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El Vaquero Mexican Restaurant

Restaurant Bar Mexican restaurant Catering service Tex mex restaurant

One of the Most Revieweds in Upper Arlington


Address

2195 Riverside Dr, Columbus, OH 43221

Website

www.mexicanrestaurantupperarlington.com

Contact

(614) 486-4547

Price rating

$ $$$

Rating on Google Maps

4.40 (1.5K reviews)

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Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (13) delicious (9) service (7) love (6) Mexican (6) great (6) margaritas (6)
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  • 5/5 Tod B. 4 months ago on Google • 1322 reviews
    Another fun and lovely El Vaquero location - love their patio and their "sunken" bar area.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Carole K. 1 year ago on Google • 478 reviews
    We were seated fast. Spanish is spoke here. Our waitress spoke with the others in party in Spanish to take orders. Very clean place and nicely set up. Clean restrooms and easy access. No push button handicap access and doors need held open. Close parking to entrance. Clean and appealing entrance as you approach. Main road access is by traffic light. I enjoyed chimichancas. I love the white cheese sauce. A Budweiser was $4.00. A beef fajita and a taco salad bowl. The Flume pudding was delicious 😋
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Luke K. 2 years ago on Google • 431 reviews
    Great service here. Very prompt and the food came out quick for a good price. The food was nothing special or incredible. Pretty standard mexican fare that you would find at most mexican restaurants. They had a nice seating arrangement with a very open room with lots of airflow. Very covid safe which is awesome. They have free chips and salsa as well that they bring to you. Not sure what the drinks are like but I imagine they're alright.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 bill c. 7 months ago on Google
    Impressively efficient, bussing, food delivery, and service. Food was good, rice was excellent
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Anastasia P. 2 months ago on Google • 424 reviews New
    Loved coming here today! Had a greater margarita for National margarita day!

  • 3/5 Allisya 1 year ago on Google • 155 reviews
    Food was okay. Something easily found elsewhere. Service staff did give us refills constantly but came by really quickly so we couldn't ask for anything, such as a side of rice we were supposed to get but never came out. Price was higher than expected but not bad. Normally they are pretty good but seemed to have dropped the ball this time around.

  • 1/5 Gail F. 2 months ago on Google • 14 reviews New
    I agree with the comment that said takeout is pathetic. Ordered takeout for five people yesterday and everyone had 1 or 2 items that were missing. It was ridiculous. They put sour cream on my lettuce, completely forgetting the guacamole! What the? Luckily they compensated us, but still it was very annoying. In the future. I will go to the one on Olentangy River Road.

  • 3/5 Michael G. 3 months ago on Google • 10 reviews New
    I love this place. But their take out is pathetic. We keep bringing it home to find meals completely missing. It happens almost half the time anymore. Today I paid $15 for a burrito and only got rice and beans.

  • 4/5 Jomika S. 9 months ago on Google
    The food was delicious! The server was terrible. He did not smile. Shoot he barely spoke to us. He wasn't friendly from the first 30 seconds. He literally left and didn't come back outside the last 20mins we were there. A different server got our Togo bags, extra food and bills. I could kiss the chef though! My meal was delicious 😋

  • 5/5 Joseph J. 1 year ago on Google
    Great food. Great service. My friends and I have frequented this place a few times over the past few months. The food and service is generally consistent. The last time I went I left my sunglasses and the staff saved them in the office for me. I'm pretty basic when it comes to Mexican food but I do enjoy the chicken tacos. The complimentary chips and salsa are delicious. They also have great margaritas. If you're looking for margaritas and Americanized Mexican food, look no further. These people serve it well.

  • 4/5 Ralph H. 1 year ago on Google
    The food here is great. This place is ran very efficiently. Recently we have not been impressed with the margaritas. We've decided to stop ordering margaritas with our food after our last visit. We order the house and also the Texas Gold. They both taste the same recently. This was our favorites location, but we are going to try out a couple of others to see if they have the margaritas that we expect. Overall, a great experience, but recently it seems to have lost a bit of the best features.

