El Nopal Taqueria — Restaurant in Lafayette

Hole in the wall hidden away location but this remains the best Mexican in the area! Prices are high for basic common ingredients, dingy atmosphere, and non English service but as usually, cannot turn down this place! A huge menu, incredibly friendly service despite the linguistic barriers, and classic Spanish fütball on the TV. My parents dishes were huge for the price, very tasty all over from horchatta to my mom's vegan burrito. My sister noticed the beef in her dish was tough, must have been an older cut because mine was fine. The interior atmosphere is copied from a Magdalena spot I visited some years ago. The Tuesday tacos are amazing. Shrimp and sausage fajitas are my pick, horchata is that authentic treat I'll take any day over the American sodas, and no other place in town gets everything right...

Amaaazing fresh tortillas. They really elevate anything made or served with tortillas: soft tacos, fajitas. You will want extra tortillas 💕...Delicious toasty carnitas topping with a rich pork flavor, delicious al pastor (tender and richly spicy). Great fajitas, shrimp. Soft tacos are very generously sized. Nice zesty house salsa, and freshly made, warm, crispy chips. Nice house green and red sauces. Cool undersea decor with tropical fish painted everywhere! I need to come back and try some of the seafood dishes! I love this place! Head and shoulders above any Mexican place I've tried in the last 2 decades from Lafayette, Indiana to...

This is an awesome Mexican restaurant tucked into a random strip mall in Lafayette—so pretty unassuming from the outside. Upon entering you’re greeted by tons of colorful chairs, tables and walls. We were seated and ordered an Horchata while we waited for our fajitas. The horchata was delicious-a little bit thicker and more flavorful than the average restaurant. The fajitas were really tasty, but what stood out were the fresh, stewed beans in place of the mortar-like stuff that one normally gets. Also the homemade tortillas that came with the fajitas. Everything there was so...