Took an HOUR to get our food. It took so long before I had to be at work, that I had to ask for it to be boxed. That was another FIFTEEN minutes. ‍ like literally 15 minutes to transfer from plate to box. And the restaurant wasn't even full or packed. read more

ok, So I have gone to this place twice before and the first time I went I waited over 45minutes for them to bring my food. I finally decided to just leave. The second time I waited 30 minutes for 2 tacos de carne asada and they were ok but dang the wait!!!! I just went again to give them another chance and had Shrimp Cocktail and that was GOOD. The wait was not as long this time. If you go there be ready to wait. read more

Today the fod was great and warm. The service was quick and efficient. Sometimea this place is super busy and takes forever to get serviced, not this time. Shrimp tacos de harina were the bomb. read more

Really good mexican food but the marchia plays at levels of eardrum bleeding and it does really get packed but the wait is worth it. (/^_^/)

I love this place and have been coming here for over 25 years, the tacos are the best along with the Chavela beers, great place to go out and have a great time with the crowd at a very decent price. Now this place does get packed with people and sometimes waiting is a little longer than usual so plan ahead and you'll be just fine. read more

My favorite place to eat, food is delicious, the only thing I dislike is the wait on the weekends, super busy to get your food. If you don't mind waiting than try it out you won't be disappointed. I recommend everything on the menu!!! read more

Asada was chewy. breakfast burritos are good tho 2 stars good, nothing worth driving far for

Excellent! I have no complaints about anything. Food, drinks, service and staff are great. I love going here with friends or family to hang out and have a good time. They have musicians there playing music so it's alot of fun. read more

El Tapatio Restaurant - CHABELA! The best i've ever had. - Mexican Near Me - Indio, California

Top 3 on my list for chabelas.. again tho ask for lil or no chile cuz its very hot!. Their food is amazing! Clean and prompted. Sometimes they have karaoke and everyone's gets along well. Other days during the week you see a music trio come in ready to play a song for you at your table for about $5-$10. I've been coming here since the early 90's. read more

El Tapatio Restaurant - Mexican Near Me - Indio, California

Food is Ok and reasonably priced, though the most annoying part of this place was the stupid ass karaoke is way too loud and annoying!! You can't even have a conversation it's so loud don't really know if the management even has a clue of this but I won't be back here. read more

BEST CHAVELAS IN TOWN ! Their al pastor tacos are amazing ! I love coming here the ceviche is good and the chili gueritos , all yummy and worth the drive. It's definitely a sit down relax place, not for a fast dinning experience. Those chavalas won't be a let down ! read more

A coworker had recommended this place. I ordered the green chicken enchilada and the chile relleno. Both were tasty, fresh, and good portion size. The chips and salsa were good. The service was attentive and prompt. The only concern is the noise level because it is a very lively and loud place. Just don't go if you have a headache. read more

Food is good and chavelas are the best but they take forever!! I had to wait over 10 minutes to even be acknowledged and the place was a mess...all tables were dirty read more

It's definitely not as good as it's hyped up to be. Usually come because friends seem to like the chavelas but the food isn't all that. Camarones got my boyfriend really sick once & the salsas are pretty bland. Came again at 9:20 and it was closed although the sign said 10. read more

Came to Indio for the Tamale Festival and stayed the night. We got up looking for a good Mexican Restaurant and saw El Tapatio was packed so we stopped. Looked like locals came there. We ordered menudo and carnitas taco. Took almost an hour for our food to arrive after we asked about it. Server put a taco with carnitas and nothing else. Bad service. Music is way too loud can't even have a conversation with person sitting across from you. Menudo sauce tasted like it came from a can. Can't understand why it was so packed and the food was not good and service was bad. Servers were nice though. Bottom line ...keep driving, don't stop. read more

They have amazing Mexican food, they have great service and they are probably the best in the valley

Love this place and their food everything tastes authentic and fresh. They are best known for their famous chavelas, they are the best I've had. read more

