El Tio Loco Restaurant and Cantina

One of my favorite places for Mexican food. Taste great and fair prices. Love the steak and tacos.

Very good food, good portions but the service is just horrible. We were regulars for quite some time but the last few visits got my order wrong and they don’t even apologize. Not coming back!

Really good food and service. Reasonable value and a nice salsa. Chicken is good… pork could use some improvement… steak a good mix of flavor without too much of a salty flavor. Because of the service I would go back more than once! The food makes it worth more than twice.

Our first visit here was good, then we came to dine in Saturday with the whole family and kids. We gave her a good tip, although the waitress had no patience with the toddlers. I had split the check with a family member and her card got charged twice for her half plus mine! My card got charged for my half as well. So the waitress charged three bills instead of two!

Came here on a Tuesday afternoon, and there weren’t as many customers like on the weekends. I frequently drive past this place on weekends and parking lot is full.
What I ordered: Una gordita de Carne asada. A side of rice. And side of guacamole for the free chips given at the time of seating. My gordita was amazing; it was stuffed with chihuahua cheese and queso fresco. Meat was tender and the corn tortilla tasted homemade. Orange rice was slightly greasy — which is perfect because I enjoy greasy lips. The Guacamole tasted.average. If you are looking to taste the tomatoes, cilantro, or onions in it, your at a loss. Between two people, we couldn’t finish the side of guacamole. Very generous portion. I will definitely return and more than likely order the same thing or try their seafood selection. If you live in Northlake and have a craving for Mexican food, and want to stay in the neighborhood, go to Tio Loco. This place serves Mexican authentic food unlike some of the food choices (torta de pollo) at Alejandra’s Restaurant.

Tuve duda en seguir asistiendo después de esperar tanto mi orden y para Q al ultimo no me ubieran tomado bien mi orden y los tacos de alpastor bien feos, pero después fue mi esposo y sus tacos eran con tortilla hecha a mano cuando los destapó olían feo a agria la tortilla ya ase como un mes y ya no fuimos.

This place is busy for a reason. Very good food, service and a large dining area; good for parties with a jukebox. They serve free chips & salsa and homemade corn tortillas. They offer a huge plate selection and have spicy salsa… Definitely worth checking out, must get the homemade corn tortillas. Moderately priced. $ 10-​$ 13 a plate.

Took them 35 minutes to prepare a damn torta. Which should take no longer than 10 minutes. There was only 3 tables accupied, a total of about 10 people. They were already eating. Very disappointed

Terrible. Waitress had no idea what we were saying ordered 3 different items and all were made incorrectly. .my tacos were cold. weren’t offered refills or were even checked on throughout our whole meal. needless to say won’t be back. don’t waste ur time

Have enjoyed their food on several occasions. Tacos, gorditas and sopes are great but beware anything with chile rojo is super spicy!!! I’ve done take out too, make sure u check your order before leaving we did have them get it wrong, however they corrected it no problem and let us keep the wrong order.

Okay, I think it’s going downhill as some restaurants do when they get «comfortable.» We have ordered a few times since my last review and food isn’t the same. Tacos appear and taste to have been dipped in grease.

The chile rellanos tacos… Drake would say ‘best I ever had’ I on the other hand am screaming the worst I ever had!!! They were disgusting. It was the most disgusting greasy flavorless taco I’ve ever had. I asked for a taco with everything I’m not sure when everything meant nothing. I was expecting lettuce, cheese, tomato, maybe even sour cream. I was instead served a soggy rellano on a tortilla.
The steak tacos looked weird, but they tasted ok. They could’ve served less fatty pieces.
The waitress was nice, but not very attentive. My friends beer had been empty since we sat down lol. And with the hotness of the salsa we def could’ve used more drinks.
Honestly the only good about this place was the chips & salsa. The salsa was muy fuego!!!

