I tend to judge all Mexican restaurants by their chili relleno. This one is quite good but the molcajete meat stole the show. Packed full and with a delicious sauce that continued to boil long after it arrived on the table. Services was friendly and accommodating. I was checked on multiple times by the waitress, manager and the guy doing everything from Hosting to clearing tables. I was so impressed that I ate here the next day as well. It's that good read more

El Korita - Molcajete Meat - Mexican Near Me - Basalt, Colorado

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This is a fun place to get a giant margarita that will have you black out drunk before the food arrives. Truth be told I can't even remember how good the food was. 3.4/5 read more

Food was good and came out in a reasonable amount of time, especially for it being a full house. Margarita were superb! Will definitely come again for them. Green sauce has a good kick to it on the enchiladas. I would like to mention, though, my enchiladas said it would be served with cabbage but it came out with lettuce. read more

El Korita - Strawberry & Mango Margaritas - Mexican Near Me - Basalt, Colorado

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Mediocre at best. The Ground beef had Italian seasoning in it. It was meat sauce for pasta. Wrong. Chips were not fresh. Food had zero flavor. Restaurant has a nice atmosphere and the employees seem friendly, but they need to get a chef back there that knows how to cook Mexican food. Duh. I could more authentic Mexican food at home! Do better guys, c'mon read more

Wow,incredible food,it's not easy to get a table when they're busy but they've got tasty food and good ambience.lights need to be deemed but other than that,looks clean and tasty food! read more

I LOVE this place, since moving to the valley I have been to el korita at least 1-2 times a month, I almost always get the fried red snapper with ajillo sauce and it is so so soooo delicious! I have tried the mixed cocktail very good as well and loved the presentation. Today I got the seafood parrilla and also had it last week, this is one of my favorite places in the valley and also being a Mexican chef this place is legit! Desserts are very good as well. I personally didn't care for the cocktails they're not very balanced mojito was not good when I got it, pina colada, margarita, and Micheladas are go read more

The food is good, not the best I've ever had but far from the worst. If you're having a craving it will scratch that itch. But $5 for a fountain drink, limited to one refill? Really? It costs cents to make a fountain drink, the ice usually being the most expensive thing in the glass. I know inflation and recession have been a thing, but damn. Figure there's probably about $4.60 or so in profit being made on this, for every drink that gets ordered. read more

El Korita - Menu with $5 fountain drinks with a whole one refill. - Mexican Near Me - Basalt, Colorado

Great restaurant with incredible service they were very attentive and gave great recommendations to us. We ended coming back again same week! read more

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Excelente servicio y la misma calidad de Las Koras de Bonfil! Se les acabó mi favorito...Ceviche de Nayarit, pero me regalaron lo poquito que tenían. Muy lindo detalle! Las pescadillas incredible y el chile habanero con limón las hace aun más ricas. Gracias por el buen trato....Yasmin debe estar muy orgullosa! Bienvenidos a la Huayacan!! read more

I went last night for the first time in years. I went to a party. I ordered my favorite Red Snapoer and it came 29 minutes after all my friends had already eaten there dinners so I had it to go . I shared a Red Snapper dinner with my friend and it was terrible full of bones and they left the head on. I tried to eat mine left over tonight and they sliced slices in the flesh so that it cut the bones into small pieces and left the head on . I could not eat it. So I threw away an expensive meal. I'll never order that again. Disappointed in Basalt Colorado. Going out to eat is a treat for a lot of us and I hate throwing my meal away. read more

Don't order the red snapper unless you live to eat fish bone. It is impossible to eat the fish because of all the bones. What a waste of money. My friend and I both ordered it and we couldn't even eat it. read more

Ford was great. Cooked well great flavor. It's a typical restaurant noisy lots of seats typical decore for Mexican food. Service was great read more

El Korita - Shrimp fajitas - Mexican Near Me - Basalt, Colorado

Have eaten at ElKorita over the years with my son and typically it has been pleasant with good reliable Mexican food. However tonight the restaurant was slammed according to my waiter. I ordered a wonderful margarita while I waited for takeout nachos. Food arrived, I paid and left only to discover black nachos and no guacamole. It was pretty substandard. Went back in to complain and got major attitude from huffy waiter. He barked that it was not his fault...this is not good service however small the order. " How may I make this better?" Is correct response for anyone serving the public. Will look for a more service oriented Mexican restaurant in future. read more

Best place for delicious seafood/mexican dishes! Always busy so plan ahead! Perfect place for families, friends and any other type of gatherings! I have been going to el Koritas ever since they first opened their restaurant at the building next to Movieland! I'm so happy with their growth in business, friendships and food! I will always continue to eat there. These are the restaurants you want to eat, with local restaurants. I guarantee that you will not be disappointed. read more

