Based on 744 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.4 stars. Price $
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No delivery
Address:
2991 Co Rd 95, Helena, AL 35080
Phone: (205) 621-0404
Website: http://elpatronhelena.wix.com/bargrill
Hours
| Thursday | 11 AM–9:30 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Sunday | 11 AM–9 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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11 AM–9:30 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 11 AM–9:30 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–9:30 PM |
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Reviews
Carly E
I have dined at El Patron twice now I’m the past 3 months. The service is extremely fast. They are more authentic than your average TexMex/ SouthEastern Mexican restaurant.
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Justin Flowers
This is one of our favorite casual restaurants in the area. The food is good, the service is good, and the price is right. Great place for families or a casual date night.
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Da Sauce
Extremely fast service for everything, drinks, food, and even our dessert that we got after we were given our bill. The prices are great and they have great chips with great salsa. They bring a good homemade tomato-based salsa with slight spice, a verde salsa with a lime base, and a bean dip to your table before you even order. The only problem we had was I ordered a top shelf frozen margarita and it came on the rocks instead of frozen, but everything else was extremely fast and tasted amazing. We even got an extra bowl of bean dip with extra chips at no additional charge. We will definitely be back within the next two weeks.
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Maryam Syed
This is the type of Mexican food I want to be eating. This restaurant is authentic, the service is super fast it was hard not to feel rushed. However, this also makes them hyper aware of emptying glasses. I chose the fried fish and I could not be more satisfied. The dish was delicious and came with rice and beans that were definitely different from your typical texmex restaurant. I would recommend.
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Ja Meal
Stopped by for lunch. No crowd at all. Chips and salsa was great. Chips were nice and hot. Top shelf margarita was definitely not too shelf!! Horrible!!! Never had a bad margarita before. Ordered enchilada and the shell was super hard. Even covered in cheese and red sauce. Steak taco was just as bad. Steak took forever to eat. Not dirty but definitely been to cleaner restaurants. I definitely won’t return but hey if you like bland food and a little attitude and cheap liquor in your margaritas this is your spot!!
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Angie Thomas
The bean dip, tomatillo and salsa all served as complimentary are fantastic! Also, the grilled chicken tacos trump the shredded.chocken tacos- take my word for it!
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Josh Noyes
Great place to eat and some of the best tamales I’ve had in the area. Service on my last visit was a little disappointing but usually very good. Good prices as well.
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natalie tolbert
I give it two stars because the food is pretty decent, nothing anymore special than another place though. The service is what will be the downfall of this restaurant. Went in today and the server we had was too concerned with flirting with a table of two girls than actually taking care of any other table in the section. Bad attitude, never asked if food was good, had to flag down a different server to get my husband a refill after being bone dry for 25 minutes. Typically you can pretty much count on a Mexican restaurant providing decent service, and this was actually a first of having horrible service at any Mexican restaurant we’ve ever been to.
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Cayla Chapman
Placed a Togo order yesterday 6/17/23 for a chicken taco salad, guacamole dip, cheese dip and chicken tortilla soup. They now charge a 4% fee when paying with a credit/debit card which is ridiculous. The manager used to be really nice and accommodating, but ever since covid, he has been extremely rude, which we stopped going to el patron bc of the rudeness. The Togo order was wrong. The chicken taco salad was like a fajita taco salad which is not what I ordered, it was disgusting. Secondly, the dips are complimentary. I only received the salsa. No bean dip or salsa verde. The cheese dip and guacamole dip is always good but besides that, I’d give this place 0 stars. Don’t go here.
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Hoops McCann
..ummm…the fajitas didn’t come out sizzling like they have the last 50 years or so…not as much chicken as usual but the fast-paced mechanical service is still intact
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