El Gallo Tapatio 4

I’ve been coming here for over 12 years and I’ll keep coming back. I now live over 25 miles away but I still make the occasional trip back. However, while I personally am a big fan of the food I’m not sure how much of my love for this place is for nostalgic reasons.
The free salsa (pico de gallo) you get when dining in is by far my favorite salsa I’ve ever had. I do not leave this place without an order of chips and salsa to go. Sometimes it’s more spicy than others but it’s always amazing.
I also order chicken tacos with only cheese (seriously the only order I’ve ever placed) so I can’t speak to their other meats but I love their chicken. It’s always so flavorful and juicy. Also weirdly their fries are really good (my friend loves to order them).
The reason I can’t give this 5 stars is because the cleanliness is a little questionable but I try to overlook that because I need their chicken tacos and salsa. I know that sounds gross but that’s how much I love it.

One of the best steak burritos I’ve had in a long time. Next time I’m ordering an al pastor…

Had a steak burrito last night and was awful. Steak was dry and burnt. The size was not worth the price of $ 7. Will not be coming back.

The food here is horrible. I can’t even believe they are an El Gallo. They’re a disgrace to the name bc the other El Gallo restaurants have great food. The only reason this place is probably still in business is bc all the drunks from next door eat here and obviously can’t taste the food. Save your money.. And your stomach

I will never eat here again. I came in at 2 and there was no cashier/​order person and they informed me I couldn’t sit down to eat. No problem. I wanted food to go anyway. I order 1 taco, pico n chips and a horchata. Somehow they thought I said taco dinner and proceeded to make that. When I informed them my order was wrong, they wrapped up one taco and gave me it. I opened it to make sure at least it was made right, and it wasn’t. I showed the cashier who returned from wherever she was and she proceeded to get mad af at me for supposedly disrespecting her and I left with no food. What a joke! Don’t eat here!

I can’t see the tacos getting any smaller I won’t be back. Better options in the area

Got up and left! When the fat guy is ‘working’ don’t bother! Just turn around and leave!
I waved when I walked in, he nodded his head to me, then after sitting for about 10 mins. Nothing! So I got up and said to him. «I’m eating here» another head nod. Then the short waitress who’s just about as lazy as him, brings chips and drinks to people who walked in while I was waiting! Terrible! It’s clear why 90+% of their business is pickup. They should just get rid of the tables if they don’t want to serve people!

Just visited and hands down the worst food I have ever had from this location. Ordered bistec la mexicana which I always order to go. Asked for no rice just beans got all rice no beans and my food didn’t even resemble what I ordered instead of getting chopped up skirt steak cooked with peppers and onion which normally has a pretty good spice and bite to it. What I actually got was long strips of over cooked steak that wasn’t cooked with any peppers or spice at all. Definitely the blandest mexican food I have ever had. I will definitely never go to that location again I will go to the alsip location on 111^th street much better food and service. Sorry to be so negative but I was really bad food.

This place seems to think that they are too big to give respect And good customer service. After spending $ 16 there and plus a tip, i recieved my order. Inside my bag were sauces that i and my boyfriend dont use. I asked for green sauce and the server gave me 1 each for 2 burritos. i asked for more and not only was i denied sauce but the server stood there ignoring me afterward. She then told me i would have to pay for more sauce and i mentioned to her that if i had my food for dine in, that i would have way more than i needed. And again explained that i needed green sauce, its the sauce i use for burritos. She wanted me to pay more money, after $ 16 and tip for 2 burritos and a friut punch. I replied that i thought i had spent plenty of money for my food, and again the server did not care. I asked for my money back and i was rudely told that i had to wait. I waited and when the other customers left, 2 of the servers both screamed at me that i was not getting my money back and that she was not throwing away the food just because i was unhappy! She did not care that 2 more sauces could have made me happy, and not only that, as a customer shouldnt i have a choice of what sauce i use? After this, i did not eat the food for 2 reasons. i couldnt enjoy it without the sauce and the ill and dis-​tasteful treatment of the employees turned my stomach! Its sad that this place is not grateful for the business of their customers. After all aren’t we the ones that keep their doors open?

