Saw the place had a so-so review but looked at the pictures and it looked great, after going I'd say Good food, good service, good drinks, authentic! read more

The food was so delicious. Got a seafood burrito and beans love the flavor. Our waitress was amazing very polite and caring to everyone around her. The restaurant itself was very authentic. The booths were very colorful and there was singing. Very warm and friendly atmosphere. We will for sure be going back. read more

Food is always amazing. Hot and fresh. Margaritas top notch. Service is awesome, always greeted with a smile. All the servers we have had are great. Restaurant is very clean, restrooms are always clean. read more

Not bad. Restaurant gives me the feeling it was pirate themed at one point with some of the decor and paint colors chosen. Overall service was very good. Portions are generous. Waiters/waitresses are attentive, bring chips and salsa if you choose to dine in. Food was a bit on the greasy side, but good value for price. Seeing drink specials advertised all over the place, I imagine this place gets busy during happy hour. We tried the fajitas, a wet burrito, and some fish tacos. As I mentioned price point was very good for how much food you're getting. The fish tacos were pretty minimal, a bit greasy but I enjoyed them with the green and brown salsas. Fajitas were huge. Easily could've split between two or three people. Lastly, the burrito was pretty big as well. In general, I'm not particularly a fan of "wet" style burritos, but wife was satisfied with it. It'd be nice if they served breakfast items all day long, as I was eyeing the breakfast burrito. Anyhow, that's all I got on this one. 'Til next time, cheers! read more

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I was pleasantly surprised. I had a coupon for a free 12 oz margarita, which was pretty good, and I ordered the steak diablo, the name impying that it's supposed to be kinda hot. But I knew that it would only be hot by Iowa standards, which, by my standards having lived in the West and Southwest, is not very hot at all. LOL Neverttheless, it was tasty, the chips were real good compared to most places (they were thick and warm), the service was great, and the price was not only okay for today's menus, but they offer a discount for cash instead of card, which I like. I will be going back. read more

The food was delicious, the fish was juicy & fried. The salad that came with the entree was yummy! with the rice. The chips & salsa was good also. The service was great, the waiter was super attentive & friendly. The ambiance was beautiful, the colors that spread through out the restaurant & old pictures on the wall. read more

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I enjoy the food every time I go here. They bring an authentic Mexican feel to not only the dining atmosphere, but the food as well. You get pretty good value for your money, and the service is usually quick and accurate. I would definitely recommend dining here if you're in the QC area. read more

One of my favorite places to eat Mexican food as a Mexican myself. The carnitas are always so soft, juicy and delicious . Waiters are very attentive, and the atmosphere is always so much fun, especially when they have people singing and playing music around the restaurant read more

Los Portales - Lime Margaritas with Carnitas Tacos - Mexican Near Me - Davenport, Iowa

I've been to Los Portales a couple of times now since I moved to the QC area. The environment is very beautiful. The colors are vibrant and the music is on point. Everyone is nice and friendly. I've tried their shrimp fajitas, which were delicious. This last time I went I had garlic shrimp and it was lacking flavor, it seemed as though they sauteed the shrimp and threw minced garlic all over them, it was very sad to see my plate when it was brought, I would suggest that at least simmer down the garlic so it doesn't look like minced garlic was just poured over the shrimp. I did however have a delicious michelada, I will go back and try a different plate. I have not given up on the place just yet. read more

Los Portales - Mexican Near Me - Davenport, Iowa

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Amazing service! The entire staff makes sure your food is good and drinks are strong! Never had a bad experience at my favorite restaurant! The owner greets everyone like family! (Fist/elbow bumps. Covid!) the staff cares and wants to make sure everyone has a good experience. The Margaritas are strong and the food is just right! Not sure if its the food or friendly staff that keeps us coming back every week, but you wont be disappointed! Alvaro, Alex, and Alicia are the best! read more

Mexican food at its finest. Adult drinks are defeated by any other restaurant. Hands down.

Walked into a very colorful authentic atmosphere Their was very tasty on a wonderful way With great service!! read more

Los Portales - Chile Colorado beans rice - Mexican Near Me - Davenport, Iowa

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This is a very good Resturant with great service and delicious foods!!!! You will not be disappointed. Great family environment!!

Great Environment, wonderful Halloween decorations, very tasteful and large variety of foods, very kind and generous staff. Overall great food, great service, wonderful people. Definitely come here. read more

Wish I would have read how bad this place was and saved me the aggravation! Can I give it negative 5 stars? Mexican guacamole shouldn't be 3 parts sour cream - 1 part over blended guac. Garbage !!! Food was average at best. Flan dessert was good as was the service. A double cocktail should not be a 10oz drink for the additional charge. Salsa is absolute garbage consistency of ketchup and 0 flavor. Fraudulent mexican like some old white dudes that cooked for a nursing home are running the kitchen. Never going back! read more

