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    El Idolo

    4.3 (129 reviews)
    ModerateMexican, Bars, Seafood

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

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    Watermelon Margarita
    Natasha M.

    I dined here with about a dozen friends for a reunion of sorts on a Friday night and they have a huge patio that accommodated us perfectly. I ordered a watermelon margarita on the rocks, rather than frozen because the machine was down. Yet frozen Daquan's were available. Anyway, I ate way too much of the chips, salsa, and queso because I only could eat a very small portion of my main entree. I got the Hawaiian fajitas. It tasted good, but didn't look the best. One of my friends ordered the shrimp fajitas and it looked a lot tastier with red & green peppers. Mine looked like a brown mush since it was cheese and pineapples. I ended up taking it home and giving it to my husband, who enjoyed it. If you're looking for an outdoor patio with good food and service, look no further.

    John M.

    Decent Mexican food and decent prices. A friendly server only enhanced the overall experience. I had a shrimp dish and the portion size was generous. The chips and salsa was a bit middle of the road. Would I return. Yes, I would. But there are places in Memphis that I long for my next trip to this city. This is not one of those places.

    Chicken Fajita Quesadilla with rice and beans
    John S.

    We added a side of queso to the complimentary chips and salsa. The queso was creamy and tasty with just a hint of seasoning. The salsa, however, was a bit too mild for me. The chips were crispy and sturdy enough to hold the salsa and queso. I ordered the fajita quesadilla with chicken. The chicken was on the drier side, but the generous helping of onions, peppers and melty cheese made for an overall delicious quesadilla. The sides of rice and beans were okay. The rice was dry and the refried beans were similar in taste to what I would buy at the grocery store. I would have preferred to have just had another half of the quesadilla. The service was good but a bit slow at times. Granted, we were dining on Christmas Eve so we were just thankful to find a restaurant that was open. I liked the ambiance inside. Overall, I was satisfied with my meal. It won't necessarily be my first choice for Mexican food in Bartlett, but it's great to have another option.

    Fundido dip
    Jenn R.

    This is our new spot. It's much better than our old Mexican restaurant. The fundido dip is excellent. Food is great and service is superb.

    Tacos El Idolo. Peach margarita.
    Allison C.

    I love the queso. I love the tacos. I love the margaritas. I haven't had a single bad thing there and all the wait staff are great!!!

    Guacamole
    Samantha B.

    Hubby and I were really impressed by this place. My roommate got the mushroom quesadilla and noted that it tasted different than at our usual Mexican restaurant. They use a different seasoning here or something. He said it was a nice change. Hubby and I split the Pollo Fundido because we were in the area to see a movie and couldn't take any leftovers with us. It was enough to fill us both up and was good enough I could have eaten the entire thing by myself. The chicken was grilled perfectly and was delightfully juicy. We also split the Guacamole and hubby said it was served Mexican-style, which is where you don't smoosh the avocados all together but rather leave them chopped up. It was very good but hubby said needed salt. I didn't feel the need to add any until I got about half way through it but I'm not a big salt person. It was a fun outing and we really enjoyed ourselves. We would definitely return if we were in the area and wanting Mexican food! Loved: - Pollo Fundido (without mushrooms) Liked: - Guacamole - Salsa Ok: - Spicy Salsa (on request)

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    The place has the best chunky guacamole so fresh and good with whatever entree you choose. I enjoy the service, specials and the desserts

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    Fricken fantastic. The food is great, margaritas are great, Juan is great. So nice and communicative and speedy.

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    So good. Great service. Best cheese dip ever. Their seafood quesadilla is to literally die for. Just so so good.

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    Love love love this place great prices great environment great food very quick almost always no matter how busy they are

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    The carnitas is so good. My husband loved it in his pork versa and I had the 4 tacos. The best was the carnitas. So tender and juicy

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    Excellent service! Staff is very friendly. The food is awesome is very authentic Mexican food!! They follow covid guidelines too.

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