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    El Caporal 2

    3.1 (64 reviews)
    Closed 12:00 pm - 8:00 PM

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Combination plate with enchilada, taco and rellano.
    Daryn B.

    I am from the Midwest and was sent to this town for a work assignment. I stopped in here as I was heading back out of town. I always when I try I new restaurant I ordered the combination plate of taco, enchilada and chili rellano. This plate was served hot and oversized! Beans and rice were included. The rice was not the softest which was fine (maybe fried). The enchilada came as I would expect. It was a shredded beef covered in a tasty enchilada sauce with melted cheese on top. The taco was ground beef but lettuce, cheese and tomato. The rellano was covered the same as the enchilada. This is what a Mexican plate should look like! The salsa was very good. Plenty of flavor with chunks of veggies. Chips were fresh. Service was good and quick. Overall a great dining experience. I would say that this place is about 5 minutes off the interstate along the business route. You could take either exit and then get back on without back tracking. You will pass through the town which is surprisingly bigger than one would expect.

    Chicken fajitas and the best salsa I've ever had

    I used to live in Ellensburg and El Cap was my favorite restaurant . Now that I have moved away I really miss it - whenever I am back in town I make sure to stop in at least once a day.

    This was on the side of my burrito. Absolutely disgusting! It was slimy OLD lettuce.
    Melinna L.

    Came with a friend to try this place out. This is the worst experience I had at a Mexican restaurant, if not the worst ever food quality wise. I ordered a chicken burrito and my friend had enchiladas (chicken). My burrito had nothing on it but some gross slimy lettuce on the side that I was to scared to eat. No cream, guacamole, and barely any sauce. My friends food was way over salted as was mine and was served with old dry rice. The service was good once we seated ourselves because we waited to have someone even realize we were waiting for over 10 minutes. (Only 6 people eating) It wasn't even busy during the time we went. I usually give places second chances but this was just so bad I wouldn't want to drop another $40 to go back. Guava margarita As you can tell from the photo I really enjoyed this drink. It had a good alcohol to sweet ratio and would be the only thing I'd ever older at this restaurant if I HAD to go back!

    Very delicious food!
    Lanna D.

    My bf and I were passing through ellensburg back to Seattle and needed to eat. It was a Sunday night and not many places were open. After a really bad experience in Leavenworth at a restaurant, I rely on reviews on Yelp much more. This place wasn't even in the search when I looked up places to eat. I had to find it on google and it traces me back to their Yelp page. Just to let you all know, everyone will have a slightly different experience anywhere they go. Might be a bad day for someone and they accidentally take it out on you. Humans aren't perfect. FYI, we had an excellent experience here. They had really good salsa and the best bean dip! Our dishes were also very delicious. The service was prompt and everyone was really friendly. We are so happy that we tried this restaurant despite some reviews because I would come here again!

    Beef enchilada,  Chili Relleno with rice and beans
    Nico S.

    Stopped in for dinner after a long day. Typical mexican decor, a bit dated though. Wait staff was friendly an quick to get us seated. My menu had salsa on it, guess no one wiped it off before sending it out. Drinks, chips/salsa arrived shortly after we were seated. Looked over the menu an we made our choices, the food was brought out pretty quick. I always clear my plate but not this time. The rice was over cooked and crunchy. The beans were clearly out of a can. The Relleno was missing the stem off the chili, which is something I always look for. That's how I know if it was hand made in house. The cheese inside of it was not even fully melted. The service was good but the food just wasn't up to par.

    Jyoti N.

    Updated to 3 stars after trying the flan. The flan came with a tick crunchy crust of caramelized sugar. This made up for the lack luster soup. Try it. Ordered tortilla soup since it was soup kinda weather and I didn't want a heavy meal that made me sleepy at work Underwhelming describes it best. No cilantro onion flavors. No fresh lime to squeeze. The only positive is it was hot and spicy so warmed me up. $10.95 for a bunch of tortilla and tomatoes floating in hot water is too much. I added all my salsa (that was for chips) to the soup. This flavored it up but soup got cold. So I took it home for dinner where I added chicken cilantro and look me to it. Aah! Perfected finally.

    Shrimp diablo burrito
    Caroline K.

    Cute restaurant with friendly staff. I had the shrimp Diablo burrito. The sucker is huge. It has a generous amount of shrimp which was cooked perfectly, with beans, tomatoes, mushrooms, rice, sour cream, guacamole and bell peppers. It was a nice concept but the flavors were underwhelming. The sauce was tomato sauce which was oddly sweet with a hint of spiciness. The dish was not cohesive at all - almost confusing why they threw everything together the way they did. Chips and salsa - meh.

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    The ambiance was great. The food was not so great, didn't taste like much and staff was very rude.

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    Fantastic food and amazing service! We all got huge meals, the spices and sauces were delicious!

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    This place is trash. Never seen a inch thick piece of carne asada before. Shredded Beef is far below par. Los Cabo's much better

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    Really fresh food , great avocado and tomatoes, the chips came to the table fresh out of the oven.

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    El Caporal 2 - mexican - Updated July 2026

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