Easygoing Mexican restaurant with a patio offering burritos, tacos & enchiladas, plus margaritas. Based on 323 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.8 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No-contact delivery
Address:
2628 Richmond Rd, Lexington, KY 40509
Phone: (859) 494-3642
Hours
| Sunday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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11 AM–10 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–11 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–11 PM |
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Reservations: elpatio.onlinebit.ly
Reviews
Stephen Boyd
Truly a hidden gem. Best food, service, and people. Third time eating here in 2 weeks since we discovered it, it’s been excellent every time. Food cooked and seasoned to perfection. Staff always friendly and attentive. You feel like they are having you over for Sunday dinner every time. Couldn’t recommend more. Oh, and my bride says the skinny margaritas are fantastic.
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Jeremy N.
New Favorite Spot! We love this Mexican restaurant. Hands down the best Torta I have ever had! Filled with big thick slices of the most tender steak. Tamales are excellent and the service was as good as I’ve had in any high end steak house.
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Batty
Delicious Tex Mex and very attentive service. Huge serving of guacamole but needed more onion or garlic. Will definitely return.
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Courtney Boyd
Best fajitas I’ve had. The seasoning and sizzle are perfect. The veggies are crisp and full of flavor. Carnitas were fabulous! We saw Carne asada come out to the table next to us and will absolutely be trying that next time. Brandon’s skinny silver margaritas were perfect, and the Sangria was delicious.
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Henry Malter
Great, super friendly place. Seems to be lots of good Mexican in the area but our visit to El Patio stood out. Definitely the best, most attentive service around plus free queso plus 2 for 1 small margs plus great food. Carnitas in salsa verde was great. Right behind Dave’s Hot Chicken. Good stuff.
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Joshua Poe
Our food was absolutely delicious! The food is very well seasoned, the restaurant is immaculately clean, and the service was amazing. I have not had servers this attentive to their guest in a long time. Everyone who works here takes care of you, not just your individual server like most other places. Anytime someone walked past our table, they would stop and ask if we needed anything. I had the Chicken Fajitas and my son had the kids Arroz con Pollo (grilled chicken strips covered in cheese dip) and I would recommend trying either of them. We will definitely be stopping here again next time we are in the area.
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Rudy Akemon
Best Margaritas/Mexican food in Lexington. I have ate at every single Mexican here and this one definitely tops all of them. You can tell this food is freshly made. Staff is super friendly, someone is coming by every 5 minutes to check on you to see if you need anything. Prices are reasonable. I get the steak tacos which u get 3 with rice and beans and it’s only $14.99. You can’t go through fast food for that!! This is the only Mexican I will go to from now on.
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Makayla Icenogle
Best service in Lexington! As long as I live in Lexington this will be my go to! The food is amazing the drinks are phenomenal, BUT it the staff that makes this place 5 stars ♥️
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Kelsey Peters
The food is wonderful, and all the staff are so nice. Everyone checks on you, the food is always hot. It’s very clean. The Deserts are really good as well.
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Wendy Green
Great food, fast and friendly service, I wish we had a restaurant like this near where we live! When we are back in the area we will definitely be back. We had green carnitas and green enchiladas, as well as some lime margaritas which were an amazing deal at two for one, and recommend everything we had.
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