I'd call this place upscale Mexican. Not the standard Mexican but Mexican with a high-class twist. Definitely a hipster/trendy vibe with lots of young professionals. It was packed but we were able to get in and sit at the bar. The bartender was friendly and helpful. The house margaritas hit the spot. For food we split the guacamole, the crabmeat tostada, the huarache and the ceviche. A little bit pricy and not super large portions. The guacamole was amazing and came with a bucket of chips. The huarache was even better, and I highly recommend it. The ceviche was delicious. I would pass on the tostada, since I couldn't taste any crab in there.
Jane Grant
Delicious food, tasty drinks, excellent service! Started with Happy Hour drinks & appetizers, moved on to the dinner menu. Very satisfied with entire experience!
Paula Ramirez
Who would have thought bomb Mexican in Montana!!?? I am a Flight Attendant, I travel the whole country and I like to find little spots like this one to try the food. I have to be 100% honest. I was totally blown away by this hidden gem. I have been in Michelin Mexican restaurants and this place is absolutely amazing! I was very impressed by the menu, which have some options that not many modern Mexican restaurants will offer e.i. Tacos de papa con rajas. I started with cangrejo tostada: wow! So refreshing, the different flavors in your mouth, I’d absolutely order it again and again! Then I ordered: 3 different tacos: Papas con rajas, cochinita pibil, tacos al pastor. TBH I was blown away by these 3 tacos. My absolute favorite were papas con rajas and the taco star of the night: Cochinita pibil! They have their house hot sauces: the red one is a strawberry habanero and the green one is green apple habanero. Best hot sauces I’ve ever tried! I had to try the 3 leches (great dessert!) you are not going to retreat coming to the Camino. I had 2 beers (which were $3 each!! - happy hour all day every day) El Camino is absolutely worth it! I texted all my loved ones and I’m coming back to Missoula (I live in VA) just to have dinner with them at The Camino. Suggestion: Please start selling the hot sauces 🙏🏽😁
Luke Gruber
Good food and cocktails but four stars as the menu is definitely overpriced. Three tacos and two cocktails ran about $60.
Jackie Tieu
The food is good, but the experience doesn’t match the high prices. It seems like the menu has recently changed, and now it feels like you’re getting nickel-and-dimed for what used to be standard. Chips and salsa, used to be complimentary, as they typically are at most Mexican restaurants—are now $7 extra charge. We ordered the cochinita, which previously came with tortillas, but now it’s a dollar for two tortillas. The quality is there, but the value just isn’t.
Katie Moon
This is not a typical review for The Camino, I absolutely ADORE this restaurant, but this evening was very off for them. At first, our server was super kind, helpful, and patient with our table of nine. The group I was with, at least in my opinion, were all trying the hardest we could to be considerate to the wait staff (even with a reservation, we all work service jobs so we know how hard it can be!) Unfortunately, out of all the dishes and drinks we ordered we had an issue with a single one. None of us get any joy out of sending something back, but the item we got was so out of the ordinary from every time we’ve gotten it before. We ordered the mussels, they had an off smell and tasted like they were about to go bad. We talked to the server and reiterated that it was completely okay if nothing could be done, but we wanted to check just in case if the kitchen noticed something was wrong that they could possibly take it off our tab. At first the server was super understanding and brought it back to the kitchen to see what she could do and came back with the dish and asked us if the off taste could possibly have been from the char on the bread (it definitely was not the bread, it was the mussels themselves). After telling her this, she took it to the kitchen again and proceeded to work other tables and largely avoided our table without any update on the situation (the restaurant was not slammed by any means, there was a small group at the bar and then a few scattered tables of couples and trios but very obviously spread between several servers). Anytime we tried to flag her down for our checks she would disappear again, which if she was just super busy that’s completely understandable, but it felt really off. When we finally got her attention she very bluntly explained that they couldn’t take the mussels off the tab as we had already eaten half of them and we didn’t alert her soon enough (keep in mind, we got one order of mussels for a table of nine, so each of us trying a single mussel made the dish immediately cut in half) and we let her know once she came back to our table to check on us after our first few bites. To be completely honest, all of our food EXCEPT those mussels was absolutely incredible. And the service was lovely up until that point. This review would’ve been five stars across the board if that hadn’t been our experience. All nine of us at the table work service jobs, we all know that if any of us ever acted that way towards customers no matter the situation that we would be in huge trouble. This review is not at all to say that we want anyone in trouble or to steer people away from The Camino because EVERY other time we’ve gone it’s been delightful. We just wanted to flag a concern we had over something that we all thought would’ve been a relatively simple fix. Overall, and apologies for the long read, the experience was incredibly disappointing and put a literal sour taste in our mouths. I really hope they do better next time we visit.
