Was in Carbondale for work for a few days and my hosts brought me here for lunch one day. I found El Paisano to be as good, or better, than several of the "authentic" Mexican restaurants in my hometown.The chips were perfect and the salsa had a perfect blend of flavor and spiciness; not too much and not too little. They did bring other sauces to add if one desired more heat though.I ordered three chorizo street tacos which were incredible, with more than enough meat and other toppings to be filling but not overly so. 10/10 I'd eat here again to try something else off the menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
P. K.
Our experience here tonight was very dissatisfying. It was somewhat busy which is to be expected on a Saturday night but this felt like someone dropped the ball. We were seated and got our drinks. We put in our food orders and 1 and 1/2 hour went by with nothing. Finally our server stopped by and asked if we got our food. We said no and he came back and got our orders AGAIN. He said he must’ve lost the order-it had never been put in. This is why we were seeing people who had come in after us get their food, ate, and were already leaving. My toddler was starving and they hadn’t even started cooking. We told them sure and they brought it out in 20-30 minutes. Portions were small/okay. Food was good. But To top this off, the manager only took $10 off the bill-we should’ve justified that the inconvenience was greater but didn’t feel like arguing with them. They ruined the plans we had for afterwards and we left so disappointed as we had never visited before so were excited to try it. I get that servers have off nights and aren’t perfect but how do you forget a whole table of people exist? We won’t be back and wouldn’t recommend it.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
DJ Keith Hughes
Amazing mexican food. Great.portions and full of flavor.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Aaron Wise
Best Mexican food in the region. Try the fundito dip and veracruz dish.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Kaitlyn Lewis
Best restaurant by far! Food is amazing and flavorful. Plus, the service and vibes send it over the top. 100/10
Very good service we wanted something that was not on the menu and their response was right now we will do it excellent service and flavorParking: It is a large squareWheelchair accessibility: If they have a ramp and reserved place
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Queso Fundido, El Paisano Dip, Huevos A la Mexicana Lunch
Petrice Eisele
Great food...love the horchata, great new
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delora Bell
Love the food and the portion size. Helpful service when ordering.
Nice food , great service .. we had a lot of fun ... Nice tacos ... ask for shredded chicken.. Best taco ... wow ..Again great service with smile and Nice hot food .. ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jason L.
I'll start with the restaurant was very clean in the staff was very friendly. That being said, my order was wrong ordered a beef chimichanga, and got chicken instead. They fixed my order but they put ground beef in the chimichanga instead of steak. It tasted like a Taco Bell, and I couldn't even drink my tea because it had floating things in it. After all this I was charged $16. So much for trying new places.
Sandi Wood
It was our first time here. Ive been reading rave reviews of this place on a FB resteraunt review group page. I ordered the Mexican enchalada meal and Bill had two hard shell tacos and a tostada meal with chili toriados. We also had guacamole with our chips and salsa and i had a horchata. Everything was fantastic. The service was just the absolute best. We had a great conversation with our waiter. Bill stood up and started walking out after lunch and had an episode, falling to the floor incoherently, for several minutes and then I went to retrieve his wheelchair. The staff was so patient and understanding and helped him finally get into his chair and then came out and helped me again by getting him in the car. They didnt have to do that. They were so kind. We will be back again for more great food!
Try the ribeye tacos!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Steak
Was in Carbondale for work for a few days and my hosts brought me here for lunch one day. I found El Paisano to be as good, or better, than several of the "authentic" Mexican restaurants in my hometown.The chips were perfect and the salsa had a perfect blend of flavor and spiciness; not too much and not too little. They did bring other sauces to add if one desired more heat though.I ordered three chorizo street tacos which were incredible, with more than enough meat and other toppings to be filling but not overly so. 10/10 I'd eat here again to try something else off the menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Our experience here tonight was very dissatisfying. It was somewhat busy which is to be expected on a Saturday night but this felt like someone dropped the ball. We were seated and got our drinks. We put in our food orders and 1 and 1/2 hour went by with nothing. Finally our server stopped by and asked if we got our food. We said no and he came back and got our orders AGAIN. He said he must’ve lost the order-it had never been put in. This is why we were seeing people who had come in after us get their food, ate, and were already leaving. My toddler was starving and they hadn’t even started cooking. We told them sure and they brought it out in 20-30 minutes. Portions were small/okay. Food was good. But To top this off, the manager only took $10 off the bill-we should’ve justified that the inconvenience was greater but didn’t feel like arguing with them. They ruined the plans we had for afterwards and we left so disappointed as we had never visited before so were excited to try it. I get that servers have off nights and aren’t perfect but how do you forget a whole table of people exist? We won’t be back and wouldn’t recommend it.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Amazing mexican food. Great.portions and full of flavor.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best Mexican food in the region. Try the fundito dip and veracruz dish.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Best restaurant by far! Food is amazing and flavorful. Plus, the service and vibes send it over the top. 100/10
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Frozen Margarita, Shrimp Tacos, Steak, Chips and Salsa, Burrito, Beef
Very good service we wanted something that was not on the menu and their response was right now we will do it excellent service and flavorParking: It is a large squareWheelchair accessibility: If they have a ramp and reserved place
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Queso Fundido, El Paisano Dip, Huevos A la Mexicana Lunch
Great food...love the horchata, great new
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love the food and the portion size. Helpful service when ordering.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Friendly staff and great food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Taco Salad
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Good hot food at a fair price.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Burrito
Amazing, great people and great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nice food , great service .. we had a lot of fun ... Nice tacos ... ask for shredded chicken.. Best taco ... wow ..Again great service with smile and Nice hot food .. ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I'll start with the restaurant was very clean in the staff was very friendly. That being said, my order was wrong ordered a beef chimichanga, and got chicken instead. They fixed my order but they put ground beef in the chimichanga instead of steak. It tasted like a Taco Bell, and I couldn't even drink my tea because it had floating things in it. After all this I was charged $16. So much for trying new places.
It was our first time here. Ive been reading rave reviews of this place on a FB resteraunt review group page. I ordered the Mexican enchalada meal and Bill had two hard shell tacos and a tostada meal with chili toriados. We also had guacamole with our chips and salsa and i had a horchata. Everything was fantastic. The service was just the absolute best. We had a great conversation with our waiter. Bill stood up and started walking out after lunch and had an episode, falling to the floor incoherently, for several minutes and then I went to retrieve his wheelchair. The staff was so patient and understanding and helped him finally get into his chair and then came out and helped me again by getting him in the car. They didnt have to do that. They were so kind. We will be back again for more great food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chips and Salsa, Guacamole