El Patron Restaurant

9700 Fort Meade Rd, Laurel - 20707
107 reviews
Mexican
(301) 490-2999

This is a hidden gem located in the old Pizza Hut. My friend and I shared birria tacos, sopa de birria and the tacos dorados. The sopas pair really well with the crispy dorados. The broth itself was very rich in flavor and you can tell all of the meat juicys were marinating in it for hours. The birria tacos packed plenty of flavor and the tacos dipped in the consume were perfect. The staff here were really friendly. Highly recommend this spot if you want some quality Mexican food. I'll definitely be back to try their other taco specials and dinner items.

The service was good, the tacos Al pastor were soooooooo delicious omg!!!! Fully recommended!!!

This stand-alone building was a Pizza Hut that closed around 2020. Nice variety of popular, standard Mexican items, with above average prices for a restaurant with no style.

The Birria tacos are my favorite. The food is fresh and tasty. This location is very clean and service is excellent.

Atmosphere: really tacky, decorations have to go and add more cultural pictures or something other than tacky banners. You come in and seat yourself, some booth seats are not the same, and some tables are wobbly. Looks like the lamps above the table need to be dusted, and looks a little disorganized.Service: on a non busy time and day it still took a while to get service, approximately 7 minutes or so to get menus and drinks. We weren’t offered any chips or salsa, not sure if we had to ask for some. Drinks came in plastic cups but the food on a real dish. We received our food and finished. We waited over ten minutes to see whether or not someone would come to get our plates from the table and offer us our check. After a while of waiting we decided to go to the front counter and pay for our food. The prices are good for the big portions; however, at the end of it all, with everything considered, I give it a 3 star rating for the OVERALL experience not just food itself.Food: I ordered mixed pupusas (chicharrón con queso) and my husband ordered some breakfast platter with steak, egg, rice, and beans. The food is delicious, the portion sizes are BIG! I ordered three pupusas because in most places are small but theirs were huge so I ate 2 and a quarter. The Cole slaw salad that comes with it was okay, not bad nor amazing, and the salsa was great but they don’t give you much of it. My husband also enjoyed his food and got big portions but he did come hungry and ate everything.

This is a very nice comfy establishment the food is delicious and I loved everything about t. It’s very rare to find a true Mexican experience in maryland. But they somehow hit the mark on the head. If your tired of your standard stuff like Taco Bell. Please come up this place its mind blowing.

2 year ago me and my family had visited this place and let me tell you the food tasted amazing???but my problem is that when I was gonna use the bathroom it was nasty, it smelled gross and it wasn’t cleaned

My new favorite place for tacos! The Birria tacos and chorizo tacos are a must! Great service too. I never give 5 stars for anything but since I go there at least once a week, I had to. ?

This place has excellent food, and the best Huevos Rancheros we have had since we left California over 20 yrs ago.HOWEVER! We will never eat there again. We went there yesterday, and some workmen were there, drilling holes in the ceiling. We noticed a bunch of stinkbugs at the front door, but decided to go in anyway. When we were looking over the menu, a bug fell on my menu. I said, "We're out of here."On our way out, I spoke with the manager, telling him he needed to call an exterminator. He said he had, but, until the workers were done, there was nothing he could do. As we left, I brushed a bug off my head, and later, my wife knocked one off her jacket. I hope we didn't bring any home.I'm sorry, senor, but there IS something you can do about the situation, which you clearly knew about. Close the place until the workers are done, then call the exterminator. If you don't the Health Dept. will be happy to do so for you.

Amazing authentic Mexican food! Yummy handmade tortillas.