I swear I just had the best fajitas ever! Chicken and Beef combo came to my table quick and sizzling hot. These were steak fajitas made from real steak and not some mystery meat too. The sides complimented the meal well, and the portion was so big, hungry as I was, I struggled to finish! But I somehow managed. :) I can't wait to bring some friends here and see if the second time is as good as my first. read more

This place is always busy so I had high hopes. Unfortunately I was let down. The food was mediocre. Service was pretty good, lots of young chatty kids working on Friday night in the dining area. Seemed like the life of the restaurant was outside on the patio bar area. Maybe the drinks are good enough to come for, I didnt try them. read more

My family loves to go to El Arroyo and sit on the patio; while listening to live music. They just expanded the patio so now there is more room and less wait to sit on the patio. The patio is a great place to take folks from out of town. Pros: The drinks are stiff and the food is good. Prices are OK, but the big value is hanging with friends on the patio, enjoying a band, and good drinks. They have kids meals, but if your creative can save some kash with splitting adult meals among kids. Cons: The price is a bit expensive and wait for the patio can be an issue unless you get there early. Service is par and expect them to be busy. Overall this is a great place to visit if sitting on the patio and enjoying a cold beverage. ;-) read more

This is my very favorite patio!! The service is ok depending on what server you get. Tip the good servers good, they deserve it! My fave is the pescada fresca! Their queso is better than any other place I've tried. The beer is cold!!!!! read more

Patio was nice, place was packed and we drove an hour to get here because we had seen the place packed a few nights prior with live music. Look like a happening place. Food, ehh Sent back the daiquiri, sent back the ceviche. Food overall was boring. The Mexican rice was flavorless. The service was friendly, fast and pleasant. Go for the atmosphere not the food. read more

Great place with good food. Margaritas are the best in town. Ice cold beer. The tortillas are to die for. Ask for the extra extra hot green sauce. Not for those who can't take the heat. read more

El Arroyo - Mexican Near Me - Arlington, Texas

El Arroyo provides very delicious Mexican food at reasonable prices. My family and I have been going here for over three years now and it is one of our favorite Mexican places to eat. In the summer, Saturday nights are host to live bands on the patio - a fun environment. The full service bar has some great drink specials. The only negative I could give El Arroyo is inconsistent service. If you go there five times, three of those times you will enjoy great, friendly service. The other two visits are horrible service. Wish they could get everyone on the same page. All in all, the food, the fun, the drinks, and mostly good service make El Arroyo a nice Mexican eatery. TIP: ask for the burracho beans rather than plain old re-fried. read more

Have been here a few times. The outdoor patio is a pleasant experience and I was surprised, on day while visiting for lunch, how they had the music tuned into 92.5 Classic Rock...lol. I love classic rock so I enjoyed hearin' the old tunes. I was just like.."they're playing classic rock at a Mexican restaurant?" Lol. Anyway, the food has always been satisfactory. The salsa is very good and unlike anywhere I've tried before. Service was prompt and pleasurable. I'm thinkin' they do okay because, even in the middle of a weekday afternoon, I've seen the parking lot full of cars. Will certainly be returning. read more

Loved this place. The food isn't the best I've ever had but it was damn good! Our server was awesome and our wait time wasn't so bad for a Friday night. Live music outside if you want to listen and you can barely hear it in the inside so that was great. The only negative was the parking but again...Friday night. They had a parking attendant that helped but still had to park far. read more

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I was there yesterday for lunch with my daughter. It took over an hour and people literally came and went before we got our food. I was late for an appointment and my daughter was late getting to class. The waitress brought the ticket before the meal. The food was cold and nasty. It was so bad and over priced. We had no alcoholic beverages. I had water my daughter had a soda. No desserts we did have a small cheese dip. I ordered off the lunch menu and my total bill was $41 before tip. The manager said he would make it right the next time I came in but refused to take the meal off that I could not eat. NEVER again will I step foot in that restaurant. I have actually been there many times over the last 20 years and the service and food has never been this bad. read more

The food was delish! But the service, Cody, was amazing!! Thanks Cody for teaching Morris how to give a+ service! You are the reason we will be back! 5 stars! read more

El Arroyo - Mexican Near Me - Arlington, Texas

Usually Good food but I order fajitas Togo and by the time I got home to eat and check the food I found a piece of hair which is a big deal but instead of complaining I felt like it would be more effective leaving this review read more

Nothing special about the food here... Mediocre...lack of flavor The only thing pleasant about my visit was the barmaid dark hair , wearing a black soft cast ....she was very attentive, and pleasant read more

