El Primo

1827 Knapp St, Crest Hill
(815) 998-5359

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Danielle Fox Burns

First time eating here but will not be the last. Loved the food, great service good vibe in the place. I had the tacos went with a steak, carnitas and el pastor. El pastor was not my favorite but loved the steak and carnitas. Loved the beans, guacamole and carrots and peppers they brought out with salsa. Wife had chicken taco and tostada and they were very tasty. Tacos are the authentic street taco kind , will be torn between the steak and carnitas next time.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Gerardo Aguirre

Oct 2024

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mr K.

Authentic Mexican restaurant. Waitresses English skills were lacking, but my sister speaks a bit of Spanish which helped. The food was mixed. Their home made salsa was amazing. Best Mexican carrots I've ever had too. Carrots were sour, spicy, but overpoweringly spicy. Ordered the primo dinner. (Steak, El Pastor, and a quesadilla). The Steak and the beans were really good. The quesadilla was authentic, corn tortillas and Mexican cheese. The rice had a good orange color but seemed under seasoned. The El Pastor was a dry rub seasoning. It was just ok. Too dry for my taste. They offer corn or flour tortillas. They have a bar which is a plus. My sister had sopas. It was 6 inches wide and flat. It looked yummy. Everything I ate needed extra salt, but I love salt. Would go again.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Rhonda Brooker

Food wasn't that great. When I was checking out I saw a roach on the floor. We won't be going there again.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Joelann Sunde

Their food is pretty good...we come for the tacos and margaritas.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tacos

Karina Rosario

Tried the carne asada Tacos and they were good flavor. However they had a lot of fat on the meat. I will give them another try and pick something different.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Steak Tacos

Elsa Soto

My bad experience is that there is a lady with terrible service, every time we go we don't like that she takes care of us, she behaves as an arrogant despot, she answers badly, she gives a bad face and when it comes time to pay, unfortunately, she herself charges by making mistakes, in case she shouts that my husband better know It came out I think they should be careful with the customer, I don't know his name but I would like to let the manager know and next time tell him who it is I like the food but we won't be back because of it so I think ??

Vegetarian options: I don't think

Kid-friendliness: I don't think

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Chilaquiles, Tacos

Victor Accomplice

Well don't usually give bad reviews. But I'll try and keep this short. Food is fair. Prices are great on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Half Price margaritas. (Issue with that further into review) And $1.50 tacos. Yay! The first time there and the waitress got my drink and My dates food order wrong. We both let it slide and continued on our dinner date. Good time was had by all. Till my date has a hearty laugh and banged the back of her head on a low hanging Modelo neon sign. Asked our waitress to go check on her because she was in the bathroom checking her wound for a long time. Asked to speak to manager to bring the potential dangers of this low hanging light just to mention it and advise that it be hung a little higher. And this is where it all went wrong. The lack of compassion. And her excuses where appalling. "Oh we didn't hang that sign the beer company did" and the good ole "we've never had a problem before" to which I reply " well they're a first time for everything and this is it!" Then she spewed out with"would you like me to call the COPS and ambulance" while looking at our margaritas. I'm not that easily intimidated by a half witted manager. We did proceed to have them called after we left. Never was an apology offered never was there a once of concern coming from Maria the "Manager" although our waitress seemed a little bit more compassionate. We paid our bill and left. (Since the manager was rude and confrontational I opted out to have the incorrect drink and food order deducted but did compensate the waitress. Which now I regret because as it was pointed out to me just now we didn't even get our orders of rice.) go there if you must so long as you don't drink there you never know with Maria the "manager". And on here second visit to our table she did start getting in my dates face and said "is there anything else you need me to do?" To which I replied "yes I need to you to go do whatever it was you were doing before you came back here"

Wheelchair accessibility: Wheel chair accessible but no automatic doors and I tight double entrance

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 2

Recommended dishes: Hot & Mild Salsa with Chips, Chips Y Salsa, Tacos, Tortilla Chips

WSStanford

Im not one to usually write reviews, but I think this place deserves one,

This is my family's go to spot on Thursday nights, and typically I'll pop in for lunch here and there,

I am impressed that anyone has qualms with the service or food, everything is always excellent - that being said

Tuesdays and Thursdays, you are lucky to get a seat, every - single - table- will be occupied, because the food and service are great,

also -before leaving my review, I read through some of the other ones,

People complaining about the food need to get their heads checked out, taste is subjective for sure, but I have never personally had anything bad here

and about someone hitting their head on a sign? we ate at that table this evening, you would have to purposefully scoot your chair into it to even be close enough - if you were trying to scam a free meal just say so -

all in all, the place is awesome, try it out, don't believe the hate

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Cassie Turner

Good atmosphere and excellent chips n salsa, but the $1.50 tacos was not good at all, steak was dry n burnt, chicken taste like it was out of a can, service was good too tho, maybe try something besides the tacos

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 4

Patricia Ruiz

Bad overall. Sitting for a while, no one came until I asked one of the ladies who worked there. The food was terrible. No taste at all, only full of hot spicy sauce. My hubby ordered a plate of seafood that was over $30 dollars. He specifically told the waitress No spicy on the seafood. We'll it was sooo spicy that his lips got swollen. No customer service at all. The waitress did not even come back after bringing the food. To check if we needed more drinks. It really sucks for the price they charge. Never will I ever go there again, first time and last time.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Aracely Flores

This is the 3rd time me and my family go and we won’t be going here again every single time we went they overcharged us by over $15 and then we tell them and they become mad at us. How do you overcharge someone when the system automatically generates it? Their waitresses also suck. They’re rude and they dont even check up on you at all. They take your order and someone different comes to drop it Off and then they never check up on you again AND then they automatically add a tip charge of 25% on your tab , like I’m sorry I didn’t even get napkins or a refill or even a box nothing.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

William S.

My family and I just got done with our dinner here, this is usually are go to Thursday spot. The food was excellent as always, service was great - although, they usually are slammed, as in, every table is full from 4pm-7pm, get there early or get there later, because it is crazy at that time. All around great experience always

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Dianne Caples

The food was good, the service was not so good they were super busy they didn't have enough employees to keep up! The atmosphere was ok it was really hot ? in there felt like no Air conditioning was on. Overall the tacos were good. Just needs better customer service !

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 2

Mariel G

They never acknowledged us or came to our table but right away took care of the people who came in much later a few tables away so we walked out after several minutes. They're food was no good anyways.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

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