The server dropped a glass plate on my bare foot in sandals in the patio and nobody could bring me a band aid or bother offering a free drink or something, the service was so slow and the food wasn’t even good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
Chris H.
Lovely lil Spanish/Latino large outdoor backyard & front patio restaurant. Their homemade BEEF STEW is to die for, along with the steak sandwiches! If u have a party of 2 or more just get the margarita pitcher. Met owner once very pleasant treated my girlfriend, her mother, and I to free rounds of coconut tequila! ??
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Asada Al Pastor Carnitas Shrimp Tacos Dinnet, Burrito, Fajitas, Steak Fajitas
Elizabeth Reyes
Atmosphere and service were great, although our server was clearly overwhelmed but sweet. I ordered the chiles rellenos and they were surprisingly small but tasty. The Paloma drink that my partner ordered was not like a Paloma usually is. We ended up leaving the full drink on the table when we left. I had a mojito that was pretty standard/good. Nothing too special but I’ll be back eventuallyVegetarian options: Chiles rellenos plate, cactus and cheese tamal appetizer, quesadillas
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Leticia Donato
Its was very good food drinks. But my granddaughter order ground beef tacos the meat was burnt she didn't like it she couldn't eat it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Marguerite Keefe
Love this place! Monica and Old Juan are lovely. I’m coming back to try the food and to visit Monica and Old Juan!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
Rachel Bunting
The service is 12/10 such friendly and welcoming staff! Felt like family from the second we walked in.
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salsas
Scott De Piazza
Chicago staple in Logan
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Shadi keys
Food was greatService was ExcellentThank you
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Justin Apple
I've been coming here for years and honestly every time is amazing. Everything here is great, the staff are friendly, and they have the best skirt steak dinner. The steak is inside skirt steak, a decent portion, seasoned perfectly, and always hits the spot. For the price point too my wife gets it nearly every time. The margaritas are also perfect here. They also have a dog friendly big back patio. This is one of my favorite spots in chicago.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Krystal D.
ATTENTION!......ALL AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND BLACK FOLKS DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT GO HERE!!!... The service was absolutely horrible. Me and my friend came in to dine and we waited an hour before we even got water. Even my friend who has been in the food service industry was upset. It took her getting up and saying something to the manager for them to even come to our table. When somebody finally did come to our table the waitress addressed my caucasian counterpart and complimented her outfit and asked if there was anything else they could do and did not address the table as a whole and disregarded me as if I wasn't even there. In addition to that, for this inconvenience all we were offered was free guac and still had to wait another hour just to get tacos. After eating, the service did not get any better for we had to alert them once again just to pay. This is not the first time this establishment has been accused of racist service. Please black folks go to another Mexican restaurant that treats us like people because this ain't it. They only want to impress non-black folks. So please go somewhere you are welcomed and feel valued because it's not here. And the food was very okay I've had way better. El Cid all I have to say is that you need to do better as a minority organization.
Vegetarian options: My cousin is vegetarian and he chose El Cid to eat which is a good indication to me that I can safely recommend El Cid for vegetarians but they have great food all around.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish, Tacos
Mark Porter
I’ve been coming here for years, it’s the best! Great margaritas and vegetarian options. The back patio is great and upstairs has room for large parties. Meow.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jane Wilberding
Great mexican food! El Cid is great for take-out or dine-in. My favorite part about El Cid is the outdoor patio open during the summer.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Julia Gabrielle Barnes
Truly a wonderful dining experience. I’ll be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tee Goodie
****ANOTHER RACIST ESTABLISHMENT **** I’m only giving this place one star because 0 stars is never a option unfortunately. I come in and the old lady who runs the front counter and answers the phone, immediately asks, “to go?”, I told her to give me a second and can I please see a menu. As I’m looking at the menu, she interrupts and asks once more, “to go?” I then responded with, “did I say to go?”… she then went silent; she didn’t even attempt to ask if I wanted to dine in or seat me or even give me time to look at the menu. Once I decided to dine in another guy who’s not browned-skinned comes in after me, she immediately just greets him. She does NOT keep subtlety attempting to force him to take his order to go but allows him to take the time to respond after she greeted him. I call the waitress who was working tonight( 4/10/22) over to inform her of this incident and she says to me “that’s her attitude, I am sorry about that. I, myself treat everyone equally”, basically confirming that’s the kind of establishment this is, and that lady does in fact show discrimination toward guests. At that point the waitress is cleaning my table without permission pretty much RUSHING me out of there basically as if I’m not welcomed as 2 other people over to the right of me who were also not browned skinned like the guy who came in after me, were eating comfortably at their own pace, with no one rushing over to clean their tables without confirmation that they were finished, but letting them enjoy their dinner. I am REPULSED. Clearly black people are not welcomed here— smfh. When is it going to end?? I ADVISE YOU TO NOT SPEND A DIME HERE. THANK ME LATER!Edit: THEY HAVE RESPONDED TO EVERY REVIEW BUT MINE. Point proven. Disgusting.
