El Mariachi - Novi

I was in the mood for Mexican food (again and I wanted to go somewhere I hadn't been before. I saw that El Mariachi wasn't too far from where I was at the time, and it got good reviews, so I decided to try it. The restaurant is fairly large, but they only had half of it open when I was there. The decor is bright, airy and friendly. I was only seated a minute when Eric brought out chips and salsa. Very good chips and salsa. Very dangerous chips and salsa! Lol! In my opinion, it seemed a little more upscale and expensive than other Mexican restaurants, but not overly so. They also offer a lot more than just your average tacos burritos enchiladas. It took me a while to figure out what I wanted; I changed my mind several times but finally settled on the small carnitas fajita salad, which is something I hadn't seen on a menu before. It was pretty big for a small salad; I couldn't even finish it. (Probably because of the aforementioned chips salsa! the meat was cooked nicely, and I liked the variety of vegetables in the salad. The tortilla shell was particularly good light, crispy and flaky, and not at all greasy like so many other shell bowls. I will definitely make a point to remembeer this restaurant, even though it is a bit far away from me.

We totally love Mexican food. This place was awesome. We are very picky with Mexican and this is number one place.

Started out praying that we wouldn't have to sit next the small child in line with us watching TV on her parents smart phone at a volume everyone in the lobby could hear. #bad-parenting. Thankfully the host saved the day! We were given a great booth nowhere near that kid. This food was AMAZINGLY FRESH! Waitress was on point and made great recommendations, provided fast service and anticipated needs. Service and food will make this a success, so you better get a table here before the masses find this place! We will be back!!!

First time here and was impressed. Enjoyed the chips and salsa. Chips were not super fresh but not stale. Good tasting salsa personally I love cilantro so a little more in the salsa would have been great. I orders the taco combination it was great as I can never decide what kind of taco I want. I got one fish taco, a ground beef taco and a carne asada taco. Each one was delicious! Hubby ordered Pollo Ranchero. I am not a dark meat chicken fan but even I had to admit the spicy flavor and grill on the chicken was superb! We will be back and explore the menu further.

Small portions and the food was below average. The beans tasted like they came from a can, definitely not homemade. Tasted more like American food rather than athletic Mexican food. They don't take American Express so we won't be coming back.