Had lunch there today (Saturday 2/6/16) with a friend. Service was fast and friendly, restaurant was clean and bright. Most of the food was excellent. He had beef burrito, I had chile relleno. Very good flavors, definitely a step above the typical "chain" Mexican places. Plenty of meat, good sauces, and well prepared. The only real missteps were the queso with the chips ... it was so thin and runny it was more like a cheese broth .. not even cheese soup. It needed more cheese to thicken it up a little. The other problem was the butter ... they obviously store it in a warm spot - the little plastic tubs of butter were filled with semi-liquid mess. Not quite liquefied, but way past "room temp" ... and that wasn't really successful. Prices were a little high for lunch ... the two of us, 1 small queso, unsweet tea, and our dinner plates came to over $30.00. Not REALLY bad, but still a bit expensive for the lunch size portions we received. read more

I have been coming to El Artoyo for years. we went today for national margarit day, 2:/22/2022. We arrived at 5 pm. When we received our bill, I was very disappointed to see that our margaritas were $11.95 each! Happy hour ends at 6 pm. No discounts. We will not be going back. I could have gone several other places and gotten drinks for less. VERY DISSATISFIED read more

Amazing service one of my favorite employees is Hanna She is always giving great service and very quick with refills Great environment and atmosphere read more

I am a frequent customer and today I had the absolute worst service. The restaurant was not busy during my visit and the server completely ignored our table. We waited at least 25 min to order drinks then another 30 minutes to order food. Once receiving our food we were not checked on again until we finished our food where we waited even longer to get our check. After checking out we were followed to our car to be told our server gave us the wrong check (fine, things happen) when trying to figure out our check issue the server made the comment "well i'll be inside since i'm not getting paid for this and basically working for free" as she continues to stand near our vehicle. After the situation was solved she continued to give us ugly looks and talk ugly towards us. I tried calling the restaurant to talk to general manager and was on hold over 15 min. Needless to say, we will no longer be returning. Servers are more rude than ever and don't seem to know how to give good customer service. read more

I must first note it's been a couple years since we dined here. At the time our experience was excellent. Great food, good service and I love their live music events on the patio.. If you're a dessert lover I highly recommend their skillet brownie with vanilla ice cream. Yum! read more

I can't believe they are charging the customers their credit card fees on the bill....this is total bs. This is part of doing business. Totally unethical!!! I won't be back. Nothing posted in menu or anywhere regarding this which is illegal read more

This restaurant was my most favorite in Arlington. THEIR food quality is good & tastes good but I'm concerned what's going on. They started charging for tortillas that we got every time we went there. Their prices were higher but I thought quality was better & let it go. Tonight I was seated at 9pm on a Sunday night then was told the kitchen closed at 9. Could not get in to eat! On the Border & Uncle Julios were open & both serve hot tortillas all time. Not sure with changing hours unannounced & all that we will go back soon! read more

Food was good as usual. The only upsetting part was them bringing our checks to the table. I give the server my card to pay and she returns with the bills saying the manager just realized we had a group of 6 and a gratuity was required to be added. This is one of the few times I have come here and not seen the manager check once on customers. He make sure and charge the group gratuity and sent her instead of coming himself to explain why my check that had already been given to me is being changed. We still tipped the $20 to the waitress on a $72 dollar check even after he added the extra automatic $12 gratuity. She was very good. His skills need great improvement. read more

