Based on 375 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.1 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Drive-through ✔️ No delivery
Address:
7987 Montana Hwy 35, Bigfork, MT 59911
Phone: (406) 837-2114
Website: https://www.facebook.com/El-Topo-Cantina-59616942349/
Hours
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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Closed
Holiday hours
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| Tuesday | 4:30–9 PM |
| Wednesday | 4:30–9 PM |
| Thursday | 4:30–9 PM |
| Friday | 4:30–9 PM |
| Saturday | 4:30–9 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
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Reviews
Richard Corbin
The food was fantastic it was the very best burrito I have had in years. This is fine food at a great price. When it was brought to the table I commented to the server that this was the largest and nicest burrito I had ever seen. I instantly knew I could not finish that burrito it was gigantic. The quality of the ingredients were amazing. If you are thinking a Taco Bell burrito you are a universe away from being right. It starts off with chips and dip and the dip was fantastic. This place seems small but it’s not this is a place where you can take the family or come alone and enjoy a great meal. The staff are exceptionally friendly and efficient and very fast. While you are waiting for your order look around the place it is jammed packed with things to look at that are hanging on the wall or even the ceiling. I really enjoyed the bar area as it was maxed out with bottles of liquor and themed decorations. I highly recommend this place. I’m going to say that again, I highly recommend this place. I just moved to Bigfork and I know this is going to be a regular haunt for me. If you’re on vacation and just passing through please put this on your itinerary and I promise you this is a place you will remember and you won’t regret it. The parking lot is clean easy in Easy out and the outside of the business is clean and attractive as well as the inside. They except cash or debit or credit cards. There is handicap parking. The entrance is not handicap friendly but go anyway make the effort. They have a bar that you can sit & drink & have a meal or you can choose the tables. I chose the bar and I met a lot of local people that were engaging and extremely nice. They were the type of people that if you saw them again you would buy them a cup of coffee or lunch. The next time I go I’m going to be sure to be very hungry because the portions are gigantic. I took a picture of the bar area and I’m posting with this review be sure to look at it and zoom in because it’s full of decorations that are unusual and fun to see. Last but not least the bar can fix you just about anything. I saw the bartender make several martinis and specialized to order drinks. I sure wished I had had a girlfriend to take with me if you do be sure to call her and ask her to get ready for a good time because this is the place to impress your date.
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Steve and Betsey Ellis
Extremely poor service. We stopped to eat and there were two empty tables No one was behind us in line. We were told they don’t seat 2 people at a 4 person table. The wait for an empty 2 person table was 30 minutes.
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elizabeth s
Adding on to the reply I received from El Topo regarding our rating….… no, we did not eat all our food …it was awful… and we waited 40 minutes … no one checked on us until end of our meal…wow, this is your response? I did tell the waitress that our food was not good but didn’t want to make a big deal. She never asked why we didn’t like it and said she was sorry. You say I was fabricating the facts? What a statement. Not nice and not true. Reviews are important when you are paying a lot of money for your meal. The person responding here is not accepting the fact that the food was terrible. We were kind to the waitress and left a 20% tip. We did not have an attitude as you say, we just wanted to have a nice dinner. Very unprofessional, untrue and snarky reply…making us “the bad guys”? I will spread the word…Thank You…”If we could rate the food a zero, we would. Tostada was a roast beef salad on a stale tortilla? Steak was marinated with teriyaki flavors…and don’t think it was a steak? Maybe roast beef? Food was so terrible we could not finish it. Went thru a basket of chips and salsa while waiting for our food . About 40 minutes.Cook did not seem to care…the waitress was nice tho…and she said she wouldn’t charge for the chips and salsa. We will never return. Being locals, we were happy to see the reopening, but so disappointed in our awful awful meal.”
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David Mills
Real good food but it took too long. The sauce on the burrito was bright and fresh. But the wait for the food was longer than normal at @ 30 minutes. Waiting for the bill took forever. I looked for our waitress and she was busy taking a shot behind the bar… So I went to the men’s bathroom and in stark contrast to the very well decorated restaurant, there’s stacks of 70’s era chairs and a vacuum graveyard in it Men like nice bathrooms too. After an hour and fifteen minutes we were finally paid up and left. Unfortunately I’m two for two with the long service times.
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Eileen C
I can’t stop raving about the food. I had the carne asada burrito. Wow! The flavors was excellent. And the staff was great. Our server recommended to have the sauce on the burrito and she was right. So so good! We just wish we lived closer to frequent this restaurant.
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Adam Johnson
This was a fun dining experience. The staff was very friendly, they greeted us quickly, and made accommodations for our party. The food was fantastic. Great flavors with everything and we were well looked after throughout our meal.
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Sarah Miller
Wonderful food that tastes great! Fun atmosphere and very nice wait staff. Would definitely recommend
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Wendy Appel
This place is awful! My friend ordered a margarita and when it came to the table there was a hair in it! We asked for a new drink because it was pretty gross and I kid you not, the waitress went behind the bar poured the drink into a new glass and brought the same drink that had hair in it back to my friend. How disgusting. The entire meal went downhill from there. The food was bland and the staff was terrible. There are so many other better restaurants in the Flathead with professional staff and good food, don’t waste your money here
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Brad Low
This place is a Greater Flathead Valley secret! My family and I are regulars at this Gourmet Mexican joint in Montana. I’ve had Mexican across the western and southern states. This is as good as any out there. The carne asada and ribeye are incredible. The house salsa, although refreshingly mild, is a treat with the warm tortilla chips. The shrimp is also a smooth flavour while the tangy pork melts in the mouth. Staff are friendly and the kitchen staff work hard to keep up with the busy times.
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Scott Rogers
Bad service, warm beer, neglected for 15 minutes, overpriced, bizarre chunky white cheese filled enchiladas. $24 for one, 2 x$7 enchilada, 1 x$8 enchilada, $2 for rice = $24 for a single meal, not counting beverage. It’s also a nacho chip lottery. I lost. I was the only customer in the restaurant who never got a basket of chips. (I have since learned that you have to ask for and purchase chips and salsa, something I have never encountered at a Mexican restaurant). The rice was decent for $1 per tablespoon. This dump left me wishing for Taco Bell, and I am a local.
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