El Piquin is an okay spot for Mexican food at a cheaper price. I tried their tacos which were okay but the rice and beans left something to be desire. I tried a chicken tamale which was okay. read more

El Piquin Restaurant 2 - Street Tacos Platter - Mexican Near Me - Middle River, Maryland

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After a helluva day at sea, sir (Overboard reference. If you get it, bravo! But this has always been something my family and I say when we've had a particularly trying day), my mother wanted to stop and have some dinner. She wanted Italian, but her fav place in the Carroll Island shopping center was closed for vacation, so we went next door to get Mexican. Shhh... don't tell her but I wanted to go here all along, but I know that her only experience with "Mexican" food is Taco Bell and how she thought (yes, in the past tense) that she didn't like Mexican food. Yay for changing minds!! As we sat in the restaurant, many people came in claiming that they had come to the shopping center to get Italian, but had ended up at El Piquin and I celebrate this. I hope this place wins over tons of customers and sticks around for a while because THE FOOD IS AMAZING!!!! You should also probably know they have an alcohol permit and have beer and margaritas. We didn't order any because we didn't want to make my mom uncomfortable, considering the boyfriend was driving and we had gotten a flat tire the day before so we were driving around on a donut and she was already kinda nervous about that... but the music is bumping, the food is perfect and I bet a margarita or two after the sun goes down would be just the thing... hashtag futuregoals... Anyway... Chips and salsa come to your table gratis. Delicious. Everything you want. My mom and I both got carnitas street tacos and WOWZERS. The meat is perfectly seasoned and diced. The tacos come with a half grilled jalapeno (I took my mom's cuz they were spicy and I think she would have never recovered - hee), a grilled spring onion, limes, raw radish and cucumber - your choice of flour or corn tortillas. If you need cheese, sour cream and pico de gallo, it's gonna cost you extra - but you've been trained that sour cream costs more. The boyfriend had Bistec Encebollado ($15.50) - Steak & sauteed onions, served with rice, re-fried black beans, cheese & 2 fried eggs. Served with our house salad & 4 corn tortillas. He was pretty thrilled with it, but the chicken wings (appetizer) didn't hit quite right. He doesn't know why. He said it wasn't the sauce. The Boyfriend and I will definitely be ordering from here again. But I think the real victory was that my 70-year-old mother ate just as much of her meal as I did. SHE TOTALLY LOVED IT!!! I count that as a win. read more

El Piquin Restaurant 2 - Bistec Encebollado with avocado. The tortillas come in this cute side dish. - Mexican Near Me - Middle River, Maryland

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This is easily one of the best Mexican restaurants in middle River and rivals Fiesta Mexicana (G.O.A.T in Baltimore county) everything is so fresh. The menu has great variety. They serve alcohol too so you can really hang out here with some friends for some adult bevs. read more

El Piquin Restaurant 2 - Tacos: chicken, carnitas, skrimp. Plantains. Guac. Assorted salsas, deliciousness - Mexican Near Me - Middle River, Maryland

Ordinarily the food and service here is not questionable. However, we placed an order online and were missing items. I called the store to find out if they made the food item and it didn't make it to the bag or if something else occurred. The female who answered the phone told me that she would be going to look and NEVER CAME BACK TO THE PHONE. My boyfriend went down to the store and said he saw that they just placed the phone on the counter in hopes that I would just hang up. Who does that type of stuff? 18 minutes. I made sure to stay on the phone until til he got there. I won't ever order from these raggedy MFs again. To think we ordered almost $150 worth of food and you couldn't even help with food that was missing? Terrible customer service. Absolutely terrible. read more

El Piquin Restaurant 2 - A female answered the phone and I asked her about my order- Never came back to the phone. - Mexican Near Me - Middle River, Maryland

Clean two bathrooms food selection are pretty good fried calamari food prices are decent as a bar service was great food is amazing to my go to place when I'm down by white marsh area read more

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My food was soggy and not tasty. The service was quick, while my beverage options were limited since I did not have a bottle opener to drink the intended beverage when getting back to work. The atmosphere seemed chill, while there was no other patrons inside when I walked i. read more

When in the area, this is our go to spot for food. They have never done us wrong once! Cute local small business that I love to support read more

El Piquin Restaurant 2 - Bistec a la mexicana platter - Mexican Near Me - Middle River, Maryland

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Well this place used to be Chili Peppers Mexican restaurant and chili peppers was a 5 star when it came to food and taste. We would go there all the time for the last few years. Ok now owners and menu, Food: taste is missing, was over cooked and not seasoned. We ordered carne asada, molotes, & calamari. The carne "flank stake" was cooked way over and was tasteless other then the burn marks. Molotes filled with chorizo had very little flavor "come on chorizo is one of the most flavorful sausages how do you do that" The mexican calamari no taste need a lot of salt "it was actually cooked correctly" but if it wasn't for the dipping mixture it been a full on fail. Prices. They are a little higher then the previous owners Menu has less to offer then before but has some different things also. Service was ok no complaints So over all they need a new cook and some seasoning and they have some thing that be ok to go to. Me and my wife probably won't go back. read more