Joel B
I guess Missoula needs upscale Mexican fare. I didn't need it in Missoula. It's pricey and slow service. Food was pretty good, but you have to wait for it. The servers didn't know how to take orders in a timely manner. You could tell by all the people, with empty tables, looking around for a server and their food. The guacamole was very sugary and no spice.
Brook S
The food was just okay. A little pricey for what you get. We weren’t blown away and really had high expectations for this restaurant. The waiter was great. Atmosphere is okay.
Orlando Acosta
the last place open for food on a Thursday night, not crowded. Server was efficient. Good cocktails, but $17 for Tanquery Martini is a bit over priced. Tacos were tasty. However, they would have benefitted from having a homemade corn tortilla wrapper. Instead they tasted like a store bought, kind of stale tortilla, which fell apart. They could have at least double wrapped it. no chips and dip for free. Overall a nice but pricey experience. $91 for guacamole dip/chips, 3 tacos, 2 alcoholic beverages and a 20% tip. yeah, that was way overpriced.
70times 7
This was an above average, decent Mexican restaurant. It was a very busy restaurant!
Went to the Camino last night with my spouse and had a lovely experience. Our server, Laurel, was very personable, up-beat, and had great recommendations. She recommended the key-lime pie and it could have brought me back from the dead. Hot damn! The drinks were tasty, as well as all of the other food we ordered, but the highlight of our experience was the service. 4 stars for the atmosphere because the music was a tad loud to chat over and the AC was a little too cold for my poor chilly bones. I'll be returning!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rance Krech
Went in for my wife's birthday on Saturday night, party of 7. Food was pretty good. Service was trash. I had to ask the server to take drink orders for the other half of the party, who had just sat down. She was trying to hurry us along for some reason and then ignored for long periods of time. Couldn't coordinate a birthday shot for the group because of the ignoring. I was polite through the dinner, please and thank yous every time, but had to keep asking her to do her job. I spent years in that role and am very forgiving but this was just intentional seeming, not a "too busy" situation. I could go on but she got hers with a 20% gratuity and we won't return.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Coach Anthony
First, there is nothing Mexican about this place. Overpriced for small tacos on cold/uncooked blue corn tortillas. Street tacos have white or yellow corn tortillas cooked on a flat top. Meat was good tasting but not much of it. Only black beans on the menu. Mexican food whole pinto beans. I will say the mezcal margarita de la casa was great, but also over priced.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Margarita De La Casa
Night Lamp
It's hard to explain why I'm reviewing this pretty nice seeming and sorely needed venue with two stars when I loved the food and server... but then it's hard to explain our experience here too. I'll give it a shot:
The server was good. Too busy, but good at being a server if everyone knows what that means. It got really weird with the drinks though right away.
They were way too slow in coming after first order then continued to show up slow or not at all, and they weren't great. Sorry bartender guy, I usually don't complain but this was a $200 tab at a four top and I don't expect bad drinks in that kinda of scenario. The server also seemed annoyed with the bar, and it wasn't the usual server-vs-bartender drama either. Also, I had a very sore throat the next morning... and you can almost always lay that right on either the table service or the drinks. Really bad sign there, but also correlation doesn't equal causation they say, so keep that in mind.
The food was very, very good after picking from a pretty narrow menu, and I really am excited about the kitchen here. Really great work going on, please keep that up at least.
I won't be going back, unfortunately, until I hear major changes have occurred at the bar. Not many things are in my no zone, lol, but bad drinks at an upscale venue are one of them. Very strong pour to be fair, but then I can do that at basically any bar in town, which is maybe where current subject belongs for a while longer.
4/10/22 and we still haven't been back. Crappy bar service is the burn that keeps on burning, lol.
9/15/24 and I'm slowly considering maybe coming back, with close friends in town or some other "bad is fun" situation. update maybe soon, sometime in the next 5 years.
