El Nopal Restaurante
Breakfast · Anaheim
Experience authentic Mexican flavors near the Anaheim Convention Center
About El Nopal Restaurante
Nestled in Anaheim at 530 N East St, El Nopal Restaurante offers a unique culinary experience that blends tradition with innovation. Our diverse menu encompasses a variety of dishes including breakfast favorites, hearty burritos and steaks, succulent chicken and seafood selections, refreshing salads...
Nestled in Anaheim at 530 N East St, El Nopal Restaurante offers a unique culinary experience that blends tradition with innovation. Our diverse menu encompasses a variety of dishes including breakfast favorites, hearty burritos and steaks, succulent chicken and seafood selections, refreshing salads, and delectable desserts—all crafted to satisfy every palate. Drawing inspiration from authentic Mexican cuisine, we pride ourselves on using high-quality ingredients to create flavors that are both familiar and excitingly new. With a 4.1/5 rating based on 814 reviews, our commitment to excellence is clear. Whether you're seeking a casual lunch or an intimate dinner, we offer various dining options that cater to your preferences. Come experience the warmth of our welcoming atmosphere and the satisfaction of knowing every meal is prepared with care and passion at El Nopal Restaurante.
What Customers Say About El Nopal Restaurante
El Nopal Restaurante is known for tasty Mexican food, especially the handmade tortillas on weekends, Menudo, and carnitas. Many praise the attentive staff, like Tony, and the quick service. However, loud music and inconsistent service are recurring issues.
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Tip: Visit on the weekend for the handmade tortillas, but be aware that the music can be very loud, especially when the guitar player is performing.
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El Nopal Restaurante Anaheim Reviews
I love the food the micheladas they have a drag queen artist fabulous show I hade a grate time
I love, love, love hanging out there! The hand-made tortillas on the weekend are the best!!! Tacos de Asada & Micheladas are so delicious. 😋 Their chips are always warm and crispy, ready to munch on with their spicy chunky red salsa! "Ayyyyy Que Rico"!!! 😋😋😋 Also......... It's a must must must!!! Their karaoke 🎤 is so much fun!!! Their DJ Chikis is the best!!! She's is an awesome DJ and can sing along with getting the crowd going. Plus, there's always a handful of people who are really good singers that sing throughout the night! Guaranteed to always be a fun night!!! 🙌 🎶🎼🎤🎵🎊 I highly recommend this spot. 👌
Came to see the Kchechente show, but while there order micheladas they were great! Also piña colada and it did not disappoint! Food was great as well! All the staff was very attentive specially the place manager Tony and the security guard. I would definitely be going back with or without a show.
Muy buena comida el Menudo esta muy bueno tortillas hecha a mano buen ambiente i muy atenta la mesera muy bien ambiente si lo recomiendo mmmmmmmmmmmmm yummy tummy My wife and I came here for breakfast nice small place no waiting, good music, good food, and great staff. I had the Menudo mmm good not to spicy for me. My had the noples con eggs she said they where totally awesome. And our food came with fresh tortillas.. come check them out.
Good food, but to much noise if you want a relax atmosphere.
Foods ok but you need to get there before the guitar player does if you want to eat in. Last time we were there, we had to get our food packed up to go because the music (noise)was so loud we literally got a headache! It was so loud we had to scream the order to the waitress 3 times! & she still couldn’t get it right!!! But the drunks liked it…lol. I also have to agree with the other ratings about the service. Not the greatest.
If you're willing to waste your time waiting for service then this is the place for you. They won't do a courtesy check, they even ignore you after you sat yourself down. To top it off the music is extremely loud where you can't have a conversation with anyone next to you.
The atmosphere was dark if you sit on the booth section. Music was good since I like reggaeton but it replayed the same 4 songs which eventually became annoying. I ordered 2 tostadas de ceviche de pescado and another plate of Carne Asada. The tostadas plate was big 1 order of a tostada can fill you up. However, the chips it came with were stale. I ended up eating it with the chips from the chips and salsa. The Asada plate was good. Definitely a big meal. The foods presentation was adequate. Furthermore, the Agua de Piña was very watered down it wasn’t sweet. Which isn’t bad but if you don’t drink it before the ice melts it’ll be flavorless. Parking was available but the plaza is small therefore parking can possibly be an issue. I wouldn’t be returning simply because it didnt impress me enough to return.
The food is good but the customer service here is horrible. The girl taking care of us never came back for refills for soda or water. Her family showed up and of course all attention was on them. We waited for about 30min for the bill to be provided and another 15min for her to take my payment. This place seems awesome but with the customer service provided this will be my last time ever stepping foot in this place.
First time coming as soon as you walk in you feel like you are walking into a club it's dark and loud music. No one greets you, your kind of just standing trying to figure out if you should seat yourself. Once seated the the waitresses ignore you. Honestly seemed like they have their regulars or family and cater to them. You feel out of place. Once we ordered food came out fast and tastes good. We Recommend the marisco pineapple which is what we went for. They had karaoke on Sunday night that was entertaining. Service just was not good
I try to understand that people work hard to open up establishments and for that reason I try to keep negative reviews to minimum. But this place has to be one of my top worst places I have eaten at. I didn't mind paying 30.99 but when it was brought out the portion was extremely small. My son got the MacnCheese and I have got to say, that stuff smelled extremely horrible. Imagine expired hot milk. The only decent dish we had was the shrimp tacos. That was the only decent thing we had there. Will definitely NOT be going back there.
Absolutely Horrible!!! Do Not Try!!! As a Mexican, I was highly disappointed. Never have I ever been to a terrible restaurant as this one. The guy was rude and too busy watching television. Service was slow. Food was bland. Atmosphere was dark and gloomy. Do Not Try!
Guy working there is to busy watching tv the food was horrible by far the worst I’ve ever had never have I ever been disappointed in Mexican food. Food was bland service was slow I would give a 0 star if I could.
Music was way too loud seemed like a night club, regulars there are extremely loud not good for young kids ,my bill was not adding when asked waitress she mentioned she added gratitude fee which is not a problem , why did she not put it on bill ?? Food was good Will I go again NO
Place an order just because they claim and offer handmade tortilla but is not true, the gave us awful crapy tortillas from the store. the fod is not made with love low quality. please guys at lease keep it honest to avoid bad reviews. Do not offer something you do not provide.
First and last time visiting this kind of "restaurant" this is like a nightclub or something like culichi town atmosphere, music super loud you can't even have a conversation besides that when we entered the security showed us the avaliable spots they have but once seated no one showed up to serve after around 5 minutes, we didn't get chips and sauce while some other table had It’s was really terrible being there. I don't recommend this noise place to have a meal.
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