Always friendly here. I've known them for years. They keep making improvements and decorating and work very hard. I always get the taco salad, but request sour cream on the side. It's excellent. I also like the other burritos and tacos. Oh, and horchata. It's the only horchata I like. If you have never had it, it's a cinnamon rice drink and it's really great. I ask for the biggest one they have, never disappointed. I think it's ruined it for me because I can't drink this drink anywhere except paisanos because no one can make it as good. read more

El Paisano Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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El Paisano tacos is a great takeout spot offering authentic tacos, burritos, and plates. The tacos were delicious and it was very easy to order online. They have fresh agua frescas and the service that I got as great. Definitely a place I would go back to again. read more

Amazing take out spot. I got the chicken soup and easily two meals. Also did some of their tacos and they were amazing. We got an agua Fresca hibiscus and hit. Very affordable and the service was swift. read more

I've been coming here for years and it has never let me down. Everyone is super nice and able to answer questions about dietary stuff when I'm fasting or cutting down. The food is super delicious and filling! This is definitely my favorite local spot and fave Mexican joint! I get a carne asada super burrito with horchata and extra red sauce! Highly recommend! read more

Checked out this much better than expected small Mexican restaurant that of course has tacos and burritos. El Paisano is a good authentic place. It has no alcohol, which is the only bad thing. Food is worth going for though of course. The prices are pretty cheap, and you get a lot. At lunch it only had one other table occupied inside. It still felt kind of busy though with only a few people. That's because the place is small and there's not much room, but it's not like it's cramped though. Got a burrito. It's about $7 for a big one. The Burrito Vegetariano is filled with beans, cheese which I left off, lettuce, onions, sour cream which I left off, and tomatoes. Add sides of beans and rice for a couple bucks. There's also other authentic Mexican items like tortas. Food can get pretty spicy so be careful. It's especially true of the salsa that comes with the chips, and there's a pretty big kick. There's also plenty to get for both meat eaters and vegetarians. read more

El Paisano Tacos - Burrito Vegetariano - Mexican Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

The tacos were really good. Service didn't really check up on us. The desert. (Flan) tasted old would not recommend it. But the tacos were good though that's what matters I guess. read more

Great little taco shop. I got 3 steak tacos beans and rice for about $13. I walked in to order and was out in less than 10 minutes read more

El Paisano Tacos - 3 Taco Dinner - Mexican Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Last night was my first time ordering from here. I had a $15 off coupon to use through Grubhub, and decided to give this place a try. I'm so glad I did. We ordered the taco special, which came with three tacos, steak, chicken, ground beef. It also included rice and beans with a can of soda for $5.99. I was shocked at how good the tacos were, because I really don't like corn tortillas but these were some of the best in the city for sure. The tacos were a good size, filled with lots of meats and they were not stingy and toppings at all. The steak was definitely my favorite, but the ground beef and chicken was also very good. I also ordered a steak burrito, which I also did enjoy. I will definitely be back soon, this place is delicious. My fiancé loved everything! read more

El Paisano Tacos - Taco Dinner - Mexican Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Great hidden gem! I always get the chicken and cheese quesadilla dinner platter (with rice and beans). The chips and salsa are also excellent, especially if you do not mind a good kick of spice. The service is always prompt and friendly, and their online ordering allows for easy customization, which is very helpful when my vegan/vegetarian relatives are in town and in need of a quick bite. In short, an excellent little Mexican joint that punches far above its weight. read more

Gets the job done. Customer service is five-star quality. The food is just ok, but it gets me through my lunch hour.

Love this spot! Staying with a friend here, was working remote and hungry so I hit the block to see what I come across. This gem pops up, smelling marvelous. I walk in and it has a real homie vibe, guy working the register is mad cool! Warmly greets me and takes my order. 2 asada tacos, 1 pollo taco, I asked for chips and queso (he said they don't have a queso dip but recommended a bean dip with cheese, it was bomb) and a water. $16 for this feast and it was all on point. I would return for sure. read more

El Paisano Tacos - 2 asada tacos, 1 pollo taco and chips with bean dip. All was great! - Mexican Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Had the taco dinner and a burrito de asada, the meat was pretty good. Service was quick because they weren't too busy. Tortillas are from Atotonilco. Prices were pretty standard, they gave us chips and salsa to snack on while we waited for our food. read more

Affordable. Divey. Counter Service. Chips & Salsa comes with meals. Elevated Steak & Eggs, literal CHILAQUILES EGGS & STEAK. Substandard steak (thin & hard, but well- seasoned). THAT hangover cure, CHILAQUILES is fluffily crunchy like a cloud. HORCHATA is too sweet with too much water. You get, murky sugared water. SERVICE is slow, but HELP WANTED is posted. read more

