David Dave

First time with family. Enjoyed the food, drinks, and service. It's relatively small in terms of size but cozy. They played good music. Overall, we had a good experience. Will definitely visit again.

Kayla H.

Reasonable price great food. Had steak fajitas delivered so can’t speak on atmosphere and service. Rice was a little dry. But Guacomole and salsa were very fresh. Steak perfectly seasoned.

Andres Cordoba

The food I had here was up to what I expected for a fajita. My sister also enjoyed her food and we generally enjoyed the excursion. the establishment felt a little dingy, and the seating was the best, but the atmosphere was still well kept. Only real issue was the condescending servers who seem bothered by questions about our order, but loudly gossiped by my table the entire time.

Mr. Zarzosa

From Texas so might be a little bias about Mexican food but it was good/okay. Server was nice and attentive. Only first bowl, small, of salsa and chips are free?? Had a couple of burritos which were pretty good, both the veggie and chicken. Guacamole was good. Mole Enchiladas were good, but sauce was more spicy than what is usual for mole. If in area and crave Mexican food, not a bad choice.

+3

Kyra Szabo

Cute restaurant for a date night but food and prices aren’t great. The portion of food is really small compared to the expensive prices unfortunately. Also very cramped inside so be prepared if you come with a bigger group. Service is quick though and margaritas/ sangrias are good.

Ivy Love

Recently, I visited with my family and found the food to be just okay - not particularly tasty. However, the service was outstanding, with a wonderful atmosphere and attentive staff, but I've had better Mexican food, sorry. On a scale of 1-10, I'd give the food a 5 or 6.

A You

The food and service is decent, but you have to watch out when you order your drinks to ask for the price because there is no price on their menu so ask before ordering as the price for the drinks is a bit expensive. The restaurant is nice and cozy.

Ye Aung

Good Mexican restaurant. Flavors are very bold and you will enjoy them. Our waitress was very attentive. Prices could be a bit more competitive. Although the food is tasty, I've had tastier. That's why it's only 3 stars. Definitely worth trying though

Destiny Sheftall

recently visited the only thing that was good was the drinks. The chicken quesadilla had no flavor or seasoning my beef empanada barely had any meat in it. It was just overall a bad experience.

Helen Qiu

11/20/25: I have been a long time customer for many years, often find myself relaxed in the joyful music, good food, and excellent service by Valentine and others. Today, however, I had my first most horrible experience that I hardly ever had. The bashful woman Lupe was the most ignorant, arrogant, and disrespectful waitress you can ever imagine! The tamale dish was so salty that it was not eatable. I told the waitress, and she did not offer any help. Since I am a long time customer, so I don’t want to waste their food. I tried to get it to work by removing the salty sauce. However it still tasted horrible because the salty sauce was soaked inside the tamale. After a few tries with different methods to remove the sauce, I already finished the small tamale although unpleasantly. I talked to them and requested for a discount. i thought a 50% on the salty dish would be reasonable. Now, came the horrible woman Lupe. Rather than listening to customer’s complaints and my reasonable request, she accused me of trying to eat free food!!! She refused to give me any discount. When her colleague offered a $2 discount, she disagreed with them, either! How horrible and rude! So please be warned: NEVER get LUPE, a stubby and arrogant woman to be your server. She has ruined the reputation of a good place! 12/17/25 Add: I met May Eng, who is the current manager. She was not sincere. She folded her arms and did not apologize. She said she approved of a $5!discount but her staff Lupe LIED and did not give it to me. The manager May is INCOMPETENT. She is NOT able to manage her staff and they were rude to her as well. Incompetent manager results in rude and disrespectful waitresses. There are going to be bigger problems with the restaurant moving forward, if they cannot control SALT in the food. Can they control the alcohol? And other ingredients? After talking to the manager, I have now changed food to be NO star because I believe the manager May Eng is incompetent to manage the staff, and that put FOOD service at risk if she cannot manage the waiters, waitresses, and the chefs. I cannot trust this restaurant any more. So I do not recommend anybody to visit.

D E K E R

I’ve been to El Porton so many times previously and was a huge fan. That’s why it’s so sad to leave this review. My colleagues and I placed a to-go order last month. There were numerous things wrong with the order, unfortunately. One of which was that one colleague received the wrong item completely (received tacos instead of a taco salad). The other one was a piece of green thread inside the food of my other colleague. Truly disgusting. See attached photo. I went back to the restaurant that same day and showed them the photo and also explained all of the various other items that were wrong with the order. They acknowledged the thread was the exact type used to tie their tortilla bags. I explained that I understand things happen, but we just needed to let someone know and make things right with us. I was advised to leave my phone number and someone would call me back. I never heard back, so I went there once more a few weeks later (actually placed another pickup order) and let them know that no one had gotten back to me. Once again, they apologized and asked me to again leave my phone number so someone could call me back. I never heard back this time around either and unfortunately have to leave this review. Truly disappointing. Due to them ignoring us, it will prevent my colleagues and I from ever stopping by again, which makes me sad as it was the opposite of my intention. I just wanted them to make their mistakes right.