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El Rodeo Mexican Restaurant

3.7 (78 reviews)
InexpensiveMexican
Open • 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Casual
Happy hour specials
Good for kids

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Emily G.

Super yummy!! Good Mexican food with excellent portion sizes and prices! Free chips and salsa to start. Ordered the steak fajitas for my entree which were delicious. Service was good! I'd return for a local small town Mexican joint.

Shanese U.

Uber eats order. I just received my usual order of. Chori pullo. It came saturated in liquid. I assumed at first it was cheese but no. The chicken was seasoned to perfection a the chorizo was ok. But it's sitting in a pool of liquid. The pico lettuce was drowned. Lettuce was soggy. I hate most of the veggies at home to make my own pico, but I ended up scooping out at vast majority of it...... in this pic THIS IS NOT CHEESE

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Kellie D.

I have been eating at El Rodeo restaurants for over 30 years. Currently there are only two locations; downtown and Wake Forest Rd. There used to be one on Hillsborough St and one in Chapel Hill. My current favorite location is the little building on Wake Forest Rd. El Rodeo offers your basic Mexican/American menu but the food is always good and the service is always fast. Reasonable prices, especially on drinks, and they have different drink specials every day of the week.

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I have been waiting for an hour now for ACP. The wait gets longer and longer each time I come here to eat. This is definitely the last time for me now. Do not recommend.

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Markiesa B.

Came here for lunch because I was craving Mexican food. Always drove by here but never stop to eat in. Got seated right away. The house margaritas were on special so I got one of those and I picked the combo 2 or 3 items and 1 side special. Got the chicken enchilada , chicken burrito and beef Chile rellanos (probably spelled it wrong) and refried beans. The service was quick and friendly and the food came out quick. Overall is was a good lunch and I left happy .

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So freaking good!! They even season the rice and beans. give you chips n salsa. May seem overpriced but it's totally worth it! They have some loyal customers now! Me and my family love it!!

Shredded chicken with enchilada sauce, rice and beans (their hot sauce was tasty)
Vida O.

There is nothing like enjoying a good cheap Mexican lunch on a Saturday. This was my second time at El Rodeo and I remember this meal being better than it was during my first visit. I got the enchilada lunch special without the tortilla (I don't like how soggy the tortilla gets) with rice and beans. Their homemade hot sauce was really tasty and our waitress was great!

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Cindy G.

We dined here with another couple who had coupons. It is definitely an older looking restaurant and we were seated right away on a late Tuesday evening. Restaurant is clean and servers are friendly and very attentive. Portions are huge. I had to take it to go box for my shredded chicken dish. Chicken was tender and flavorful and they did not skimp on the sauce. They continued bringing chips and salsa to the table. They have daily specials. The night we were there on a Tuesday, they had $1.95 domestic beer bottles. Overall, a very good experience and a comfortable restaurant for reasonably priced large meals.

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It was just ok. Entrees were decent but not that flavorful. Chips and salsa pretty good. Service polite but a bit slow.

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They have the best salsa and guac. It was very fast and fun. It's a very recommended Mexican place to go to!

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The best Mexican food that I've had in a long time.. The ACP and the tacos was the best!!!

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best mexican food in raleigh hands down!! service is impeccable!! skinny margaritas!!

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