My wife and I love Tex-mex and we eat the stuff at least once a week. We recently just moved to Texas and so far, we've found some great places. That is until we went here. We were looking for a another location and we'd passed this location a few times so we thought we'd give it a try. They had live music so we figured even better. It was quite crowded and we were told it would be a 30 minute wait for a table but that the outside bar portion was open seating. Great. We decided on that until our table was ready. It was in the bar area but not at the actual bar. Here's where the fun started. The server rolled up and asked if we'd like a drink. We ordered the healthy margaritas, which were quite good. We didn't get a menu, were not asked if we'd like water and received no chips and salsa. The server did take our name off the wait list for a table though, telling us this was a good place to sit, and also the warmest. About 10 minutes passed and we asked the guy who brought our drinks if we could have chips and salsa. Another 10 minutes passed. Still no chips. A few spots opened up at the end of the bar. We figured we'd move because we could see the band (2 guys and they were quite good. Best part of the night), it may be warmer, and maybe we'd get chips and salsa and maybe someone would actually bring us a menu. We sat there. It was warmer, crazy enough. We finally got our chips and salsa (chips were stale and salsa was mediocre) and ordered the bacon wrapped shrimp as an appetizer. It came fairly quick, brought to us by one of the dozen servers standing around. With so many servers standing around, we wondered why things were taking so long. The server who brought our appy, initially passed us. We had to grab him. We ran out of salsa. Of course, that wasn't refilled or asked about. We asked it to be refilled and 10 more minutes passed. We asked again and the bartender apologized and brought us some. Kudos to him, he was trying, at least. We also ordered our food. I got the mixed fajitas and my wife got the lite zucchini with chicken on top. Again, came out in a reasonable time. My fajitas came as only chicken with no beef. It also has 3( yes, 3!!) tiny strips of mostly raw green pepper and some onions. I asked about the beef and the bartender again made it happen and the beef was brought out. My wife's food was decent. Mine was slightly average. minus having decent veggies. As I was eating I bit into something weird. Told my wife when it happened. Needless to say, my stomach has been gurgling since last night. Bottom line. Quite sure we won't be going there again. That's too bad. The atmosphere was cool, with live music and we love Mexican food. But the service was atrocious and the food was barely average. 2 stars because of the music. read more

Great atmosphere! Awesome patio best patio in Arlington by far! Great Tex Mex love the food. Strong drinks and good value. read more

As far as Tex-Mex goes, El Arroyo isn't bad. If you check in on Yelp they give you a free shrimp diablo appetizer. The flavor is decent, it's a bacon wrapped jalapeño stuffed shrimp. It was a little over cooked. The tacos al pastor are the most Mexican thing on the menu. They are tasty and would be fairly passable at a real Mexican restaurant. The fresh tortillas are delicious, probably the best thing here. For what it is, it isn't bad. One piece of advice though: stay close to a restroom for an hour after eating here. read more

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The food here was good! Service was fast and friendly! I had the nachos which were a little on the greasy side as were my sons soft tacos. I just think the ground beef in general is just greasy! My fiancé had the chimichanga and he said it was good! Got our cup of queso for checking in and it was yummy! Parking here was a little crowded and its a pretty lively place at dinner definitely not for someone who wants a quiet dinner! We liked it!!! read more

El Arroyo - Leftover nachos..... They give you a lot!! - Mexican Near Me - Arlington, Texas

Came here to take my best friend to breakfast, it was a beautiful day. We sat on the patio, they ask if you would like to sit in the shade or sun which I thought was very nice and the shaded area seemed to be very nice and ventilated with AC though it is covered with plastic flaps for when it rains. We got our free shrimp Diablo which was super delicious I will definitely order it again, loved the pepper jam. And for my entree I had the Juarez tacos, they were delicious. The corn tortillas and pico tasted very fresh. 2.00 margaritas on Wednesday from 2-6 yum! Visit when you're in the area you'll love it! read more

El Arroyo - Shrimp Diablo free appetizer when you check in, very delicious! - Mexican Near Me - Arlington, Texas

Chips and salsa suck , food was bland , waiter was rude , maybe that is the attitude you want to project . I will take my Tex-Mex cravings somewhere else. read more

We ate there today my wife and me we thought it was overpriced and we had enchilada plate with the ash tea and it was over $30 in the food we just I've had better Taco Bell read more

I have driven past this place SOOOO MANY times and today i decided to finally try it and now i regret never stopping before!!!! IT WAS SOOOOOOO GOOD!!! Everything was super fresh and the salsa is TO DIE FOR!!! I had my 4 year old with me and my AWESOME waighter TREVOR went out of his way to engage my son and made if fun for him! I looooove that! I had the shredded chicken chummy chonga ( Trevors suggestion) and it was one of the best chimmy chongas iv ever had! The portions are HUGE and my food came out really fast!!! I Will DEFINITELY BE BACK! THIS IS THE BEST TEX MEX IN ARLINGTON HANDS DOWN!!!! read more

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Came for dinner.. no social distancing observed. Staff didn't wear masks or gloves. Tables were set closely outside. Meeting hostess was even worse.. people would not respect 6 ft distance. They'd be directly in front of you to get on list for table. Signs outside are deceiving. read more

Food was good, but if you can avoid this place do it. Or do take out. They're not COVID safe. We were sat in a dirty table, didn't even bother whipping anything down. We asked our waitress if she could wipe it down, never happened. We weren't the only table this happened to either. Makes me question how many people had sat in our table before me. Service was just straight ass read more