Although I have been coming here for years and like the staff, today was not good. My son got food poisoning 12/23 from a pork burrito. He's been sick all night-classic food poisoning. Gross and preventable. UPDATE: my son is going to the ER.We have been up all night. The ONLY thing he ate yesterday was lunch at El Korita! 109% sure it's food poisoning from the pork. We are calling owners today. read more

You know a place is excellent. When you have six people order separate items for dinner, and each each item is amazing. I haven't had guacamole that good since Puerto Vallarta. The meat molcajete was absolutely insanely delicious, sauce was rich and flavorful. Everything was top notch, service was wonderful and very friendly. This is on my short list of restaurants, will be returning! read more

They give you one refill and then charge you for everything after that. I dropped 50 bucks on a meal and they're going to tag me extra for a second refill? Yeah, they won't get my business anymore. read more

Chile relleno had been into the warmer so long that the food was dangerously hot, and don't even get me started on the plate. Rest of table was finis(ed before I could even start. The coating on the chile relleno had been reduced to mush. There was something bitter in the salad that I tasted for hours over the food, and the server did not care. Add that to the $4.99 fountain soda (one refill but that requires a server to come by and notice) , no prices for margaritas on the menu, one margarita says choice of tequila, but it is not the customer's choice apparently. They never asked. There are better choices in Basalt for Mexican. read more

We live local here and there are many good mexican restaurants to choose from. Today we chose El Korita which we do often. The food is always good but the service today was below sub par! We chose a time of day that was not during the busy time. The restaurant had a good flow of people coming and going but our server was not attentive. We are not sure if they are short staffed but we chose to leave a below average tip because of the poor service. We were a party of two and a nearby table that ordered after us received their food before us and we had a simple order. When could not locate our server when we were finished so we took our check to the front desk to pay and the older women working as front cashier was on the phone and rang up our order and dI'd not even say thank you. We will by pass your restaurant next time because of the poor service. Many other Mexican restaurants in our Valley to choose from that would love our business! Your restaurant needs to work on your customer service! read more

It's not the atmosphere that's brought me back the last 20yrs. It's the food. This place is kind of a hole in the wall but hits the spot every time. read more

FOOD: Wow! I've never had anything like the Molcajete Seafood dish and considering it's served boiling you might be worried about over cooked, but no, everything was perfectly tender. Octopus, shrimp, fish, crab and more. This dish delivers flavor, fresh food and experience. Salsa was fresh and tasty. Guacamole was great. Service was outstanding. I went at 3:30 PM on a Sunday. There when we needed, let us pick most remote table outside even though we were two at a four top. Cleanliness: no problems, cleaned table before we sat down. Everyone wore a mask. PRICE: Very reasonable. $22 for the seafood dish which we split for 2. Total tab for 3 margarita's, main dish, guac and salsa/chips (latter complimentary) about $56 with tax. A foodie acquaintance recommended I go for a house margarita and the dish, and said if I didn't like it, she'd pay for it. She was spot on and I won't be collecting. Do the same and you won't be disappointed. read more

El Korita - MOLCAJETE SEAFOOD, served in a boiling pot, enough for 2 - Mexican Near Me - Basalt, Colorado

Service was abysmal. Sat down at the bar and then 4 other people sat down after us. Ordered an appetizer and main course. Everyone else got their food before we got our appetizer. So we cancelled the appetizer and waited for our main course. It never came so we cancelled our order and asked for our bill. No manager came over so we asked to speak with one on our way out. The lady we spoke with did not have much to say other than she heard we cancelled our appetizer. Will definitely be taking our business where they care about the customer! read more

Most of the workers were good but no limons for a dozen of oysters food great lighting great

I give this 1 stars only because the Happy Hour menu is great IF you can get waited on. Our server was terrible, we had to ask other staff for drinks, chips and even an additional order. When we ordered a dozen happy hour wings we received 11 with a crumble as the twelth?! See photo attached. So disappointed and will not return, this has happened on numerous occasions at this location. read more

El Korita - My order of a dozen wings, or should I say 11 wings and a crumb. So disappointing - Mexican Near Me - Basalt, Colorado

The food is great the staff as well just one small thing that I have noticed is for take out orders the servings are not as they should be compared to eating in the restauran. I ordered a "ceviche special" and It came in small container that wasn't even full with 2 pieces of avocado. Iv ordered the same plate in the restaurant and was a huge difference in the serving size. I would appreciate if yall took the take out orders more serious and have the same serving size atleast. I was disappointed and it isnt the first time nor the same plate that Ive had issues with... read more

Decent Mexican food in a super cute spot in the Willits area but this place is way over priced for the amount of food you get. They do have an excellent HH that has decently priced items! Side note: I've definitely had better chips and salsa elsewhere. read more

