El Tapatio - Fruita

Just the best. I’ve never had anything here that wasn’t excellent.

We were 50 miles outside of Fruita, and we started to research where to eat. We have stayed here a number of times but never found a restaurant we wanted to try a second time. Tonight, we found El Tapatio. An excellent restaurant with great meals. I had a chimichanga that was excellent, spicy, but not over the top spicy. My daughter ordered a frahitta that she thoroughly enjoyed. My wife ordered a chicken casadita, and again, very much enjoyed. The margaritas were needed and enjoyed after the drive. I highly recommend this restaurant. We finally found a restaurant we will eat at again in Fruitia.

If fabulous authentic Mexican food is what you’re craving then I’d send you here. I only had a shrimp taco and the carnitas taco, both on corn tortillas, both were fresh and and extremely flavorful. Our server was pleasent and patient with us as the menu is huge! As plates were being delivered to surrounding tables the aromas caught our attention for sure.My only complaint is that I’d prefer that the salsa was thicker.

I ordered a combo meal a asada chimichanga,rice and beans when my order came the chimichanga had greasy ground beef instead of asada,the refried beans were watery,the rice was so so. After the waiter brought my food he never came back one time to see how I was doing so I couldn't tell him about my meal,horrible service! My water cup set empty until I finished my meal the thing was it wasn't busy at all what happened to my waiter?? No one else came by to ask if everything was okay as well, after I finished my meal I paid and left out of frustration my frustration equals no tip why would I tip for a subpar meal and bad service!

Eat here! It's unfortunate that some may have experienced a bad time but I ate here two days in a row for supper, back to back, because it's really the best Mexican food I've had in a lot of years in Colorado. The staff is a bit awkward but only because they don't know how to take the patrons sometimes, the cultural gap in this area can be intimidating. The staff here is extremely kind and attentive if you yourself are polite and attentive, I'm very happy with the whole establishment from food to customer service, I highly recommend and I'll frequent the place any time I'm in Fruita! Take the time to stop in, the food is nothing short of amazing.