Wonderful! Food is so, so good. Service was excellent. Love this place. It's family owned and I had a great appetizer here today. Stuffed portabella mushroom. Check this out. My husband said do not tell people, you're gonna ruin it! read more

El Paisano Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Arnold, Missouri

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Restaurant is dark corner building just North of a KFC. I drove past a few times before I realized where the restaurant was. Park in the back. 5 PM the restaurant was mostly empty, but quickly filled up with Mariachi singer and guitarist showing up. Our 5 person group was a bit large so a table got pushed against a beat-up and torn booth. (With I being the only one willing to climb into the booth.) Basket of chips and salsa was complimentary. Most of us ordered fajitas with mine being shrimp. Lots of grilled vegetables was a welcome addition. Side plate of refried beans, rice, lettuce, sour cream and salsa arrived with corn or wheat tortillas. Iced tea had to be ordered with no extra ice due to the cold weather. While the price seemed higher than most, I liked the place and hope the restaurant survives. I hope the hard working waitress has a healthy baby. read more

My girls and I wanted to have a few late night margs and decided El Paisano was the place to go since it closed at 10:30pm. The time was 9:30pm when we arrived. There was not a single customer in sight. We sat down at our table and the server quickly came with our chips and salsa. No menus. She asked if we would like menus.. um.. yes. She brings us menus then all of a sudden goes MIA. She literally never came back to our table. We hadn't gotten to order any drinks, apps, or food. She continuously walked passed our table and stared at us from a distance, yet she never came back to take our orders. We arrived 1 whole hour before close and never got served. After 20 minutes of waiting, we left. read more

Nice atmosphere not fancy, not plain. Very crowded when guitar player is there. Bar area is separate from dining area. Vegetarian options are limited to cheese and bean, no fresh veggies. Salsa is a thick tomato salsa with limited spice. Friends ordered the burrito mexicano & tostada and loved them! read more

Food is overpriced. Pretty unprofessional. And is lacking proper plate up skills. I asked for no cheese sauce and the server brought my food out with cheese sauce on it, I brought it up to our server and his response was "well that's how it comes bro." So he took it back and scraped off the lettuce and guac and served me this. They gave us the wrong change, so the server ran up to my car and leaned inside my truck in my face and didn't know how much extra he gave us and left it to us to figure out what he did wrong. Will never come back here read more

El Paisano Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Arnold, Missouri

Let me start out by saying my family and I loved this place until 2 people in my family got food poisoning two separate times, both times it was the 2 people who had the chicken. I thought the first time was a fluke so I gave them a pass, but after the second time I said NEVER Again. Only thing I can guess is they refrigerate the chicken for days at a time? BE WARNED! read more

I took my roommate here last night after she had been recommending it for months. Immediately when we walked in, the smell was incredible. There seemed to be only one front of house staff member and he was incredible. They had a bunch of off menu specials that all sounded delicious. He also said if there was anything we wanted that wasn't on the menu and they had the ingredients to make it, they would. He was extremely kind and professional. His name is Gasper and I hope he's my server when I return! read more

This was really good. The waitress was super attentive and really helpful with deciding food and drinks. The salsa was alright. The queso was delicious and a perfect touch to my meal. I got a margarita and chimichangas they were also delicious however the chicken was a little dry. But the queso and guacamole fixed that. The margarita was perfect. read more

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if I could give zero stars I would. I had previous had decent food and decent service but I've always dined in. I stopped by to get a to go order and the food was awful it has no seasoning on it at all. I ordered chicken cheese and rice with fajita chicken. The chicken had no season it was stark white and dry and had no flavor. It was disgusting. By the time I got home they were closed. I called the next day I was told it was my fault for not eating it immediately um it was to go I couldn't eat it and drive. And that I should have called them last night. They were closed according to Google. The owner was rude and argumeative as well as his staff who answered the phone. They were so nasty about it I asked for a refund. They refused to give me a refund refused to give me a credit for a future visit. They never once apologized for the disgusting dog meat dinner I was served. Cussed at me and hung up I will never go back they are awful. it's not the food or the money it's the nasty attitude of the owner and workers . Everyone makes mistakes make it right and keep a customer for life do what this pampas owner did and lose the business of me and my family and all my friends .and anyone who reads these reviews how u treat ur customers matters!!!! read more

El Paisano Mexican Restaurant - chicken cheese and rice no seasoning no flavor - Mexican Near Me - Arnold, Missouri

