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    El Quetzal

    4.3 (26 reviews)
    Open 7:00 am - 1:00 AM (Next day)

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    Lakshmi K.

    We picked to go to El Quetzal restaurant yesterday because of their artistic sign board and inviting exteriors. Our overall experience matched our expectations. We were made to feel comfortable right away with tortilla chips and salsa. Horchata has a mild and distinct peanut flavor which was a plus and the virgin Micheladas were fun. Appetizers, Garnachas chicken were delicious and the Shrimp Aguachiles surprised us with jumbo shrimps laced with red onions in green lime tart sauce. Main entree Chiles Rellenos is served with rice, bean sauce, veg salad and soft hand made tortillas. Hilachas, beef with potatoes is the non spicy option and Revolcado is a dish for more adventures at heart. Tacos are stuffed like never seen before! It was a very satisfying and fulfilling dinner. I will encourage everyone to go ahead and give them a try.

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    Elsa G.

    It's a cute little place that you will easily pass up. The decor is colorful and the staff is extremely friendly. Defiantly lost of regulars. The food tastes like a home cooked meal at someone's home. The pupusas with frijoles and queso is so good! I also tried the hilachas. Meat was very tender. I saw several people ordered caldos/soups which I plan to try when the weather is chilly.

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    Araceli C.

    my friend invite me to this place antojitos from Guatemala Really good I try the garnachas pupusa whit curtido , corn tamales and coffee really good they also have mexican dishes on the menu I be back soon again

    Chiles Rellenos

    My wife and I live in Long Island New York. I've been here my entire life. My parents are from Peru and my wife is from Guatemala. As a Perúvian I can say I have many restaurants to choose from. But unfortunately my wife does not. Back in New York their Isn't any Guatemalan restaurants that I could recommend. We're visiting Chicago for the first time and happen to stumble upon this restaurant by chance. Guatemalan food has a lot to offer. Unfortunately there aren't many places to represent the food/cuisine well. For me a restaurant needs to be kept clean, the servers need to be polite & efficient. And of course the food needs to be well prepared. This place met most of the requisites and more. The young lady attending us was polite and attentive. The place is kept clean and it had good music (typical Guatemalan Marimba music) giving it a good ambience. The food was pleasantly tasty and plenty of it. As an appetizer we had a Pork Tamal each. For a main course my wife had Chiles Rellenos. I had a Steak with Onions which came with a tasty Guatemalan red sauce. Both dishes came with Rice and Refried Beans as well as an order of complimentary "Home made" tortillas. The tortillas were not the typical Mexican type tortillas that you find in many restaurants, meaning the thin bland tasty ones. They are substantially thicker, slightly smaller and have a robust taste to them. I accompanied my dinner with a typical Guatemalan fruit drink, tamarind juice. My wife had a well prepared glass of Horchata. Both drinks were not overly sweetened. For dessert we shared Rellenitos which is a dessert typically not found in restaurants. It consists of beans in paste form and a plantain based dough, deep fried and Lightly drizzled with sugar. At the end of our dinner we asked to speak to the cook. Two are pleasant surprise, a young lady emerged. She was the owner and the cook. We complemented her cooking and her restaurant. She was very appreciative and well mannered. Definitely won't be the last time we come here. I highly recommend this restaurant.

    Michelle I.

    This place was really good different style but delicious very small family owned street parking as for recommendations so you order the correct items BYOB but only for beer drinks they have cocktails

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    Millie R.

    Their food is amazing! Everything was so fresh and delicious. Homemade tortillas! Only 1 server the night we went but the food was definitely worth the wait. It's also BYOB. Will definitely be back.

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    La comida tiene sabor, el "atol" de maiz fue mas un atol de maicena que de maiz, y el servicio fue malo la mesera fue muy grosera.

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    Comer esta comida me recuerda a mi país muy recomendable y con el mismo sabor de siempre que rico

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    Got the pupusas, theyre good not the best Ive had their salsa is kind of bland, the food taste frozen or fridged definitely not fresh

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    Good home cooked food , like right down to the tortillas . So good will recommend . I'll be back .

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    The good is really good and is worth it and my family like it a lot and is so calm in there

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    It's small place but Everithing was good this food bringing old memories from my home town

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