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El Hoyo

Mexican · Dallas

4.5 · 113 reviews Google

About El Hoyo

El Hoyo is a Dallas favorite, serving up local specialties for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. With a 4.5-star rating from over 100 reviews, we're known for our fast service and welcoming atmosphere. Whether you're looking to grab takeout, dine in, or enjoy a solo meal, we're open seven days a week wi...

El Hoyo is a Dallas favorite, serving up local specialties for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. With a 4.5-star rating from over 100 reviews, we're known for our fast service and welcoming atmosphere. Whether you're looking to grab takeout, dine in, or enjoy a solo meal, we're open seven days a week with convenient hours. Start your day as early as 7 AM most days, or join us for a relaxing Sunday until 6 PM. We are committed to accessibility, offering wheelchair-accessible entrances, parking, and seating. And don't forget to grab a coffee while you're here!

What Customers Say About El Hoyo

El Hoyo is a cozy, family-run Mexican restaurant known for its authentic, home-style cooking and friendly service. Customers rave about the Pozole, Menudo, and Caldo de Pollo, praising the generous portions and reasonable prices. Some find the prices a bit high for the ambiance.

Popular Dishes

Pozole (3) Menudo Caldo de Pollo carne asada mixed fajitas Mexican rice Milanesa huevos rancheros

Best For

Locals Casual Families Business Quick Bite

Tip: This is a great spot for authentic Mexican comfort food that feels like eating at your grandmother's house. Be sure to try the soup that comes with the meal.

Features

🅿️ Parking Accessible 🌅 Breakfast 🍽️ Lunch 🌙 Dinner Coffee
🎯 Casual 🛋️ Cozy 👥 Groups

What to see nearby

Buckner Park
A 463m

Buckner Park

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Mary Apartments
Heritage
A 530m

Mary Apartments

edificio

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4928 Bryan Street Apartments
Heritage
A 635m

4928 Bryan Street Apartments

edificio

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Thomas Shiels House
Heritage
A 637m

Thomas Shiels House

edificio

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The Louis Wagner Home
Heritage
A 825m

The Louis Wagner Home

edificio

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Munger Place Methodist Church
Heritage
A 832m

Munger Place Methodist Church

edificio

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Explore the area around El Hoyo

El Hoyo is located in Dallas, surrounded by cultural and historical points of interest. Here are some of the most notable places nearby.

Historical Heritage

  • Mary Apartments (A 530m) — building in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
  • 4928 Bryan Street Apartments (A 635m) — building in Dallas (vicinity), Dallas County, Texas Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
  • Thomas Shiels House (A 637m) — building in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
  • The Louis Wagner Home (A 825m) — historic place in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Monumento histórico grabado de Texas
  • Munger Place Methodist Church (A 832m) — historic place in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Monumento histórico grabado de Texas
  • Grace Methodist Episcopal Church (A 849m) — building in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
  • Central Congregational Church (A 889m) — building in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
  • Dixon-Moore House (A 926m) — building in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
  • Greer, George C., House (A 936m) — building in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos

Parks & Gardens

  • Buckner Park (A 463m) — park in the United States of America

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Frequently asked questions about El Hoyo

El Hoyo is located at 4822 Gaston Ave, Dallas, TX 75246, Dallas.
Near El Hoyo you can find points of interest such as Buckner Park, Mary Apartments, 4928 Bryan Street Apartments, Thomas Shiels House.
El Hoyo offers mexican cuisine.
El Hoyo has regular opening hours. Check their profile for updated schedules.
El Hoyo offers the following services: dine-in, takeaway.
The most recommended dishes at El Hoyo based on customer reviews are: Pozole, Menudo, Caldo de Pollo, carne asada, mixed fajitas.
El Hoyo is ideal for locals, casual dining, families, business dining, quick bites.
El Hoyo is a cozy, family-run Mexican restaurant known for its authentic, home-style cooking and friendly service. Customers rave about the Pozole, Menudo, and Caldo de Pollo, praising the generous portions and reasonable prices. Some find the prices a bit high for the ambiance.
This is a great spot for authentic Mexican comfort food that feels like eating at your grandmother's house. Be sure to try the soup that comes with the meal.
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El Hoyo Dallas Reviews

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Reviews (40)
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Giovanni Gutierrez

I recommend the pork guisado, it was 5 stars. Meat was tender, tasty and had more meat than fat..also received a complimentary fideo soup that was very flavorful

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Bernardo Fierro

The huevos rancheros are 🔥🔥 Great and authentic mexican food. Service was great and on point. The sopa de fideo tastes just like my moms. Migas were great too.