I have been to this restaurant two other times and had decent lunches. We have not been here for over a year and today was extremely disappointing. The wait staff is polite and they are fast. The atmosphere is very colorful and pretty. My husband ordered tacos and I ordered Chimi salad. My husband's taco meat had absolutely no flavor. It tasted more like made right meat. They took flour tortillas and deep-fried them for the shells. There was lots of cheese sour cream lettuce and tomato on the tacos but overall the flavor was just not there. My husband ate two of them and said it was not worth the calories to even eat the third one. Very unusual for him! My Chimi salad was also pretty lackluster.The tortillas were chewy and gummy. The chicken was dry and flavorless. Very disappointing I don't think we'll be back there are too many great places in the Quad Cities for Mexican food.. read more

Los Portales has great food but even better service. There has never been a time that I have spent waiting more than 15-20 minutes waiting for my food. Going along with that, my glass has never been empty before someone comes back to check on the table. This is a family friendly restaurant that will create a good experience at a Mexican restaurant. read more

Great food. My favorite is "Burrito California Dinner" without the rice. The "Burrito Guadalajara" is great too. The service is great too. The facility could use updating, especially the bathrooms. read more

The food was decent. If you've ever been to Azteca, a local chain, then you've been here, the food is nearly identical. That being said, the service my party and I got here was ridiculously bad. Every item I ordered was done incorrectly, it's like the waiter was purposefully not listening to what I said. And this was not my experience alone, other members of my party received incorrect items as well. Never had this issue at an Azteca. If you're going to 100% copy another local chain, but you just give a bad service version of it, why would I come to the copycat again? read more

I am currently at Los Portales, and i am upset and disappointed with the service provided by our waitress. It took her 20 minutes to even ask us for our order.. but when she did we ordered our regular margaritas, minutes later she comes back and says "there was an incident and we can not serve alcohol tonight" then proceeded to serve everyone around us. she was extremely rude and disrespectful. Don't recommended coming here. Unless you want fake Mexican food! read more

Los Portales 2, Davenport, IA: We ordered for take out at Los Portales 2. Food was to be ready in 15 minutes. The bag was ready to go when my son arrived. At home my Enchiladas Cozumel were not as described in the menu, but I didn't want to make a fuss. Well, eventually I had to... Not only that it was topped with guacamole, sour cream and tomatoes, it was filled with imitation crab. (My stomach is pretty much screwed since pain meds after TKR) So my son called and they said they'll make a new one, ready in 15 minutes. He dove there grabbed the bag and called me from the car. I asked him to check and it was again smothered with guacamole, sour cream and tomatoes. He went back in, they said they'll fix it. The fix was a container with grilled bell peppers and onions, the enchiladas still were the same. So I scraped of the red white and green, but it had already flavored the, this time correct, chicken enchiladas, and they were cold when they arrived here at home. I was in no mood anymore to call and send my son on a third trip out! We ate there twice before corona hit. Although I'm pretty sure that I already once there didn't get what I ordered, at that time it was edible, I didn't complain. I also didn't complain when my margarita didn't have any tequila at all in it! Yes, it did happen! I'm done with this restaurant! read more

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This is one of my friend group's favorite places to go. We are here almost once a week. Food is great and service is usually pretty good. There is never a wait to get seated because the restaurant staff is so efficient. It is always decorated for holidays and when there aren't holidays it is still just as decorative. Owner is super nice, and it seems like a nice family ran business. The owner always greets everyone in such a friendly way and always has a smile on his face. Food is never cold and is out very fast. Margaritas are also great, there is a good amount of flavor options as well. The staff always makes sure you are doing okay; I've rarely had a server that isn't always checking up on our table. Their menu has a huge variety, never seen a Mexican restaurant have so many options! Great experience! read more

I am a big fan of Azteca and Los Portales, especially their margaritas! I didn't have a very good experience today. My daughter was in town from Chicago and one of my sons were available for lunch. With this weather we decided on margaritas! They must have been VERY busy today? We ordered margaritas right away. We didn't receive our chips and salsa until long after our drinks were delivered. (Rare). We finally placed our order and our waiter took the order of the booth across from us right after. The booth across from us was done eating by the time we got our food. When we got our food, (3 of 4 of us anyway) two of the three were cold. I sent my back and my son ate his tacos but not his beans and rice. My wife received the wrong order. Shortly after they brought the last two plates. Mine was simply micro waved but my wife's was good, aside from the lettuce and tomato she had asked to leave off. Which I used because mine was extremely soggy from being micro waved. Did I mention that we asked for the hot salsa four times before they brought it out? We have eaten here numerous times and normally we are very pleased. Not sure what the deal was today? read more

Davenport and the Quad Cities have a lot of choices when it comes to Mexican food. Some are fantastic, some are awful, some just kind of fall somewhere in between and are not notable for anything in particular. I'm afraid Los Portales falls into the latter category. In an already very competitive market, Los Portales really doesn't add anything new. The menu reminds me very much of the Azteca restaurants as does their salsa. When my wife and I ate there this weekend, I ordered the poblano enchiladas and she ordered shrimp tacos. Her reaction was "meh". My enchiladas were fairly mediocre chicken enchiladas covered in what appeared to be a brown gravy that you would expect more to be covering mashed potatoes than anything else. It didn't taste "bad", but I wouldn't order it again. The service was ok. I did recognize one of the servers (maybe the manager) from the old Jalapeno's and Azteca crew. The only thing that stood out about the restaurant was the building itself. They've done a very good job restoring a restaurant building that has been shuttered for quite a while. There just isn't anything here that would make us want to go back. I would rather spend my money at Habanero's or Los Rancheritas. read more

