El Vallarta Mexican Restaurant - Vinita

1st time visiting...will be coming back. Clean with great food and helpful servers!! Reasonable prices too!!

If you have read any review, I have ever written about small-town Mexican restaurants operating from a repurposed buildings then you don’t need to read this review. It is a duplicate of ones I have written hundreds of times before. Before you scroll on to something else though, here is a summary. This is what I call a good solid Mexican restaurant. The food is nicely spiced, the portions are decent, as are the prices. The service is good, the restaurant is clean. If you are on “The Mother Road” and need a burrito fix, feel comfortable pulling in here to experience authentic OkieMex food. They can provide beer and drinks, and the menu is several pages of fine print, covering all things Mexican food. You will find a meal to appease your hunger. The structure looks like an old McDonalds. Pull in park, and eat. Simple.Our waiter, a tall individual with a stoic demeanor seated us in a booth of our choice. Chips and salsa followed and I requested the mandatory salsa picante. Good mild, flavorful salsa and a good bite from the salsa picante; blended together they made a perfect salsa. I had the Enchiladas Verde and my wife selected a combo plate: Beef Taco, Beef Enchilada, both plates with beans and rice. My wife tried to sneak in on the lunch special, but it was slightly after 3pm and the waiter wasn’t allowing any exceptions. Nicely spiced ground beef in the food, good beans and rice. It is good Mexican food. Eat Here! We enjoyed the meals.For other reviews laced with superfluous, time-wasting inessential information, sarcastic diatribe and subjective opinion, follow Spike S. on Yelp and Spike Speedwell on Google

Very clean, salsa is wonderful, all the food I’ve tried is good. Prices are fair for what you get. Great service. Cleanest restaurant in town.

Enjoy getting a small guacamole and the beef dip with pico to go along with frozen Margaritas. The seafood combos are fabulous. I seriously have not had a bad order.

Great flavor on the Pollo Durango (chicken and mushrooms with cheese sauce over it). I added grilled onions and cilantro and it was very good. Casual place and the service was very attentive by several different staff. Great place to go as I was just driving through town.Kid-friendliness: This could work real well for families with kids. They have no bar and they have all the liquor in the back. Also, they have lots of room for extended tables and large groups.