Our Lyft driver recommended this place as authentic Mexican and he was spot on. Service was prompt and helpful. The chips and salsa were fresh and flavorful. My wife had an enchilada and chile relleno which she loved. She said it was the best enchilada she'd ever had. I had a beef plate with mushrooms and bacon. It was delicious and the portion was huge. There's nothing fancy here, but the food was authentic and reasonable. read more

Food is authentic. Service could definitely use improvement. My table of two was ignored for over an hour. My waitress carina helped every other table in her section expect ours. She brought the food and never check up on us even after trying to get her attention. We couldn't finish since we had nothing to drink. I attempted to get a box to go but left without it since she didn't bring one. Sad I couldn't take it with me, waste of food :( read more

El Tapatio Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Indio, California

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Greetings, people of the Coachella Valley! Once again, I'm visiting a Mexican restaurant that has been a local fixture for over 35--and if I'm not mistaken, 40--years, located in the city of Indio right on Indio Boulevard. I first visited this little restaurant back in the 90s, when it was situated right next to the Social Security offices--commonly known to the locals as the popular *El Tapatío*! Their beef *birria*--a dish made famous in Guadalajara, Jalisco--is a huge hit, as are their incomparable tacos featuring beef tripe, tongue, and head meat! They also offer *aguas frescas* and a wide selection of Mexican beers. For anyone visiting the area who happens to be near the city of Indio along Indio Boulevard, I recommend this place 100%. The only slightly annoying thing is the service; the waitresses really need to pay a bit more attention to their customers--specifically by trying to provide the essentials without the customer having to ask for them (things like a glass of water, napkins, or silverware). In short, they should have the absolute basics ready for the customer in advance. Personally, I would give it 5 stars, but I'm giving it 4 --deducting one star solely due to the customer service provided by the waitstaff. read more

The food and portion here is awesome. My mom and I were driving around and we just happened to come upon this gem. When you go in, you just sit anywhere and the server comes by. Looks like a lot of locals come here so we didnt know what we were doing. All the food ordered was delicious. We ate a 7 seas soup and it was so delicious that I ordered another one to take home. I sill definitely come back here next time im in town. read more

I can't believe they would serve these tostados with our ceviche order for take out!! We didn't see it till we got home!! Very disappointed!! read more

El Tapatio Restaurant - Burnt tostada - Mexican Near Me - Indio, California

Delicious authentic amazing hot fresh Mexican food. A pleasant stop on our road trip to LA. Friendly service, nice decor and clean restaurant. We will make it a point to stop here again. read more

El Tapatio Restaurant - Breakfast! - Mexican Near Me - Indio, California

Great food Great service Clean Great customer service Highly recommend Best enchiladas read more

El Tapatio Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Indio, California

Delicious food Salsa has lots of comino flavor (not a big fan ) but was good Chiles guerros stuffed with cheese and shrimp my favorite!!! Plato albañil was so good. Definitely a must try read more

El Tapatio Restaurant - Plato albañil - Mexican Near Me - Indio, California

The Chiles gueros stuffed with shrimp and cheese are always a must have appetizer. I had A torta de asada , my gf had chile relleno and a chicken sope and son had kid's quesadilla with asada rice and beans . read more

El Tapatio Restaurant - Chiles gueros stuffed with shrimp, cheese A torta de asada , chile relleno , sope and kid's quesadilla with asada - Mexican Near Me - Indio, California

Good food enjoyed the peppers with cheeses and shrimp and the mixed shrimp with beef plate Good service - the waitress was attentive and answered all our questions read more

Absolutely love this place. Everytime I come to visit my parents out in cat city we always make the drive to come down to el tapatio. Every time I go I get the Chile Colorado and it is delicious! The service is always quick and the homemade chips and salsa are great. They recently just did a remodel of the restaurant which includes a full length bar and updated kitchen area. I'm glad this place is finally getting some love! I will be returning :) read more

Yummy! This is the perfect stop to grab some breakfast, lunch, or dinner! We stopped by on a Sunday pre-covid and it was packed. The parking lot is kinda tight so it was a challenge to find a spot. The employees took some time to acknowledge us and for some reason they sat us down but didn't have anyone to help us out. We were in a rush so after 15 mins of waiting we finally spoke up. The server ended up being nice and checked up on our table a few times. Our food didn't take too long to come out. The food was great! Nice and hot and freshly made! The salsa was amazing! Definitely gonna stop here again on my way back LA next time, with a little more time. Definitely check this place out! read more