My fave taco place in the burbs. I usually get the steak or skirt steak tacos. Excellent tortillas and yummy chips and salsa. My only complaint is that the guacamole sucks here. Always tastes old. The service is fast and the staff is always very nice. *note-​I wrote this review last month and only complained about the guac. I was back the other day and looks like they changed up the guac and it tastes so much better and more fresh. Yayyy and now I give it 5 stars instead of 4.

When I was living at home I would come here ALL THE TIME! I don’t know if the food quality has gone down or anything but I loved getting their chicken tacos and fries! I know fries at a Mexican restaurant but they were so good and perfectly salted. There was one crazy waitress that would yell at us and take our chips away if we didn’t spend at least $ 3 each person. This was the perfect place to go to since they were opened late, especially if you have the munchies after leaving the bar (what used to be called Henry’s). I normally eat here when I got home, which hasn’t been since 2012. I’m hoping when I come back things haven’t changed too much.

If I could give them a zero stars I would. However they have really good pork here. Over the years the burritos have gotten smaller and the prices have gone up. I stopped coming here a couple of years ago because of that. I decided to stop in today. Although the pork burrito was good, my order came with a free pop that the waitress never notified me of. I realized this when I went to pay and saw the sign above the register. That to me equals no tip plus I’m taking my free pop. Unfortunately the only way I can steal back from you too. Lately there is almost no where to park during lunch time. I’m guessing that’s because Durbin’s is packed. (Bar/​grill right next-​door.) I’ll give them another year before they go out of business.

My very first experience here was a disappointment, but they’ve gotten my order right every time since.
The food is good, but I mainly like the place because their hours fit my schedule. Open early and late.
I’ve been going here pretty steady now for a couple of years and never tire of the taste.
The taco dinner and enchilada dinner are my favorites.

Place wasnt busy at all at lunch time; ordered a torta and a taco. The Carne Asada was pretty good; salsa was good. I asked for a water when I got my food; never got my water… oh and prices are a little higher than most places but not by much. Depends on what you get. Cleanliness was ok, could have been better I think.

This use to be my go to place late at night on the way back from friends houses when I had the wife as a DD. However the last two times I have been here, the quality just hasn’t been there. I recently found out that the people running the place are new owners, not sure if its of the same family, but for now I think I have made my last stop there.

If you’re looking for some quick, authentic Mexican food, be sure to check this place out. It’s pretty inexpensive and their tacos are amazing! The workers there are pretty nice but the place is kind of dirty. The many times I’ve been here, my food was done fairly quickly but if you stop by here for a late night snack, be prepared to wait a while. During the day it’s a peaceful place but it really comes alive at night. Overall, the food was great I just wish the place was a little bit cleaner.

stay away from this place, not only is it dirty but their service sucks and they will scam you out of your money for a few tacos. my wife found BROKEN GLASS in her steak tacos, almost cut herself on it. they didn’t even apologize or anything. then we thought we would give them another chance so we went another time and ordered tacos. this time they added almost 5 DOLLARS extra to our bill for the sour cream on the tacos which originally came with it. i do not recommend this place to anyone. do yourself a favor and go elsewhere

I drive past El Gallo Tapatio 4 often, so I had to give it a try. I had a chicken taco with lettuce and tomatoes, no cheese. I liked it. The chicken was juicy and plentiful, lettuce and tomatoes were fresh. The sauces lacked in flavor but the chicken did not, so maybe that is why. In the past tho, I have gotten chicken tacos elsewhere where the sauces/​smooth salsas enhanced the flavor. Theirs did not. My significant other got a steak burrito and liked it. We would both go back.

When I moved here from my little town, I looked for a place I could get a good steak taco. El Gallo did not disappoint. The café is nothing special — just some booths and a few rooster decorations on the walls — but who goes there for the ambiance? Not me. I go there for the tacos, burritos, tostadas and chimichangas. Delicious! The 2 things that I don’t really dig are: 1) I forget about is that they only take cash. They do offer an atm but the $ 2.50 fee gets under my skin — especially when my bank will charge me as well. and 2) the salsa is a bit too spicy for me. I wish they had a nice pico de gallo that wouldn’t burn taste buds off my tongue,
in any case, go in, check it out, and enjoy some delicious food!

I’ve been here numerous times and never had a meal I didn’t enjoy.
Tacos, burritos, tostadas… all good.
The tamales, while probably not homemade/​freshly made, are good too.