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    El Giro

    4.2 (125 reviews)
    InexpensiveMexican
    Closed 7:30 am - 9:00 pm

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    Geoff P.

    Pleasant service, great atmosphere for a quick meal. The menu has great photos of the food.

    Birria plate
    Roberto G.

    Great find in the most unlikely of places. Just a normal mom and pop shop with amazing service and even better food. Tried the birria plate and 3 tacos. The birria was good but definitely not the best I've ever had. The tacos were great. The meat was seasoned well and they were quite filling. All and all. Great find. I will return next time I'm in town.

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    Rebecca S.

    This is a great spot for a quick meal! I called from the road as we wanted to grab our food and head to our hotel. They didn't have my order ready, but I didn't mind waiting a few minutes for fresh-cooked food. We ordered asada & pollo tacos (3 tacos with beans and rice and 2 additional tacos) and a quesadilla with fries for our son. The restaurant is pretty small and simple. I loved the quick service (there's even a drive-through option) and the salsa bar! Our favorite was the bright green spicier salsa. Our food was good--I didn't catch a picture because we ate it before I could!

    Cheese enchilada was wonderful!
    Carla H.

    Wonderful authentic Mexican food prepared quickly and made with true flavor! Ordered carne asada platter and cheese enchiladas - everything arrived to our table quickly! Beans and rice were full of flavor not to mention that the carne asada was thinly sliced with a wonderful char! Highly recommend this small restaurant for an economical and authentic Mexican meal!

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    The best bean and cheese burritos. A little pricey but everything is now days. Good burritos.

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    The carnie asada was very good. The beans and rice were true Mexican. We liked the street tacos which also made with carnie asada.

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    One of the best Mexican foods in town! Gluten free options thanks for bringing the authentic experience

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    Very good and price is on point recommend this place great food and the party taco tray is a great price just awesome

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    Muy buen servicio amables las muchachas y la comida de buen sabor y rápido. Recomendado.

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    Their food is so good esp the barrias tacos but they're very rude what needs to be fixed.. and expect you to tip them after being rude.

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    While in the wall. But wow the food and the prices. So worth it. Get anytime we drive through Amarillo.

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    2 years ago

    Beat mexican food I have ever eaten. Prices were so reasonable. Customer service excellent!!

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    After a long day driving the food was so good. I just found it on yelp. I would definitely go again.

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    El Tejaran was an ok stop! The restaurant was clean, well-kept, and conveniently located right off…read morethe highway. The staff was friendly but did not provide the best service throughout our meal. We shared the combo beef and chicken fajitas for one. The chicken was cooked perfectly tender, juicy, and full of flavor. The beef was a little overdone, but the fresh, homemade corn and flour tortillas were absolutely fantastic and made the meal even better. We also ordered the Tacos de Birria (goat) with consommé, and they were delicious! The meat was incredibly flavorful, and they came with a small cup of sauce that added even more flavor just be prepared because it packs some serious heat! The chips and queso were just okay, but overall we really enjoyed it being a convenient stop on our road trip home. Not sure if we will stop again when in town.

    Visiting my girlfriend and her family in Amarillo led me to trying some of their favorite places in…read morethe city. My girlfriend's mom was especially excited to take me to El Tejaven while I was visiting. This dinner was a celebration of my girlfriend's sister playing in the top All-Region orchestra. It has nothing to do with the food itself, but I want to mention it because she did a great job performing and I think it deserves to be remembered here. It is the reason we went in the first place. It was a busy night at El Tejaven before we arrived. A group of 32 was just wrapping up dinner. Thirty two people. At that point, just cater, dawg. It took about 20 minutes after arrival to get seated, but it likely would have been much quicker if it were not for a group that size. Once we were seated, we were served chips and salsa. The salsa was spicier than I was prepared for, but it was good. The chips were excellent as well. Most people at the table ordered margaritas on the rocks, while I got a dressed Dos Equis on draft. From what I tasted, the margaritas were solid. For appetizers, we ordered the small queso and the small ceviche. The queso was standard but good. The ceviche, on the other hand, was exceptional. I could have eaten a large bowl by myself. I was pretty hungry, so I ordered the Orden de Tacos, which comes with four tacos on corn tortillas. I got all of them with al pastor. I also added a side of rice and beans, which normally comes with the three taco order but can be added on for the four tacos. The tacos were very good and exactly what you want from street style al pastor, especially with the cilantro and onions. It comes out to roughly four dollars per taco if you do the math. The rice and beans were both great and I ate all of it easily. The plate also came with a side of guacamole that had a nice kick, which I enjoyed. Living in Austin with family in San Antonio, it is easy to find good and authentic Mexican food. That does not always seem to be the case in Amarillo, so it is nice to know there is at least one spot in the city that feels authentic and not overly gringoified. My girlfriend's family knows ball. RIYL: the best tacos you can get in Amarillo

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    Tacos Garcia was suggested to me by a local coworker. Our hotel was fairly close by so, why not? We…read morearrived around 7:30 and were promptly seated. We were brought individual flights of salsa to go with the chips. My michelada hit the spot. Was it the best? No. But it scratched the itch. I couldn't decide on what to eat. Until I saw green chili stew and asado. I moved away from Midland in 2015. You don't really find asado away from West Texas. The music wasn't too loud and the lighting wasn't too bright or too dim. Overall, we enjoyed our meals. I'll likely stop back in the next time I'm in town.

    They moved to their new location . Thought I would give them a try . Wait time was 25 min. Three…read morein our party . They seated us at a table that seats 8. Two tables together . Like they were going to seat another party at the other table . I'm not sharing a table . Not good service . Looked around a lot of the tables pushed together. Was another room empty with no tables. They should have spread out the tables in all the rooms . So everyone could have been seated when they came in instead of waiting 25-30 min. Then after we ordered. On a scale of 1 to 10. I give them a 2. One person's in my party couldnt eat the tacos. Meat was full of fatty meat and the taco was full of grease from when cooked. Mine also had a taco . The taco instead of having the color of a corn taco. It was brown and greasy because of all the grease it was cook in . Ate maybe half my meal . I made up my mind that is the last time I will go there and if anyone ever suggest to go there to me . I'll tell them the reason .

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