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Easygoing Mexican spot serving familiar dishes & margaritas in a cozy-festive, brick-walled setting.
Address and Contact Information
Address: 1122 N Diamond Lake Rd, Mundelein, IL 60060
Phone: (847) 566-0475
Website: http://www.elbarriomundelein.com/
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Reviews
Foeor
This was my first time here I thought the food was decent the 1 lbs of skirt steak 45 bucks nothing special and rice and beans on the side meat needed more flavor 3/5. We were also recommended a shrimp dish with garlic cilantro 4/5, Chipotle sauce shrimp that was ok as well 4/5. Overall the staff and owners are great the treat you like family. Enchiladas of mole 5/5
… moreVeronika Bagriy
Great experience here. The guy who took care of us was nice, professional and thoughtful. We both got one of the enchilada dinners and gave the plate back empty. Interior is fun and clean. Margarita was nice and not too sweet.
… moreBrian Threadgill
El Barrio Restaurant & Lounge in Mundelein nails it, bold flavors, fresh food, and a fun, welcoming vibe. The fajitas sizzle, the margaritas hit just right, and the staff makes you feel like family.
Simply put, it’s the best Mexican food and atmosphere in Lake County.
… moreSimply put, it’s the best Mexican food and atmosphere in Lake County.
Chandee Farrell
Good service, great food. We had a lovely time.
… moresara lynn meyers
Food and atmosphere were amazing. Five star food for sure. Some of the best Mexican I have had anywhere….and I travel the country for a living, including Arizona and New Mexico. The pico was deliciously spicy. The chicken actually moist and very flavorful. But kids today. So disrespectful….and I was even overly generous with the tip! I tipped 36% and got nothing but treated disrespectfully. I’d be very upset that I live 8 hours away, if the service was kind. There was almost no one dining at the time; so no rhyme or reason for it. I’d give anything to have a midly decent human being be my server.
… moreChristina Collins
The staff was friendly and the space was comfortable and conducive to conversation but the food was extremely slow to arrive and was tasteless. I had the cheese enchiladas and would not recommend them unless you like very bland food.
… morebutter king
I really wanted this place to be nice but I had one of the worst experiences I ever had with a restaurant and management.
We booked a table a week in advance for a friend’s birthday. We called ahead to make sure we were still good with the table. When all 6 of us got there we got seated right away. It looked beautiful and all of us had high hopes for the food. We ordered horchatas and waited for a few others to get there. The rest of our party got there a few minutes later and we got the chips and an appetizer. With 2 tables, max, filled we thought it should be quite for food
When we got the drinks, they were clearly not made fresh and didn’t even taste remotely like horchata. It was a mix of Bubble gum, flower, and fake cinnamon. It really felt like it was just a bad powdered horchata they served us.
The appetizer was just a bowl of cheese with a little meat in it. The tortilla tasted like store-bought tortilla and the cheese was stiff and not nice to eat. For what it’s worth the meat was alright. A solid 7 out of 10. The tortilla chips where stale and just not good.
After we ordered we waited. And waited. And waited. After an hour and a half we threw in the towel and went up and asked what was going on with our food. The waitress went in and asked. I do not have any problems with the waitress, she was nice enough but it did feel like she was avoiding us a little after the hour mark of us waiting for our food.
After we got our food, we all got disappointed. The medium rare skirt steak was well done and not a skirt steak at all. It was a bigger cut of meat but when you want a skirt steak for over an hour it is not fully welcomed. The al pastor taco dinner wasn’t even close to being right. It was steak tacos with soup instead of beans and rice. The 2 enchilada dinners we ordered were cold and felt like they were lifted under a heating lamp for the hour we waited. The chicken taco we ordered was mostly lettuce and unseasoned chicken.
After all this we asked for the manager because we thought this was ridiculous and thought we should completely. When she got to us she looked disinterested and was replying rather sarcastically. We said we are not going to eat this and asked for the check
She left and the waitress came back saying she only took off 2 meals and removed the forced 20% gratuity.
After talking with her a bit she went back and took off all the food besides the appetizers and drinks. She was so nice for that and I’m so happy she was willing to work with us to at least try to make things right.
When we left the place was still almost empty just with 2 more groups of people that came in after us and 1 group that replaced the only other group when we came in and got their food before us and The bar had no more then 6 people when we left.
