El Lago Taco & Tequila Bar

5313 NW Shafer Dr, Monticello
(219) 253-3890

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Zahidraipoot Zahidraj

Very Good Restaurant i like

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Deborah Blake

Friendly staff. Best guacamole!

Shaleem Shaleem

Tasty 😋 salad 🥗

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tara Rex

Love the view, the drinks are great. I feel the food is average.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

A

It's hit and miss on the service but fun place to sit on the water and eat.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 3

Ashlee Weston

Eh went to try them out Saturday with my family was excited for tacos and tequila,but we showed up they dont seat you, you seat yourself and we waited at the table for like 10 minutes before even seeing a server on shift that then only greeted the table seating themselves after we had already been there for 10 minutes after another idk 5 minutes we decided to see ourselves out and go somehwrre else!! Probably will not teturn considering my first experience was not good even if they were short staffed someone could have said something to us!!

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 1

John Faker

I read some of the reviews and didn't expect much, but this was much better food than the reviews led me to think.

I had the marinated steak fajitas. They were seasoned very well and had tons of flavor. Steak was good quality and plenty of meat and veggies. My family had a mix or tacos and burritos and they all loved it. I had the Margaritas especially, it was very tasty but a bit pricy.

Look this isn't the Ritz Carlton, but it's just all around solid Mexican with a great atmosphere and view of the lake.

We came in by boat and they had plenty of space and boat parking available.

The only small downside was it seemed they were short staffed, we sat down and waited about 10-15 minutes before being contacted. The bartender was serving us and had tables all over the place and you could tell he was busy, but he did a great job. I think his name was Jaylen. We did see another table leave after not being greeted and they told us they had been waiting about 30 minutes. I'm glad we decided to wait though. It was worth it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Anthony Avalos

Got fajita shrimp tacos had a pound of everything else and 2 pieces of shrimp on each taco

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Kathy Haney

We visited Aug 2, 2025.
Our server, Brendan was absolutely wonderful! The manager was super sweet. The view was beautiful.
We had the Mahi Mahi bites. They were fabulous! We also tried the Shrimp nachos. We enjoyed those too. We will definitely go back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

N K

Margaritas are not fresh like they used to be. All made with mixes just like every other place anymore. Was looking forward to a fresh real margarita like they used to make but was sadly very disappointed. It said on their menu they offer fresh cucumber margaritas, what I got was a lime margarita mix with one slice of cucumber in it. I don't even like lime margaritas. Will not be making a return visit.

Stephanie Jelderks

Hands down the best birria tacos I’ve ever had. First time coming but I will be back to try more food. Great customer service as well.

Jaimie Branning

Such a wonderful restaurant right on the lake. Very fast service, yummy food. Definitely recommend the triple dipper (queso, guacamole, and salsa) with your chips. Will definitely go again!!!!

Melissa Marie

The food was awful!!! The food was WAY over price. Very disappointed, just a waste of time. Two margs with no alcohol, and a toco dinner (meat was chewy and rice was too spicy and chewy), $40! Not worth it.

Melissa Marie

Literally the worst restaurant, please save your time. Margs had NO alcohol (for $11), rice was way too spicey to even eat. Not worth it!!!
Two margaritas and a taco dinner, $40!!
But the views and atmosphere were great on a positive note.

Angela Amador

Not authentic Mexican food, no flavor. $80 in the garbage.

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