El Chamoy — Restaurant in Sioux Falls Township

This place is very reminiscent of places I would hit when in the Deep South of Texas near the Mexican border. The RGV (Rio Grande Valley), where I went to college and continue to visit frequently, has a wide variety of places like this from brick and mortar establishments, such as this, to food trucks & trailers but this is very unique to find locally!

I was able to hit this yesterday which is the day after their grand opening. It was extremely busy, as you can see from my video, with a line going out the door but they did an excellent job of busting out the orders quickly. Down south, thing’s definitely don’t move that fast, we would have been there an hour but from standing in line to getting our food it was about 15-20 minutes which is impressive for how busy they were!

The flavors are spot on and exactly what you’d expect in a legit Mexican treat shop like this, 100% authentic! The prices, definitely more fitting to this area then down south where most of these prices would be 25%-30% less. I’ve been telling my wife’s family they should come up and open a shop like this and they’d make a killing for years but now we finally have one!

I must warn my fellow gringos & gringas, if you have not had this type of treat before or tried the likes of Treches Chili Powder, Chamoy, or Tajin Chili Lime Seasoning… it can be a bit of an acquired taste. While everything was spot on to what I would have expected, this is not going to be for everyone.

For the most part, I felt like the prices were fair for this area with one exception. My son ordered the “grande Nieve Vaso” which was tiny, especially for $8! Would definitely not order that again! My wife even asked in disbelief, “este es el grande”? or in English, “This is the large?” If you look at my pictures, the largest cup is the grande Diablito and that was $9… that was like a whole meal. Definitely feel like the ice cream has a disproportionate price to value compared to everything else.

The last picture is the Chicharrón Preparado which has fried pig skin on the bottom which is crispy, almost like a thick and flakey taco shell, only flat which was very fresh and good. The rest of it was also good, the only thing is as much as I love Mexican culture and food, there are a couple things I can’t do because of their rubbery texture, pickled pig skin is one of them (Menudo being another one, I can do tongue and cheek in my barbacoa or even sesos (brain) in my tacos but I can’t do intestine or stomach). My wife liked it but it is definitely not for me.

This place is definitely legit! We will definitely be going back to try their Elote (Corn) on a cob and in a cup as well as try more of their sweet, sour, salty,...

I did not have the best experience. The lady taking my order got it wrong despite me repeating myself to make sure she had the right order. I asked for 2 frutinieves ($8 each) she even pointed at the large poster of what I was getting and when I got my receipt I noticed I was charged for 2 frutiraspas ($7 each) I went back up to tell her and the guy in the back told her to just charge me the difference. No apology was offered in fact they seemed annoyed as if it were my fault. On top of that the frutinieve was missing the candy topping that comes with it which my girls were really looking fwd to. If I was charged the extra charge after getting my order wrong they should of at least made the drink right and given me what I paid for. Customer service...

Stopped in with my kids to try some ice cream and other treats. Thought the prices of some drinks were high ($8-$11 for one drink). After scanning my card, the tip option popped up. Since we just got ice cream, I hit the “no tip” button. The cashier, Isabel, looked at the screen after I made my selection and then turned to the kitchen staff and loudly called me “el cheapo.” All of the kitchen staff kept turning to look at us after that, and I quickly felt very unwelcome. I wish I would have just cancelled our order and left, but we stayed since I had already paid. The ice cream and drinks were good, but overall it was a really...