El Patron

Review is for the food truck.
Solid Mexican but I don’t feel compelled to return. Had an asada burrito which was on the smaller side, but was an ok size for $ 7. It was good, but a bit plain. My buddy has the pork burrito which appeared to be cooked in some kind of sauce and he loved it. We both had street corn which was good as well.
A bit turned off by the random $ 0.50 charge added to the food truck bill. I’d assume this is just a random fee. It’s not like my review would be drastically different at $ 10 vs $ 10.50, it’s just not a good look.
All told, I love Mexican food and this was a satisfying lunch. But there are a bunch of Mexican food trucks and El Patron didn’t really inspire a return engagement.

I usually like their burrito bowl they have but recently it’s been very bland. Chipotle was tasting better. I loved loved loved their guac but the last time it was like biting into a raw onion. Sometimes they can make good food other times it’s lacking. I will admit the one thing I stay loving is their steak nachos !

Bang for the buck… easy unassuming mex foods.
Serving is enough and its in Garfield ridge no doubt it’s mexican food!

Place is garbage especially after new owners took over. Save your $$, for to summit for better Mexican food.

If I could give them no stars, I would. Their food is crap anyway, but I recently learned that they refused to cooperate with the police after a lady got robbed outside their restaurant and they refused to give the detectives investigating their surveillance video which showed the 4 people that stabbed her and robbed her. Do not patronize this place. They do not care about your safety in a neighborhood which is growing in crime. If I can get stabbed and robbed right outside their restaurant and they don’t even care enough to help the police catch the bad guys, I am definitely not eating there!

Garbage food, figures why we were the only ones eating in there. With all the options in the area don’t waste your time here! The steak was very fatty and gristle. The service was poor, even their water glasses were dirty. Pretty sure it’s new owners because this place is horrendous.

The food is pretty good but the service is terrible. I just left there with an order of six tacos and one burrito after waiting 1HOUR and 4 minutes. WTF! There were quite a few of us waiting for our food and couldn’t figure out what the hell was taking so long. Instead of being honest with us they just kept saying «sorry, few more minutes». I overheard one of the workers tell someone they ran out of steak. Really? You’re in this business and you run out of steak? You got to be kidding me! I saw the cook disappear for a while, now I know why, HE HAD TO PICK UP MORE STEAK!!! I have an idea, why not tell your paying customers that you ran out of steak instead of just continuing to take more orders and making them wait? Not to hard to figure out, but then again look who’s running that place. Stay away!!!

Love this place. Steak is always good, carne asada is the platillo I like to get, but the burritos are pretty good. Usually get mine with cilantro, onion and aguacate. Service is pretty good and on point too. I’ll be a regular for sure

Had a burrito at their food truck on Wacker the other day. So the burrito was $ 7, and it turned out to be kind of small. I mean, I was thinking more like a Chipotle sized deal, but it was probably half as big. I would more importantly, it was a veggie burrito and they didn’t put any beans in it! That’s pretty much threw me off. In terms of portion sizes, it wasn’t just me at all — others I was with had ordered the tacos, taco dinners, etc. and everyone thought the portions were way too small for the price. Value issues at El Patron, unfortunately.

By far they have my favorite tacos de al pastor. BYOB restaurant and they have a nice outdoor patio to eat at as well. Great little hidden spot, definitely worth checking out!

Ordered veggie burrito today. Delicious! Had avocado beans rice lettuce tomatoes & cheese. So delish!

I’ve tried this place three times, and yet to be fully satisfied. Ill start with a few pros: decent indoor décor, quaint patio option in the summer, and it’s B.Y.O.B. What needs adjustment is the food which can be hit or miss. I’ve tried the tacos and tortas, and they’re just okay. Another time I went with the carne asada sopes which were heavy, and they took a while to bring out. If you’re up for giving it a shot, bring a friend and drinks over the summer on a sunny day. If you want more reliable options, check out places further east on Pulaski.

I love this place, my favorite Mexican place in the area. I really enjoy the burritos from here and beans and I like both the red and green salsas, I think the red is a little spicier but either way I drench my chips and burrito in it. I did however notice that the burrito is slightly smaller than before now so I probably will not go as frequently.

