El Palomino Mexican Restaurant

Wonderful dinner in the middle of a long drive!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

We just finished a wonderful meal at El Palomino! This is a delicious, affordable, and convenient meal just off the road if you're heading North/south on 46. This service was friendly and Attentive, and there's a huge variety of food on the menu. Highly recommended!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food and the service was the best.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food in my opinion was crap the rice I ordered with cheese I didn’t not taste no cheese it’s tatsed like cardboard

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 3

2 of the orders were wrong and waitress said I just work here and did not fix the order..

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: 2 Bean Burritos with Cheese Dip

A place to stay relax and eat good food✌️

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salad Bar

Amazing overall my #1 fav now Jamie was Excellent service food was delicious I order the tilapia fish plate with spicy sauce

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best Mexican food in town!! Never have an issue with the food or service when we come to this restaurant. I’d give more stars if I could!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

It was my first time there and it's hard to get a second 1st impression. I had a beef chimuchhanga and I have never had one with ground beef . I've always had shredded beef so right then I lost my appetite s it didn't even taste like one and then about halfway thru that thing I pulled what I think was a piece of paper or something out of my mouth. I could nt tell what it was but it was not supposed to be in my food so I was done then. My friend said I should raise hell but I just said no it wouldn't do any good. The waitress ust brought us the food wasn't her fault. I probably will not be back. Could have just been a bad day who knows. But a ground beef chimuchhanga was new to me. Oh the service was excellent tho. Had a great waitress.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chocolate Sundae

Service was slow considering they weren't busy. Chips were very hard and stale the salsa was bland. Taco shell was even more hard than the chips. Chicken enchilada looked good but had absolutely no flavor at all. Will NOT be back!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

So, we've been there twice in the past month. Both experiences have been mixed.

The food is generally good. The menu is half the typical Tex-Mex food you find in most Mexican joints in the area, and half steakhouse. We've tried the fajitas and they've been good. The salsa is another story. It tastes like someone opened a can of marinara and added some cilantro. It is just barely better than tolerable. We've gotten three steaks. All three have been seasoned well. Two were cooked to order, one was slightly overcooked but still good. Both the baked potato and fries were generic but cooked well. There is a salad bar that is actually very good. They stock it well and there is a large variety of ingredients to choose from. One final food note... they have a Mexican street corn that is great, but it is not on the menu as a regular item. There is no guarantee they will have it, so you'll have to ask your server for availability.

The service is real inconsistent. The first time we went, the server was attentative but the food came out very slowly. The second time, the food came out quickly but our server was awful. He didn't know the menu and couldn't explain the difference between the specials and the regular menu. The order came out missing some items. However, because he didn't come back to check on us, we had to flag down another server to help us. After he brought the missing side, he never came back to the table again. For a while he was in the back and never came out. Then suddenly he appeared and went to sit at a table with a man; he stayed there talking for a half-hour until we checked out. Not once did he check on us and come to check us out. The nice server who had helped us previously came to the register and retrieved our bill. Then she went and got us two drinks to go since we never got a drink refill. She was pleasant, helpful, attentive to her tables, and of course she helped us, too.

Vegetarian options: The salad bar is great. There are some other menu items that are clearly vegetarian.

Dietary restrictions: Because of the type of menu, it is pretty easy to tell what is GF or not.

Parking: There is a huge lot beside the restaurant.

Kid-friendliness: Nothing crazy going on in here. Kids menu available.

Wheelchair accessibility: Lot of room between most tables.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 1

Great service.....GREAT food!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Stopped here by chance during a long drive home to IL. The food and service was OUTSTANDING!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Taco, Burrito, Beans and Rice

Yery good salad

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Grilled Chicken Salad

A place to spend an excellent time with the family with delicious food and their work team is excellent

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5