Tacos El Norte — Restaurant in McHenry

This Mexican specialty restaurant is located on Rt 120 in a plaza anchored by Angelo’s supermarket in McHenry. There is seating outside as well as inside weather permitting. We had eaten previously at another Tacos el Norte in Libertyville so were familiar with the menu selections. And that is what makes this restaurant the place we would recommend to anyone who loves Mexican food! The guacamole dip is fresh with creamy surprises that survive chip after chip scoopfuls, the salsa is tip of the tongue tart tasty! Today’s vegetables are sprinkled with spices to work up your appetite and there is the fresh tang of each of the individual ingredients in your selected menu items! You don’t expect this quality of fast food service, this delicious mix of fresh hot cooked food, this level of choice ingredients right off the highway tucked into the plaza businesses waiting to serve an authentic Mexican feast fresh off the grill to you! The family business and friendly servers are guaranteed to please your taste buds and to provide some of the best hospitality in McHenry County! We look for little diners to enjoy eating in and to help thrive against the commercial enterprises, and this one rates return visits and calls for carry outs! Great food is the best advertisement a restaurant can have~ great people know how to deliver delicious meal after delicious meal with snap and a smile! We’re coming back and we’re bringing...

Now This Is A Burrito! We have been going to Tacos El Norte as part of our regular dining out rotation for years and they never disappoint. The ladies behind the counter and also serving are super pleasant and friendly, always greeting diners with a smile, a warm Hello! and Sit Wherever You Like. I am a burrito fan and after this visit I had to post this. Burritos come three ways. All three come with a flour tortilla, filled with chicken or beef, lettuce, tomato, not too many beans and cheese for $8.99. You can also order it as Burrito Suizo Especial which also includes guacamole and sour cream, then topped with a ranchero sauce and melted cheese - our favorite way for $12.40! And for those that are super hungry, try the Papi Burrito Especial for $12.99. A mega tortilla wrap that comes out looking like a ranchero and cheese topped football. Onions and cilantro can be added by request to any of these. Large condiment bottles of homemade red and green sauces are brought to the table and use as much as you like. I prefer the green as the red is just a little to spicy for me. As my picture shows, the regular Burrito Especial is huge and we order it so we can bring home half to eat the next day. You know this place is the real deal and priced right when you see the volume of carry out business they do at dinner time. Burrito fans -...

I ordered the food through Uber eats. Chips and salsa, 3 taco dinner. Two taco stake and ground beef taco.

Let's talk about the taco dinner. The topings The tomatoes on tacos where withe with pink chunks of tomato here and there. It felt like I got tomato trimming that should be discarded or composed the tomat was simply not ripe in the first place. I had to look for my lettuce, so little of it , it was looking sad. Onions and cilantro ( i think I got lucky on that) given the general aproach of a cook I don't believe I was supposed to get it lol.🤣

-Stake taco meet was ok,

-Ground beef was dicusting, it looked like ground beef meat but it had no flavor and it felt watered down. My dogs loved it !

Rice was ok.

Beens very runny and no flavor. Not good , my dogs finished and seemed to love it.

-Chips very hard, salsa not great but whatever this was not my main dish.

My dogs to help me finish the food so I dont feel as upset about wasting the food and money on the not so good food.

I will no longer risk to order from this place It feels like they cut corners. There is so many Mexican restaurants in the area that stay consistent with flavor and quality of ingredients I can go elsewhere. Good by...