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Super Burrito Suizo with Rice & Beans 1 can of Coke. Complementary Chips and Salsa Total Cost $9.94 Super Burrito Suizo The only difference between a regular Burrito Suizo and a Super Burrito is that they add Sour Cream, Avocado, Onions and Cilantro. My first impression was upsetting due to the lack of cheese half melted on top. However, the burrito itself wasn't bad. It didn't stand out from any other place that I have ordered from but it wasn't sloppy either. The Avocados on the inside added something extra to the experience but nothing that memorable unfortunately. If I were to rate the Super Burrito Suizo by itself, I give it 3 out of 5. Rice and Beans For some reason there has only been a few places that something as simple as Rice and Beans that has actually stood out to me. Unfortunately once again, nothing special. I honestly believe I found a small cooked potato in my rice which was a little surprisingly considering I didn't order any fries. The Beans I will give .50 out 1. Chips and Salsa (Complimentary) The chips weren't bad in my opinion. They honestly tasted more like a flower chip instead of corn. I'm sure whether or not the make them homemade or not but they were decent. I was more fascinated with the green and red sauce. Wing sauce delicious tasty with visible ingredients that they added. The red sauce wasn't bad either. The red sauce definitely had a kick to it. Conclusion To make this short and sweet, there is nothing that stands out particularly from most places but the food isn't bad either. I just have higher expectations. read more

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I had been wanting to try this place for a long time but after I did I was horribly disappointed. I got the 3 taco dinner and picked lengua, steak, and al pastor with rice and beans. The lengua was unseasoned, the steak chewy and I was so let down after trying those that I didn't even try my al pastor and just left. I wish the rice and beans could have redeemed it but the beans were pasty and off color and the rice left a lot to be desired. read more

Great food great prices! Family business I got the combo burrito and it was delicious Lots of carne and included avocado The horchata is sweet and tasty I'll be back. read more

El Paisano Tacos - Combo burrito special. Awesome - Mexican Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

So delicious, they called to check in about my order, so considerate. And unbelievable prices for the value! Highly recommend.

Worst tacos I've ever tasted, they served me boiled steak I was kinda mad I spent my money in here. The ms tacos did something horrible to my bathroom NEVER AGAIN read more

This place never disappoints. It has become my go to Mexican restaurant for delivery in Chicago. They're quick with the orders and the food is very consistently good. We get the taco dinner, and burritos. We'll also always order the chips and red sauce (which is amazing but warning it's very hot!). Highly recommend! read more

The best, and quick delivery. Just great. Friendly folks too. I get a burrito for the night and tacos for lunch the next day.

I ordered the super duper burrito with steak, cheese, Pico de gallo and jalapeños. It was HUGE! But it was just an okay burrito but was so confused why they gave me all my add ons on the side?!?!? Why would I wanted my cheese on the side. All it was, was a tiny cup of shredded cheese. All in all, decent burrito but I think it's one of those places that you go to when your drunk. I feel like I'd really enjoy it then. Next time drunk me, must go lol read more

El Paisano Tacos - Super Duper Burrito - Mexican Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I won't say this is the best Mexican food I've ever had, but it definitely holds its own in the 2nd tier Chicago Mexican restaurant category. Where this place really shines though is value and quick delivery. One of my go-to's for a quick, satisfying weeknight dinner under 20 bucks. read more

Tasty food. Get the super duper burrito. Best value in town.

My father used to bring me here, and whenever I was sick I'd order their beef soup for delivery. I came in to buy some soup for a sick family member and I ordered a burrito suizo for myself. Their burrito suizo was a small burrito cut open with melted cheese on it and only meat inside no beans or anything, instead of like most restaurants it's a regular burrito drenched with warm red sauce and melted cheese on top. The soup had fat deposits just thrown in it, not to mention the size is smaller, and there was a hair! I gave one star cuz the so called lemonade which is limeade was still decent and so is their horchata. Also the son was friendly, it's a family run restaurant, but the rest of the family are not very friendly. read more

El Paisano Tacos - Fat in my soup! - Mexican Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

hands down best pastor tacos in chicago - SO cheap and SO fast I cant eat out anywhere else at this point thank u el paisano

I wrote this to the restaurant today, January 12, 2021. It was unbelievable. We have ordered from you many times. Today we ordered and only received one burrito instead of 2. When we called to get our second burrito the person on the line told my wife " Don't ever order from here again you stupid bitch". We will never order from you again and make sure to let our friends know to do the same. She called at 6:06 pm in case you want to see who was working at that time. read more

