Acapulco Joe's is Indianapolis' first Mexican restaurant, with over 50 years of serving flavorful traditional Mexican favorites.
365 N Illinois St (at W Vermont St) Indianapolis , IN 46204 United States
Reservations | Yes |
Credit Cards | Yes (incl. Discover & Visa) |
Outdoor Seating | No |
Menus | Brunch, Lunch, Dinner |
Drinks | Full Bar |
Best Mexican food ever! Been coming here my whole life and love it. Four generations in my family and we all love it. Burritos , chimichangas , tacos , and the chili con queso are some of our favorites.
Got to disagree with Mike R on the salsa . It is unique and more flavorful than the typical salsas served by every other Mexican restaurant . I go through withdrawal if I don't get it often enough.
Acapulco Joe's is the best Mexican restaurant in Indy! They have the best chips and salsa hands down. These people are nuts if they believe the salsa is nasty.
The seafood chimichanga is my all time favorite. Delicious. The margaritas are on point.
It is a tough choice between the Mexican omelet and the spicy biscuits and gravy . Both are awesome.
They add red pepper to the biscuits and gravy to give it a kick and it is glorious!
Been coming here forever. You're crazy if you don't like it! My favorite Mexican food of all time.
Seafood chimi rocks!! Great wait staff , always friendly . Fav place to celebrate anything at all.
Biscuits and gravy are awesome! Spiciness depends on who's cooking, but always delicious!
If you don't dig the salsa , then just wait around bc the rest of the food is great. it is nice to have an unique place like this downtown
New Owner focused on returning Joe's to it former glory! Watching the changes, all for the good!
My special request...crispy tacos served Joe's way....very good!
So the salsa is "unique", the door pretty average, but their top shelf margarita will put you on the floor. Worth a trip for drinks alone. Plus it's an Indy institution (for whatever reason).
Love the nachos ! Staff is great too!
Decent Mexican food at affordable prices . Not the best in town , but it's solid.
Great food and great service. Bathroom a little questionable though.
So we came here for devour downtown. Heard good things. I wanted something new. This place sucked. For mexican, they use too much sloppy joe mix. Or. Or they don't know salsa . Dumb. Read the caps.
Just Aww I love it :)
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Indy wouldn't be the same without Joe's. The Chili Con Queso is amazing!
Awesome chimichangas
Man, I miss this place!
Listen to the reviews... they are right.
Ignored the negative reviews but unfortunately, I do not recommend this place either. The salsa and guacamole were gross. The service was poor. Overall, it was not at all worth trying.
Food is mediocre as mexican goes...the best part is their fried ice cream . Definitely worth coming for.
Try the margaritas .
Try the burrito . It's amazing!
Run from this place. Sat down for 25 minutes and was given stale chips . A waitress never showed her face even after asking the host to get us one. The host appears clueless as to what is going on.
Place sure could use a facelift!
Worst Mexican food ever. The queso was disgusting-some powdered bowl of yuck. Ordered the 3 amigos-which was not good either. Go eat at a real Mexican place - like Panchos II at 96th and Allisonville
Here's a tip, save your money and go hungry.It's horrible! Salsa is an a ketchup bottle thats been touched by 1000 people, chips are not even chips they're taco shells broken in half by God knows who.
Their Chimichangas are the best!!!!!
Try the Huevos A La Mexicana, very filling breakfast !
Ask for the Chris B. Special! It's amazing!!!!
Sadly, Acapulco Joe is no longer with us. But I am relieved that he cannot see what is served here. I've had better frozen lunches of "Mexican" dishes.
As for a tip, someone needs to wrestle the ketchup bottle away from the chef .
Don't eat here. It's like gas station food. The salsa is like ketchup . Plus, it's waaaayyy overpriced. I've never actually eaten truly nasty food before, but this is it.
Best thing about this place is leaving
Mexican breakfast ... It's much better than it sounds.
I will never come back .so freaking nasty .wiped a booth with a babywipe and it came up black ..I wiped it cuz it was sticky .Ate the breakfast burrito . Didn't taste good at all and made me sick
Not 100% sure the busboy knows about the health code, but I'd skip the chips anyway.
Worst Mexican food I've ever had. The dining room and bathroom were disgusting. The 'salsa ' was served in a ketchup bottle . The chips were stale. It took twenty minutes to get our microwaved queso .
Worse food and salsa I have ever had. Didn't know that you could screw up beef tacos but they were successful at it
Sport a red jersey if you love acapolco joes!!
Yes. Terrible food. Good queso n salsa . Terrible manager wow the whole restaurant was falling apart and he stood at the host stand watching tv
Been coming here for a while... Food is ok but the service is going down hill
Soda is the best thing here.
This place is a joke the servers and the people who work here.
Fix your restaurant
Worst Mexican ever!...they served this soupy tomato catsup sauce they tried to pawn off as salsa !...boo! Then I was over charged!!
I thought I was in Brooklyn or SF, so tasty. Then I got the bill. Definitely in Indianapolis. Great tacos, great price. - Lears Fool
Food was delish! Great service and good atmosphere. We will be back!! - Rachel Beck
Great location, clean and plenty of food and drink options! Love being able to walk from downtown Indy - Meghan Preuss
An awesome venue to watch the Pacers and other rotating events perform. Went to the Crossroads Classic and the atmosphere was electric — located right by all of the downtown bars, too (conveniently). - Cole T
Greta deal for a baseball game! Good price for concessions, cheap and close by parking and lots of events for families, companies and more. Small but family friendly environment for baseball games. - Nicholas Williams