El Tapatio Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Indio, California

The best surf and turf in Indio! The Mix Albañil I highly recommend it with a ice cold chavela or Jamaica lol read more

Tostada marinera with a negra modelo michelada all day every day in the summer. It just hits different IYKYK

Everytime I go eat at El Tapatio I am very satisfied with the service and the food is delicious! Highly recommend their chavelas too best in town! read more

El Tapatio Restaurant - I got the huachinango frito (fried fish) with rice and beans and salsa de aguacate! Must try! - Mexican Near Me - Indio, California

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I was in a party of 6. Lunch after attending an afternoon funeral. The place was empty when we arrived. But around 2-3pm, seems like everyone and their mama rolled thru and the place was poppin! I ordered chilaquiles with carne asada and requested my eggs be over medium. N you know what I got?!?!?!? Freakin' EXACTLY what I ordered and my eggs were PERFECT! The server was nice and helpful. Though, I think she forgot my horchata but then remembered when she brought out our food. All good. The horchata was a 2nd order and I already had my sprite. Any how, the reason I gave 4 star is cuz the side of guacamole was a really small portion for $6+ and my Tia's taco meat was burnt up like they were mad at her or something lol. Other than that it was all good. Atmosphere is pretty lively with a good mix of family, work folk, and pre-game drankers :) read more

El Tapatio Restaurant - Chilaquiles with carne asada - Mexican Near Me - Indio, California

First time after golf. Excellent service, very attentive. Chips and drinks refilled. Seafood Soup - 5 stars. Fresh, big portion, quality. Seafood Ranchers fillet - 5 stars Rice and beans were fresh tasty and good portion. Salsa was excellent, spicy medium level not mild. Chavelas made perfect read more

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Good food, crappy service! Long waits as well, tried beating the line and calling in to place orders for lunch, that's a wait it self. Will have you on the line for 5 mins and either forget your there and never come back to take your order, then when you call back in it seems they won't answer because maybe they have caller ID and play that stupid game. It is until you call from another number they will answer very quickly, so just a heads up if you are calling in to place an order, be prepared to deal with that BS. Food is great, like I mentioned earlier, just make sure you come with time to spend, because you will take awhile here. read more

Food was ok. Ladies didn't even come check on us. We had to keep waving them down until one finally paid attention to bring a box. They were way into the chisme balled up on the end of the counter. read more

Let start with the appetizers, we had oysters, they tasted fresh and good. The tacos de tripas were delicious. The chavelas were good too, but nothing special. Waitresses here give great service, nothing over the top for a tip. The restaurant had a nice vibe to it, you can hook up your phone to the jukebox and play any song you want. read more

El Tapatio Restaurant - Not many Mexican restaurants carry tacos de Tripas, but when they do, they need to be amazing. This place has some amazing tasting tacos. - Mexican Near Me - Indio, California

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Food was great but service was terrible. I get that it's busy but checking on your table to make sure refills or napkins or anything is needed is super important. I was extremely disappointed by this experience read more

Excellent authentic Mexican food; the Al Pastor tacos are amazing. Great atmosphere and service!

Today we were debating to go to tapatío, or Allende, so my family and I decided for Tapatío, the staff greeted us as we walked in, when it was ordering time it went smoothly. But the not so good part when we got the food, Food was fresh, but like the plates that had avocado, they were brown already, my cóctel de camarones, the shrimp had shell on on most of all the shrimp, the torta de carne asada and my carne asada taco the meat it looked like it had been reheated cause it was really dried, but as for the enchiladas and carnitas plate were good, but the avocado was brownish, lemons some kind of dried and old we were so hungry and excited to be there, but the experience was not good! read more

They may take a long time to service but the food is delicious. Give yourself extra time.

The worse green chicken enchiladas and chicken tacos I have ever had. The chicken is as not chopped up, big pieces that looked picked at on the tacos and enchilada, bigger than bite size. Both items were Flavorless to top it off! Save your money And avoid disappointment! read more

El Tapatio Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Indio, California

Was excited to try the chabelas after hearing so many good things about the chalices they serve here. Was not disappointed at all! Also tried the shrimp fajitas which were steaming hot and well cooked... a bit disappointed with the 5 shrimp this $15 dollar plate came with. Live music was a lot of fun and customers were handed the mic for karaoke. Place was extremely loud and had to yell at everybody in order to be heard. They are open late and I would probably come back for these $5 drinks. read more

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Delicious food , friendly staff, only bad thing is the noise, The music is so loud you cant have a conversation , other than that great food, great service, Turn down the taca tacas please , too loud read more

El Tapatio Restaurant - Amazing Fish - Mexican Near Me - Indio, California

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Good menudo, and tacos Service is good Chabelas are good . We are from out of town but we make it a point to go eat here when we come to Coachella read more

Love the food and service is good. Would love to come here again. Although they do kinda take long to bring to food over but that's ok.