Extremely recommended! I immediately texted my best friend after tasting the horchata! I even had to take one to go. I had a quesadilla de carne asada, and omg! Love at first bite! Love love love! The hand made tortilla complimented the melted cheese well. Our server was very attentive and generous! The only bad thing was that the AC was too cold. I didn’t want to say anything because it was a hot day today, and knew the other customers appreciated it. Prices were good, and they offer alcohol. I wish more people knew about it because being a local, at first I was skeptical about it since every other business at that location doesn’t make it. This place is too good to pass up!

Is ok. Horchats was warm. Place was cold. The waiter smelled like a foot, But like the look of the place. I dont like the fact that ther waiter kept scratchibg his head over my table as he took the order.

Horchata was good, burrito suiza was MASSIVE. I mean, that fucker was b-​i-​g. The taste was there, and for $ 5.95 that’s one heck of a deal. But it comes a la carte, so no mexican rice or refried beans are included. My total for one (bigass) burrito and flavored rice water came to a little over $ 9, so unless the horchata was $ 3, the «complimentary» chips and salsa wasn’t free… or they overcharged me. Since they didn’t give me an itemized receipt, I guess I’ll never know :(
The restaurant itself was way cleaner than I envisioned – the bathrooms were in great shape and the dining area was tidy and well-​lit. I saw at least 4 different kinds of Patron, so I’m assuming they have a full bar. Pretty decent lunch spot, would recommend. Great salsa to accompany the tortilla chips.

A new nice place on North Avenue. There is ample lighting in this place and plenty of room to seat a large party. The food is. Bit expensive though and portions cold be much more generous. There is more than enough lighting as well. Too bright

I noticed they opened a few months ago and I decided to give them a try after there sign stated they made homemade tortillas.
The restaurant has nice décor with plenty of seating. We were served chips and tortilla chips immediately after sitting down. The chips were out of a bag and the salsa was nice and spicy. The salsa was actually still warm! I decided to order the Carne Asade Tampigiena which is a grilled Steak with an Enchilada served alongside rice and beans. They gave me a grilled onion and jalapeño if you wanted to kick it up a notch. The Steak was very delicious and cooked perfectly. The homemade flour tortillas were warm but a little bland.
We will definitely try the restaurant again. Their menu is huge but it may be awhile until I try something else besides the Carne Asada.

Was so excited to try this place out. Got a variety to taste as much as I could. Right from the beginning the service was outstanding. Our server, Osiris, was so friendly I felt like I was at a relative’s house and not a restaurant. The guac was really good, the quesadilla was good, and my Lengua Torta was delicious. I like the fact that they put big chunks of lengua in the torta instead of chopping it to little pieces. it makes it easier to stay inside the sandwich. Ordered a Banana licuado and it was absolutely delicious. I’ve been craving it ever since and I could maybe drink 10 of them. Will definitely be back simply because of the outstanding service.

The three stars make the food no justice, the food was awesome
From the tortilla chips and the salsa that we got
At the beginning, 20 minutes after we sat down.
There was not too many patrons at the time
Of our arrival and it took the waiting staff 20 minutes just to
Come by with the menus. They need to hire more staff.
The food was awesome, you have to try the tacos with the
Hand made tortillas. The meat was cooked perfectly. Compliments to the cook.
The horchata drink was very generic.

My husband and I were excited to try this New Mexican restaurant and were so disappointed. When we visited there were not that many customers so we thought it was a great time we chose. We had terrible service. They brought my husband’s meal 15 minutes before mine. I had him eat so his wouldn’t get cold. Had to ask 4xs for a glass of water. Margarita was the worst. Had a vegetarian burrito and they forgot to put beans in it! And I had confirmed it was made with beans.
Then waited forever for our server, but she never returned to our table. So no dessert.
Finally I approached for our check which again was never brought over so we went to cashier to pay. I complained about the service and such and was basically brushed off by the waitress. Saying they had staff there now but didn’t have enough when we arrived. No apologies. The other tables were being serviced but not us.
Spent $ 30+ on disappointing meal. And it was suppose to be a celebratory meal but since it was so disappointing, my husband offered to go somewhere else for one.
Hard earned cash spent on a bad experience.

Great tortillas and Quesadillas, they are good snack to have. though not anything extraordinary but you most definitely will get a bang for your buck