El Patron Mexican Grill

8662 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre
(850) 936-0950

Recent Reviews

LaTricia Anderson

Food was delicious! We came probably right before their lunch rush, so maybe they were still trying to get ready, but they hardly came back @ all to ask if we needed refills or more chips. We just had to flag them down & ask, but the staff was very nice & accommodating when we requested something.

Melaine Mosier

Street tacos were good, beans had a really good flavor. The only downfall for me is they fried the shells, and I just like warmed corn tortillas for street tacos. Good queso.

Mr G

Honestly Taco Bell does better. We had to request refills, our waiter doesn't understand English well, the tacos were so greasey and very little lettuce n cheese. I may go there for a 2nd time but tacos will not be my choice.

Talitha J.

The staff was SO NICE! And the food was good too! Don't believe all the other terrible yelp reviews! We took a chance and SUPER glad we did!

gcbacon

This was just ok. We eat Mexican frequently and have a large Hispanic population in our home town. The food style was similar but just ok. The chips seemed fresh and our waiter was nice but the food was nothing to write home about.

Bianca R.

The restaurant itself is fairly cozy and the wait staff are friendly/helpful. However, the food is not great. The chips and salsa were straight forward (nothing special). I took a gamble and asked for a Mojarra Frita. The fish was so thoroughly fried to a crisp. It was dry and lacked flavor. The plate itself looked so unappetizing. My mother ordered fajitas. Usually when I think of fajitas I picture a hot sizzling plate filled with smoky foods. It was bland and reminded me of a sad Philly cheesesteak on a plate. I will not be returning.

Mark Santana

Food was very average at best. Margaritas tasted more like kool aid than anything else. Service was good but had to remind server several times to bring something we asked for. Probably won’t return. Place was a little rough and unkept. YMMV

Ashley Colter

Have been wanting to stop in here for awhile but will be my first and absolute last time. Ordered online and they offered 15% off for first time online purchase so added to my order. Decided to order to-go. No, one greets you upon arrival. The place was not even busy...... Finally someone decided to ring me out without speaking. Didn't tell me how much but ran my card. When she handed me the receipt it was much higher due to them not honoring their online order discount also added a CONVENIENCE FEE for picking up a to-go order........ I was unable to communicate the issue since they did not speak English well. So I left. The food was soggy and insanely salty....... So disappointing and frustrating. There are many more local places in Navarre deserving of our patronage. The Catus Flower does not charge a fee to come pick up your food and the quality are freshness are Fantastic. We will NOT EVER be back and hope this helps someone avoid our mistake.

Mary Smith

First off, it was not busy, plenty of wait staff standing around just looking at us waiting to be seated. After finally being seated, we waited on our waitress for over 20 minutes. One person ordered water and she ran off and got everyone at the table water. Didn’t even give us a choice. Then, while we waited for our food(which was another 40 minutes) we watched a different wait staff carry a basket of chips out to a table as she ate from it while walking. When the food was finally to the table, I had to open 3 silverware sets to find a clean fork. The ONLY redeeming quality was our waitress, she was sweet and running around taking care of everything! She was the hardest working person there!

Jamie Patterson

I’m pretty sure when Lao Tzu said, “a bowl is most useful when it’s empty”, he wasn’t referring to water cups or chip baskets. Our waiter disappeared and the rest of the staff just stood up front talking to each other. Despite efforts to flag someone down to ask about our food, we left after over an hour of sitting. At least Taco Bell was close.

Jonathan Barragan

If I could give this zero stars I absolutely would, to start things off service was pretty slow, the restaurant was literally empty, staff took like 10 minutes to come and ask us what we’d like to drink, and another 10 minutes to bring them out. Despite the slow management, we decided to have some consideration for the food. When the food go there it was not all brought out at once some plates where brought out like 15 minutes after the first two plates where brought out, food was not really hot and tasted meh. But what made my family the most upset is that some of the things we ordered were missing, they charged 5.95 for like a kids meal and my cousin ordered 2 of them for her kids when brought out they looked completely different even though it was supposed to be the exact same thing. As we got up to leave and ask for the ticket, my mom went to confront the staff about the missing food and instead of apologizing and taking the food that we DID NOT GET OR EAT off the ticket she just replied “oh I know”, in a petty manner, and spoke to my mom in a rude manner. I write this review in hope that other people see it and do not have to go through the exact same intolerable experience we went through.

melissa c.

This place is not crowded and probably for good reason. If you're starving you might want to consider McDonald's as service is slow. I have never had a taco salad served on a warm plate with hot refried beans underneath the shell before? The chicken in my taco salad was not cooked so I had to return my salad personally to the kitchen because there was no white staff to be found. The restaurant is very hot inside and the margaritas were very warm and we had to ask for ice. AC apparently is set in 78, the margaritas are not cold and had to ask for ice. The service is way beyond slow. My husbands entrée had raw bacon on it and regretfully we went back to the hotel room and had leftovers.

Tony Taylor

This was great. Location wasn't too crowded and the staff was very nice and quick. Best Mexican resturant in Navarre.

Cynthia Solis

I went in there to have lunch today I ordered my food with no onions it comes out with onions owner of the restaurant comes to my table and says well the salsa that you’re eating has onions in it everything here has onions there’s no way for us to prepare you your food with no onions when I had already ate there several times the same thing with no onions very rude very disrespectful very hateful to be an owner

Christopher C.

For what it is... a Mexican restaurant in a strip club, it hits all the markers. Very decent Mexican food(best in Navarre for sure), super friendly staff and always welcoming, and cheap prices especially for a business that probably got screwed during the pandemic. Navarre in total doesn't have a plethora of options given it's a small beach town I would put this one as a solid option every time I'm hungry. Also cinco de mayo is packed and a good time

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