El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant

5390 Wadsworth Bypass, Arvada - 80002
359 reviews
Mexican Seafood Cocktail Bar
(303) 432-2042

I was taken here with my husband by my brother and sister for dinner when we flew here for visiting, and may I say, it was truly an unforgettable experience.We were greeted by the owner, and were seated right away with smiles and free flowing freshly made nachos and a superb salsa...Then we had ordered the house-made special with a combination of steak and chicken, and was so delicious. Their strawberry margaritas were spot on as well.I would like to thank the staff and the owner for the tremendous and warm experience here. Keep up the wonderful work and I hope to someday have the delicious Mexican experience again.

The food was good. Service was also good. I'm put-off by the fact that, although a small amount, the restaurant has been charging 75 cents for "cheese" that was not offered as an option nor should it be. The charge just appears on the bill when you receive it. Just another dishonest way to get an extra bit of cash from the customers surreptitiously. Hasn't cheese always been a standard part of Mexican recipes? What's next, a tortilla charge with your taco?

Delicious meals for good prices! Always looking forward to their chips and salsa. House Margaritas are standard goldand worth every penny. Special and flavored margaritas are an amazing treat!!!! Great selection of kids choices for meals including American favorites like Mac & Cheese with Fries. Fries are always done perfectly, I’m jealous. Great atmosphere. Great locations.

20 minutes it took them to bring us our drinks. By the time they did, my "frozen margarita" was no longer even frozen and they have the audacity to ask "is it not good?" when I sent it back. A frozen margarita that isn't frozen because you took 20 minutes to bring it to us? NO IT'S NOT GOOD!! The service was horrible from the get go, and the food is not even OK at best. The caldo we received was clearly not even freshly made, it was very obvious it had already been reheated. The rice on my plate was bland as all hell and clearly reheated as well. Needless to say, we will never return here. They definitely need to do better.

We had a Saturday afternoon meal. Service was great. I had Spicey Shrimp Tacos and my wife had the Chile Relleno's platter. Atmosphere is really nice. Food was great and the medium house margaritas are giant!!

It was a good lunch. We had the nachos supreme to start, which was very good. Not huge portion but good for appetizer. I had a chicken burrito. It was good. Green chili was ok, had a lot better. Salsa was to watery. Service was decent.

Read reviews on next door, so we wanted to try this place. (Went to the one in Arvada.)It was excellent, we were seated as soon as we walked in, order was taken, chips and salsa brought to our table, along with our drinks. The food was really good. And the waiter was one of the best we've ever had. Will definitely go back..

All the food was disgusting, old and dried out to the point that 3 out of the 4 people in our party refused to eat more than a bite or two. We were asked if we would like boxes to take our food home and we all told the waitress (hell no).

The staff here is so awesome and nice. The service went above and beyond. The food was delicious. They were busy but we were sat quickly and the food came out so fast. This is an amazing place, and vegetarian friendly establishment! We will definitely be back

Bland food overall. Chimichanga did not seem to even be fried it was just a soft tortilla. As well as for fajitas plate did not come out steaming etc as you may typically see as if it had been cooked before and just set on the cast iron. The waitress did not check in at all throughout the meal till we were essentially done eating. Drinks were strong so one was enough. About half the cost of other places so not going all out but it definitely shows in the food quality and flavour. Overall environment was very well done interior wise very cozy and not noisy.