They don't know how to properly package food. My menudo melted through the plastic and spilled everywhere HORRIBLE

The only problem with this place is that after I had the Al Pastor tacos... it quickly became all I could think about. And the problem with that is that I live over 200 miles away.... so that's an issue. They're cheap... they're fast... they're legit. It's REAL food. I can't wait to return. It's in a real neighborhood..full of real people. It hasn't been "cleaned up" and "discovered" by hipster punks. I want more, I just need some gas money and a little time. read more

Asada taco was pretty tender and flavorful. Al pastor tacos were pretty good too. Good taqueria style tacos, good salsas, and good guac.

Catered 50 tacos (found the deal on their online website) totally worth it! Everyone loved it! Each taco was individually wrapped. You have the option of having the toppings already put on, we opted of having them on the side. Such a great idea! I will def order again!! Thanks so much! read more

My husband ordered lengua dinner and they burned it and served it like that. I ordered the chorizo with egg dinner and it was also burned. The service sucked. No washroom in the restaurant. They had the nerve to charge us full price for both meals. Will never return!!!! read more

This has been my go-to taco place in wicker. Ordered from here multiple times and all their tacos are delicious but tend to get their chorizo, barbacao, and chicken. The salsas that they come with are good, as well as their guac. Great price for how much you order! read more

Really enjoyed the tacos and the exceptional service. Prices are hard to beat in area and salsa is not too hot but not too mild.

I'm a card carrying member of the "Chicago Taqueria Scene is Bullshit" crew. Yes, we have Rick Bayless and the absolutely delicious Frontera, but my Metropolitan Mexican scale lives and dies in the trenches that are the Taquerias. Now before writing this off, let it be known I grew up around Los Angeles and the Central Valley of California, as well as lived in the Mission District of San Francisco. I know enough about great Mexican food to hold a weighted opinion. This place, overall, is not very good. The burritos are pretty weak and they cut them in half. Why the midwest cuts their burritos in half, I'll never understand. It should be packed and wrapped as tightly as possible, like a newspaper, but instead they cut it in half, thus compromising the structure. If you can't get the wrap right, the burrito is flawed from the start, no matter what you stuff in it. Hamburgers and hot dogs? Come on, guys. The Bistec Mexicana? Okay, at best. Really great flavor, but the steaks themselves are butchered too small. The breakfasts? The chorizo is a good effort, what with being made in house and spiced just right, but they continually burn the eggs. Bad news. So what makes this place four stars? The tacos. They have these down to a science, except for the chicken tacos. For some reason, they cast these aside, but the others pull up the weight. I do believe it's because there isn't much flavor in chicken to start with, whereas the rest of the tacos derive the majority of their flavor from their own rendered fat. Flavor in, flavor out. The carne asada is amazing. Diced and sauteed pieces of ribeye that didn't make the cut for the Bistec. They have an awesome adobo spice they use on these, then topped with lettuce and tomato--and I do avocado--all while sprinkling the crown jewel: soft Queso Blanco over the meat. The flavor of the Mexican cheese with the adobo spices and the meat, absolutely rock and roll. The lengua (beef tongue) tacos, pastor, and carnitas are amazing as well. The same adobo spice, topped with cilantro and onion. Squeeze a little lime on these bad boys, and the rendered pork with the carnitas and pastor really come through and leaves the meat extremely juicy. The pastor has a little more kick to it, but man alive is it good. The chile relleno taco is great due to perfectly roasting the peppers, leaving a sweet hint to the heat. Stuffed with cheese? Can't go wrong. The one thing that throws people about this place is the salsa. It's not straight up, traditional pico that most people are used to. This isn't Chi-Chi's or Uncle Julio's Hacienda, it's salsa roja. The roja is roasted red chile peppers with a few slivers of habanero thrown in, then blended into a puree, made every day from scratch. How do I know? I asked and watched one Saturday morning while nursing a hangover. The little black bits? Charred skin left from the peeling process. While not a great dipping vehicle for the chips, the roja is amazing drizzled on the tacos. Beans are refried with lard, old school style. Doesn't come out seeming like a canned ordeal. I dig the rice, but then again, I have nothing against papas in my rice. Pretty middle of the road. Three carne asada, pastor, lengua, or carnitas tacos, with rice and beans, and a horchata? All for $5? Beautiful. read more