I do like their California Burrito, but that's about it. I try to get others to there and they never like their food... I get it. I can't go there anymore as the other food is average at best. I've tasted their entrees and it's been microwaved chicken, etc... just not a good option when there are so many excellent Mexican restaurants in the quad cities read more

Very average. Got the margarita special which, in addition to the salsa, were the best aspects. The food itself is average Tex Mex. Certainly nothing special. The portions are very large so expect to need a box, so that's a plus. My dad ordered the carnitas and it was a huge portion but only had 3-4 tortillas which was a disconnect. Overall, a fine option but nothing to write home about, nothing to seek out, and nowhere to go to again. read more

Los Portales - Carnitas - Mexican Near Me - Davenport, Iowa

We love this place! The menu selection is huge...almost too big! Tonight we tried the special Chipotle burrito. I had the chicken and my friend had the steak. The portion size was huge and the price was right! Both burritos were delicious...great service. read more

Los Portales - Mexican Near Me - Davenport, Iowa

Sitting at the bar here now and from the moment I walked in I enjoyed the environment. Every employee is working full speed while also being extremely friendly. They have their own culture here amongst the employees as well. The service and super friendly staff alone has made me give them 5 stars and I haven't even eaten yet. They also seem to have very unique drinks here as well. read more

Newer Mexican restaurant in the QC but the owner is no stranger the the QC, he is part owner with his brother of Azteca. They gave us excellent customer service and even topped off the night with free shots for everyone who wanted one in our party. read more

Los Portales - Free shots! - Mexican Near Me - Davenport, Iowa

Excellent. For lunch was served a healthy portion of chips, salsa, and queso dip. I ordered the lunch steak fajitas which came with 3 tortillas, steak, lettuce, tomato, guacamole, grilled onions and peppers, rice, and re-fried beans. I couldn't finish everything. After a while I ordered some coffee and sat and did some work on my computer. The bill was less than $10.00. Serious. The service was awesome....10x the service I received at Chillies the day before. This place is a gem and the food was excellent. I can't remember a time when I've had better value and friendlier service. read more

For being open for just a week they really seem to have their stuff together. Food was great and reasonably priced. Great service. I will be going back again. read more

Love this place. Probably went there about 10 times more already. Definitely recommend the food and drinks. read more

Los Portales - Cantarito ... Super delicious. - Mexican Near Me - Davenport, Iowa

I loved my beef carnitas! There was also plenty to fill me up for a reasonable price. Our waiter was very friendly and treated us like we were "special". ( But then, we are!) Will be coming back for sure! read more

Not good. Ordered a combination platter with a Chalupa, taco, burrito , enchilada, and another item. Taco meat was flavorless and the taco came with just cheese on it. I knew when I walked in with such a large menu the food would be garbage. Microwaved and of poor quality. With so many excellent Mexican restaurants in the Quad Cities I have no idea why anyone would choose to eat here more than once read more

This place is dirty Glasses, bathrooms, the entrance, the carpet were dirty it needs a good scrub. The food was horrible!!! The rice had no flavor and not cook well. The salsa had no flavor tasted like canned tomatoes. The chips had an after taste like they were fried in old oil. This is the worse Mexican I ever had. read more

I had to give it a three, even tho the food is out of this world good. I have gone here quite a few times and it seems that lately my order is always wrong. I keep ordering the #27, which is taco, chalupa, and rice & beans. Everything is great except I have yet to get the chalupa. I get a tostaguac Everytime. No matter what. Don't get me wrong. I like them, but all I want is to try their dang chalupa. I have even went as far as reposting what is in a #27 is verbatim per the menu. I was going to tell the easier this last time but we never saw him again after he gave us his food. We couldn't even get the check. This has never happened. When we did see him, after all the food was gone, he said he was busy with his tables... Went we your tablet too? Great food tho. No joke. Chips and Salsa and specials daily. One day my chalupa will come, and I will be happy. read more

Have eaten here a few times for lunch. Pretty good food, especially the taco bowls and California burritos. Very flavorful. Not really greasy. The guacamole is awesome. They include free chips and salsa with your meal which is nice of them. read more

Love this place! The portions (both food and margaritas) are generous, so you'll have leftovers, which is helpful if you're on a budget. The food itself is delicious. Also, the service is great. People get things out to you very quickly, and with a smile. They always seem happy to see us here. Highly recommend! read more

This place has excellent salsa and margaritas! I also love their chicken and rice. Guacamole here is also very good. I would highly recommend this Mexican restaurant. read more

I ordered tacos (how can you mess up tacos, right?) they were awful. Place is very dirty and looks old and used hard for being a newer establishment. Margaritas weren't even served in a glass, plastic beer cup is how we received ours. And on top of the poor food, poor service and dirty atmosphere it was very expensive in comparison to other Mexican restaurants in the QC. I will not return. read more