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Help us make it rightSince 1954, El Torito Restaurants has been the pioneer in creating fresh, authentic Mexican dishes made from scratch. We take pride in serving these dishes to you with our warm, Latin hospitality.
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The food at El Torito is prepared using the freshest ingredients, with an emphasis on high-quality meats and fresh vegetables, prepared in a traditional Mexican style. El Torito is known for tableside preparations, including that of its most popular appetizer, tableside guacamole, which is made to the guests' specifications. Additionally, El Torito, keeps its menu exciting by offering "Chef's...
El Torito is located at the address 3113 W Olive Ave in Burbank, California 91505. They can be contacted via phone at (818) 841-4433 for pricing, hours and directions. El Torito specializes in Corporate Events, Reunions, Wedding Receptions.
El Torito provides Lunch, Late Night, Lunch Delivery to it's customers. For maps and directions to El Torito view the map to the right. For reviews of El...
Used to love this place - walking distance from my house - could walk in - indulge in few fish bowl margaritas - good food, great deep fried ice cream - then stumble home - El Torito moved down to where Acapulco used to be...
El Torito is a chain of Mexican restaurants; and this one is near Warner Bros. and the Burbank Studios, so it benefits from its location and is busy all the time - day or night. The food is plentiful, flavorful, and largely authentic for a...
we bring our parents here when visiting them on a sunday. we go before church lets out and its almost empty up until noon. we like the salad bar so if your are low carb you can make a meat salad. There is fruit bar...
This place is closed, I guess they didn't like my last review and it shut them down?As I posted it seems that a Chinese company bought them out and are closing them one by one, This location was...
Shame it was a good spot for Happy hour as well as dinner..I think once the Tonight Show ended years ago the business took a slow decline and direct hit as it was located across the street.
Try "Simzy's" near by or "Don Cucos" instead.
My first time at El Torito. I came here with two friends for lunch. Service was great, we were seated in a great indoor patio and introduced to our waiter right away. No drinks because it's a work...
I just want to thank Mario for his excellent service he was very helpful and friendly I would definitely come back to this fine restaurant. Thanks Mario.
Great Sunday brunch! Large variety of Mexican food. Price is fair. Great customer service by our waitress Beatriz. Me, my wife and the kids really enjoyed the restaurant and food. I highly recommended for people that is looking for an authentic Mexican food flavor, especially the Menudo and Pozole!!���
Amazing food! One of the many places I miss since I've moved out of Cali!! It was nice to be back home and have the Sunday brunch! Can't wait to come back home so it can be an every Sunday thing again! Thanks for the yummy food and great mimosas!!
Fantastic service, excellent food, thanks again!! My wife and I know when we come in, we will be treated like the only customers in the store. I dont like doing great reviews because I don't want a million people taking our spot...however thanks and see you next week!!
I LOVE this place. Honestly, we come here for Sunday Brunch at least once or twice a month. Everyone who works the brunch is awesome, attentive and friendly - the best. The food is constantly...
I was there today, 10-15-16 for my granddaughter's baby shower. First time for me. There were about 25 adults and kids. It was buffet style. Only one waiter to help us. The food was ok like Mexican fast food. We had a room all to our self next to the kitchen. The nice thing was we were allowed to take any leftovers home. They didn't rush us out as our time was from 1-4 and we didn't...
Hadn't been to El Torito in years, but really needed a place to unwind on a friday night after the workweek. My family came in a group of 4 around 6:30 pm, and upon arrival started getting a weird...
This El Torito is my favorite of all of the locations. I've been coming here for years (since the one in Toluca Lake turned in to a Chipotle). There are a lot of great things about this location...
Goof food for fair prices. At the tome we were there there wer many waiters and almost no guests, but maybe it was just not so bust on a sunday
I frequently express my more than occasional craving for a gloppy combo plate Mexican meal. And El Torito satisfied that craving better than most chain Mexican restaurants.The parking lot was...
Solid 3 stars. I came here for a paint night in the summer and it was not the best place for one. First, there was no elbow room so it was hard to paint, and second, El Torito only seems to have...
