El Nopal Mexican Restaurant

Quick fast service
Manager greeted the table
Was seated and feed at a pace I enjoyed
Great place

One of my favorite things to get when I come to el nopal is the number 22 with chicken and instead of the regular sauce get mole salsa and when i don’t get that i get the chorizo quesadillas with beans on the side and i also get the tortilla soup and the burrito al carbon the best with cheese dip on top

Delicious. And it good. Always good. All good food must involve queso. Food is fast and service is great. Same quality through out

My husband and I love this restaurant and the multiple locations in Louisville. We highly recommend the chimichunga and $ 1.99 margaritas (Monday/​wednesday). The entrance to this location is super confusing and is actually at the back of the strip mall so don’t be confused when your GPS gets confused :)

A decent, locally owned Mexican restaurant operated by local folks. Can’t say this seems too fancy or particularly spicy. I do appreciate that everyone gets their own bowl for salsa in case they want to spice it up with hot sauce or double dip. But it is cheap and they give pretty big portions, so it’s got that going for it. I definitely recommend the steak quesadilla… It’s well prepared, enormous, and features well-​grilled strips of delicious marinated steak and onion, peppers. It doesn’t come with rice and beans, but honestly, you aren’t missing much here.

It was good, but not great. I was craving tacos but they don’t have just tacos on the menu. They are served with the combo plates. I got the plate with one beef enchilada, on beef burrito, and a chile relleno. I have to say I really liked the chile relleno. Also, I was disappointed that they don’t serve horchada. It’s getting hard these days to find Mexican restaurants that do serve it. It’s so yummy.

I typically go to this location or Eastern Parkway, but have been to almost two dozen of the many El Nopal locations. The quality of the food has gotten much better at this location, recently, as well as the friendliness of the staff. This is one of the few locations with a patio, which is great for sitting outside in the summer to have margaritas with friends. Even better, that patio is semi-​covered, so even in a light rain it’s possible to stay outside. The set up for the bar is better than most locations, as it is tucked away to the left of the entrance with ample televisions for games.

I always get the El Grande chicken burrito or fajita. This time I went with the burrito. It was really good. The guacamole was also good. Their salsa taste like tomato sauce. They need to add cilantro and peppers. I also got the queso. It also needs something to flavor it. It was good but could use a little spicing up. Over all a good meal. We got carry out and everything was fresh and hot.

First I must clarify: we were in a group and that may have accounted for the service we received. The food was good, not super authentic but still pretty good. The salsa is kind of blah, but the chips are very good. The service was lack luster and the checks were not split up and the server told us to go split it up at the register. I’m pretty sure I got ripped off and charged for the wrong things and the people were very rude and rushing us along. Won’t go back.

Always good. Still my favorite mexican food in town.

Really good, basic Mexican restaurant. They have flautas, which are one of my favorite dishes. The amount of food you get is pretty big so sometimes we get more than one meal out of it, which is nice! The staff here are really sweet and I love that it’s in our neighborhood.

Really enjoyed this place. I spent Cinco de Mayo here on a recent trip to Louisville. I had the mixed fajitas which were great. The margaritas were strong and the home chips and salsa was awesome. The place was really big and had no wait to be seated.

Best Mexican food in Louisville I could find in my five years there. The margaritas are very good and try the mole (Mo-​Lay) or the chicken and chorizo is very good, but heavy be prepared! Nice casual ambiance and the staff were always nice to me.

Really good! Service was excellent and food was great, restaurant was clean. I had taquitos and they were really good. The meat was moist, not dried out like a lot of them are. Oh I had a margarita on the rocks that was also really good. My dad had a #7, which was an enchilada and chili relleno. This is one of his favorites for Mexican and he really enjoyed it. We’ll be back for sure.

Love the carnitas! This place is great if you love Mexican. I would not say its the best in town but I like this local chain more than the others. The los yolandas is also fantastic. I have not had a bad meal here, but some are better than others. The tacos are always good too.

I read all the reviews of local Mexican joints and this came at number 1 or 2. I did not like it. Very plain Jane with no spice or special flavor to set it apart the ground beef was flavorless and for the price that was the deal killer sorry I gave it a shot and my honest feedback. It’s a very safe Mexican style food. Try it and see for yourself. Slow service very cold ac unit blowing on you and my plate was cold and my partners was hot? Very strange, I know I am harsh but I am not the average customer my idea Of Mexican is different then others that are use to plain. These guys have 19 locations in ky so they must be doing it right.

Awesome!!! In every respect… Great food, excellent service and the margaritas are to die for! Best place for Mexican in the east end!

This is a chain so I do not like to comment specifically on most chains. I do however comment on location and staff and this location is always clean and the staff is very friendly. Very good authintic food.

We were driving from chcago to nashville and somewhere around lunch time my wife and I had this sudden urge to eat mexican. Nothing else but mexican. And when you are on interstates in mid america, mexican is hard to find right. So we, take an exit to fill gas and eat in mcdonalds. again and what do i see. A big yellow board with El Nopal. So now I know we can get mexican. It may be bad, but at least its mexican like.
So we go here and the place is lively, a full bar, lots of lunch specials, the rates looks very reasonable when I compare with Nashville. We ordered two different chicken steaks. The toppings on my steak had jalapenos, chillis, musrooms, onins and it was great. This was really good compared to the cheese topping I get to eat sometimes in Nashville. Before El-​Nopal, Fogatas was my fav mexican which is in Nashville but its El-​Nopal now.
Unfortunately, El Nopal is in IN and KY only.
They have good offers on booze too. You can get a 32 oz beer for 3 bucks and what more do u need driving on an interstate. You can get cheap margaritas. So good food and booze at a reasonable rate in a lively environment on an interstate exit. Come on you must be kidding me.
Unfortunately, I could not find the correct location for the restaurant on the exit so I am writing it here. Its a chain restaurant.

El Nopal is one of my favorite Mexican sit-​down eateries. A friend and I often designate the Friday at the end of a hard week to Margaritas and a meal begun with El Nopal’s addicting queso blanco dip.
Service is prompt and accurate, and food arrives at the perfect temperature. I would highly recommend them, even if just for the alcoholic beverages and cheese dip appetizer :)