El Paraiso Mexican Grill Monroe

Excellent service and food. Beyond my expectations!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great food friendly staff clean bathrooms plenty of parking

Excelent food and customer service. Beautiful restaurant with a lake view.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I went here for lunch with my boyfriend and we thought it was interesting and so upon arrival I thought it was weird it was in a medical building, but it was fine. My bf asked for patio seats and we were seated outside. The view was AMAZING and all the wildlife there was great!! There were many types of birds and one that I adoringly named Stilts because his legs looked like such. My bf and I fed him tortilla chip crumbs.
Upon reading the menu I was happy to find that there were so many vegetarian options!! I ended up ordering the chimichanga and my bf got the carne asada. When the food arrived it looked good and the chimichanga tasted really good and was filled with black beans and cheese. The slaw was sorta warm feeling like it sat out on the counter all day and was finally served though it had good flavor. The rice was dry and lacked flavor and the tostada bowl full of black beans felt like they just took the beans from the can and heated them up unseasoned and bland. The carne asada was small but my bf said it was good. And after we were done the waiter asked if we wanted any desserts.
My bf asked what they had and the waiter started naming off things like fried ice cream, churros, and chimichanga cheesecake. What!? Chimichanga cheesecake? So we ordered that. Now my bf was not big on cheesecake from the jump, but I slowly got him to like it. After this chimichanga cheesecake I do not know, I might have to try to get him back into it again.
First off the idea is solid and it is the lack of execution that gets me. If you are gonna market something as a cheesecake IT BETTER TASTE AND FEEL LIKE A CHEESECAKE!! This did neither. The taste of the ice cream and whipped cream were fine, the cheesecake itself was horrible and nasty. It tasted like someone took a block of frozen cream cheese that was not Philadelphia and had gone sour and shoved it into a flour tortilla and deep fried it till it tasted burned. It was gross. I took two bites to make sure and it was gross. Do you want me to show you what a cheesecake should taste like? I like the idea and the amount of vegetarian options, but it is poorly executed and lacks real flavor or resemblance to cheesecake. I am not rushing back to this place and will probably just try to make my own chimichanga cheesecake soon. Thanks for the location and the nature. Also, the people there talk to much and too loud. Other customers that is, service was good.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 3

Best in town

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The carne asada was good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Big meals, delicious, great service, nice staff. I recommend this restaurant !!!👍

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I Called one of the managers, Marco and inquired about availability for a wedding rehearsal dinner. He was very informative and I asked if we could narrow down the menu to y choices. Absolutely Marco said and we will print special menus.
They, were completely ready for us and the printed place mats had the bride and groom name and food choices exactly as I asked. Wait staff was impeccable and the food outstanding. I highly recommend this restaurant. Thank you to Marco and staff for such a flawless evening.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Terrible!! So when we first walked it was already a weird vibe. The lady in the front handing out tortillas seemed very bothered that she had to give us anything. Then they sat us pretty quickly but we had to wait 30 min to even order and over an hr to get our food. We had a party of 9 but one of the smaller tables for where they sat us. Then they sat us next to the patio door and they separated our tables so they can get in and out of the door however, they were very annoyed that we were sitting where they put us. We never complained we were just talking and having a good time waiting patiently for our food. Then we got our food and it was not good. Even the tortilla soup lacked flavor and substance however, we still ate, enjoyed each other’s company, and then left. I ordered the taco (beef) and enchilada combo, the taco was terrible. I also ordered a drink and never received it even after asking for it 2x. Then we left and the waiter said “finally” as if we were the ones holding them up, after we waited about 25 min to get the bill then 10 min to just pay our bill. We will not be going back to this restaurant ever again. We will take our business elsewhere.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

Tasty food, nice views and friendly and quick service.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

We always do our team dinners here! They have delicious food, the Cadillac margaritas and great service! Highly recommended for big party's!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was awful and almost no flavor the cilantro was brown and wilted and none us ate hardly any of our food maybe a few bites and then we just sat there, the only things we enjoyed were the chips and salsa which the salsa was okay ish also ordered a drink that was supposed to be blended it came un blended/melted and not very cold said it had strawberry puree on the menu but it was strawberry syrup and tasted awful so didnt drink any of that either. We used to come here all the time but its gotten worse every time. The snohomish one is much better and worth the drive. The only thing really still good here is the view of the lake every thing else was horrible.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

Very rarely write reviews but felt compelled to write this one. Recently visited El Paraiso in Monroe and was very pleasantly surprised by the level of excellent service from the moment we entered the door. The staff is very attentive and accommodating. The food comes out at lightening speed after ordering. If there was any slight delay, they were sure to come and inform of the couple minute hold up. Super impressed with this El Paraiso location. Thank you for the wonderful service!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Fresh tortillas at the door, friendly service, lakeside outdoor seating, and great food. Would recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was really good , large portions and service was just right ,not bothersome but maintained - my new choice for mexican food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5