Well, I'm finally done with this place. If you decide to stop in while more than 5 tables are being served, forget it. I honestly don't know how they stay in business. After being seated you are given a piece of paper stating that because of rising costs, etc, they have decided to raise prices and still give large portions and the same quantity... what the don't tell you on this paper is that the menu prices are not accurate at all. In fact no where do they state the actual prices of any of their dishes except on the specials board when you walk in. Beef fajitas that in the menu are priced at $13.99 were billed to me at $17.95! The receipt says $15.95, but total as $17.95 (see photo) What is that all about? At the very least they could state on their price change paper that the menu prices are incorrect and if you want the actual price just ask. Don't even get me started on the margaritas. Their smallest is a Large and the medium is a Jumbo and at $6.55 for bad drink, well that's just wrong. If you venture in, buyer beware. Ask for prices and avoid any bad surprises. There are many other Mexican places with way better food and service in town. Choose wisely. read more

El Paisano Mexican Restaurant - How does this calculate? - Mexican Near Me - Arnold, Missouri

Fast service, great food, amazing guitarist. 2 songs with dinner was so romantic 11/10

The mrs and I came here for lunch.... We had been here before and wasn't impressed but wanted to give it one more try. We got cheese dip as an appetizer and it was really good! Brooke was our server and she was on point. The mrs ordered a mango margarita and saud she couldn't taste mango.... I drank some of it although I'm not a mango fan and thought it was ok. She described the taste of the margarita as being "soap." Our entrees were served pretty quick and mine was pretty good. I just got chicken nachos.... They were exactly what I was expecting and good. I'm not sure what the mrs entree was called but the waitress recommended it. The feedback I got was it's not bad. The ambiance in this place is good.... Music on but not too loud.... Tables are all decorated. The only thing that I noticed that I didn't like was several tables were dirty and we were the only people in the place. The bill for two was 40 bucks plus tip. The only negative feedback was the margarita.... Everything else was really good!!! read more

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We just moved to the area and wanted to try New Mexican restaurent's to find our regular place to go. We were excited to try this place as it is closer to our home, but unfortunately we waited 10 minutes without anyone coming to our table besides providing chips and salsa. Multiple staff came to our side of the restaurent but no one ever came to our table until we were about to get up and go. The waitress asked us why we were wanting to leave and we told her that we waited for 10 minutes and she didn't even seem to realize we had waited that long in her section. I would not recommend this place. read more

The day after Thanksgiving. Mexican Fahita Taco Salad sounded good. Ordered take out. It was the WORST. Dry chicken. One spoonful of lettuce. Onions peppers and tomatoes were burnt. No cheese sauce to speak of. Brown avacodo on top. Pure slop. read more

There were two hairs in our food, it took forever, and our food was cold. I usually don't leave bad reviews but I wouldn't go back.

We have been ordering from this restaurant for 5 years now and I have to say we always have a great experience. I try something different each time but my favorite is their mole sauce! Enchiladas Poblanas is seriously the best Mexican food I have ever had. I've probably ordered it at least 5 times and each time it gets better. I never write reviews for restaurants but people need to know about this place. It's a stand alone building on Jeffco that is probably passed up too often. Their cheese dip and chips are also amazing. People may think all Mexican restaurants have the same generic dip but their chips are what set it off! They do not have salt on them and they are so fresh. We always have leftovers because the portion sizes are phenomenal. I can make 3 meals out of the $9 enchiladas. Don't let the color turn you off, this sauce is so good. It's slightly sweet and spicy. I did notice online it says 4 enchiladas but this came with 3. Still not disappointed because for the price and portion it is THAT GOOD. I ordered on Postmates and it came within 30 mins. This is my favorite restaurant for sure. read more

El Paisano Mexican Restaurant - Enchiladas Poblanas - Mexican Near Me - Arnold, Missouri

This is a neat little place that has a great lunch. We get the lunch specials, and they are quite cheap and good. The prices did increase, but you have to do that these days to survive. The staff is great. The service is especially good during the day. The food comes out quick and hot. If you like a drink or 2, they have good margaritas too. read more

We hadn't been here for a very long time as the one and only time we tried the place it wasn't very good and with so many Mexican places around, wby go back? I had recently heard they were under new ownership, so we thought we'd give them another shot. We went in on a Saturday night and they were quite busy. After waiting maybe 5 minutes for a table we were seated. It took a few more minutes than I would of expected for a server to show up, but, once they did we ordered drinks. When my drink arrived there was a small fruit fly floating in my drink. Game over. Disgusting. I did not drink the drink, nor did we order any food. I informed the server there was a bug in my drink and we were leaving. I really wanted this place to be good, but I'll never find out if it is or not as we will never go back. read more

I didn't get my order until an hour past the pick up time. Very disappointed because this was my first experience with this place.

The best Texas fajitas! Margaritas are great and you can order all to pick up. Great for Sunday fun day!