I'd call this place upscale Mexican. Not the standard Mexican but Mexican with a high-class twist. Definitely a hipster/trendy vibe with lots of young professionals. It was packed but we were able to get in and sit at the bar. The bartender was friendly and helpful. The house margaritas hit the spot. For food we split the guacamole, the crabmeat tostada, the huarache and the ceviche. A little bit pricy and not super large portions. The guacamole was amazing and came with a bucket of chips. The huarache was even better, and I highly recommend it. The ceviche was delicious. I would pass on the tostada, since I couldn't taste any crab in there.
Delicious food, tasty drinks, excellent service! Started with Happy Hour drinks & appetizers, moved on to the dinner menu. Very satisfied with entire experience!
Who would have thought bomb Mexican in Montana!!??
I am a Flight Attendant, I travel the whole country and I like to find little spots like this one to try the food. I have to be 100% honest. I was totally blown away by this hidden gem. I have been in Michelin Mexican restaurants and this place is absolutely amazing! I was very impressed by the menu, which have some options that not many modern Mexican restaurants will offer e.i. Tacos de papa con rajas.
I started with cangrejo tostada: wow! So refreshing, the different flavors in your mouth, I’d absolutely order it again and again!
Then I ordered: 3 different tacos: Papas con rajas, cochinita pibil, tacos al pastor. TBH I was blown away by these 3 tacos. My absolute favorite were papas con rajas and the taco star of the night: Cochinita pibil!
They have their house hot sauces: the red one is a strawberry habanero and the green one is green apple habanero. Best hot sauces I’ve ever tried!
I had to try the 3 leches (great dessert!) you are not going to retreat coming to the Camino.
I had 2 beers (which were $3 each!! - happy hour all day every day)
El Camino is absolutely worth it! I texted all my loved ones and I’m coming back to Missoula (I live in VA) just to have dinner with them at The Camino.
Suggestion: Please start selling the hot sauces 🙏🏽😁
Good food and cocktails but four stars as the menu is definitely overpriced. Three tacos and two cocktails ran about $60.
The food is good, but the experience doesn’t match the high prices. It seems like the menu has recently changed, and now it feels like you’re getting nickel-and-dimed for what used to be standard. Chips and salsa, used to be complimentary, as they typically are at most Mexican restaurants—are now $7 extra charge. We ordered the cochinita, which previously came with tortillas, but now it’s a dollar for two tortillas. The quality is there, but the value just isn’t.
This is not a typical review for The Camino, I absolutely ADORE this restaurant, but this evening was very off for them.
At first, our server was super kind, helpful, and patient with our table of nine. The group I was with, at least in my opinion, were all trying the hardest we could to be considerate to the wait staff (even with a reservation, we all work service jobs so we know how hard it can be!)
Unfortunately, out of all the dishes and drinks we ordered we had an issue with a single one. None of us get any joy out of sending something back, but the item we got was so out of the ordinary from every time we’ve gotten it before. We ordered the mussels, they had an off smell and tasted like they were about to go bad. We talked to the server and reiterated that it was completely okay if nothing could be done, but we wanted to check just in case if the kitchen noticed something was wrong that they could possibly take it off our tab.
At first the server was super understanding and brought it back to the kitchen to see what she could do and came back with the dish and asked us if the off taste could possibly have been from the char on the bread (it definitely was not the bread, it was the mussels themselves). After telling her this, she took it to the kitchen again and proceeded to work other tables and largely avoided our table without any update on the situation (the restaurant was not slammed by any means, there was a small group at the bar and then a few scattered tables of couples and trios but very obviously spread between several servers). Anytime we tried to flag her down for our checks she would disappear again, which if she was just super busy that’s completely understandable, but it felt really off. When we finally got her attention she very bluntly explained that they couldn’t take the mussels off the tab as we had already eaten half of them and we didn’t alert her soon enough (keep in mind, we got one order of mussels for a table of nine, so each of us trying a single mussel made the dish immediately cut in half) and we let her know once she came back to our table to check on us after our first few bites.
To be completely honest, all of our food EXCEPT those mussels was absolutely incredible. And the service was lovely up until that point. This review would’ve been five stars across the board if that hadn’t been our experience. All nine of us at the table work service jobs, we all know that if any of us ever acted that way towards customers no matter the situation that we would be in huge trouble.
