Elnopal

This place is a great stop. I’ve always had fast service and great food. I enjoy their drinks and sometimes stop by for a lunch special.

I would give zero or ½ if I could. Sitting in booth and cockroach crawled up on wall, wife killed it, then saw the second… check por favor. Vommit-​Nose!

An exceptional El Nopal; and, all El Nopals are not created equal. Excellent food, service and personnel.. .specially Araceli aka Shelley.

I’m not actually a fan of ElNopal and try to avoid them. I prefer more personal, family operated and authentic southwest, Tex-​Mex or Mexican food and this is run of the mill typical American Mexican which I realize many people like it’s just not for me.
Having said all that I have to give props to this location, and the super hero level efforts of the staff.
We were out Christmas Eve and did not feel like cooking but also a bit guilty for making people work on Christmas Eve. Nothing around us was open so we decided to go in to this El Nopal. Apparently, so did everyone else in the region!
There was only three people serving, busing, and acting as Cashier, host, and I think helping to cook and the place was completely packed. You could tell the staff was being run ragged but to their credit they did an awesome job, swerving with a great attitude and trying their best to keep everyone well cared for.
The food was typically ordinary and unmemorable but a step up from fast food. The décor was rather uninspired too but that is aslo typical for this chain. As we were checing out we comented on the under staffing and they said with exasperation that they usaually are slow on Chirstmas Eve and were overwhelmed. But I thought they did a great job and deserved the larger tip we left! Well done and Merry Christmas! I hope the management there knows how hard you worked to give your guests great service with far too few servers and staff.

Good bi-​lingual servers who provided quick service. Food is quick, in typical Mexican fashion. Salsa and chips were okay, nothing spectacular. Offer both a regular and a «hot» option unprompted. My co-​worker got the grande burrito, which was huge, and said the chicken was excellent. 2 others had Salads and they were in the fried bowls and packed full if goodness. Another had a small burrito with some custom topping and another the spinach and mushroom taco which was thoroughly enjoyed. I myself had the lunch carnitas, which was plenty big itself. It came with rice, beans and 3 flour tortillas. Rice was decent, little bland, beans were good and the tortillas seemed like ones you could buy yourself at the store.
All in all a good experience and if you are in the mood for Mexican and find yourself on this part of town head on in. Good space inside and standard Mexican decorum.
Mañana