El Monicas Mexican Restaurant — Restaurant in Mundelein

tl;dr - Great tacos but service can be better. They sometimes get the orders wrong or incomplete, so make sure to double check.

So far we've ordered here three times already (all to-go):

1 - in our very first time visiting the restaurant, the older lady (probably the owner??) greeted us with happy smiles and gladly took our orders. She was very accommodating and asked us if we wanted cilantros in our tacos. She also automatically gave us some limes and grilled jalapeños. Their tacos were amazing! The only thing I sort of disliked was the corn tortilla but only because I am not a fan of those. I made a mental note to request flour tortillas next time.

2 - in our 2nd visit, the older lady was not there. The younger lady who took our order is also okay. This time, we got the flour tortillas and OMG, they were perfect! Well, almost perfect...because unfortunately, the younger lady didn't give us limes. Imagine eating tacos w/o limes...quite missing the oomph factor, right? I thought it's already given as per our first visit. Anyway, made another mental note to request the limes next time.

3 - our 3rd visit was today, like literally less than an hour ago. Again we requested flour tortillas for their amazing tacos and also requested the limes after we received our orders. I was super excited, thinking everything will be perfect finally. Then when we got home, the tacos were in corn tortillas!! 😭 At least we got the limes right? But again, not perfect. We specifically told the younger lady to use flour tortilla. And I think it costs a few cents more. For someone who isn't a fan of corn, this is quite...

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Neighborhood place that does a typical Mexican menu starting with breakfast, lunch and dinner Egg dishes, tacos, burritos etc. There dinner menu has carne asada, shrimp and fish plates. Everything thing tastes fresh. I really enjoyed my pastor tacos and a chicken Tinga taco. My wife liked her chicken Tinga hurache. The ladies that waited on us were very nice. Everyone has a smile on their face. I feel the prices...