El Patio is a place we almost always visit when in Dyersburg. The food is usually good, and the service is usually friendly. The atmosphere is always casual and relaxed. They have lots of seating in multiple rooms and a nice full bar. On this visit, the food was just ok, and the service felt less personal - like they were just doing their job. Since that hasn't been our normal experience, we will give it another shot the next time we are in town. read more

Food was delicious and hot. Service was decent. Wasn't very crowded, I was pleased with the portions of food. read more

El Patio - Chicken and steak fajitas - Mexican Near Me - Dyersburg, Tennessee

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Very bad service. Sat at the bar first and was looked over while both people beside us were served first: I got up a left. Very tacky. Won't be back again. They should respect everyone that comes to spend their money regardless of their race. read more

My all time favorite Mexican restaurant. Everything is always so fresh and delicious.

It was late, but not yet closing. They had a crowd, but we were still seated in less than 15 minutes. The server was an older man, and the most unfriendly person! From taking the drink orders and rolling his eyes when one of the children couldn't make up their mind as quick as he wanted, to audibly huffing when one of the men asked about a menu option. He was rude from start to finish, frowning, and making it quite obvious that he didn't want to be serving us (or anyone) When he brought out my food, he placed the plate so hard on the table, the plate bounced! He had food set up at an empty booth that he was eating while waiting on us. No hand washing in between. I don't know if this is just a poor server attitude, bad management, or if this is typical for this establishment. But it was not a pleasant visit. Bad service, unfriendly atmosphere, and only decent food. read more

Local favorite eatery that is consistent on providing a good meal. Most everything I have tried is good. The atmosphere is also nice. I always have good service and they are quick at getting your food to the table. read more

El Patio - Southwest chicken salad. - Mexican Near Me - Dyersburg, Tennessee

Cheese dip is always fire. Salsa too tomato like, and waiter forgot my aunts raspberry chicken :( vibes are good feels like I'm in Mexico. Authentic tacos amazing makes me want to shout I love this life I'm living OMG. Sweet tea might actually be liquid gold. Sweet nectar of the el patio gods. (They didn't forgot the raspberry chicken just didn't write it down. Good memory ig) read more

El Patio - Me drinking sweet tea - Mexican Near Me - Dyersburg, Tennessee

June 11, 2024 stopped in for a late lunch, early dinner while traveling back from MI to TX. This restaurant did not disappoint. It was great. From the exception service to the outstanding food, every aspect of this restaurant was fantastic. Makes me wish I lived in or near Dyersburg so I could partake routinely. Even the decor was nice with lots of room between tables. The staff checked on us often and were all very courteous. The food was well worth the price, which was very reasonable. read more

The food is the best Mexican food in the city.the service is very fast.there is always enough ice in your drink.the inside is very nice.the outside is too.would highly recommend read more

Upon arrival the cashier (now I know) looked at me and I told her there was two of us. She pointed to the host who was tucked over to the side. Once seated we gave our drink order along with the extremely runny queso I ordered. The menus felt textured from the lack of cleaning. The salsa was some of the best; I love their salsa. We were soon served tepid food, which as you can guess tasted like every other Mexican restaurant out there. The bright side was my chimichanga was packed with chicken, although it was slightly dry. The towel they used to wipe the table next to us looked dry and was sitting on the bus cart. I sincerely question the cleanliness, and the staff is not friendly. The atmosphere is alright. It's probably decorated better than a lot I've visited. read more

El Patio - Chicken Chimichanga - Mexican Near Me - Dyersburg, Tennessee

My food was much better this time. Service was good. I had the number 13 (beef enchilada, beef burrito, rice, beans). Everything was hot and tasty. read more

El Patio - The number 13 is awesome! - Mexican Near Me - Dyersburg, Tennessee

I This is the 2nd plate that was brought to me. The first looked nothing like it. I had to complain about the food presentation. The 1st plate was full of chips little chicken. Here's the kicker it's the same meat, less chips and more cheese added Never coming here again!!!!! Employee Ricardo was the server read more

El Patio - Mexican Near Me - Dyersburg, Tennessee

Usually quick service, good food for the price, salsa is my favorite, decor is really nice. You can feed a family for a decent price compared to other places and get a really good amount of food. They are always decently busy and often even packed. You'll run into someone local that you know pretty much every time. One of my favorite local places to frequent. On occasion there have been some areas that could have been cleaner, but that was remedied the next visit. read more

I placed a call in order one ground beef burrito and chimichangas with ground beef! I drove home to find shrimp chimichangas !!so I called and talked to the same man that took the order and just more or less said I was a liar that I ordered shrimp!!!!! WE DONT EAT SHRIMP!!! He wanted me to argue with him but I just will never go back !! read more

Grande burrito was great! Cheese dip on point. Sweet tea taste like hummingbird water which makes my hubby happy.