Great service and awesome food. Waitress was friendly and hospitable. The quail was perfectly grilled, crispy, and delicious. Shrimps were huge and a combo dish which ws delicious read more

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Cancun shrimp was a little disappointing at first. The presentation was just not very pleasing. However, it was quite tasty with chips. Drip the shrimp in dipping sauce, put on top of the chips, instant hit! Big portion on plate entree. It was good food. read more

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The food was decent. I highly recommend the Chile rellenos. The green Chile was pretty solid and the re fried beans I would recommend subbing for the black beans. The black beans were FIRE, and I'm usually obsessed with refried beans but the black beans out did the others. The refried beans were under seasoned. The rice was gross. It was super bland. The chimichanga was pretty good too but would have been better with green Chile than green sauce. My only complaint that lowered my rating was the service--It was horrible. Our server never came to our table once during the entire meal. And he wasn't familiar with the menu At all. I asked for a side of green Chile and he said they no longer serve it at the restaurant. Which was not the case because my sisters meal came smothered in it. A Mexican restaurant without green Chile in Colorado haha! The margaritas were also pretty good. As far as the prices go, there was one page of the menus that was between 10-17 per plate and it was burritos, chimichangas, flautas and chili rellanos. The rest of the menu was 26+ per plate. There were some great share plate if you're going with more than two people but they were around $50 per entree. read more

Always great food! Great service and ice in my water! Wow! Lovely ambiance! One of the best margaritas around! The oysters are fab and the calamari and the chilis and the tacos and everything! read more

This is my favorite Mexican restaurant whenever I am in town. They have the best shrimp enchiladas and margaritas. We got take out a day after NYE and it was just as great as eating in restaurant. We will be back soon! read more

There's nothing like an El Korita night! Definitely our go to night out in the valley. Great margaritas, yummy chips and salsa, a fun ambience and consistently delicious and authentic Mexican food. We love El Korita!! read more

Usually a busy place at dinner time. We were seating right immediately, and we're waiting on in 2 minutes when the place was packed. Food is very good, and a friendly staff. read more

Delicious food with poor service. Even sitting at the bar I am rarely asked if I would like another beer, or margarita. I would recommend that if you don't speak Spanish just get take out. There is a very powerful "gringos aren't welcome" vibe here. The only time I received excellent service was when I went with some friends that were Mexican. read more

If you value your time, money, and tastebuds, avoid this place like the plague. Service is painfully slow despite our server demanding to take our order as soon as we sat down. We ordered drinks and then had to wait 20 minutes or so until a completely different server came by and took our order. The food is here is just plain bad, we've tried to give El Korita the benefit of the doubt multiple times but have never been impressed by the quality of the dishes. Queso is basically just melted cheddar jack with no flavor and lots of grease. Take your business to other nearby Mexican places, your wallet and your stomach will appreciate it. read more

Best chimichangas I've had since living in southern AZ! Excellent service, excellent menu selection, excellent food. Definitely stop here when in Willits. read more

Service was not good. I ordered guacamole no onion, can't do without onion. Not a big deal, aside from we didn't find out until 40 minutes after we ordered. Whatever next we sit there for another 30 mins with zero attentiveness from our server, who was packing up every to go order for the restaurant. Side note, touching her head as she was packing orders. I asked for our food to go as we didn't want to wait any longer. So we get all the way home and you guessed it...the food packed might as well have been McDobalds because it was hot what we ordered. So I said whatever I'm starving, I go to eat and there is a long dark piece of HAIR right in the middle of the meal I was going to eat. I'm sure there is well intended people that work here, but I wouldn't recommend. More sanitary options out there. read more

Love this place, it has been my favorite Mexican restaurant in the valley. My favorite food here is the el molcajete seafood, its creamy, steamy and delicious with corn tortillas. This dish is perfect with cold corona beer, hmm.... Best tips: call an hour before you come and leave your name on the list, so you dont wait to long for your table. read more

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Worst place freaking ever. We came here our first night is Basalt based on al the great reviews. The place is run down and hardly speaks English. I ended up getting the shrimp ceviche, it was "brewed/cooked" for wayyyy to long. I didn't eat one bite the shrimp looked disgusting and rubbery. I told the server I didn't like it he goes "why" I told him he was gross and not cooked correct he tells me "hold on" and another server came to my table and tried to explain to me how ceviche was cooked. I'm from south Florida and this right here idk what it was but it wasn't that lol. Anyways log story short, didn't take the food off the bill told me you have to pay (which wasn't an issue) I've just never heard of something like that. read more

Everyone that works here is always so nice to me every time I come in. I used to live in the neighborhood and go there all the time, and now I just go when I'm upvalley but they still treat me like a local. And of course, this is the best Mexican food in the valley. read more