Service was quick and the prices were right. They bring you chips and salsa to start, per the typical Mexican restaurant playbook. I had the tacquitos for an appetizer, which were excellent. For the main, I had enchilladas in a white sauce which were just allright. Overall, a good dining experience though. read more

Made my third visit here tonight. Given that there are a lot of Mexican restaurants in the area, this one always stands out to me. Nothing special but just good food, plenty of it and a good price. We had the carne asada, carne asada tacos and the huevos con chorizo. All of it was very well seasoned and cooked perfectly. We will definitely be back soon. read more

This is a legit Tex mex joint, great service, friendly family atmosphere! Highly recommend. Everything is fresh and they treat you like family! read more

Food was excellent here for lunch! In and out very quick the outside patio was very clean and surprisingly quiet. Steak burrito was a huge portion and queso / chips had great flavor. Several members of staff stopped by to ensure top level service. I'll be back for dinner! read more

Best Mexican and service in town. Staff is very friendly. The food and drinks are fantastic snd reasonably priced.

**** Review 40 **** Meet a client here for lunch, first time eating here. Nice place, but a little too dark for a nice sunny day. As I waited for my client, I had the server come by to check on me several times, after my client showed up and got her drink, the waitress didn't come by for about 20 min (the restaurant was semi-empty). Ordered a cheese dip as a appetizer and also ordered food, and everything came out at once. We both ordered the lunch fajitas, one chicken and one steak with shrimp. Unfortunately, both they brought were chicken. After having to wait a while for service I wasn't going to have them fix the order. Once again the server disappeared and we never got refills. It wasn't until I asked for the check that I see our server again. The food was delicious, and plenty of it for a reasonable price. Really liked the cheese dip. If service improves, I think this would be a great place to visit on a regular bases. read more

Great Fajitas and Queso dip! Margaritas are great too! they are fast and very friendly.

Much better than your average Mexican joint. I come here often for lunch with co-workers and it never disappoints. They have an entire menu full of delicious Mexican eats, and a whole page of lunch specials/combos as well. The price is right here - everything is extremely affordable. In addition, the wait staff is friendly and polite, and they respect your lunch hour by providing quick service. If it is nice outside, they have a great outdoor patio in the front of the restaurant. My favorite thing to order here is the fajita quesadilla lunch special with chicken. For only $5.99 you get a large quesadilla stuffed with sautéed peppers and unions, grilled chicken, (whole pieces, not shredded), and melty cheese. It comes with lettuce, tomato, guacamole, and sour cream on the side. I've also had their chicken burrito and chicken taco lunch specials which are equally tasty. I would not recommend ordering their fish tacos - their pieces of fish were very thin and not substantial. Ordering their queso to go with their complimentary chips and salsa is also a must! read more

I don't know how I missed reviewing this place, I've been coming here for years. This is a great place to come to if you're feeling like Mexican food. I usually get the carnitas with some corn tortillas on the side. They have some drink specials usually, as well as frozen margarita specials. The menu isn't very unique, probably the same as many other Mexican restaurants, but the food has always been good and hot, and you can get out of here for around $30/couple. They also have an outdoor patio, so you can sit outside when it is nice. There usually isn't a weight, but they always seem pretty busy. read more

I have been coming here at least once a week for 5 years - absolutely love the place! I would recommend avoiding on Sunday lunch because of how crowded it can be, but most other times you should be good to sit down and get served very quickly! The queso is a must have and their salsa is delicious and tastes fresh. The chips are on the thicker side. I personally enjoy the fajitas - both chicken and steak! My father enjoys trying all sorts of things on the menu and the waiters are all super knowledgeable since most of them have been working there for years. It's a wonderful family-run business and the people who work there could not be nicer. 10/10 would recommend. read more