Good food.... bad service. I have been here several times and if you come for the buffet you're good to go. But if not, be prepared to wait long periods between getting food, refills and the check.
My favorite Mexican restaurant in the area. The food tastes good and seems authentic. The building and decor make you feel like you are in Mexico. They also have a very nice lunch buffet.
Absolutely wonderful meal and great service too. Couldn't possibly eat all the food they serve you as portions are huge. Loved it
Service was horrible, waited over 30 minutes for cold food. Waiter was no where to be found and our water was never refilled. Won't be back
I came here knowing that Thai would be standard Americanized chain Mexican. Back in the day Chi Chis wasn't 100% bad. I cannot say the same about this establishment. It's simply terrible,...
We come here every time we are in L.A. This place has a great lunch time buffet, serving just about everything on the regular menu. All you can eat tacos are on Tuesday nights. Your choice of steak, chicken or carnitas. The salsa is fresh...
What the heck happened to the food here?!?!? Maybe they changed chefs from when it was Acapulco?!? I ordered the all-you-can-eat Mahi Mahi Tacos...goodness me; extremely dry and tasteless. I...
El Torito is our neighborhood Mexican restaurant. We love Tuesday night tacos, their fresh combo dishes, fresh guacamole, fajitas and of course their Margaritas are yummy. It is family friendly and has a happy hour. Local, fresh and friendly.
The Service: Very attentive. Huge restaurant. Lots of seating. Never have to wait. Good bar area, separated from main dining area.
The Food: Happy Hour from 3-8pm!! Discounted drinks and appetizers.
The Parking: Private lot (free) and street parking (free)
Amazing service. We got chip refills without even asking. The manager came around to make sure everything always ok. Great staff. Our waiter, Pablo, was fantastic. He mixed our guacamole and made...
Hard sell wait staff. Annoying. We don't go there because there's better Mexican and much better service elsewhere.
The hostess was not at her station and we waited 5 minutes to be seated. The bathroom was filthy. The waiter completely ignored us and refused to fill up our chips after 2 baskets (family of 4 all grown). Waiting 40 minutes for food and...
We found this restaurant while on our way to the Bob Hope airport. Restaurants were crowded at lunch time in this area but we were able to find parking here. We had the lunch buffet which had fresh tortillas and buffet offerings. A few desserts...
Being that I am from Texas I felt like the price for what I got was way higher than normal. But it was good food.
Though not much veg options; food is delicious. Little costly but worth going and have lunch.
Recommended (go in a group to have a nice time)
Do you NEED tacos? Because this is where we can get a lot of variations and amazing tasting tacos! They certainly have that amazing Mexican flavors to the tee!
El Torito is a fun place to go to with friends. Colorful surroundings with about average food. Always clean and the chips are hot out of the oven. Waiters are attentive and quick on service. Food always comes out the right temperature.
You know you're in trouble when the best things about a Mexican restaurant are the chips & salsa and the convenience of the location. Because while the food here is edible, it's not special, and the service id terrible. So, if you're in the neighborhood,...
Arriving on a Monday night at 7:15, there were few cars in the parking lot and not too many people inside the restaurant. It took a couple of minutes for the hostess to arrive at the podium and she quickly informed us there would be...
With so many other, better, mexican places to eat I always feel bad eating here. But they have big tables and I get coupons so I'm here more than I like to admit. Easy parking.
Have eaten at other locations as well. The buffet was good. Service was good for a Saturday afternoon. Place was busier after 1pm.
Large restaurant with charming Mexican flavor - almost to the point of authentic. Food was the best Mexican we have had. Ordered Chicken & Sour Cream Enchilada and Shrimp Fajitas. The Cadillac Margarita was delicious. Would definitely recommend. Service was very good and friendly.
We came to LA in the afternoon and looking for something great restaurant. The food was very good and there was a nice atmosphere and the service was great.
Authentic and delicious. We have mostly Tex-Mex in Louisiana, so this was a real treat. Service was excellent. Very quick service and great Margaritas.
