El Vaquero Mexican Restaurant

Will this place ever be open again

Small quaint restaurant. Food was great! Prices are comparable to most places in town.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

There food is always great and very filling and very cheap for cody.the wait can be long occasionally but not often.

It was very sketchy from the outside and very, VERY small. Won't recommend.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Cute little place with awesome food. Chunky guacamole! Super fresh

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

How do you give zero stars? We just pulled up with 50 minutes before they closed. Open sign was on. By the time I got my shoes on, the open sign was turned off and the door locked. Don't give this hole your business.

Great place. The service was excellent and the food was amazing. This is true home cooked Mexican food. The restaurant was clean and had a very nice atmosphere. We were one of the first ones there when they opened and by the time we were halfway through our meal the place was full.
Highly recommend!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

My friends and I loved the food and it was a nice place outside of the main street so it wasn’t packed and we got to eat right away

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chips Salsa, Quesadilla, 2 Enchiladas

I visited El Vaquero on the 4th of July and had a really great experience. The food was delicious, I had some fantastic quesadillas, and the service was very efficient. I highly recommend it!

Authentic flavors

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Smothered Burrito, Chile Verde, Enchilada, Mole, Quesadilla

Surprising little hidden away restaurant. The food is homemade. The chips and salsa were delicious. Highly recommend the guacamole. My only note is that the food could have used a little more flavor, and this were a little pricier than I would have assumed. But it's made from scratch and It's so nice to find real, homemade mexican food. I will definitely return.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Best Mexican food in town. Wish they were open more.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Amazing service, tasty food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Quesadilla

Best chips and salsa in Cody by far!!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

We looked at the online menu thinking it might be a less expensive option for dinner, but it wasn’t. It opened at 5pm, we weren’t expecting it to park in what seemed like a furniture making shop. Small place. It was cold, February, but we didn’t feel any heat. We read a review about the margaritas being delicious, but no one mentioned the $12.50 price for a regular sized margarita, so 2…wow. The iced tea was undrinkable and I had to exchange it for a $4 Diet Pepsi and was lucky enough to flag down the one and only waiter/greeter/cashier/food runner to get a single refill. Other reviews said the homemade chips were amazing, they were actually quite hard and not even warm and considering we were the FIRST 2 customers in the door at 5pm, I was shocked. The salsa was decent but when we asked for a refill we were told there’s a charge but not how much, we were charged $4 for it, and we didn’t even get a refill of chips with the salsa. We ordered 2 entrees, carne asada and fajitas without bell peppers, just onions (I’m allergic) served with rice and beans, I asked for sour cream (not told $1.50 extra) the rice really had no flavor, my boyfriend put the salsa on his rice and I asked for some pico, small was $7 and large was $15 I think. I said no I just wanted a little to put on my rice, so a small amount was $1.50. The fajitas came out on a cold plate, I have never been served fajitas that weren’t served on a sizzling cast iron platter with all the “fixings” like cheese, sour cream, pico and guacamole on the side…especially for $20…I ordered the “for two” for $34 so I could feed the chicken, steak and rice to my dog. The meat was very dry. The carne asada tasted good to my boyfriend but his stomach was upset within 30 minutes and he was on the toilet the rest of the evening. The meal prices looked reasonable but the shock of the $94 bill about made us lose the dinner immediately. Only 2 couples came in after us and a single gentleman. At the bottom of every page of the menu it stated to be patient because they cooked each meal to order, definitely be prepared to wait for your food and service with only 1 person waiting on the entire restaurant. They don’t give you a check either, they just have you go to a cash register, where they have no lights, and ring everything up and ask if you want a receipt, of course we did, then we had to figure out what each charge was for. I personally will not ever go back, but it was not the worst meal, just dry fajitas and rice and extremely expensive if you want ANY drinks or sides

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Chips Salsa