El Caporal - Chicken fajitas for one - Mexican Near Me - Mason, Ohio

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Our visit to the new El Caporal restaurant in Mason was a positive one...crispy corn tortilla chips are served warm from the oven and salsa is just hot enough to require a few iced tea refills. Glancing at the menu, we noted El Caporal plugs their white queso dip as "world famous," so of course we had to try it. A nice gravy-boat sized dish of the creamy cheese, seasoned mildly with jalapeno, was a great start to our Sunday lunch. We were so pleased with the queso that all three members of our party decided to incorporate it into their entres. My boyfriend and I ordered the "Burrito Enamorado," which he was entirely enamored with. I personally am not a fan of full strips of bell and red pepper, onion, and massive cooked tomatoes inside my burritos (chop 'em all up and I'm game... it's a texture thing), but he loved it. I did, however, enjoy the flavors that the peppers and tomatoes added to my grilled chicken and everything mixed well with the topping of queso dip. If you're a Fajita style burrito lover, order this dish for sure. The other member of our party of three was a slightly less adventurous diner; she ordered an a la carte burrito filled with nothing but ground beef and rice...but she loved it, to each their own! Atmosphere is definitely "south of the border" but not in an overdone cheesy cacti or sombrero fashion. Comfortable red booths line the perimeter of the decent sized restaurant; wooden tables fill out the rest. There is a separate bar at El Caporal that upon inspection carried a vast number of tequilas and other liquor choices. I will definitely be heading back to El Caporal to sample their margarita selection later in the week (no liquor on Sundays, unfortunately) and to try another dish from the menu...I saw another diner order a taco salad that looked tasty and fresh. read more

El Caporal - El Caporal - Mexican Near Me - Mason, Ohio

Excellent food and service. Great friendly atmosphere and great frozen margaritas. Very inexpensive. A must try if you are in the Mason area. read more

El Caporal - Very good frozen margaritas. Service is excellent. B - Mexican Near Me - Mason, Ohio

With restaurants begging for business right now and as a longtime customer of this restaurant, I placed an order this evening through DoorDash at 7pm. At 8pm I got a phone call from my Dasher stating that the restaurant wasn't going to fill anymore DoorDash orders. No food and no refund! The Dashers (there were 10 of them waiting on orders) were than ordered to leave the restaurant. I will never step foot in this restaurant again! Their servers have been rude and indifferent in the past, but this takes the cake. I sincerely hope that none of my tax dollars went to keep them in business. This review will be posted on social media. read more

Last week some friends from work and I were going to lunch. We'd planned to eat Indian, but since we had to go earlier than normal, the Indian restaurant wasn't open. Fortunately for us, El Caporal was open at 11:00. It was a total win. They had a great selection of your typical Mexican fare; however, the end product was way better than typical. I thought they had a nice array of vegetarian dishes. Everything seemed very fresh and was very generously sized for a very reasonable price. As usual, there were free chips and salsa...this salsa had a big bite, but I still couldn't stop eating it even though my lips and tongue were on fire. All five of us deemed this place a keeper. I can't wait to go back and try it for dinner. Oh, and if you get there at 11:00 on a Friday, you'll get your choice of seats. read more

I am regular here and the food never disappoints me. My family always wants to go here when they are in town and the staff remembers them. There queso is excellent and I love there quesadillas. If you want Mexican you should come here. This is why I give it a 5/5. read more

Service wasn't as friendly and quick as I remember. Burrito Especial was delicious. Also the guacamole was good, but didn't seem mixed well (flavors were different throughout). read more

El Caporal - Mexican Near Me - Mason, Ohio

El Corporal is one of my favorite Mexican places in Cincinnati. Their tacos are fresh made and the chicken tortilla soup is so so tasty! I often visit this place for lunch with friends who work in the area and have to say I have never been disappointed. They have good beers on tap. The only downside is that their hot salsa is never hot enough for me. But I live on the spicy side of life. I'm sure it's hot enough for most other people. Definitely check this place out. read more