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Marco Silva

We had the Caldo de Pollo, both delicious both taste homemade. Delicious food, quaint little place in the middle of city. Hidden spot staff was super friendly. Highly recommend for actually authentic Mexican food.

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J B

I'm a Pozole fanatic! This place hit the spot! Pozole was yuuummy!! The food was great! Service was the same! Would definitely recommend it! 😋

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Esther Vidana

This place is a true Mexican cuisine place!!! The food is authentically good and fresh. !!!

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Zina Campbell

The food is GOOD, seasoned and tender beef. Really good yellow rice and beans. Affordable meal with nice service spent $30, would go again

Y
Yesenia Lozano

The food, the service, the employees, the atmosphere ALL of this place is excellent. Very cozy, and delicious... feels like eating at someones momma's house.

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Vick Gardner

El Hoyo (the hole) is a jewel of a hole in the wall waiting to be discovered. They are Mexican/Americans serving authentic Mexican food. And, it is delicious! You get pre-meal condiments of chips and 2 dips plus soup! The entrees are generous and beautifully presented. The quesadillas are HUGE! They have to cut them in half... and still, they are a double-handed mess to eat. So yummy! The servers are friendly and attentive. It helps to know a little Spanish, though it is not necessary. I am so lucky to live across the street! EDIT 10/31/21: Well, I got hungry today and ordered the Puerca en Salsa Roja... excellent choice! Served with the ubiquitous rice and beans and 6 corn tortillas... this dish filled me right up. There must have been at least 10 ounces of the tenderest pork imaginable on my plate. The salsa roja was actually moreno (brown), but was just the right amount of spicy. And, the pork was cut leaving occasional little pieces of ropy cartilage that are so fun to chew. Add to this the appetizers the El Hoyo always serves... tortilla chips with bowls of both salsa roja and salsa verde, plus a small bowl of sopa with noodles... and I had a very satisfying meal, both in taste and in all-important (to me) volume. I took a before picture to show the generous serving of meat, and an after picture to show the bones. Real meat!

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Craig Achman

Delicious family restaurant. Small cozy dining room close to Baylor Dallas. El Hoy Yo has been in business for a couple decades with plenty of delicious, reasonably priced meals. Highly recommended for a cozy spot in Dallas with excellent food and customer service.

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Larry Taylor

Great service, great food servings, great price. Try the Mexican rice it's delicious.

S
Shaleena Campbell

This place is DELICIOUS, I recommend this place. The staff were nice too.

Bernardo Fierro
Bernardo Fierro

The huevos rancheros are 🔥🔥 Great and authentic mexican food. Service was great and on point. The sopa de fideo tastes just like my moms. Migas were great too.

Marco Silva
Marco Silva

We had the Caldo de Pollo, both delicious both taste homemade. Delicious food, quaint little place in the middle of city. Hidden spot staff was super friendly. Highly recommend for actually authentic Mexican food.

J B
J B

I'm a Pozole fanatic! This place hit the spot! Pozole was yuuummy!! The food was great! Service was the same! Would definitely recommend it! 😋

Esther Vidana
Esther Vidana

This place is a true Mexican cuisine place!!! The food is authentically good and fresh. !!!

Zina Campbell
Zina Campbell

The food is GOOD, seasoned and tender beef. Really good yellow rice and beans. Affordable meal with nice service spent $30, would go again

Yesenia Lozano
Yesenia Lozano

The food, the service, the employees, the atmosphere ALL of this place is excellent. Very cozy, and delicious... feels like eating at someones momma's house.

