Food is excellent I like to go there after I'm done dancing at barcode111 and have wonderful meal read more

My friend goes there for tacos so we went there but It my first time there. I always get steak tacos at Mexican restaurants with rice and bean. The steak tacos there were really delicious as well as the beans and the rice. Definitely going back. Five Stars for me! read more

Absolutely love that they are open until like 3am because I definitely get food cravings from time to time and they will see me often lol The food is EVERYTHING especially the taco salad and I'm looking forward to trying new things here on my next visit. Really friendly staff and the decor is so nice. read more

El-Gallo De Oro - Mexican Near Me - Worth, Illinois

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Everything on the menu has been fantastic. Chill vibes with excellent food and good service too.

A halal Mexican restaurant? I've actually never heard of one. No el pastor, chorizo, carnitas, pozole? That's the reason we order pork items from Mexican restaurants, for their expertise in preparation. Wish them well. read more

The skirt steak tacos had great flavor i recommemd this place and open late place had lines of people which is a geeat sign and waitress was great too ! read more

I guess you need to order through instacart or Uber eats for quick service... Proportions are generous, I find it very tasty. This is after working on my burrito for a second meal. read more

El-Gallo De Oro - Chicken burrito - Mexican Near Me - Worth, Illinois

FOOD SUCK I'd rather eat dog food the way you cook the meat is not good the way you season the meat is not good. The burrito sucked. The tacos are no good. Low quality ingredients not enough effort in making anything worth coming back read more

Surprisingly , shrimp tacos are fantastic ! Just like in Tulum ! I have ordered them 3 X now and each time delish !!!

Horrible customer service. Idk if they are under new management but last time i came the food and service was fantastic. Today i came and I was 40 min in line and i needed my food fast i asked the old guy how long would it need he said 1 hour for a torta and walks away to talk to his coworker.Like how are you going to attempt to take an order and walk away in the middle of the convo?? I told him take my order now so i can head on out and ignored me. I understand if your short staffed but the restaurant wasn't packed. if you want to be treated horrible and waste your time come here read more

Delicious Mexican food. I came here because my normal Mexican restaurant, was closed at noon on a Thursday. I was not disappointed. The food was prepared quickly and the food was phenomenal. I will definitely be back. read more

El-Gallo De Oro - two take out containers of food on a stove - Mexican Near Me - Worth, Illinois

I don't know what to say. I love getting my taco on. It's hard to give a fair review to mom and Pop business like this. I get that they were busy but they're so unorganized. After 45 minutes all I managed to square away, was a bottle of soda, pop, and some chips and salsa. My tacos never hit the table, and I simply walked outpaying for the soda. I'd love to tell you there's a good time to swing in there for food but I suspect anytime they're busy it's a shit show. read more

Very delicious Mexican food. Everything made fresh and everyone working there is amazing. Nancy is the best

When I walked in the place was empty with only one person waiting for a pickup order. Nobody in the front to take orders so I waited...and waited for about five minutes and was ready to leave when a kid finally came up front from the back. Ordered a chicken burrito with just beans and extra cheese only. When I watched the guy making it, looks like he scooped the ingredients from a plastic square container and only took maybe two minutes to put it together - the least amount of time I've ever experienced. When I opened it, there was not only no extra cheese, but no cheese on it at all! There was something that tasted like it was going bad on it, so I'm praying that I don't get food poisoning! This place is certainly not close to being gold and I urge people to go someplace else because their crappy service and careless preparation certainly doesn't justify your patronage. There are many other way better places to go! read more

Man!!! Good ass f*{%*^ tacos! Came from The Pavilion nice and drunk and my friend wanted some tacos from Zacatacos. They were closed so we hit this spot up down the same street. I got some tacos and got my wife a burrito. When I tell you these tacos were the truth!!! . Woke my wife up to eat her burrito, when she did she ate the whole thing!!! I'll definitely be back so I can enjoy it sober! read more

Just ok but those are some expensive tacos. $35 for 6 very little tacos. Used to love El Gallo but it seems portions have shrunk.

The sign on the door says open until 3am weekdays. It lied. I went there at 2 am on a Wednesday and it was closed. Went back the next day and was told that the owner's son sometimes closes early when there is no business. If they don't keep to their posted hours, it is no wonder that they have no business. I ordered 4 steak tacos and a steak burrito and was surprised that the total was $18. Within 5 miles of this location there are about 10 Mexican places that would have charged $13 for the same order. PLUS, the food was not exceptional in any way. I felt ripped off. Like a previous reviewer stated, I would have been better off at Taco Bell. read more

The food over there was amazingly good and delicious the service there was good and the employees there were very kind and polite the setting of the place was very classy.I would recommend this place to everyone you know because this restaurant was really good. read more

Very expensive $16 for a steak torta and large rice water . Rice water had no ice and the Steak Torta was very skimpy on the meat .

