El Puente Mexican Restaurant and Cantina

$ • Mexican

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1821 S 19th St, Ozark
(417) 581-0591

About El Puente Mexican Restaurant and Cantina

El Puente Mexican Restaurant and Cantina offers a delightful dining experience with quick service and great food. The menu features delicious traditional Mexican dishes made with fresh ingredients at reasonable prices. Customers praise the friendly staff and quick meal preparation. The chicken cheese and rice is awesome, and portions are generous. The shrimp cocktail is amazing, and the tamales are a hit with the kids. There is also a small vegetarian menu, where the spinach enchiladas are amazing. The restaurant is clean, including the bathroom, and has a nice bar area. The servers are friendly and attentive, ensuring glasses are always filled. The steak chimichanga and huevos rancheros are both very good. El Puente is a highly recommended spot, with extended lunch price hours. Customers mention the fajitas always have a good mixture of meat and veggies, and the chips and salsa are great. The food is absolutely amazing, and the workers are even better. This place is so good, it comes highly recommended. Service is the best, with food coming very quick and piping hot. Kids' meals have a large amount of food, and no one goes home hungry. This will be our go-to Mexican restaurant on this side of town.

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81 ratings
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Food
4.3
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Service
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I haven’t been here since June 2024 because of bad service and bad food but I thought I would give it another chance.
$16.99 for Carne Asada and half of it was fat.
A Gentlemen set me, same gentlemen got my drink he was vey friendly.
Waitress named Vicky took my order and brought me my food and brought me the bill. She never once came back and checked on me. The service in this establishment is subpar at very best and the food has become disgusting, when this place...read full review

I don't normally write bad reviews but our experience was so bad here, I felt I had to.

We accidentally ordered from this location instead of the Nixa location and instead of cancelling our order, we decided to do the right thing and drive to pick it up. I wish we'd just have bailed on the food.

When I arrived, I found our takeout order in a bag, sitting on a counter by the checkout which was also by the front door, unattended. After paying, the worker handed me...read full review

I’ve been here multiple times and have never had an issue, but this time was horrible. I requested no onions or tomatoes on my order, and after it was delivered, it took almost 18 minutes for the server to come back and check on things, and that chimichanga was packed full of onions and tomatoes. He sat down at the table and chose to watch TV for 17 minutes instead of coming to check on my food. So I did not eat half of my food or drink my drink and was just told “I’m sorry.”...read full review

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Hours

Monday Closed
Tuesday 11AM - 9PM
Wednesday 11AM - 9PM
Thursday 11AM - 9PM
Friday 11AM - 9:30PM
Saturday 11AM - 9:30PM
Sunday 11AM - 9PM
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