El Torito

The authority in great Mexican food for more than 65 years. Offering a memorable experience to make each guest feel like family.

7 / 10
215
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  • Phone

    (949) 833-8230

  • Website

    eltorito.com

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  • Type

    Mexican Restaurant

Address

18512 MacArthur Blvd (at Business Center Dr) Irvine , CA 92612 United States

Reservations Yes
Credit Cards Yes
Outdoor Seating No
Menus Brunch, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks Beer

Comments / 67


Keywords:

Mexican food happy hour margaritas great value good service brunch food Cointreau discounts ice cream tortillas chicken lunch dinner alcohol fruit sour cream salsa tomatoes flan good for business meetings
Alyssa Coleman

This is THE place for happy hour , especially if you work in the surrounding area. From 2pm-close, it's $4 dollar wells , wine , coors light, and margies. Honestly, how do you beat that?!

Kristen Adam

For the free handmade tortillas alone, you should all be headed there right now. However, the Sunday brunch is a great value and the tomato and tortilla soups are wonderful.

Sameer Kalwani

Been coming here for 20+ years (back when it was called caliente). Great place love the fresh tortillas (free) fajitas , carnitas Yucatan, but above all you need to get the carne asada y camarones .

Jack Wang

Latin Combo! Ribs , enchilada , shrimp , and rice . Try it all without ordering it all!

Aaron Chiklet Azevedo

Good food and excellent service! We had a really funny server named Alex.. Way cool... The jalapeño margarita is the bomb!!

Pedro Fuentes

We usually come here for Mother's Day or Father's Day. The food is good, make early reservations so you can get in and out. Sorry no pictures this time.

Ryan Palmer

Yes, it is open. It just looks abandoned at night. Go up the stairs on the patio and through the double doors.

Barry Wallis

Make sure you eat all the flour tortillas you want. They are complimentary , made fresh and addictive.

francie nicole

Service was great...food and drinks were average with the exception of the mojito that was great!

orangecounty.com

El Torito is offering its signature Cadillac margarita for only $3 on Wed. Feb. 22nd in honor of National Margarita Day. Read more

Liz S

Had the table side guacamole on the patio , amazing! Ask for grilled jalapeños .

Keith Schulner

I love the fresh made tortillas served instead of chips

Priyadarshini Singha

A Lil pricey though it has a good service with good food.

Sean Miller

The hand made tortillas are so good!

Rob Martin

Everything is good here, especially the fajitas .

Aileen Leboeuf

Awesome warm tortillas are FREE! Feed your inner Asian!!

Sergio Torres-Rivas

Love the Burrito Especial.

Zach Nichols

The Skinny Cadillac Margarita with Cointreau Noir is amazing!

Barbara Sterling

Great place to sit outside for brunch . Lots of champagne good flan

kimberly c.

Tortillas and butter are all you really need here

Kash, aka Dj. M

Good food and great customer service

Andrew Y

If you're an AAA member, you can get a 10% discount !

Mijail Cano

monday thru friday, Donna at the bar rocks!!! if u need a stiff drink or socialize, she will make it happen.

Bob Swartwout

Excellent food and drinks

Geovanny Martinez

The service is great. & the brunch is delicious!

Derek-Lee Fridley

The Chicken & Sour Cream Enchiladas are the Bomb!

Akiko I

Fresh made guacamole in front of u!

Sean Burke

Skip the wings ! The sampler app is not worth it and the service was slow but prices were fair and good atmosphere.

E G

Taco Tuesday . Enough said

Theresa Dreike

Happy hour here is awesome. Love me a good cadillac margarita . Read more

Jennifer

Happy Hour on Mon-Fri during 2pm-8pm!

Tony Mascarenas

The brunch is really good!

Bassam Islam

Get the Stingy Campus discount ... 10% off. Google it!

Stephen Judd

Great fajitas .

Ramiah 

$4 Happy Hour Monday-Friday 2pm till close.

Mike Tschida

OMG b-vodka drinks on sunday AM are 3$ each!!!!!!

Martis D

They put the lime in the coconut , and I drank it all up up.......,,,

Solmaz

Expensive!!! And no drink specials on Taco Tues after 8!

Kelli

Watermelon marg . yummmmm!

Jeff Jenkins

Much better to eat here before your flight. Don't eat in the airport . The bar service is fast.

Stephanie Nozaki

Sunday brunch is the bom!

Diana Martinez

A mexican food place

Tiffany Pigeon

guac made fresh at table is amazing!

Arthur Gjika

Great margarita and tacos really hit the spot

Harry P

Taco Tuesday !

Andrea

What's up with the foam burrito tortillas ?

Mike Tschida

No menu orders taken during brunch

Imran Ahmed

good food but don't come when there's less staff . 4 pm saturday's. They take forever!! Even for just water.

BLACKNOY

Kitchen open till 930, bar till 1030pm

Stephanie Wright

It's now 3pm-closin btw

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