This is an awesome place to dine. We're from Texas and we know Mexican food and Mexican atmosphere. The food is magnificent and the service is divine. Try it! You'll like it! Really! read more

My favorite mexican restaurant! The chips are homemade and the cheese dip is to die for! I have never had an entree I didn't enjoy!

Always fast and efficient plus the food is delicious. Plenty of seating so everyone isn't on top of each other.

Good service, good food, good environment. Never had a bad meal. Friendly servers. Never have an empty glass. Sometimes the wait is about 20 minutes when they are busy but they try to get you in quickly read more

Finding an excellent Mexican Restaurant in West Tennesee is easy to do, just come to El Patio. This place looks like it was remodeled in the last 3-5 years and they did an excellent job. The Santa Barbara Mission feel is accented by a hand-made tortilla station, large colorful tiled mosaics and some interesting Frida Kahlo and Botero artwork ( I think it was Botero who drew the larger round happy figures) . The salsa was very good and not to spicy although it was a little on the runny side, thats just personal preference, I would gladly go back and drink it with a straw. What I really enjoyed about this place was the Chile Bola. I could say its just a stuffed pepper but instead I will say its a refreshing alternative to a chile relleno, no breading and no deep frying means you will not feel like you just ate a boat load of saturated fat and sodium. I don't think my server gave me his name and he accomplished his objective in serving me but it wasn't like walking into a waffle house. Also , the water just takes awesome in this part of the country so skip the soda and enjoy some H2O. There was also a bar that looks like it seats about a dozen with pink backlight. If I still got boozy I am sure I would have been persuaded to meander over, but , alas, the sober life is the good life. Plenty of parking and I saw a LEO in there, the cops always know the tasty spots. read more

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My secret is to order from the Mexican menu which is so much better than the usual Tennessee Mexican. The service is great and the food is all fresh and tasty read more

Great food,great prices,even better service. This is a frequent visit for me. Food is always hot and fresh,servers are courteous,and wait times are short from order to food on table. I would highly recommend this place to anyone looking for a large menu with a wide variety of different choices that won't destroy your wallet nor leave you wanting more. Like the old saying goes, "if you leave hungry,it's your own fault" read more

El Patio - Patio quesadillas with pico,nachos and salsa with the all famous cheese dip and an order of else patio nachos. Awesome food - Mexican Near Me - Dyersburg, Tennessee

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I was suppose to have paid only for a burrito and a coke, but they also charged me for water, that was the same price as a coke, so I just got scammed three dollars, beware of your receipt. read more

Awesome guacamole! Fresh, fresh ingredients with awesome smokey flavor. Salsa tasty, but not as spicy as I like, but about all the locals can tolerate :). The portions are huge.. and sharing is accommodated without objection. Their menu goes on for pages and pages, and available for take-out. I took a take out menuy with me to plan for my next visit.. I suspect that whatever you want in the world of Mexican food, they will accommodate. The Cheeses in queso, enchiladas, etc. is the best ever! It is a white, presumably mexican cheese. The service is unbelievable, seeing that you always have chips, salsa and water.The taco, is for real homemade and The fajitas, are savory and well seasoned. --- all this in a strip mall! They have several dining rooms suitable for families (VERY child friendly), groups and couples. There is full cocktail service with Margaritas that keep my spouse coming back! Highly recommend for a bread from the ordinary! read more

This is a favorite restaurant locally and it just recently had to expand by opening a new location. I, sadly, have only visited once, but I hope for a chance to go back in the future when visiting family in the area. The salsa was respectively good; I've had better but I have also had far worse. Our service was also excellent and our chips were refilled multiple times during our visit. I was happy with the numerous options on the menu and it took me forever to pick out what I wanted. Being a health-conscious person, I tend to look for things that have some vegetables whenever possible, which is part of the reason I don't frequently eat out at American-Mexican restaurants, but this place had an amazing assortment of options. Rather than order a large meal, I ordered a chicken enchilada and got a side of the vegetables; I was incredibly happy with my meal. The side vegetable option ended up being a jackpot, and, even though I thought I was ordering a small meal, I had more food than I could eat, especially after the chips and salsa. I think my meal was under $6 dollars and I still had leftovers to enjoy for later. My visit here was a great experience. read more

El Patio is one of the busiest, best, and most popular restaurants in Dyersburg. The food is always great. Usually it takes a little while to receive your food because they are always very busy. read more

It was okay seemed very bland. Good price lots of food. Food came out fast. It was too American. What Mexican restaurant has pasta.