  • 5/5 Kristen 1 year ago on Google
    Always fresh, speedy and terrific service plus the best shrimp 🍤 quesadilla ever!

  • 5/5 kc 6 months ago on Google
    I love coming here!!!! It’s the best restaurant and everyone that works there is always so nice and welcoming and funny! The food is always awesome! 10/10 I def think you should come here and bring as many people as you can you wont be sorry!!:)

  • 5/5 Clark c. 1 year ago on Google
    Cleanest and freshest Pacifico tap in the city... The food was very good also, but I'm easy when it comes to Mexican cuisine. Seasoned beef and chicken with hot sauce covered in cheese, yes please. (Meat was well seasoned and tender, not dry)

  • 4/5 Mary D. 7 months ago on Google
    Just arrived home after 8 hours in the car and decided no one wanted to cook. Although it was raining we were able to sit at one of the open air tables. Service was fast. In fact too fast as we had barely pulled out our chairs before having time to look at menu. Appears there are numerous staff positions with each person assigned duties and they aren't coordinated time-wise. Once we ordered, the meal went smoothly and the food was plentiful and served hot. Servers were friendly and the restaurant appeared clean and well maintained. This was our second visit and we will probably return.

  • 4/5 Jim O. 9 months ago on Google
    Food is good! Drinks are good too. The amount of camarones in those meals was a bit on the light side, but the flavor was solid. A good Mexican place considering its in Ohio! U take what u can get when are craving authentic.

  • 5/5 Danielle Gray (. 1 year ago on Google
    Food was delicious 😋.. was not a fan of sitting in the outside dining area! Was way to loud!

  • 5/5 Aaron B. 11 months ago on Google
    It has been years since we have visited this location and the remodeling was very well done. The open air dining was really nice on a warm spring evening. The food was good if a bit pricey. You do get what you pay for though I suppose.

  • 5/5 Jonathan E. 11 months ago on Google
    Outstanding service. 5 out of 5 stars. We were seated, given our drinks, chips, and queso dip literally in less than 3 minutes. The server did a wonderful job and our food was hot and delicious. I wouldn't have remembered, but I had left my jacket at my table. While I was getting into my car the server assistant ran out to find me to give me my jacket back! Good peeps, thank you El Vaquero!

  • 5/5 Brian C. 1 year ago on Google
    Listen, if you want some delicious Mexican food. . . get in your vehicle and get here (while maintaining all the traffic laws) as fast as possible!! I get the Burro Grande (#144) every visit and it is amazing!! Queso on top of a burrito, are you kidding me!! I’m drooling as I’m typing!! Trust me, you’ll love this place!

  • 5/5 Sarah B. 10 months ago on Google
    This place is always amazing. We’ve been going for years and it just keeps getting better. The staff makes us feel like family, the food is consistently great, and you can’t beat the margaritas! We love how kid friendly it is too, all the staff are always so kind to our kids and make it easy to have a family meal out!

  • 5/5 Selin B. 1 year ago on Google • 9 reviews
    I highly recommend! It was packed but I was seated immediately. Everyone was very nice and helpful. The food was also great. My only complaint is that the corn tortillas were too soggy and broke apart in my hands. I could’ve asked for additional but it wasn’t necessary. Overall great place!

  • 5/5 Robert s. G. 1 year ago on Google
    The meal was so good and delicious.theres plenty of leftovers to bring it home My favorite was salsa with corn chips . Went home happy with belly full . The service was good and very busy . We went there before 4 pm . I will go back there again

  • 4/5 AD R. 1 year ago on Google
    Great place for Mexican food. Service is good and menu has a good selection.

  • 5/5 Jonathon 1 year ago on Google
    I honestly enjoyed this restaurant. I got number 171 meal on the menu it was delicious. The salsa was good and the servers was very tentative in making sure we had everything. Highly recommend!


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Amenities


  • Parking
    • ✓️ Free parking lot
    • ✓️ Plenty of parking
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Quick bite
    • ✓️ Hard liquor
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Happy hour food
    • ✓️ Happy hour drinks
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Curbside pickup
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating

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