The family and I stopped in on a Saturday evening at 6:45. There was no hostess to greet us. After standing for 5 minutes we were told it would Be a few minutes for a table. After being sat, served chips and salsa along with water, we waited over 20 minutes to not even being greeted by a server. The manager and the other 2 waitresses working walked past our table about 15 times and never once acknowledged us. So we didn't even get to eat to rate the food but I can expect it would be a 1 Star meal. We left, no tip, no service! Never go here! read more

Probably one of the worst Mexican restaurants I've eaten at. The food had no flavor. The combination platter I ordered had a pork tamale, a chalupa and a chili poblano. The pork tamale was lukewarm and had absolutely no seasoning. I didn't even eat the chalupa as it was served with brown guacamole. And our food was ran to our table by a man that seemed to be the manager or owner. To allow brown guacamole to be served is ridiculous. I mentioned it to him and he just looked at me at walked away. The only redeeming part of dinner was the chili poblano. Our server did a good job considering she was overwhelmed with a large party. read more

Sweet memories with all our close friends - sweet staff - one of our favorite restaurants! Burrito Americano- Steak fajitas- and I do a special order cheese enchilada combo with white cheese sauce and always a strawberry dacari! read more

Horrible management and customer service. Hope the owner can save this restaurant from this horrible experience they keep offering.

I visited the restaurant on Thursday July 9th. I ordered the Beef Fajitas and on the menu they were priced at $11.95. When I received my bill I was charged $15.95. I asked about it and the waitress gave me a sheet of paper that explained due to meat shortages they had to raise their prices. That should have been communicated to me before I ordered my dinner. I will find a different place to eat in the future. That is a poor business practice. read more

WOW.... Today's experience at El Paisano was one for the books. My husband and I have been customers of the Arnold location since we moved to the area nearing 4 years ago. We have eaten here or ordered takeout on a regular (once per week) to semi-regular (once per month) basis and have been happy enough to brind in friends and visiting family on occasion, as well. Lunh today changed that to the same frequency I will ask for a voluntary numb-free root canal. At around 2:45pm we stopped in for a late lunch, ordered the same thing as always, and waited an extended period of time for us being the ONLY OCCUPIED TABLE ORDERING (the only other occupied table had been finished with their meal since we had arrived.). BUT NO BIG DEAL. After about 10 minutes of waiting, our server, whom we later find out to be the "manager" (also whom we have NEVER seen in there working....), came back to te table to confirm what I ordered. She was incorrect, I gave her her the proper order and here it goes.... After our food arrived, my husband was asked if he would like tortillas (which his meal comes with, but again NO BIG DEAL). As I ate my first 3 or 4 bites, the texture and taste of my terribly oversauced "Crazy Chicken" had become that, crazy. It was spongy yet very, VERY hard. I cut a new new section thinking it was just an overcooked section and no, same way. When the server/manager returned, again after what is a LONG time for the only table, and asked how we were doing I said, "I think there is something wrond with my chicken...". My husband MISTAKENLY interrupted and said, "Maybe its the wrong dish or..." to which she interrupted to say "What, well after you ate HALF OF IT, it was bad?!".... accompanied with a punch-worthy, sarcastic hand gestee over my plate. I simply said, "Wow, I mean, yea". She said, "It's same chicken as his". My husband asked to speak to the manager and she said, "Yea I am." So he said whats the total....... and this is where some colorful words were inserted and the promise to never return was made abundently, ABSOLUTELY clear. So shitty chicken with no offer to remake or compensate (which I wasnt even TRYING TO GET!!!), terrible "manager", awful sarcasm (of which I am normally very well versed in), and a lucky me (and her) that she was not a man, as my husband was ready to ensure she didnt talk like that to any other customer again. read more

Roach climbing on wall by me before we placed our order yes we left so no review on food for good reason see pic below read more

El Paisano Mexican Restaurant - Roach on wall during visit on 12-15-14 left immediately glad didn't get our food this was right by my head - Mexican Near Me - Arnold, Missouri

What's to become of the American Mexican restaurant? How much longer will people continue to be okay with a version of Mexican food that's been altered to the American taste, when there are more and more taquerias opening that serve up the real deal? Will there be a clash of these two forces in our future? If so, who will win?? The American Mexicans have money, but the Mexican Ex-Pats have spirit. Anyway, if a battle breaks out, watch for flying burritos. Which reminds me of the time I was banned from this one Taco Bell for life. (I launched my own). I digress... El Paisano has been serving up OK Mexican in Arnold for years. I made my third visit recently, this time trying their cheese dip (an American Mexican staple), a tamale and a beef tostada. That tostada would be feature ground beef, of course. In utterly predictable fashion, it was again, OK. I will point out, though, that this place has more character than some of the newer places that are opening around town (I'm talking about you, Las Fuentes of Arnold). There are some pretty good original paintings on the wall, which make me nostalgic for the time when the places serving American Mexican at least cared a little about aesthetics. Go if you want, you know what you'll get and what it will taste like. But if a Mexican food war breaks out, I'd side up with the guys that smell like freshly sliced habaneros. read more