The server dropped a glass plate on my bare foot in sandals in the patio and nobody could bring me a band aid or bother offering a free drink or something, the service was so slow and the food wasn’t even good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
Lovely lil Spanish/Latino large outdoor backyard & front patio restaurant. Their homemade BEEF STEW is to die for, along with the steak sandwiches! If u have a party of 2 or more just get the margarita pitcher. Met owner once very pleasant treated my girlfriend, her mother, and I to free rounds of coconut tequila! ??
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Asada Al Pastor Carnitas Shrimp Tacos Dinnet, Burrito, Fajitas, Steak Fajitas
Atmosphere and service were great, although our server was clearly overwhelmed but sweet. I ordered the chiles rellenos and they were surprisingly small but tasty. The Paloma drink that my partner ordered was not like a Paloma usually is. We ended up leaving the full drink on the table when we left. I had a mojito that was pretty standard/good. Nothing too special but I’ll be back eventuallyVegetarian options: Chiles rellenos plate, cactus and cheese tamal appetizer, quesadillas
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
Its was very good food drinks. But my granddaughter order ground beef tacos the meat was burnt she didn't like it she couldn't eat it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Love this place! Monica and Old Juan are lovely. I’m coming back to try the food and to visit Monica and Old Juan!
Atmosphere: 5
Service: 5
The service is 12/10 such friendly and welcoming staff! Felt like family from the second we walked in.
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Salsas
Chicago staple in Logan
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was greatService was ExcellentThank you
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I've been coming here for years and honestly every time is amazing. Everything here is great, the staff are friendly, and they have the best skirt steak dinner. The steak is inside skirt steak, a decent portion, seasoned perfectly, and always hits the spot. For the price point too my wife gets it nearly every time. The margaritas are also perfect here. They also have a dog friendly big back patio. This is one of my favorite spots in chicago.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
ATTENTION!......ALL AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND BLACK FOLKS DO NOT I REPEAT DO NOT GO HERE!!!... The service was absolutely horrible. Me and my friend came in to dine and we waited an hour before we even got water. Even my friend who has been in the food service industry was upset. It took her getting up and saying something to the manager for them to even come to our table. When somebody finally did come to our table the waitress addressed my caucasian counterpart and complimented her outfit and asked if there was anything else they could do and did not address the table as a whole and disregarded me as if I wasn't even there. In addition to that, for this inconvenience all we were offered was free guac and still had to wait another hour just to get tacos. After eating, the service did not get any better for we had to alert them once again just to pay. This is not the first time this establishment has been accused of racist service. Please black folks go to another Mexican restaurant that treats us like people because this ain't it. They only want to impress non-black folks. So please go somewhere you are welcomed and feel valued because it's not here. And the food was very okay I've had way better. El Cid all I have to say is that you need to do better as a minority organization.
Restaurantji Recommends
Vegetarian options: My cousin is vegetarian and he chose El Cid to eat which is a good indication to me that I can safely recommend El Cid for vegetarians but they have great food all around.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish, Tacos
I’ve been coming here for years, it’s the best! Great margaritas and vegetarian options. The back patio is great and upstairs has room for large parties. Meow.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great mexican food! El Cid is great for take-out or dine-in. My favorite part about El Cid is the outdoor patio open during the summer.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Truly a wonderful dining experience. I’ll be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
****ANOTHER RACIST ESTABLISHMENT **** I’m only giving this place one star because 0 stars is never a option unfortunately. I come in and the old lady who runs the front counter and answers the phone, immediately asks, “to go?”, I told her to give me a second and can I please see a menu. As I’m looking at the menu, she interrupts and asks once more, “to go?” I then responded with, “did I say to go?”… she then went silent; she didn’t even attempt to ask if I wanted to dine in or seat me or even give me time to look at the menu. Once I decided to dine in another guy who’s not browned-skinned comes in after me, she immediately just greets him. She does NOT keep subtlety attempting to force him to take his order to go but allows him to take the time to respond after she greeted him. I call the waitress who was working tonight( 4/10/22) over to inform her of this incident and she says to me “that’s her attitude, I am sorry about that. I, myself treat everyone equally”, basically confirming that’s the kind of establishment this is, and that lady does in fact show discrimination toward guests. At that point the waitress is cleaning my table without permission pretty much RUSHING me out of there basically as if I’m not welcomed as 2 other people over to the right of me who were also not browned skinned like the guy who came in after me, were eating comfortably at their own pace, with no one rushing over to clean their tables without confirmation that they were finished, but letting them enjoy their dinner. I am REPULSED. Clearly black people are not welcomed here— smfh. When is it going to end?? I ADVISE YOU TO NOT SPEND A DIME HERE. THANK ME LATER!Edit: THEY HAVE RESPONDED TO EVERY REVIEW BUT MINE. Point proven. Disgusting.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1