This review is not at all to say that we want anyone in trouble or to steer people away from The Camino because EVERY other time we’ve gone it’s been delightful. We just wanted to flag a concern we had over something that we all thought would’ve been a relatively simple fix.
Overall, and apologies for the long read, the experience was incredibly disappointing and put a literal sour taste in our mouths. I really hope they do better next time we visit.
I guess Missoula needs upscale Mexican fare. I didn't need it in Missoula. It's pricey and slow service. Food was pretty good, but you have to wait for it. The servers didn't know how to take orders in a timely manner. You could tell by all the people, with empty tables, looking around for a server and their food. The guacamole was very sugary and no spice.
The food was just okay. A little pricey for what you get. We weren’t blown away and really had high expectations for this restaurant. The waiter was great. Atmosphere is okay.
the last place open for food on a Thursday night, not crowded. Server was efficient. Good cocktails, but $17 for Tanquery Martini is a bit over priced. Tacos were tasty. However, they would have benefitted from having a homemade corn tortilla wrapper. Instead they tasted like a store bought, kind of stale tortilla, which fell apart. They could have at least double wrapped it. no chips and dip for free. Overall a nice but pricey experience. $91 for guacamole dip/chips, 3 tacos, 2 alcoholic beverages and a 20% tip. yeah, that was way overpriced.
This was an above average, decent Mexican restaurant. It was a very busy restaurant!
Restaurantji Recommends
Great atmosphere, food rocks and cocktails are really spot on. Super friendly staff that really knows their menu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Carne Asada Tacos, Guacamole, Salsa
Went to the Camino last night with my spouse and had a lovely experience. Our server, Laurel, was very personable, up-beat, and had great recommendations. She recommended the key-lime pie and it could have brought me back from the dead. Hot damn! The drinks were tasty, as well as all of the other food we ordered, but the highlight of our experience was the service. 4 stars for the atmosphere because the music was a tad loud to chat over and the AC was a little too cold for my poor chilly bones. I'll be returning!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Went in for my wife's birthday on Saturday night, party of 7. Food was pretty good. Service was trash. I had to ask the server to take drink orders for the other half of the party, who had just sat down. She was trying to hurry us along for some reason and then ignored for long periods of time. Couldn't coordinate a birthday shot for the group because of the ignoring. I was polite through the dinner, please and thank yous every time, but had to keep asking her to do her job. I spent years in that role and am very forgiving but this was just intentional seeming, not a "too busy" situation. I could go on but she got hers with a 20% gratuity and we won't return.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
First, there is nothing Mexican about this place. Overpriced for small tacos on cold/uncooked blue corn tortillas. Street
tacos have white or yellow corn tortillas cooked on a flat top. Meat was good tasting but not much of it. Only black beans on the menu. Mexican food whole pinto beans. I will say the mezcal margarita de la casa was great, but also over priced.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Margarita De La Casa
It's hard to explain why I'm reviewing this pretty nice seeming and sorely needed venue with two stars when I loved the food and server... but then it's hard to explain our experience here too. I'll give it a shot:
The server was good. Too busy, but good at being a server if everyone knows what that means. It got really weird with the drinks though right away.
They were way too slow in coming after first order then continued to show up slow or not at all, and they weren't great. Sorry bartender guy, I usually don't complain but this was a $200 tab at a four top and I don't expect bad drinks in that kinda of scenario. The server also seemed annoyed with the bar, and it wasn't the usual server-vs-bartender drama either. Also, I had a very sore throat the next morning... and you can almost always lay that right on either the table service or the drinks. Really bad sign there, but also correlation doesn't equal causation they say, so keep that in mind.
The food was very, very good after picking from a pretty narrow menu, and I really am excited about the kitchen here. Really great work going on, please keep that up at least.
I won't be going back, unfortunately, until I hear major changes have occurred at the bar. Not many things are in my no zone, lol, but bad drinks at an upscale venue are one of them. Very strong pour to be fair, but then I can do that at basically any bar in town, which is maybe where current subject belongs for a while longer.
4/10/22 and we still haven't been back. Crappy bar service is the burn that keeps on burning, lol.
9/15/24 and I'm slowly considering maybe coming back, with close friends in town or some other "bad is fun" situation. update maybe soon, sometime in the next 5 years.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
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