El Jimador #5

124 Lincoln St, Porter
(219) 926-6518

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Robert E

Ordered pick up and my order was given to the wrong person. I only confirmed this when the cashier was arguing with the cook in Spanish and I asked if she gave my order to someone else. So I waited for them to recook my meal and nothing was offered for compensation. Food was mediocre and it appears they ran out of chips for the order, so they fried some tortillas, thus having two different types of chips which was odd. Although I will say the freshly made chips were better than the restaurant chips.

Food: 2

Service: 1

Monty Roper

Vegetarian options: Great vegetarian burrito.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fajitas, Taco, Burrito

Cornbread

Salsa, chips, and carnitas are all amazing. Rice is little bland though

Food: 3

Anon Ymous

Ordered carry out (steak taco dinner) and was told it would take 20 minutes. I waited 30 and when I arrived, my food was still not ready. The restaurant was empty with the exception of one family and I still had to wait another 15 minutes until my food was ready. Then I do not receive any silverware or napkins. Had to go back and ask for some. I could forgive those issues if the food wasn’t a waste of money. It’s not that the food was necessarily bad, but it was so mediocre and the lowest effort I’ve ever seen put into a meal. I would rather go to the gas station and eat a lamp warmed pizza puff.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

Ethan Hildebrand

If I could rate them 0 I would so slow and they don’t seem to care.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

missy lyons

Door Dashed a pretty big order and it said it would be delivered in 35-50 minutes. Delivery driver waited and waited. Was 45 minutes later than the original latest delivery time. Then they forgot several items. I clicked on forks knives and napkins, didn’t get any. The food we actually got was pretty decent. But overall we were disappointed.

Food: 4

Service: 2

Angela Santiago

Incredibly slow service. Waitress never checked on us. We needed refills twice. We’re seated, 10 min later order taken and food didn’t arrive until 40 min after placed. People walked in after us, ate and left. Nothing fancy was ordered but tacos and a burrito.

Service: 1

Jason Ketchem

DoorDash order was trash. Took forever. Left a complete meal out. Did not send chips and salsa, utensils, or napkins. Could not follow directions on a special order.

Food: 3

Service: 1

Nikole Rodriguez

3% surcharge on CC payments. Bring cash to avoid the fee.

Food looked good. Taste good.
Flautas cooked all the way through. Rice & beans were nice & hot. I usually Get double beans because I'm picky about rice & it was cooked nicely. Happy I tried the rice.

Restaurant looks so much brighter with the paint change. Modern feel & clean.
They definitely take advantage of clean windows allowing all the natural lighting in.

The only reason I took away a Star was because they no longer cut their own Corn Tortillas for the Chips & salsa. Flour was freshly cut & fried. They just got smaller in size.
Salsa was okay. Lacked heat & seasoning in my opinion.

Update I took another star away because there Carne asada is horrible tried it 3 times. Horrible cut, marinated too long & turned into Jerky before it even hits the grill. Covered in seasoning salt.

Another update Milanesa is very thin compared to the Pan/bread they paired it with. Hoping to find "my go to meal" soon.

Parking: Parking can get a little tight on weekends as they are on a strip with multiple bars.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Jason Jones

This used to be Santiagos, Every,time I was in the area I would have to stop and have a meal. I was aware that "Santi's" was for sale but didn't know it had sold. I am pleased to say that this has been a very adequate change. My food was delicious, service was good and price was great.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

jfk shouldofducked

Food was better than el salto plus it's open on Monday but the service was terrible. 2 dumb teens running the whole area, when new customers walked in they just looked at each other and said your turn. They played on their phones the whole time

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1

Carolina “Lina”

We ordered takeout. When our order was delivered the uber driver said he was not given drinks with our food. We ordered 2 drinks. The meat in our tacos and burrito was burnt. I mean completely burnt. We ordered a fluata dinner and it was stale and chicken tasted dry and reheated.

Food: 1

Service: 2

Lorrie J

The new look was needed and the food presentation good.

Ashley Fisher

Delish! Was nervous to try it after Santiago’s closed but I was craving Mexican and ordered Uber eats. Was at my house within 30 mins. They gave me extra tortillas, hearty portions and an extra cup of coffee. I don’t know what’s it’s in their coffee but it tastes delicious.

Jessica Zaideman

Steak taco was decent, not a lot of flavor. Flour chips and salad was delicious. Uber eats description of food is inaccurate.

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