El Cortez Mexican Restaurant

28971 Golden Lantern A101, Laguna Niguel - 92677
237 reviews
Mexican
(949) 495-4808

Happy Cinco De Mayo! Great restaurant decor. Friendly service. Margaritas were tasty and the beer was cold. 4 stars for now because in my opinion, the guacamole can be a little better. Come on chef! Ill be back at a later date to try it again.

The margaritas are awesome, salsa is perfect spicy and chips are so fresh! Today is Friday at 6:45pm it is busy but not full.The food is delicious and the beer is cold. Thank you El Cortez crew you made our evening amazing.

1. One of the waitresses just pointed a table for us to sit rather than take us with a smile,2. The margaritas where in a bowl instead of a margarita cup and made it really strong.3. The food I ordered had a lot of water and the other food was not cooked right. Plus they gave us so much chips and the guacamole looked like it was expired and the owners knew about it and still gave it to us and my family. Then there was a awful smell. The place looks so dull and sad like someone died.

Best Albondigas soup and lunch specials great prices,plenty of food,excellent service

Could possibly be the worst dining experience I’ve had in a really long time. Horrible service, overcharged, drink orders repeatedly wrong, told there was happy hour, then wasn’t, sub par food… and the almost completely empty restaurant spoke volumes. Will absolutely never be back. ZERO stars.

Very good authentic Mexican food, atmosphere very warm and friendly staff. I want to say Kaylee The hostess with the most so adorable. She’s turning 15 tomorrow and she’s working today and she’s working tomorrow and and she wants to (saving up for a little mini coop) ? has such a contagious smile sweet spirit. God bless her. I would go back just to say hello to her. Again the food was very good but the staff was the best… hHappy birthday Kaylee!!! (I hope I’m spelling your name right)

Best customer service ever! Just like family.

Such a good ambience. The Cadillac margarita is awesome. I had the Chile verde for lunch, very good. They are busy for lunch but the restaurant is big so no lines. They still have the outside seating, which is very good for them. Lots of locals but families too.

The margaritas are great, my favorite dish is the Chile verde, today I had the Garlic Shrimp and was amazing.

Carne Asada wet burrito is really good. Follow that with the deep fried ice cream desert. The salsa is a little too hot for enjoying with chips. They used to have a lower spiced salsa in addition to the regular. I'll ask next time.