El Cardenal Mexican Restaurant — Restaurant in Indianapolis

My first recommendation would be to find a different restaurant anywhere but here. The guy was rude. He was not willing to turn down the music until we started to leave. My wife is Hispanic and she would tell you we will never be back. We go to the Pandea and the grocery. I wish I could give less than one star. The waiter was the whole problem. He must have eaten paint chips. We were super hungry. I had to leave and go to a real restaurant to get something to eat. I came for the lingua. Sooo disappointing. I informed him I had allergies to uncooked onions and he refused. I can't help I have a life threatening allergy. In a positive note the pace was clean but there again so are post offices. If you want truly truly authentic Mexican this is...

This place deserves 0 stars. I live in South Carolina, me and my wife took a trip to Indianapolis last week for a football game we were looking for a place to eat after the game and came across this place that for some reason has good reviews. I believed we ordered a steak dish and it was horrible, it looked like they had that already cooked from a few days and just warmed it up in the microwave. We told the waitress and she didn't even say sorry or offered to change our food no reaction whatsoever. I asked for the check and was expecting to get at least a discount!! Didn't get none, had to pay the full amount $50 dollars pretty much for garbage. I hope other people don't go through the same bad experience at...

Checked out this place for the first time! The interior was nice and clean. Service was fast and the food came out hot and delicious.

We ordered three, tacos asada (a tad bit dry) and the chicken acapulco. The acapulco had plenty of cheese and was really satisfying. Also, the Mexican rice that came with it was actually tasty as well.

We'll be back again to try the other items on the menu!

PRO TIP: The first basket of chips and salsa are free. They will charge $1.50 for more. This wasn't a problem as the chips are really filling and we didn't even finish our...