Standard practice: when in a new community find a small restaurant and visit. So I did, and it was AWESOME. The restaurant has booth and table seating, but seems configured for parties of six to eight. Alas, I was a solo, but a foursome arrived a few minutes after me and "open seating" asked if they could share the table. Now, I love Mexican-style seafood, which El Tapatio advertised. And I don't mean the shrimp; I want fish. And they had it, in many styles. I ordered the pescado al mojo de ajo; white fish sautéed in butter and garlic. Served with tortillas (choice of corn or flour), rice, beans, and a simple salad of lettuce and tomato slices with avocado. Chips and a molcajete-made salsa showed up before I ordered anything, of course. The fish was AWESOME. Still slightly steaming; it was cooked perfectly and covered with garlic pieces and thin-sliced onions. (Despite the volume of garlic, the cooking process removes some of the garlic intensity.) Now, I docked them a star because this restaurant isn't in the most welcome of after-dark neighborhoods, and the table had some crumbs from a previous diner. But service was otherwise spot on (attentive but not bothersome), it was karaoke night and the live entertainment was hilarious, and the food is calling me to return. read more

El Tapatio Restaurant - Pescado al mojo de ajo, with LOTS of ajo! - Mexican Near Me - Indio, California

My first time here, the worse beans the worse rice. I ordered red cheese enchiladas. All I have to say is I couldn't wait to use the restroom as soon as I left. Everything but my intestines came out. FOOD POISONING. I'm never going again , it's in a rough part of INDIO., it's dark outside making it hard to see. The one star is for the service ,Very attentive servers. I came here on a recommendation read more

Was a must stop every time me and my boyfriend come to the desert. They changed their Chavela recipe unfortunately.. Seriously wish you never changed them. They were the best we've ever had!! Might not come in as much anymore since that was the main reason we go. However THEIR Chile Gue are to DIE FOR. UPDATE: as of 4/15 the Chavelas are back to being the best in the desert!! So happy. Coming back again every time we are in town! read more

Great local spot. Family owned and operated. If you come a few times, the people remember you and your order. Can be a little noisy during the busy times, but that's expected anywhere. Food is made to order and always hot off the line. read more

Horrible service, they don't accommodate for parties of 5, couldn't get a table even do there was plenty of empty tables, and there was a party of 8 sitting, the waitress told me, that it wasn't worth sitting my party. On a previous visit, their menudo smells horrible, and service is very poor. read more

Terrible service! Food takes forever! Don't eat here unless you plan on starving to death wails you wait. read more

Foods always great. Service is slow and never accurate. Place is a dive. But that's where you find great food. Delicious almost every time Been coming for years won't stop coming because of the food. From Tacos to seafood order it. Hose specials are great. Love the grilled beef tips with shrimp. read more

Trying to get out of the sun while my vehicle is getting detailed. Order: 1/2:ostion, shrimp cocktail. Oysters were served w ice on not underneath. Sloppy presentation. Shrimp cocktail, shrimp not deveined. Eating Shrimp shit again. read more

El Tapatio Restaurant - Oysters - Mexican Near Me - Indio, California

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Don't waste your time coming here. If you do request the taller server with the bigger glasses instead of the short server, someone like her doesn't have the personality or attitude to be a server. Either way you're going to have to seat yourselves put up with the loud music and terrible service especially the wait for food. ****** UPDATE!!! Unfortunately this place has only gotten worse with each visit. I used to come once a week and with better weather I was coming back more than often I tried to over look the bad service repeatedly especially with the short lady. I never have a problem wth my service unless she's involved this time she charged me for a ridiculous amount of onions I wanted for four tacos. I always get 4 1$ tacos with the onions cooked with the meat and a carne asada torta but I also ordered an additional 5 tacos for my friend and a pina and I asked for no onions in them since she's already charging me to put grilled onions on the side. In other words I paid 25$ for messed up tacos and a huge side of onions for tacos that ALREADY have a lot of onions on them. Just a huge waste of food. read more

El Tapatio Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Indio, California

Excellent food excellent service you Gotta eat here. Make sure you try the Carne Asada with shrimp and bacon it's a game changer!

Te food was excellent, the service a little slow, the beer was cold, the restaurant was very clean. Loved the refried beans