This restaurant has pretty good food but the service is horrible. Waited 10 mins plus to get our drinks delivered to our table. 30 mins for food (which is kinda fast for this place ) usually takes 45 mins sometimes. Re ordered drinks and had to ask 2 more times to get our drinks. A couple of our orders were wrong. We complained and expressed our issues but they didn't really care. Been putting up with this place for too long. Never coming back. Done with this place!!! read more

This place was the worst. Didn't clean our table ignored our table for the longest. The food takes forever waited for about an hour to get our food this is so unacceptable. The server was so disrespectful she threw the food in our table. I will never come here. Last time I ever come. read more

Food was delicious. We ordered the al pastor and carne asada tacos. Very friendly environment.

Great food and great service. Best chavelas in the valley. Great place to hve drinks and a good meal. I definitely recomend it for a weekend

Great Mexican restaurant. Service was good but their English isn't strong (but enough to get by). The Clamato beer was tasty and recommend if u like Clamato & beer. We also had the soup (can't remember the name but it had shredded beef. It was the first soup in the menu. Highly recommend it! The enchiladas were also tasty. Had the chicken burrito and it was not very good. Get the enchiladas ! The guacamole was also very good. read more

So I arrive at "El Tapatio" with my family on Sunday morning. The place was quite empty at the time of our arrival, about 8 other people were there. We go ahead and find a seat to sit down. As we're waiting for our waitress to attend us, we were attacked by flies. I look up, and I also see that the air vents haven't been cleaned. The hygiene of the restaurant was terrible. We eventually get our drinks, and order our food. After a 50 minute wait for our food to get to the table, which by the way our horrible waitress did not go once to our table and offer us, if we needed anything. As I'm sitting there still getting attacked by flies and trying to enjoy my "Caldo de Birria" . The food was not the best, but it managed to do the job. Finally, after a whole 1hr and half we were finished. Our waitress still out there trying make herself look useful, never came to our table. My dad got up and went to ask for the bill, since that useless waitress never came. The service, hygiene, and food was dreadful. Worst experience since 1999. read more

Honestly I've gone many times but this time was the worst ! It took 30 minutes to get water and chips . We had to talk to 3 different waitresses to even get a refill , after 40 freaking minutes I finally had to ask them how much longer it was gonna take and they told me 10 additional minutes ... nobody should wait 50 minutes to get their food . This was the worst service I have ever received . We walked out . read more

Someone recommended this place for chavelas. First time coming in and the place has a funny smell. Not sure what it is but definitely not appetizing. Decided against my better judgment to stay. Should had left as soon as the stinky smell hit my nostrils. Chavelas were just ok. Not good enough to bring me back. Food was passable but again nothing worth raving about. Service was unmemorable. Safe to say I'm not coming back. There's better food and drinks at other places in the Valley. read more

I went there for dinner on a slow wednesday. When we sat down, we quickly recieved the menu, chips and salsa. The waitress asked what we wanted to drink and quickly took our drinks to the table. We asked her to give us a couple of minutes to decide what we wanted to order and those couple of minutes turned into 20 maybe 25 minutes. My husband and I sat there waiting for her to take our order. Eventually we got frustrated left $10 for our 2 drinks (tip included for her "great service") and left the restaurant. All while she just stared without saying a word. Sorry to say there food is good but their customer service sucks. I know they wont be getting my money any more. Instead I drove up the street to El Campanario where customer service is far better and the food is good. They say it takes a lot to gain a customer and only seconds to loose it. read more

I just call to place in order and they didn't have courtesy and time to do it! The last 3 times i was there the service was suck Chavelas were warm please care about customers the Mgr dont have ethichs at all i would say is only 2 ppl who care the owners daughter and another lady with a beautiful personality dark hair on the mids 40 ooh! well i hope they do something about! read more

Horrible service if ya look Caucasian I guess. I didn't mean to give it a star either !! Tried it after the previous time sucked thinking it get better but NOPE !!! Loved the tacos price Monday till Thursday but gonna have to stay away for a couple of months. Hope they improve cuz it has potential.. read more