This was my first time visiting. The food was not bad. But........ the service was awful. When we first walked in the two host did not acknowledge us at all. One of them looked over at us, and kind of rolled her eyes. Finally, after standing there, one of the girls grabbed two menus and asked if we wanted a booth or a table. Brought us to the table and didn't say anything and walked away. Waiter came to the table didn't really say much and wouldn't even look at us kept looking around everywhere else. I ordered fajitas and food came out pretty quick, but had to wait for over 15 minutes for tortillas. When I asked for them because it usually comes with the meal. I got another eye roll and not even a response. No one was smiling, except for one older waiter. Well, I wish we had got for our waiter. When I asked for it to go box for my food again it seemed like they were being inconvenienced. I don't think in all the Mexican restaurants we have ever been to that we have been treated like this. read more

I work at Lowe's and since the restaurant was so close I decided to place a to go order. I ordered the chicken faijta bowl and it looked like complete dog food. It was VERY BLAND HAD NO FLAVOR WHATSOEVER the rice was overcooked, the chicken had no season. It was NASTY. After reading other peoples reviews it seems, as if eating inside will be the only way you'll get "GOOD TASTING FOOD". Just because we place a to go order does not mean just throw our food up. This place is TRASH AND I WILL NOT BE ORDERING ANYTHING ELSE. ITS LITERALLY A WAIST OF MONEY. read more

Pretty nice atmosphere and food is pretty good. I had the fish tacos and my colleagues had burritos and chimichanga. The fish tacos were okay but had better in SF. I think the garnish was a bit lacking and fish was so-so. Overall, the service was good and business seems to be pretty good. Steady crowd of folks and really liked their salsa with their tortilla chips. Price was not bad either. I think the side dish could be improved to go with the fish tacos. read more

The very best Mexican in town. Excellent Mexican Food, good and friendly servants. Fast serving. Completely to be recommended! read more

El Patio - Tacos as starter starter :-) - Mexican Near Me - Dyersburg, Tennessee

I love the street tacos here and the bartender was fun! They have ice cold beer and that's always good! Great happy hour here too! The rest is typical Tex-mex food. read more

Never go there again live 15 miles away called in order got there give them our order number payed and left got home wife's order was not even there and other food was terrible wasted that 40 dollars you got me elpatio. CONGRATULATIONS!!! read more

I can't even begin with this place to make is quick and simple don't waist your time and money on this place worst food nothing had flavor and the service the worst read more

Good Mexican food with good service. New building is nice.

The food is really good. The service is usually very friendly and fast. This place stays busy and is a little loud.

I had the "Burrito Texano" for lunch and it was the best I've had in a long time. The chips were fresh and thin. Staff was very good. I will be back when in the area. read more

Mexican food is amazing, just not here! As a chef and manager at many different concept of restaurants, this had the worst flavor profiles ive ever had. I moved back to Tn recently and my family has been raving about this new Mexican restaurant. We went for lunch the other day and i thought it was very good. So they talked me into going again wxcept this time at night. There was no difference! The queso taste like butter on popcorn, however i think almost all that ive had in TN is the same white queso that taste like a block of white queso that was stuck into a melting pot and served! Had the shredded chicken for the lunch that i had completely no flavor same with the shredded beef i had tonight! My favorite food is mexican and have worked along side many great mexican chefs and i can honestly say they would be ashamed that all these mexicans that work there could even serve food that bland! It is only successful because of being in a small town where they have no idea what great food taste like! On now to the service, the guy from lunch was decent, however not the one we had tonight. Whats sad is i was told he is either one of the owners or related to the owners. I said i wanted beans he brought rice and when i asked for the beans instead he proceeded to argue. First off your in a service business "you never argue with your guest". When handling drinks you touch the bottom or mid cup, never the top where people put there mouth. He was so rude after bringing me the beans my cup stayed empty the rest of the night as he refulled everyone elses cup but mine amd each time he passed my view from a distance he would stare and i know because everytime i looked up he was looking at me. I like to watch what people do in a restaurant because im very observant. So my last complaint is not one manager was present on the floor, no tabke touches where you talk to guest to find out about their experience. This takes care of your guest and is last line of defense if a guest is unhappy, which most of the time a guest isnt going to complain in person they will write a review as i am doing so now. It takes alot to get me to this point but the service is what pushed me to the edge. I can excuse the food because i havent had anything good since ive been here but i was pleased with other places due to service. Hopefully a manager or owner reads this review! read more

The food has great quality and is fairly priced. I definitely reccomend the chicken and steak fajitas. The service is very prompt and you'll never go without something to drink in your cup. They make sure all your needs for a great meal are met in every way. read more

We drove up here looking at homes. We were recommended to come here by word of mouth. It was amazing. We ordered the Texas burrito. It was amazing. The meat is seasoned well. It was enlightened to feed me and Lindsey both and we were stuffed. The service was great too. This is also the nicest looking Mexican restaurant ive ever seen. The salsa is good but as mentioned before it's not spicy. When in Rome do as the Romans, right? read more