El Michoacano

3639 W Shaw Ave, Fresno - 93711
228 reviews
Mexican
(559) 275-3911

I provide a rating in two categories, 1) food, and 2) service.1) The food had great quantities and very good flavor. A to-go container was required because the amount was too great to eat. The fajitas were a bit on the well done side but tasted very good. We enjoyed the fresh corn and flour tortillas. The salsa that came with the chips tasted like it was made from canned tomato sauce but was still tasty.2) The service received was minimum. As you enter the facility you are greeted with a sign that states, “Wait to be Seated”! Then from across the restaurant from the back in a loud voice you hear one of the many ladies directing the patrons where to sit. We had to get the bucket with the napkins in it from another table.Will we return? The potential is there but yet to be seen. If we do return I will provide an update review.

I was craving Chile Verde and this restaurant did not disappoint! I appreciated the option of getting black beans over pinto (personal preference) and everything was delicious! The wait was quick and my food was still hot when I got home, including the corn tortillas... ??? no photos to share because it didn't stand a chance of getting cold

Food is usually great, but geeeez I don’t know what the heck is going on with the waitresses lately. They’re so rude lately and seem like they’re being inconvenienced by people being there and interrupting their gossip time. Been going for awhile, only return for the food.

The food is good but as said in previous comments the both thing is stupid. And the service is TERRIBLE. Waited 30 minutes to get a bill the lady is talking on her personal phone just terrible. Smh wouldn't recommend.

I grew up in Tucson 1n the 1950s, first grade through HS (Catalina), tho we also lived in Fullerton and Florence (AZ) at different times. But I got used to and really enjoyed the dishes from the mom-&-pop (well, family) Mexican restaurants. I have been pleasantly surprised how the tastes and smells of the dishes at Michoacán have some of those same qualities. In this area of Arizona, from Tucson south and down into Mexico, the Sonoran Desert prevails. I don't know if that is a factor, but it is a nice surprise. ALSO: The Molina family in Tucson have perfected a cheese quesadilla that is radically different and better than anything I can get anywhere. It is a little more effort, but 10,000x more tasty. .

We had the nachos and enchiladas. The enchilada sauce was not good. The nachos had WAY too many jalepenos on them too. Their Carne asada is delicious and I really like their beans and rice. Their salsa is perfect also. I recommend to get a burrito from here unless you want fajitas or sea food. My mom loves their shrimp tostada.

Very disappointed with the customer service. TERRIBLE. We have been coming here for 2 years now, and have always got good service. We came last week and were told we couldn’t get a booth because it was only 2 people and they needed that for bigger groups. Mind you, we’ve had a booth before just us 2. Even though we were dissatisfied, we chose to stay. Mind you no other groups came and 2 booths stayed empty. but we got over it because we liked it there. Present day, 4/9 we came with a huge party of 22. And they don’t take reservations so we chose to stay and wait. We finally get seated and then they decide to tell us that it could only be on 1 single tab!! That it was a weekend, they were too busy and that it was too much to have separate tabs! When the restaurant literally wasn’t even full! We went back and forth and they didn’t budge. It would have been 6 different tabs. Even though we could have done it with 1 single tab, that was very inconvenient and should have been told that the moment we said it was a group of 22. And on top of it the two older ladies we were dealing with had attitude . I have never had such terrible customer service, even more disappointed we were loyal customers before this. They might not even care either. But we will never be back

The food is always good. Their menus are now a QR scan but it is in very fine print with no zoom capability. The service has always been so-so and still is. The girl had too many tables at 11:30 AM. Couldn't get a refill to save my life. I even slurped and shook it. The mop they use to clean needs to be washed; the floor smells like a dirty stinky mop.

So the food is great I won't fight that but I drove from Chowchilla to eat at this restaurant and when me and my friend arrived we were told we could not sit at a booth because it was only 2 of us my friend and I just wanted the comfort and privacy but we we're denied the comfort, waitress was nice but my despoilment was that the entire time that we were there the booth's we're EMPTY, imagine my disappointment but oh well, too bad. I'll have to find a restaurant that doesn't deny me the comfort.

Food is ok staff is very friendly and accommodating. Had the shrimp.cocktail which was hearty in shrimp. Good place nice decor friendly staff and prices a bit to high to justify the food quality but overall good.