We just went to this restaurant for the first time tonight. I was a horrible experience. We waited over an hour to be served even though others that entered 30 min later than we did got service. When asking to talk to the manager we were informed they were not available to us. They could not extend the courtesy of talking to us for 2 min. Really sad the ambiance was nice. They need an owner to straighten out this restaurant. Chimichangas read more

can't even give neone star this is one sad Mexican restaurant I tried to order on Uber and because the restaurant cannot communicate properly they gave me a literally slops and expected the delivery driver to tell me that's what it was piece of crap restaurant do not go there. I tried to call and talk to management to fix my order and they wanted to argue and cuss at me over the phone about it saying it was my fault when I had nothing to do with it. Sad. read more

There were six of us for supper about 7 on a Friday night. Two were little kids, 7 and 3 years old. We were seated and served promptly, with chips and salsa and our orders of cheese sauce and guacamole (all very good). Our food was really good. I especially liked the Chili Poblano, which had a tasty coating and a sweet Ranchero sauce. Our waitress was patient with the children and offered root beer floats. My favorite part of the evening was Fernando playing his guitar. He played a special song for the children that had a funny buk-buk-buk chicken sound. We had a great time! read more

El Paisano Mexican Restaurant - Fernando playing his soft, beautiful music Friday night. - Mexican Near Me - Arnold, Missouri

When I arrived the waitress asked if I was paying by credit card. I said yes, then wondered why she'd ask that. When she returned I asked if there was a discount for cash. She said no, there wasn't. Then the bill came and it made me question everything. The menu stated an entree was 9.95 the bill had it rung up as 10.95. I questioned the waitress and she said their prices have gone up but they didn't get new menus yet. I explained to her that that was false advertising and she just shrugged her shoulders and and tossed a dollar on the table at me. Very rude in itself and then she said it's just a dollar I'll pay for it then. I looked at the to-go menus they had sitting at the counter and they were $2 difference instead of just one. It's not about just a dollar or two it's about false advertising and then acting like you don't give a crap insulting the customer. How do I know the waiter didn't just want extra money? Was there really a charge then for credit card purchases then? I don't know if they really change the prices or what. read more

Top nottch Mexican food. Really helpful staff that went out of their way to prepare my meal which wasn't on the menu

The waitress was so high on opioids it was obvious it took 15 minutes to get drinks. It took us over an hour to get our food. Other tables were sat 15-20 minutes after us and got their drinks and food before us read more

This Is a rare time I disagree with Erica's review. We both had a great dinner tonight. The food was hot and fast especially with how packed it was. Each item had a distinct taste and was not running together. The goat cheese was the best I have had in Missouri. This is a must return to place. Nice live acoustic music. Pleasant in Spanish and English. read more

El Paisano Mexican Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Arnold, Missouri

Really awesome authentic Mexican experience. They have a guitar player performing Spanish Guitar table to table if you like that sort of thing (typically he hangs out off to the side so it's not too intrusive). The restaurant itself is a pretty cozy size. Perfect place to enjoy some conversation. It's neat and clean with low-medium lighting and really nice atmosphere. Very polite and friendly wait staff who are also Spanish, if you really want that extra authentic touch. My dish was the Carne Azada and it was very good. Quality meats and ingredients. I didn't have their mixed drinks but I saw someone order a Margarita, it was enormous. They have some of those platters that sizzle when they bring them out, smelled fantastic. Pretty low prices for the quality too. 2 full sized entrees and a beer (plus complimentary nachos) came to about 20 bucks. read more

First time. Met a regular couple for dinner. They made good suggestions. Green Chiles Colorado hot! but tasty. Wife had Carnitas. Wait staff was friendly. We will return. read more

Service is awful. Food is awful. It took 20 min to get our drink order with only 4 tables in the restaurant. About an hour for food. The chicken and steak was so tough, it was hard to cut into. The queso was inedible. read more

Terrible place. The service is terrible. The guitar player trolls for tips and won't leave you alone. The noise level is too loud. They don't adjust your check appropriately after they've forgotten to bring you drink. read more

the food was very delicious. i do have to say service is slow and not very tentative but when serviced by waiter/waitress everything was taken care of perfectly. read more