El Piquin Restaurant 2 - Mexican Near Me - Middle River, Maryland

la carne se sentía demasiado amarga y muy mal servicio esperamos 25 mn para que nos tomaran la orden read more

El Piquin Restaurant 2 - Mexican Near Me - Middle River, Maryland

Hi!! My husband and I came to this restaurant on Saturday, 4-23, for lunch. The food was fresh, delicious, and reasonably priced. We've gotten delivery service from here once, but those fees are outrageous and we wanted to support "local". Today we realized my husband could not find his credit card. After tearing the house apart and checking online, this restaurant was his last purchase. We've just returned and they had his card all locked up in the cash register. She asked to see his ID too. We already had planned to patronize this establishment, but now more than ever. Thanks so much, we'll be back soon!!! read more

I've been to their Essex location a severql times and few years ago, but recently tried their middle river location...and OMG!! hubby said, he was tired of the "run of the mill" carry out and fast food so we(HE) decided we would eat Mexican.. I'M SO GLAD he did. We had soft shrimp and chicken tacos and the chicken bowl. It was so well seasoned and fresh!! DELICIOUS. Also, the serving are enough for leftovers. Matter of fact my husband took my leftover to work the next day for work(I was mad). I definitely will be going back again...soon read more

The food I will give a rate a 6 but the customer service is not that pleasant I think they can do better based on how the restaurant looks and it should look into that because customer service is everything for a restaurant. also something that grab my attention was that the tip was included on my balance based on my understanding Tip is added to a balance and it's over $100 and my balance was not over $100 I also don't agree with that. read more

Let me start by saying this is only a review on the sopes, pozole and menudo. Recently moved from Miami, where I had my spots to take me back to my childhood, the parts I ordered food just that. One thing to remember Mexico is such a vast large country each state has a different flavor and way of cooking. At least from my end this was great food. Roughly go there every week. read more

Chorizo burrito is excellent. Very welcoming staff. There is also a good size bar. I would recommend trying their food.

Great mexican food! I love the taco salad, it's huge and very flavorful. It comes in a taco shell which is crunchy and delicious.

Absolutely Amazing Food!! What a find! My family loved everything we ordered. The shrimp fajitas were Fantastic!! Thank you!!

THIS IS THE BEST GODSDAMN RESTAURANT TO COME TO MIDDLE RIVER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME. No jokes aside, I really love this place. They have some of the best guacamole. Try it. You're welcome. I haven't ordered anything that I haven't wanted to order again. It's BYOB if you want to go and sit down as well. They are on point when it comes to deliveries though. Call, place your order and wait only 30-40 minutes. Never a problem and they're always so polite. read more

My husband and I decided to give this a try, and heartily regret doing so. He requested posole, and the order was paid for. When he went in to pick it up, he was told that they don't have it. He took a taco salad, but this is very poor customer service. We won't visit again. read more

Authentic Mexican food with great flavor and speedy service. The nacho chips taste homemade and the portions are huge. I recommend the chicken burrito and, of course, the nachos. I am happy to welcome this new addition to my neighborhood. read more

Their shrimp bowl is huge. I deducted a star because the rice was a little bland. I'll def be back...

We slways enjoyed our food except during this visit, Saturday 8/6. Quality is down also no shredded steak/beer pork or chicken. All chunk or crumbles over cooked and grissley. Husb got steak steak street tacos snd I got chicken quesadillas. Poor excuse for side salad. read more

If you wanna get FOOD POISONING go a head and try this restaurant. My family went there for dinner the while family ended up had food positive from there. The worst part is my 15 months is sooooo sick. I called and let the restaurant know left messages for the owner but never hear a words back! NEVER EVER GO BACK AGAIN EVER! The worst experience ever!!!! read more

Thoroughly enjoyed the vibe and customer service experience here! Very nice, family oriented place and it even has a Mexican market attached (correct me if I'm wrong on that, not sure if this is the review for the one in Essex or not) read more

We loved dinner at their other location so was happy to see one closer to home. Stopped in for lunch and enjoyed everything we tried. Do miss the pupusa that the previous owners served, but no complaints about the food here now. Speedy, attentive service and bonus kind interactions with my kids. read more

The place is right next to my job so I sure do buy from them a lot very good customer service and food is well handled and and taken care of. Lots of Flavor specially their Tacos and Bowls they always add lots of food to the plates and it always tastes delicious. read more

Winner on our first try! The cost was reasonable, food was delish and portions were big. My husband loved the tacos, the shrimp taco was the best! I ordered the mixed fajita and was enough for 2. We were both really happy that we found our new spot for mexican food! read more