We live very close to El Caporal but had never bothered to come here. They are kind of a mini-chain, they have a few locations in Kentucky, one in Indiana and one here in Mason, Ohio. The interior is pretty clean and well kept. We really were just looking for a quick meal and I really wanted nachos, so we got the Queso Fundido (a Mexican fondue-style dish with chorizo and served with tortillas) and the beef, bean and cheese nachos. The food came quickly and was as good as we hoped it would be. The salsa was fairly standard, the chips were warm and crispy, and everything was overall pretty good. For being in a hurry they were accommodating and friendly. It was after normal dinner hours too so they weren't busy. I plan on coming back for a full meal to properly review them, but so far I think they are way better than Cazadores right around the corner. read more

Alambre fajita... Too notch.. Margaritas... Nice kick to em'... 2 !! Highly recommend

I love this place! The wait staff is almost always friendly and accommodating. I enjoy how chips are brought over right after ordering drinks- good chips and good salsa! The portions are a little larger than expected, but whose complaining? It's great to save and warm up later. My criticisms are small- it can be hard to find parking, especially on busy weekend nights and the seating (depending on where you are seated) can be less private than desired. Overall 4 stars- love! read more

El Caporal is A+. I've been to many many Mexican restaurants and recently very very disappointed in high end glamorous looking Mexican joints with low quality food. El Caporal is focused on providing high-quality food with a great experience the people that work there treat the business like it's their families and they are a tentative and treat you like you are important. Their food is fantastic their quantities are good their costs are low they overwhelm you with chips and I always have a beer special that is ridiculously low cost. I highly recommend either of El Capital's restaurants you won't be disappointed and you should leave a review after you try this place. read more

Great fun! The best margaritas at a great price! I'm pretty sure they bought our wings from b-find but they were good too!

The food and service both were good. Quantity of serving was also good. Only reason I am not giving them 4+ star is because the food was not extra ordinary. I will go again. read more

Quality Control! Cinco de Mayo, 2014. My younger son and I both had chicken enchiladas. My older son had steak. While service was great and the food tasted good, my son and I have been paying for it all night. Sparing details, it's enough to say that if a place doesn't take the care to exercise safe, quality care in it's food prep, we will not return. I only wonder how many others suffered the same way we did last night. No school or work for us. Thanks el Corporal. read more

If I could give a minus score... I would. They 'offer' a single happy hour margarita, premodern, tastes crappy & when I ask for a reasonable tequila instead of Jose Cuervo, they tell me the price for Herradura is 'close to the Cuervo bit when I get my bill the $5 marg is now $17. I ask for the mgr, he comes out and tells me that I am free to leave but he's going to call the police. No. That's not the way I do things. I call them myself. I will not be cajoled onto a ridiculous price for a simple drink. Screw this place. I will make sure that everyone knows they are liars and cheats. I knew something was wrong the way they handed me the bill all folded up. Losers!!!!!! We are not that stupid!!!!! read more

Hi all, read a bunch of good reviews so decided to try it since it was close by and I had a bogo 50% off for lunch. I had their supposingly signauture Burrito Especial which was nothing more than a burrito grilled steak with onions topped with a white cheesy sauce. The steak was quite dry and chewy (precooked). My dw had the chicken enchiladas (the chicken was quite dry). Service was prompt but nothing special (take your drinks, then order, then ask if your meal is okay). It was a real "meh" for me and my dw. I would not go back as there's def much more and better mexican restaurants but since I had a coupon I decided to try it anyways. read more

I almost hate to give this review because I want to keep this place my own little secret. We try to cook and eat at home most days, but every once in a while you want take out. If you want healthy and delicious take out, this is the place. The chicken tortilla soup is delicious. It is a meal in a bowl. Lots of chicken, rice, some veggies. Try it. You will like it. read more

Had Dinner here on Saturday night. The service was fabulous as was the food. We both had the medium size Margarita's and they were very cold; very tasty and big. The Salsa and Cheese Sauce was some of the very best we have tasted. The Salsa was not watery and it was very flavorful ... same goes for the cheese sauce which had small bits of chili pepper in it. I had a huge burrito that was filled with spicy pulled pork, onions and Jalapeno Peppers. It was delicious, spicy and hot! My only criticism at this point would be they could do a lot more with the inside of the place. The food and drink was great and we will be going back. Prices are very reasonable. read more