Meh. Not a lot of flavor with al pastor chicken or "steak" tacos, disappointing actually. Pricey too. Beans are solid though. They take cards, fyi read more

Love going here nevertheless they are always open with fresh food and delicious every time pozole is the best and great prices. cash and card excepted! read more

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Cash Only!!! Yup, you read that right. We stopped to get take-out from here on the way home, the sign was as big as can be on the door. Not an issues for me, I always carry cash, but most people don't. I had the chicken burrito dinner and my BF had the steak. We got a side of guac & chips. The guac was some of the best I've had in a while. We get take-out Mexican food a lot, and this is our standard order. I enjoyed their food more than I do at most of the local places in the area. The green & red salsas they gave us both had heat, and the chips were fresh. The rice was not dried out and the beans were tasty. This will be a go-to place for us when driving by. read more

Stopped in after noticing they were open late after a concert in Tinley. Lets get to the point: Its a Cash Only spot with an ATM on site, the tacos are small like Los Comales, & the food is mediocre at best. Ordered a burrito for $7, it was tiny. More like a mini burrito, then I saw mini burrito on menu. Geez, how much smaller can they get? The dinners(platillos) are around $12, really? U would think they would have reasonable prices since its cash only but no. So my (mini) burrito($7) plus beans & rice=$12? I think whoever set the prices must've dropped out of school. It is a late night spot, open til 4am daily but that's the only reason to come here. Drunk food! read more

Terrible service! We came here around noon on a Sunday. As soon as we walked in, all we heard was the television which was super loud! On the television it sounded like jerry springer! All we heard were things like "mutha(bleep)" and "son of a(bleep)" also many bleepity bleeps and blankety blanks if you know what I mean. For those who don't understand what I'm trying to say, there was a lot of blurred out swearing and cursing happening on this television. I must stress it was loud and unpleasant. Upon hearing this we almost walked out but figured we could still try to give them a chance and not give up on them yet. We dined in a party of 5. This included my two kids. The place was very empty. When we walked in we immediately chose where we wanted to sit. The booths were very small but that was fine because we we just used another booth adjacent to the table we wanted. It seemed like a nice small family run place to go to. After sitting down and settling in, a crabby teenage boy came to the tables and set chips and pico de gallo and salsa on one table. We eventually asked for more chips and pico de gallo for the other table too. We later noticed on the receipt that he charged us extra for these chips and pico de gallo. The crabby teenage boy was very robotic sounding and seemingly bothered by our presence. This made us feel very unwanted here. So we ordered our food and my order was a burrito dinner. When the kid came back with my burrito he didn't bring the rice and beans that would make it a "dinner." When I asked about it, he just immediately became defensive and claimed that I didn't order the "dinner" but just a burrito by itself. I didn't argue with him. The burrito tasted okay but not great. I also noticed that the door to the kitchen was open. We all heard someone(we assumed it was the cook) sneezing. I know sneezing is a normal part of being human. However when this is happening with all other given circumstances, then it makes it a bigger deal then what it is. To top it all off my daughter had a stomach ache when we left. This may be a coincidence but who really knows? If service was better then I may have been an occasional visitor but I will never go here again. They lost a customer! So overall, 1. Loud television 2. Loud obnoxious show on television 3.rude teenage waiter 4.rude service 5.charged for chips and pico de gallo 6.mediocre mexican food 7 my daughter got a stomach ache read more

I went one time and got the steak tacos. Some of the very best I'd ever had. A friend of mine brought me their nachos, which were outstanding. I talk about going back there with my wife all the time, but we never do. Suffice it to say, I have to commit to returning again soon! Just a note: They do not accept credit/debit cards. Bring cash. read more

I have been going to this place since it first opened and I have seen a new owner/manager almost every year. In the early years the people running this place would recognize repeat customers and treat you very nice, but now it just plain lousy service. The burritos and tacos are decent, have tried both the chicken and steak. The only problem I had is with chicken bones and tomatoe cores in the food, which I can not stand. The tamales are nuked, not steamed, to order which makes them taste like rubber. They have a huge dining room to sit down and eat, which look fairly clean. read more

The best tacos ever! My fave is pork taco with cilantro and onions. Courteous and friendly service. read more