One last thing. They had karaoke going. They where setting up for most of the time we where waiting so that might of affected something but I’m not fully sure what. The karaoke was by the bar and looked like fun. The bar was beautiful but I didn’t get a drink so I’m not sure how good it is.
After we left, one of us left a review and within 20 minutes the owners replied back claming that the place was busy and they took off all the food without us complaining for a 2ed time after we thought it was insane how much we struggled with them. To care more about us after we left then when we were there shows they only care about the image of the restaurant to make money instead of making a good product and an enjoyable experience for the costumer so they will want to come back.
I will never come back here again and am quite frankly upset that I went here in the first place.
… moreWe booked a table a week in advance for a friend’s birthday. We called ahead to make sure we were still good with the table. When all 6 of us got there we got seated right away. It looked beautiful and all of us had high hopes for the food. We ordered horchatas and waited for a few others to get there. The rest of our party got there a few minutes later and we got the chips and an appetizer. With 2 tables, max, filled we thought it should be quite for food
When we got the drinks, they were clearly not made fresh and didn’t even taste remotely like horchata. It was a mix of Bubble gum, flower, and fake cinnamon. It really felt like it was just a bad powdered horchata they served us.
The appetizer was just a bowl of cheese with a little meat in it. The tortilla tasted like store-bought tortilla and the cheese was stiff and not nice to eat. For what it’s worth the meat was alright. A solid 7 out of 10. The tortilla chips where stale and just not good.
After we ordered we waited. And waited. And waited. After an hour and a half we threw in the towel and went up and asked what was going on with our food. The waitress went in and asked. I do not have any problems with the waitress, she was nice enough but it did feel like she was avoiding us a little after the hour mark of us waiting for our food.
After we got our food, we all got disappointed. The medium rare skirt steak was well done and not a skirt steak at all. It was a bigger cut of meat but when you want a skirt steak for over an hour it is not fully welcomed. The al pastor taco dinner wasn’t even close to being right. It was steak tacos with soup instead of beans and rice. The 2 enchilada dinners we ordered were cold and felt like they were lifted under a heating lamp for the hour we waited. The chicken taco we ordered was mostly lettuce and unseasoned chicken.
After all this we asked for the manager because we thought this was ridiculous and thought we should completely. When she got to us she looked disinterested and was replying rather sarcastically. We said we are not going to eat this and asked for the check
She left and the waitress came back saying she only took off 2 meals and removed the forced 20% gratuity.
After talking with her a bit she went back and took off all the food besides the appetizers and drinks. She was so nice for that and I’m so happy she was willing to work with us to at least try to make things right.
When we left the place was still almost empty just with 2 more groups of people that came in after us and 1 group that replaced the only other group when we came in and got their food before us and The bar had no more then 6 people when we left.
One last thing. They had karaoke going. They where setting up for most of the time we where waiting so that might of affected something but I’m not fully sure what. The karaoke was by the bar and looked like fun. The bar was beautiful but I didn’t get a drink so I’m not sure how good it is.
After we left, one of us left a review and within 20 minutes the owners replied back claming that the place was busy and they took off all the food without us complaining for a 2ed time after we thought it was insane how much we struggled with them. To care more about us after we left then when we were there shows they only care about the image of the restaurant to make money instead of making a good product and an enjoyable experience for the costumer so they will want to come back.
I will never come back here again and am quite frankly upset that I went here in the first place.
joselyn uribe
Held our rehearsal dinner here about 2 months ago and can confidently say that the food and service here were absolutely top tier! Amazing all around and could not have asked for a better place to host us.
… moreRahul Avasthy
Great Mexican food. Love the service and food. Great location beside the lake for summer evening dinner and stroll. Recommended. Georgia peach margarita is
… moreNick Zales
I had dinner with a friend there for the first time last night. What a beautiful restaurant. Excellent service and the food I would say was above average. Close to perfect but not quite perfect but on the other hand the prices were excellent. You really must check this place out. There is plenty of parking that is not any problem at all. The bathrooms were very clean just make sure you don’t almost go in the wrong one like I did. The menu is not overwhelming with too many choices and it was very easy to read, and very well laid out. One of the easiest to read I have ever seen. I will be back!
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