Vick Gardner
Vick Gardner

El Hoyo (the hole) is a jewel of a hole in the wall waiting to be discovered. They are Mexican/Americans serving authentic Mexican food. And, it is delicious! You get pre-meal condiments of chips and 2 dips plus soup! The entrees are generous and beautifully presented. The quesadillas are HUGE! They have to cut them in half... and still, they are a double-handed mess to eat. So yummy! The servers are friendly and attentive. It helps to know a little Spanish, though it is not necessary. I am so lucky to live across the street! EDIT 10/31/21: Well, I got hungry today and ordered the Puerca en Salsa Roja... excellent choice! Served with the ubiquitous rice and beans and 6 corn tortillas... this dish filled me right up. There must have been at least 10 ounces of the tenderest pork imaginable on my plate. The salsa roja was actually moreno (brown), but was just the right amount of spicy. And, the pork was cut leaving occasional little pieces of ropy cartilage that are so fun to chew. Add to this the appetizers the El Hoyo always serves... tortilla chips with bowls of both salsa roja and salsa verde, plus a small bowl of sopa with noodles... and I had a very satisfying meal, both in taste and in all-important (to me) volume. I took a before picture to show the generous serving of meat, and an after picture to show the bones. Real meat!

Craig Achman
Craig Achman

Delicious family restaurant. Small cozy dining room close to Baylor Dallas. El Hoy Yo has been in business for a couple decades with plenty of delicious, reasonably priced meals. Highly recommended for a cozy spot in Dallas with excellent food and customer service.

Larry Taylor
Larry Taylor

Great service, great food servings, great price. Try the Mexican rice it's delicious.

Shaleena Campbell
Shaleena Campbell

This place is DELICIOUS, I recommend this place. The staff were nice too.

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Durlin Matthews

All of the food is fresh and made to order. The handmade flour tortillas are light and authentic! We had the carne asada and mixed fajitas and recommend both. The soup that accompanied the dinner had a splash of lime that imparted a unique flavor.

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Diana Valtierra

This little hidden gem needs more recognition. I love the food and the staff is always so wonderful!! This is my go to even when I have meetings with attorneys this is where I meet them and they love a good home cooked meal 🤗

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Hugo Rodriguez

AUTHENTIC!!! The most DELICIOUS hole in the wall spot you can come to here in Dallas. You’re greeted with a soup that tastes like the one my grandma makes in Mexico. You can literally close your eyes point at the menu and whatever comes out will taste impeccable every single time. The cooks definitely love what they do in that kitchen. They come out and talk with the clients and are hilarious. Please come and support!!

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Leydiana Angeles

the seafood soup was delicious,but the fajitas tacos not to much

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Chris Kim

Even though there was a small language barrier, the food was amazing and the service was also amazing. They were so kind and genuine. Will be back very soon!

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Ana Bernal

If you are looking for authentic mexican comfort food this is place! I had the milanesa and it was delicious. I felt like I was in my grandmother’s house. Only thing I would recommend is homemade tortillas but the corn tortillas were still good. Amazing service too!

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James p

Had the most incredible menudo here today. The tripe was cooked to perfection not tough or chewy and all the cuts in it were bite size!!! The hipazote added extra flavor to the caldo. I'll be back for more! The wait staff was nice and friendly and were over attentive to all my needs.

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Shyam Indrakanti, DDS MD

This is just one of our favorite places to eat. It is a hole in the wall as the name suggests in a simpler part of Dallas but what makes it special is the very sweet and caring staff and the absolutely authentic Mexican food they serve up. It's comfort food and nothing fancy, but this is as like having an authentic home cooked meal made and served up with love. You will be treated like family - even if you can't speak the language. Go visit these folks, enjoy their amazing food. Don't let their simple decor and quaint appearance fool you.

James p
James p

Had the most incredible menudo here today. The tripe was cooked to perfection not tough or chewy and all the cuts in it were bite size!!! The hipazote added extra flavor to the caldo. I'll be back for more! The wait staff was nice and friendly and were over attentive to all my needs.

