El Tapatio Authentic Mexican Food

We had a late lunch today at El Tapatio and the food was just terrible! The chips tasted like cardboard, fried in bad grease. The Tim’s special was so awful, that there was nothing special about it! My wife ordered a chicken quesadilla and she said the shredded chicken so soft and mushy, it felt like it was cooked in a crockpot for like 2 days! The cheese dip was cold! I tasted my son’s cheese quesadilla and the tortilla tasted bitter like it was cooked in the same nasty grease! It was so bad, I asked the waiter to taste the chips and the quesadilla. He did right in front of us and agreed that the grease needed to be changed and he would speak to the cooks about it.
We were so disappointed we used to live in Stillwater and we enjoyed coming to this restaurant but the quality seems to have gone down in the past few years. Our server was nice but I don’t think we will go there again!

This is the best mexican food in Stillwater! I especially love their chicken tortilla soup as well as the chimichangas.

Best Mexican in Stillwater. Fast service and a great patio in the warmer months. My favorite things are the $ 3.95 macho mug beers, the chips and salsa, the chalupa with fajita chicken, and the molcajete. The queso has always been great until the past couple times I’ve noticed its a little off and bland. If you like the place sign up for the punch card.

If you’re looking for Mexican food in stillwater, this is the only place to go. They have a wide, creative menu. The food is great, and the margaritas are generous and tasty.

There are 2 in stillwater & I’ve eaten here a couple times lately and it takes a while go get seated. Takes a while for a refill on our chips and salsa and when we go up to pay we have to stand around for a long time just to pay. Last time we were there we saw people walk out because they were waiting so long to pay for their meal. Also the staff is pretty rude!

Absolutely disgusting. Some of the worst food I’ve eaten anywhere, just plain terrible. If you are giving this restaurant five stars you need mental help. I try to look for something positive in every restaurant I go to, in this case I’m just glad I didn’t die. GROSS!

The fact that the restaurant smelled of bug spray should have been a bad omen. Our fajitas were bland, the guacamole was fair, but the worst was the roach walking up the wall. The reduced our ticket but I probably won’t go back.

As far as good Mexican food is concerned it has NO flavor and no where near authentic. Certain things are ok and if you are in a big group they are ok.

Delicious food! It helps if you speak Spanish, but don’t let that keep you from stopping by to eat because all of the waitstaff speak English as well. The restaurant itself is on the edge of a park and is immaculately clean inside and out. The service is impeccable and the prices are shockingly cheap considering the quality and quantity of food. One could eat here several times a week without any difficulty. Your wallet and your stomach will thank you, so stop in and leave a generous tip. The staff definitely deserve it.

best mexican!!!
you must order the queso! love it!

They changed the tip amount! Who does that! The people at the one on south Perkins rd are apparently not to be trusted.
The food is alright at best and the service I’d questionable but being dishonest like this, come on guys get it together.

I really wonder if anyone in Stillwater knows what «great» tex-​mex actually is. Let’s be honest, this isn’t «authentic» Mexican food, it’s an attempt to take a bite out of the crowded tex-​mex market. My girlfriend and I went here once and we will never be back. We ordered nachos which were covered in disgustingly watery queso. We ordered a side of tortillas and were presented a foil log stuffed with three Mission flour tortillas (I will argue that until the day I die). To top it all off, the easiest part, the absolute hardest thing for a Mexican restaurant to do poorly, the chips and salsa. They too, tasted like they were purchased from Wal-​Mart (just down the street, go figure).
Honestly citizens of Stillwater, restaurants such as this should make us angry. They believe that they can offer sub par cuisine because they serve a young, cheap, and largely collegiate, clientele. There is absolutely no reason to serve such low quality food and pass it off as «authentic». Please, for the love of God, do not go here. Take pride in your journey toward gluttony. Demand something better.

Absolutely the best queso I have ever had anywhere, and I have tried queso at a ton of restaurants! Great beer and margarita specials. Noteworthy dishes include the tacos (the ones with cilantro, onions, and limes), chicken enchilada, and sopes. The have cheap lunch specials too. Only reason they get 4 stars instead of 5 is that the servers don’t all speak English which can get a little frustrating.

If your in Stillwater & in the mood for Mexican food, this is the place to go.
This place is better than Mexico Joes «Eskimo Joes resaurant chain».
You have to order the ceso «Cheese dip sauce» with the chips, it’s good stuff.