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El Gallo de Oro (The Golden C*ck, as it translates!) is a great late night option when everything else around is closed. Not that it isn't good the other 16 hours they're open. They have the best guacamole around. Really good salsas (to go w/ the complementary chips). Tamales, gorditas, enchiladas, Posole soup- all my favorites can't be beat. Cheap, too! But note they only take cash. read more

Came in for a "quick" bite during my lunch break and man oh man was I disappointed. First of all, it took them 20 minutes to take my order. It's a Monday, middle of the day, not many people but whatever. Maybe they were having a bad day. Anyways I Had two tacos (tongue and steak) and a chorizo quesadilla. All three meats were flavorless and undercooked. The cheese on the quesadilla tasted nasty. Really sad that I wasted money on bad service and food. Like I said maybe they were having a bad day but I'll make sure to never come back here again. read more

Wish I could give this hell hole 0 stars. It smelled like a wet dog in there and it is quite possible the meat was Labrador. Terrible. It's not the same El Gallo as the other chains read more

terrible food. flauatas were so burnt I couldn't even see the chicken. deep fried in a gallon of oil & they 4get my order of rice after waiting 40 minutes. I would NEVER suggest eating in this place! read more

El-Gallo De Oro - disgusting! - Mexican Near Me - Worth, Illinois

Absolutely terrible customer service. Refused to comp a meal when my friend found hair in it. Made sure to tell him twice that they WERENT going to comp the meal and he was responsible for it even after he initially said he would still pay for it. read more

I always have to stop here when I'm driving by. It's definitely the best chimichanga ive eaten outside of Texas. CASH ONLY but there's an ATM right next to where you order take out so that no deal breaker for me. The usage fee is $2.50, pretty normal. read more

We used to go here all the time, their payment method of cash only was never a problem. Then one day, the bill was like $8, and all I had on me was a really old looking $10.00 bill. Dude behind the counter refused to accept it as payment. I had no other money, he wouldn't accept a check or credit card. He actually called the cops, they showed up and we explained the situation. This whole fiasco took about 30m to resolve. Then the dude waiting behind said he would take a chance on my $10 bill. He gave me a new $10.00 bill so I could pay the dude behind the counter. The cops left. I left. And that was the last time me or any of my friends went there again. Del Carmen is way better, plus they take credit, debit, checks, and cash. read more

After a long day of being outside we wanted something quick and easy so we didn't have to cook. Our order consisted of 3 steak tacos- American style, a chicken & cheese quesadilla, a carne asada dinner (grilled steak, for anyone wondering) with no beans, the largest container of salsa they had (which is 32 oz.), and an horchata. One word- DELICIOUS. The rice was some of the best I have had in a long time, and Mexican is our go for take out so I've tried quite a few different places. The quesadilla was cooked perfectly and was not greasy. The carne asada dinner was so good I wanted to go back and get another one. The pico de gallo salsa was spot on- not too watery or spicy. 10/10 recommend read more

Absolutely no reason anyone should eat here. Service is of the bare minimum and the bad food is ridiculously expensive. There are plenty of good places in the area with similar menus; any are better. read more

We used to love it here. No matter what you ordered or what time we could count on 2 steak tacos, 2 chicken tacos, 2 goat tacos, chips and pico. It's a cash only spot but it USED TO BE great. A more local joint opened However, Gracie's changed up & lost all their business so we went back to our hidden taco joint in Worth. It was horrible. The salsa had to have been near a heavy cigarette smoker because my first chip and dip was as if had I licked an ashtray. The tacos where no better. This was the second bad experience. After one bite, my wife decided she was done with tacos, which means I'm done with tacos. here's some advice; when you're a joint and a damn good one, DONT CHANGE! read more

My BF is picky with his Pozole, so when it came I waited to hear what he had to say... and he loved it. I had the birria and omgeeeee it was so good! Great flavor! Only sucky part is that I wanted a liquado and they didn't have any at the moment. read more

Horrible customer service experience . Don't know how to resolve anything with respect and courtesy!!! Attempted to speak with manager who wouldn't even attempt to hear concern or experience and still attempted to resolve issue with an Attitude read more

The food is really good; fresh, consistent, and well seasoned. Great guacamole and salsa, and the chips aren't oily or salty! The carnitas are excellent and the chicken and other tacos are good too. The business is mostly take out and the tables are usually empty. This leads to mixed service, depending on how many walk-ins they have. The TV is always BLASTING a Spanish or news or Spanish news program. Fortunately they'll give you the remote to change the channel and turn down the volume, so you can talk to the people you're with or hear yourself think. Cash only. read more