Ana Bernal
Ana Bernal

If you are looking for authentic mexican comfort food this is place! I had the milanesa and it was delicious. I felt like I was in my grandmother’s house. Only thing I would recommend is homemade tortillas but the corn tortillas were still good. Amazing service too!

Shyam Indrakanti, DDS MD
Shyam Indrakanti, DDS MD

This is just one of our favorite places to eat. It is a hole in the wall as the name suggests in a simpler part of Dallas but what makes it special is the very sweet and caring staff and the absolutely authentic Mexican food they serve up. It's comfort food and nothing fancy, but this is as like having an authentic home cooked meal made and served up with love. You will be treated like family - even if you can't speak the language. Go visit these folks, enjoy their amazing food. Don't let their simple decor and quaint appearance fool you.

Chris Kim
Chris Kim

Even though there was a small language barrier, the food was amazing and the service was also amazing. They were so kind and genuine. Will be back very soon!

Durlin Matthews
Durlin Matthews

All of the food is fresh and made to order. The handmade flour tortillas are light and authentic! We had the carne asada and mixed fajitas and recommend both. The soup that accompanied the dinner had a splash of lime that imparted a unique flavor.

Diana Valtierra
Diana Valtierra

This little hidden gem needs more recognition. I love the food and the staff is always so wonderful!! This is my go to even when I have meetings with attorneys this is where I meet them and they love a good home cooked meal 🤗

Erik Guevara
Erik Guevara

Great food! Pozole is authentic Mexican, and the Menudo as well. Salsa de molcajete is by far the best I have had! The chef has special attention with the clientele and makes the food taste even better!

Hugo Rodriguez
Hugo Rodriguez

AUTHENTIC!!! The most DELICIOUS hole in the wall spot you can come to here in Dallas. You’re greeted with a soup that tastes like the one my grandma makes in Mexico. You can literally close your eyes point at the menu and whatever comes out will taste impeccable every single time. The cooks definitely love what they do in that kitchen. They come out and talk with the clients and are hilarious. Please come and support!!

casey b
casey b

15$ for a plate is what I would expect to pay at a nice Mexican restaurant. The food is pretty good, but this is no Glorias or Matito's. Worse, they charge by the can. 2 cans of coke + a meal comes out to 20$. Then based on another review I thought to check my bank account and sure enough they charged me an extra 5$....Edit: So after the charge cleared the amount matched what my receipt said. So idk if its just something to do with their pos system or they just saw my review but I will add one star back.

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dennis

Not worth paying 22 for a torta that mostly had mayonnaise inside it with almost no meat or vegetables in it that was also small and tasted like mayo only

dennis
dennis

Not worth paying 22 for a torta that mostly had mayonnaise inside it with almost no meat or vegetables in it that was also small and tasted like mayo only

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Highly Rated
4.5/5 stars
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mexican
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Services

🥞 Breakfast
🍽️ Lunch
🍾 Dinner
Coffee
🍰 Desserts
🥡 Takeout
🍴 Dine-in

Dining Options

🍽️ Dine In
🥡 Takeout

Restaurant Info

🕐 Hours Today
7AM-7PM
Rating
4.5/5
💬 Reviews
113
⏱️ Typical Visit
People typically spend 45 min to 1 hr here
📞 Phone
+1 214-370-9452

Amenities

🅿️ Parking
Wheelchair Accessible
🚻 Restroom
💳 Credit Cards
📱 Mobile Payments
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The Neighborhood

Buckner Park

park in the United States of America

A 463m
Mary Apartments Heritage

building in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

A 530m
4928 Bryan Street Apartments Heritage

building in Dallas (vicinity), Dallas County, Texas

A 635m
Thomas Shiels House Heritage

building in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

A 637m
The Louis Wagner Home Heritage

historic place in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

A 825m
Munger Place Methodist Church Heritage

historic place in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

A 832m
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church Heritage

building in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

A 849m
Central Congregational Church Heritage

building in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas

A 889m
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