Great Mexican food but Service is so slow. Takes like 30 minutes to get a gosh darn taco!!! Call in your order ahead of time folks

I ordered the burrito bowl with sour cream on side and it was suppose to have beans and guac. The portion was soooo small of everything! And the sour cream was more like watered down and mixed in. The chicken was cut in fajita like strips and ok in flavor nothing special. The two chicken tacos my son ordered were wet and mushy! The food is overpriced and mediocre at best. I give it two stars only because I like their restaurant dining décor.

Once again, I want to offer the disclaimer that I ate at the El Patron good truck and not the actual brick and mortar restaurant. That being said, I’m extremely happy with the food I received.
Food trucks have a tendency to be very expensive for the quality and quantity of food you get. I was very happy that this wasn’t the experience I had at the El Patron food truck. I did get the «special», so perhaps that was why it was less expensive. Just a heads up.
This time around I ordered the Taco special. So for approximately $ 7 I received 3 tacos, consisting of one steak, one pork, and one chicken, although you can get those 3 in any combination you choose. I also got a small side of received beans and Spanish rice.
My opinion is that all 3 tacos were very tasty. The chicken and pork seemed to be marinated in a sauce. The steak was very well seasoned so that all three tacos could be eaten as is without adding sauce and still remaining flavorful. The rice and beans, which in my opinion are a staple of any Mexican meal, were good, not great, but definitely enchanted the quality of my meal.
On a previous occasion I ordered a steak burrito that I felt was equally good. Again I can’t say this is the best Mexican food you’ll get in the city, but I can definitely recommend the El Patron food truck.

This is a review of the food truck that the restaurant operates.
I had the burrito al pastor and elote. The burrito was OK but was assembled really poorly. Seems like it was folded the wrong way; it was impossible to get bits of all the ingredients into a single bite, with all the cheese and beans stuffed down to the bottom. The filling had good flavor but the meat was a tad gristly. The elote was served so hot that the mayonnaise melted into an oily goo. It was pretty disgusting and I ended up throwing it away.

I could eat here every day and I do at least 2 or 3 Times a week… I am here again. I love that Thursday they are open till 11pm. I love to have a taco bowl after work for dinner… I have been twice on a Saturday night and both times there was a guy working when he’s working he gets all orders messed up so you gotta make sure the girls take your order

Service is a 1 and the food is a 4.
I hope the owner or manager reads these — I have been here about five or six times and every time I’ve had the same server and she brings the overall experience down a lot.
One time I walked in, ordered to go and after three separate people came and went for to go orders after me I finally reminded her I had only a chicken burrito and had been waiting over ten minutes. She kind of absentmindedly just walked away without saying anything but I knew she was going to check on it. She came back immediately with it but still never once acknowledged that it took so long and that rubbed me the wrong way.
Today I ordered my usual (chicken burrito no sour cream) as I sat outside. It had a lot cream on it so I went in to tell her. She was in the middle of taking a to go order from a woman… She ignored the woman who I swear was mid sentence literally speaking her order to ask me what was wrong. So I told her and she went to the kitchen leaving me and the woman looking at each other. We had a chuckle because it was so abrupt and unprofessional it seemed surreal.
When she brought me the corrected order I looked at her and said «thank you» — she was either mad or entirely disengaged because she was looking right at me when I said it but she just turned around and walked back inside. Here’s the weird part, I honestly don’t think she was upset I just think she is oblivious to proper etiquette in a customer service type of job.
Other issues from past visits involve small things. Asking for napkins and water but her forgetting on different occasions. My first go to order is a good example. I asked if she could include one red and one green salsa. She said it always comes with one of each. I swear I got home and had zero salsa lol. I actually called back to complain that time BV I was a little fired up.
I will go back here and brave the poor service because the food is so tasty. She just needs some additional training. In fact most of the poor and mediocre reviews on here are related to service.

Went on a weeknight for dinner, around 8pm. My boyfriend and I were immediately greeted upon walking in and asked whether we were eating in or ordering to go. We decided to eat in and were informed to sit wherever we wanted.
The waitress brought us menus and let us look over them for a couple of minutes before coming back to take our orders.
We ordered 2 waters, an order of guacamole to share, and 2 burritos bowls (his chicken with extra meat, mine steak with added guacamole).
GREAT food, fast, tasty, VERY filling! The 2 waitresses that were working were very nice and fast and polite, couldn’t have asked for a better experience.
We are definitely coming back as the weather gets nicer for their BYOB and patio :)