Festive, casual Tex-Mex taqueria offering house-infused tequilas & a lengthy margarita menu. Based on 673 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 3.9 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Curbside pickup ✔️ Delivery
Address:
169 Church St, Burlington, VT 05401
Phone: (802) 540-3095
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Hours
| Thursday | 11:30 AM–9 PM |
| Friday | 11:30 AM–9 PM |
| Saturday | 11:30 AM–9 PM |
| Sunday | 12–8 PM |
| Monday | 11:30 AM–9 PM |
| Tuesday | 11:30 AM–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 11:30 AM–9 PM |
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Reviews
Jamie Ormsby
Service is amazing, food’s amazing, but there is one thing they are lacking is dessert they only have a limited fried ice cream that delivers once a week. The bartender told me there was one left. They should have more then one dessert on the menu. Sad I have to go some other place to get dessert.
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Keith F
I was in town on a Monday night. A lot of places were closed but the valet driver at my hotel said they had good drinks over there. Was a 3 minute walk. The beer selection was great, they had house made sour mix and no sour mix options. The salsa was very very good and the steak and shrimp fajitas were excellent to say the least. I love Mexican food and this place was really good. They had some authentic traditional food and owned by some VT natives. Can’t say enough good things. I enjoyed listening to the college kids talk around me too. Bartender was cool and the wait staff was attentive.
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Kalani Pinter
Quaint little Mexican place! The service was slow for the amount of people that were in the restaurant. It was just my group of 7 and we still waited a while for our food. It wasn’t ridiculous amount of time though:) they were friendly and the chips and que so was a HUGE highlight:)
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Jeremy Hester
Came in for a nice evening after a hard day two weeks ago and again today. Two weeks ago was outstanding. Today those expectations were shattered. We ordered the same price entrees (one was different but same price) and the same amount of the same drinks. Total bill was $30 more. Our server was fantastic, thanks Abbie, however when I brought this to the attention of the server she consulted with her manager. No clue who the manager on duty was because they never came to speak with us, which is a great sign of leadership. He asked poor Abbie to tell us they had “changed the way they ring in drinks” and that the bill stood as stated in regards to drinks. That meant the three drinks totaled roughly an extra drink in upcharges that were nonexistent two weeks ago. They did take off an unasked for $10 appetizer but was apparently too prideful to do the right thing and honor that the financially same meal was now $20 more without notice. The menu didn’t change. I’ve worked in this industry at $10 mil a year restaurants and a one time acknowledgment and fix to an unexpected change and charge without notice for recurring guests goes a long way for the guest experience. $20 bucks has cost the restaurant potential hundreds in recurring revenue for me. I’ll encourage you to look into other options if you care for integrity with pricing and customer experience. This leaves a sour taste. Like an unexpected $3 up charge for a 1/4 oz of Cointreau. Hire better managers and I’d be happy to come back. This was easily avoidable.
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Christine Legg
We were very pleased with how fresh and flavorful our food was. The service was great. My husband loved the tamales. The chips and salsa were excellent.
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A W
The food here USED to be very good. Now, it seems that most of the food is bought preprepared and the kitchen is slow: even when there are only a few people seated. Please go back to more homemade style dishes. The price reflects fresh and that’s what people should get.
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Cheryl Michaels
We like the location in downtown Burlington. Easy parking in a small pay lot across the street. Staff is always friendly and courteous and the food is delivered in a reasonable time. I absolutely love their mole poblano (with cheese enchiladas) and order it every time I visit. A plus is that they have well made margaritas and tasty salsa. It is the only Mexican restaurant nearby where we don’t have to add hot sauce to the salsa. They also offer a selection of virgin margaritas which is a nice touch at lunch time. We have friends who are from Texas and California and we have lived in California and frequently visit Texas and Arizona. All four of us love Mexican food and think this is the most consistently good TexMex in Vermont. We’all eat there almost every time we are in the Burlington area.
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Mrs. McCorry
Nice servers. Terrible food. The bowl had a nasty ranch guac sauce. The tamale was drenched in disgusting red sauce. The fish taco was like a frozen fillet with disgusting sauce. Not coming back.
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Matthew Jo
There seemed to be confusion amongst the servers about which options were unavailable for food tonight, but overall the experience was good. The chicken was great, but the steak was definitely overcooked. Chips and salsa are great and offered as soon as you sit down! A decent place, especially given how many places are closed here on Mondays/for the Fourth.
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Daniel Hartz
So we’ve been going to El Gato since the opened and previously have been a place we’d strongly recommend.
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