El Patron Mexican Grill

Ordered carry out got carne asada fries, steak tacos, a chimi and chicken taco meal. Everything was delicious! Very generous portions of meat. Will be back! Also check out the salsa bar lots to choose from.

Great authentic food at wonderful prices. A hidden gem waiting to explode — great staff, small wonderful place. If you want great food in simple setting — this is your place !!!

Amazing authentic food made fresh. We tried shredded pork and shredded beef flautas and chimis. Super clean and friendly service. They took the time to explain every menu item and recommend meat choices for each item. Will absolutely comeback and highly recommend this restaurant.

The nachos rock. Seriously some of the best I’ve had. Eaten here a few times now. Everything had been delicious. Polite and helpful wait staff.

The tacos here are the best I have ever had. I have had several things on the menu and all are great, but I keep going back for the tacos. Their homemade salsas are on point. Everything is fresh authentic Mexican food. It gets real busy around noon. I would recommend getting there about 11:30 if you are going for lunch.

Clean, clean, clean
Ok part of Pontiac across from a GM plant with its own parking lot.
Lots of ala carte choices. Pictures for the gringos who don’t know their real Mexican food option. Guacamole was good, needed a little pepping up from the pick your own salsa from about .10 choices. Food was authentic plus made in Mexico pop in a bottle.

El Patron is a fantastic taqueria, run by kind people. I’ve eaten at almost all of the restaurants in Southwest Detroit, and El Patron is about as good as any of them. They have a delicious onion pickle that is hot, with habanero, jalapenos, spice and some vinegar. It’s free to put on your food with the salsa bar that is second to none. All of the food I’ve had there is fresh and tasty. The place is also very clean and orderly. Try this one, you will love it.

Simplemente delicioso!!, uno de los pocos lugares con autentica comida mexicana, buen servicio, un lugar muy limpio y a muy buen precio

All I can say is wow. Best shrimp tacos I have ever had, the shrimp were crisp and fresh with a lime and cilantro kicked topped with a rope avocado slice, pure deliciousness.
I’ve tried most of the other meats here on my tacos and they are all five star worthy! This place has bizarre foods like cow head and pork parts, if you’re into the whole Andrew Zimmern thing. This place is a hole in the wall gem!

We kind of got lost on our way to DTE. So glad we did… because we found this place. I got on my Unilocal app and saw that we were close to this place, but didn’t want to be late for our concert so I called to see if there would be a wait. The lady who answered the phone didn’t understand what I was talking about, when we arrived and I saw that it was cafeteria style I could see why she was confused by my question. The manager (owner?) was very friendly and even gave us an order of chips so we could try all of their amazing salsa… fyi, the creamy green medium spice one was the best. At our table was a good variety of tacos, a taco salad and a steak quesadilla. All very fresh and authentic. It was served quickly and we made it to the concert with time to spare!

I really like here. Tasty very good Mexican food. I feel like I go back to Los Angels eat Neighbors Mexican food. I feel very refreshing every time I come here. I am still miss LA food but I am ok I have el patron now!

There is so much I can say about this place lol friendly service, the atmosphere is amazing, family oriented, I’m a regular here an the chimichunga is so good an filling this is all my wife eats aye if your a couple $ 15.88 will get you right

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First time here, but impressive! The tastes and flavors of the chicken cheese and beef is awesome. My daughter had the chicken quesidilla and it was really tasty and delicious. We will have to try this place again with potentially upgrading our rating. It was not greasy at all. The tacos were amazing and flavorful. Service, food came out quickly. Yea, a hole in the wall and not a sit down server waitresses, but the prices were right on inexpensive. So fantastic!

Nice food, great prices. Lovely horchata. Had the #10 with shredded chicken and corn tortillas. The medium hot sauce was my favorite.

I really love this place. It’s tough to find Mexican tacos in the northern Metro Detroit that are both authentic, and good quality. I have been to all of the Mexican restaurants in Pontiac, Waterford, etc, and was disappointed by all of them for one reason or another. This is the only one that I really can’t say one bad thing about.
The food is fresh. I have had many tacos here, as well as the patron fries (really cool concept, I’d recommend trying them!), flautas and chimichangas. All were delicious. And the price is fair.
The restaurant itself is very clean, and the employees are always friendly. They also have a little side bar where you can take all the salsa, radishes, or other garnishes your heart desires. And their menu has pictures of every item for those that are not as familiar with Mexican dishes.
For those that might be worried about the safety of the location, don’t worry! This is in a nice part of Pontiac. And the private lot is a nice plus.
My only wish is that they had a Taco Tuesday deal, or something similar.

Location is a little out of the way. But this place is worth it! Can’t go wrong with anything there. I got combo #1 with steak, pork belly and beef tongue which came with a side of rice and beans. You get a bottled drink — pineapple jarritos all the way. Try the fried shells on the tacos — they are extra fresh. Patron fries ask for them extra crispy!

We did not stay to eat, although it was clean, bright, and the staff were friendly… this is a cafeteria style, (Subway or Qdoba style) restaurant. Not what we were looking for to sit & visit with friends we haven’t seen in years. Too bad.
Wish we had known this before making the drive. We did not notice anything posted about the style of restaurant.
I still give it 4 stars due to all we did see about the place & all the customers looked happy.

Very very good! I had the 3 soft meal with the marinated pork, beans and rice. I love authentic Mexican food and this place is as authentic as they get.
The wait staff was very friendly and helpful when it came to helping make my choice. I love the salsa bar where you can mix different salsas together.
It was excellent and I’ll be back.

Authentico! I’ve eaten here a bunch so time to write the review.
Good: Tacos, Burritos, Sopes. All the protein options are good. My faves are Asada and Adobada. The salsa bar is solid and they have pickled jalapeños and carrots too! Flash your work badge and you get a discount at lunch.
OK: Chile Relleno, Fish Taco and Cerviche. All tasted good and are a little more challenging as far as Mexican food goes. I wouldn’t usually risk it but this place was good enough to try them. Not the best I’ve ever had but so far the best in MI.

This place is great fresh authentic Mexican food, not trying to be foo foo trendy or upscale. You order at the window, get a number and take a seat, and while you wait get yourself some fresh salsa or hot sauce from the salsa bar. There’s plenty of seating and they can get pretty busy. They were busy at lunch when I stopped by, but they keep the food moving. You can call in your order so if your in a hurry try that. The food is great and you cant go wrong if your looking for the real thing.

If you are looking for Mexican, This is the place. Yum! I give 5 star rating based on the quality of the food and the fact that I will go back for more. But the atmosphere is merely adequate. Not to say it is a ‘hole in the wall’ but it ‘environmentally’ it does not compete with the likes of Miguel’s or Rojo.
We stopped in based on the reviews, especially that of Valentina V.
Definitely good food! The place is clean. The staff are friendly. Prices are fair.
Soft Tacos were fresh and flavor packed. ‘Thought I was back in Silao… ‘
Can’t find anything negative to write about this authentic Mex place.
It is all about the food here.