A) Mexican delivery could be the best invention ever B) The steak nachos are delicious C)The chicken fajitas were pretty good. Definitely could have done without the rice and beans though. D) My friend loved his chicken super burrito E) This place is dirt cheap F) You're welcome read more

Get off this page...go down the street...go home...go anywhere or eat anywhere else but here. RUN! I have never wrote a bad review. I eat out daily but I've never had a bad enough experience that made me actually get online and write a review. Well....until now... I ordered in because I wanted to sit and watch the game while enjoying some mex. ordered at 9:30. Got it at 10:30. No big deal. But they forgot the large Guac, fries and my drink. Called back and had to explain it for ten minutes. But they were on the way supposedly. Hour later still nothing. Called again. Manager said they forgot to charge me for the fries and drink meal so they'd have to charge me $1.25. I said forget it but I want the $7 Guac I ordered with my meal even though I was already done. Sure on the way. But...midnight comes and still nothing. Called again on the way. 12:20 call again no answer. Then at 12:45 am I get a call from the delivery man with the Guac. Over 3 hours for Guac! And the place is right down the street. It wasn't the drivers fault at all but he drove back. He then told me the manager wouldn't pay him to drive back even tho it wasn't the drivers fault. I felt bad for the driver but idk how he works for that manager in the first place. Over 3 hours for Guac and the manager has the 'Avocados' to ask me for $1.25 for the fries I never received. Ha wow just brutal Oh and the tacos have less meat than Taco Bell tacos. Just Leave! Get OUT! read more

I long for the day when there are taco trucks on every corner instead of McDonald's, but until then, going to El Paisano for al pastor burritos will be a-ok. This was my first time here, and I'm quite a Mexican food connoisseur, if I may say so myself. The al pastor recipe was spot on, the tortilla was thin and toasted just a little bit, and whatever hot sauce they're using (not sure if it's made in-house) is spicy and smokey. Mexican taquerias are a treasure, and this is no exception! read more

I have eaten here for the past few years due to the proximity to my residence and have noticed subtle changes in the last several months. They increased the prices of their tacos and decreased the protein. I regularly order the chicken fajitas or a burrito but no longer. I think when ordering fajitas all condiments mentioned on the menu should be included. More times than not they have forgotten the guac,sour creme,lime and or 4 tortillas vs the stardard 5. With the burrito, I ordered a regular Ground Beef (Wh/ includes potatoes) . Usually, I don't have a problem except recently I have noticed that sometimes the potatoes are way under cooked and the lettuce is soaked in water which cools down the meat. After taking 1 bite, the tortilla collapsed and there was a puddle of water on my plate...absolutely disgusting read more

There is no such thing as good Mexican food in Chicago. The. End. Okay, but it would be enough for me to say that, right? No, I must explain. And I will start with El Paisano's. Now, my ex loves this place up and down. He'd eat here every night if he could. He fell in love with the carne tacos when he first moved to Chicago and his love has yet to wane. The several times I went there, though, I just couldn't hop on the bandwagon. The chicken tacos were disgusting and the carne talks were equally gross. The only taco I did half-enjoy was the pepper version, which was a stuffed pepper of sorts in the taco. But it's the kind of thing where you can only eat one. The first few times I went, their chips and salsa did impress me. But after a while I realized that the salsa was watery and almost tasteless, like they were diluting it the way my mom used to do when we were almost out of ranch dressing. The chips were hit or miss, too. And the enchiladas? They weren't *that* bad, but they're the kind of thing you could get from any Banquet dinner from the grocery store, and I'll admit I have a soft spot for Banquet dinners that have the cheese enchiladas (it's a holdover from when I was little and that's what mom heated up and called "dinner"). But overall, despite being incredibly inexpensive, this place is worth passing. You can get the same stuff at any Taqueria in Chicago, no lie. So hit up the Taco Bell or go to Chili's or something. This place isn't worth the disappointment you can get elsewhere. read more

I used to live a block from El Paisano and and it was my I-feel-super-lazy dinner spot. It's a solid Taqueria, and the service is very good. It meets one of my favorite criteria, namely having the obscure menu items that aren't even labeled. Don't know what a Huarache is? Order it and find out! Not that they wouldn't tell you of course, the staff are notably friendly and helpful. The Huarache is in fact my favorite thing to get here (it's basically a flat Gordita). There are a few things that aren't great; the Al Pastor is the wet non-skewer kind and the tamales are the nasty dry kind. The place also smells a little weird in a cleaner-y way. I see another reviewer saying it's a common Mexican floor-cleaning product, so good to know it is, in fact, just cleaner. It's a mild enough smell that you stop noticing a couple minutes after walking in. read more