El Paisano — Restaurant in Reno

This is an amazing hole in the wall Mexican restaurant. From the outside this place doesn’t look like much and frankly the inside isn’t much better; but when there’s a line to the door and most of the customers Mexicans, I figured I was in the right place for authentic Mexican food. I was correct.

I ordered the 3 taco plate and added a tamale on the side. They were out of Carne Asada so I tried chorizo on my tacos. The menu is full of traditional Mexican items including things you don’t usually see like 5 kinds of soup including pozole and goat soup, soles, pupusas, and gorditas. The meat selections were equally varied and exotic, including items like ceviche, pork stomach, beef head, tripe and beef tongue along with traditional choices.

The food took a bit longer than expected (5-10 minutes), but that’s because I could see everything being cooked fresh to order behind the counter. No complaints about that! You could taste the freshness in the food. My chorizo tacos were topped with fresh onion and cilantro and were bursting with fresh flavor. They also offer a toppings bar with salsas, pickled vegetables, onions, and slaw along with oregano, Chile flake and chile in oil sauce. I tried the red salsa and chili oil sauce on my tacos and they were fantastic. My taco plate came with rice & beans. The rice was unremarkable but the beans were fresh made (not canned) and flavorful. I topped off my meal with a tamale. Had I known how much food my taco plate had and how ENORMOUS the tamale was I probably would have skipped it. That said the tamale was full of authentic freshly prepared Mexican pork. Also delicious.

I strongly recommend stopping by if you are near the Reno airport and enjoy fresh authentic...

I brought in my 4yr old daughter because she wanted tacos the owner Jose was a family friend so I figured it's been years since I've been in there why not visit they had the air conditioner on in winter weather I thought someone will turn it off soon right? Common sense but instead I collected my food and brought my daughter back home to finish our food oh and BTW before I exit I went back to the register and purchased a small Coca-Cola in a cup for almost 5 dollars SMH couldn't believe it my final bill for 5 pupusas 3 tacos large orchata small strawberry milk shake and small Coca-Cola was cents away to $50 dollars a little to expensive I'd understand if they had great service like El Rincon restaurant I don't really look at the prices because I've known the owners for a very long time and the...

Its conventionally located to the Parq Crossing apartments, the food is tasty, parking is convenient. But when I walked in the room just had an unwelcoming feel to the place for a Mexican restaurant. When I stopped by Mexican restaurants back home in El Paso, TX or Phoenix, AZ and even all through CA Hispanic people are typically very friendly. Here it was just awkward standing in front of the cashier, seeing cooks passing by with a stiff face of discomfort in their roles from their expression. As a Mexican American, I didn't feel the vibe that I've experienced, and have since then not visited. I mainly went to try out their champurrado, but once they run out which is around 4pm they won't make fresh batches until the following day even though...