The food was 4 stars, pretty good! The service was -5. The restaurant was completely empty. We were the only ones there. The manager was our server. We were seated quickly and had our orders taken reasonably fast. When the food was brought out, the manager stopped to talk on the phone and dumped some of one of our dishes on the floor because he was too busy on the phone. He brought the food like nothing happened. Our cups were empty a few minutes after beginning to eat and the manager sat across the restaurant in a chair watching us eat and never even offered to refill our drinks until I looked over at him and told him we needed more from across the restaurant. Little things like that are ok if you are jam packed busy but we were the ONLY ones there. We also had to ask for the check after we had been done eating for about 10 minutes. Again, wouldn't be a big deal if we weren't the only ones in the restaurant. To top it all off, we were about to leave and there was an employee asleep and snoring in a booth near the door. 2 stars solely because the food was great but the service was SO bad. I would be embarrassed. read more

El Caporal - Employee snoring in booth - Mexican Near Me - Mason, Ohio

Not allergy friendly! My wife has a shellfish allergy. We ordered take out and my wife ordered the classic fajitas which come with chicken, steak and shrimp. I specifically said no shrimp on it because of an allergy. Somehow it either got cross contaminated or a line cook remembered no shrimp after the fact and just took it off instead of remaking it. We are writing this review from the ER, need I say more? In this time of COVID, one has to wonder that if their kitchen is this careless with a known allergy, what else are they being careless with? read more

We have been sitting here for almost an hour. We have been given 1/2 of our drink order, some chips and salsa. We gave our menus to another table who was seated at a table that wasn't even wiped down, nor given silverware, (or obviously menus). We ordered our food 10 minutes ago. We, nor any other table outside have seen any waiter/waitress since. read more

Margaritas kick booty !! Food and service excellent !! Will be com g back for sure !!

Perfect I love it and the Service is great, Food is also fantastic too and I love the people that work there Best Mexican restaurant ever read more

We love El Caporal! We eat there nearly once a week. It starts with the great service. The wait staff is awesome. The cheese dip and warm chips are great. Sometimes I get the bean dip which also has queso in it. I favor any of the meals that have grilled chicken in them. It is really good and juicy. My two stand-by's are Grilled Chicken Taco's and the Burrito Especial. You can't beat a big grilled chicken burrito topped with cheese dip! My daughter loves the kids menu (usually a soft taco) and my wife enjoys the Burrito Deluxe (with cheese sauce on top, not red sauce). The whole menu is really good. They are also great with large groups. We have had many birthday meals there. read more

Best skinny margaritas in town and good healthy options for Mexican food. Love this place!!!

This is my family's favorite restaurant. The food is amazing and you get huge proportions. My favorite is their chimichangas. They always have great drink specials too. read more

I ordered door dash from El Corporal on 5/5/2020. The restaurant accepted the order at 7:10 PM. The driver then called me at 8:05 PM to tell me that they were no longer accepting orders. They had already charged my card and I would not receive a refund. They told my driver that I should cancel my order (which DoorDash said I would not be refunded because the order had already been accepted) and they would figure out how to refund me later. After waiting 1.5 hours for my order and then having to spend 15 minutes to get a refund (still no dinner) I would NOT recommend supporting this restaurant. There are plenty of other restaurants that provide better service. read more

One of the best Mexican restaurants EVER! I absolutely love this place because of the queso alone. Everything on the menu is great and the lunch menu prices are awesome! Sometimes I come in for just the chips and salsa and a drink after work! read more

Food was average. Had fun with the waitstaff. They're pretty cool. To be honest, Cazadores has them beat on every level but the fun service. I would go there again, however! read more

we recently moved to Mason and my husband wanted to try this place. We went the last month and I liked the environment. The food taste was just ok. we ordered some enchiladas that was in the menu picture and we ended up tasting a very normal food and I definitely did not find anything interesting in the taste or in the menu. I will not go back to this place for sure. I would rather go to Chipotle or Qdoba. read more