This place has the best chavelas hands down. I always get there shrimp ceviche tostadas. However, service is horrible. Once you get your food, you will never see your waitress again. Trying to flag one down it's nearly impossible and once you do get them, they rush you. I think I won't come back anymore. I love their chavelas but it's not worth the bad service you get. It's a family owned restaurant and you're not treated as such. read more

Went in about 4 months ago and waited forevveeerrr to get our food. Took them over 45 mins. Me and my husband were ready to walk out. I think the girl forgot. Went back today bcuz my husband wanted to give it another chance, I was hesitant but decided to go anyways and this time we got our food pretty quickly BUT our waitress never checked on us to see if we needed anything else. Never saw her again. I don't know if she went on break or went home but nobody bothered to cover her tables. Oh but when we walked to the register to pay, they were quick to walk over and collect our money. I'm so disgusted with their customer service I don't plan on returning, yeah their chavelas are good but honestly it's not worth going anymore. read more

All bad! Worst service, takes for ever to get help. Ladies just stand around talk about there personal lives. Walk right pass me and ignore me. Wish I could give zero stars read more

Only good thing about this restaurant was their Chavelas and that really cute server with the diamond earings!!! And even then our server didn't offer us another one.... horrible service!! Chips were stale. Food was cold, tortillas were hard! Just overall bad. read more

Great food, love the tortas de pastor and the camarones a la diabla. Music is a little too loud for my taste but then again its a mexican restaurant, so dont expect it to be quiet. read more

Definitely going back for the chalevas! $5 bucks and they are huge! Enchiladas were ok....chicken over cheese. The karaoke was hilarious.... In a bad yet snapchat worthy way! read more

This place has great chavelas, o.k food. But an absolutely rude manager. She believes that Wi-Fi is a privilege reserved to her computer and her daughter 's iPhone only! In this day when most modern business provide this service, as normal as restrooms facilities, you can't expect to get internet service here. However, my point is her rude attitude! When I asked her if she had Wi-Fi, her answer was: "We have it, but it's not for public use" Her demeanor was as if I asked her for her private phone number. The servers are great, the atmosphere and tacos are ok. But you might as well leave your phone in your car, because, El Tapatio is still being ran by last century despotic administration. I hope the owner reads this post and give her manager a serious attitude adjustment! read more

We arrived on 1/24/2019. We waited approximately 5 minutes for someone to come and wait on us. We finally ordered a couple of beers and waited another 5 minutes to order. The waitress (Stephanie) never came back to see if we wanted anything more. We had to stop one of the other waitresses for another beer. The restaurant was not busy at 3:00 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon. We finally got our food and needless to say it was only OK. I would not recommend this restaurant to anyone. We then had to wait for the bill after dinner and only received it once we asked for it. I looked across the room and saw our waitress eating and playing on her phone. She had a horrible personality and should not be working in a public facility. My recommendation is that she finds another profession. read more

Their Chavelas r bomb n the tacos too but sometime the service is slow ... N parking space sux sometimes ... I do recommend this place only if y have patience !! read more

Food is great but the SERVICE is HORRIBLE after you get your meal they totally forget about you because they are to busy in the back talking to each other and if you want or need something else you have to wait until they stop talking even though the restaurant wasnt even busy only 4 tables!!! read more

This has to be my favorite Mexican Restaurant. I COME HERE OFTEN. My favorite item on the menu is al pastor burritos. They are a bit small but immensely delicious. Couple that with a Chavela and the night is set. For an appetizer we get oysters or Chile's gueros read more

Our visit started out very poorly because we were skipped over 3times. I'm giving it 4 stars because the owners daughter was so genuine and kind. She more than made up for the poor service with her apology and assistance. She had grace, which nowadays not too many people have. The food is very delicious. I tried the shrimp enchilada with green sauce. It was really good and for those who don't like spicy, this is a good alternative to the classic red sauce enchilada. This is the 4th time I have visited and the food is always hot, fresh and delicious. The prices are great too. Overall our visit turned out well. Just make sure when you walk in to get the attention of the servers. read more