Very bad management, on three trips they never have enough servers, never brought us refills of water and last time we had a coupon that they didn't accept even though it was valid. The manager argued over $10! We paid the $10 and they lost...
our server was excellent, a real professional. This place is huge, but has a great feel. The food was delivered hot and presented nice. The decor is great. We had the shrimp fajita and enchilata and tacos. all were great. We'll be back and we...
We love Mexican food, but are leary of chain Mexican restaurants because we have so many individually family owned Mexican restaurants where we live that can't be beat on food and value.
However, for a chain restaurant, we thought this was very good and we...
My review title says it all. The bar area, where you can only be served the happy hour menu items, is popular with the after-work crowd and extremely loud. They are very under-staffed causing slow service. The last two times I went there, I sat...
We have eaten at several El Torito's and have always enjoyed them and were happy to see one so close to the Jay Leno show. Unfortunately, we went in! Service was horrible!!! Hostess finally took our order because the waiter never came by. Another table...
Okay, so it took 11 months to make it back here from Arizona, but boy was the wait worth it, wish they would reopen a location in Arizona. Such a good place. Missed the awesome lunchtime buffet and ordered from menu. Such good food, such...
The title says it all, we went with a group of 10 people, so the tip was automatically included(which I usually don't agree with) but it worked out for us here as the sevice was great, the worst part was trying to decide what to...
Enjoyed the food, not too Americanized but good. The guacamole was great and the wait staff was nice and had character. We ate prior to dinner so things were slow and got good service.
We were staying right down te street and have been here twice . The drinks were Very good and the dishes were very tasty. A beautifully designed place as well.
OMG, doesn't matter what good came from our visit here, our experience was overshadowed by the lack of good customer service. When we first get there, we were told to wait so that she could find us a table. There were empty tables everywhere so...
Food was very reasonably priced. You have to get the corn cakes. Service was great and drinks were cheap for the area.
Can't understand how this place can be so highly rated. Food is average at best.
My husband and I stopped in following a taping on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. House margaritas (Happy Hour!!!) were to die for! My husband and I also grabbed mini tacos from their fresh taco bar. Homemade salsa, fresh ingredients, unbeatable prices! This is...
El Torito always satisfies! Margaritas and Mexican food are a perennial fave!
Located right across from NBC studios, the restaurant feature an excellent lunchtime buffet with a lovely sweet rice, an assortment of fresh n tasty food, and burritos or tacos made fresh to order on the buffet line. Loved the service and the comfortable vibe in...
Excellent service, good food and right next door. The staff was very attentive even though the restaurant was quite busy. The food was plentiful and excellent.
We stumbled upon this restaurant on a Sunday and didn't realize that they offered a brunch buffet. It was awesome! The price included champagne, an omelette bar, lots of choices on the buffet and yummy desserts! The servers were attentive, too I recommend highly.
Okay it's not real or authentic Mexican, but it is tasty.
Acapulco is an Americanized take on Mexican food. I don't really like authentic Mexican food, so I can't compare Acapulco to the many authentic Mexican restaurants in LA. But compared to other similar Mexican restuarant chains like El Torito, Acapulco wins hands down. I have eaten at a lot of four star restaurants in my life, but sometimes when I think of a great meal I think of Acupulco. ...
I have been eating here for years and I still dine here occasionally but their consistancy can vary from visit to visit. Even though I've had both good and bad experiences, I always try to remember the good ones when I go back. It seems like over the years, it's been like a rollercoaster ride with their consistancy and I feel that back when Acapulco restaurants were Los Arcos, they were...
I love re-uniting with people there on Monday's , Margarita's are on special and the service is great, people come and have a good time whenever Ive been there. you can be there and watch a game or sing a long to your favorite song when Kareoki Machine starts playing!!
The other person doesn't know how to have a good time. and couldn't even spell "expected" right ...LMAO!!
This place is definetly not worth it..the food isnt good and its overpriced..for 12 dollars a plate i accpected something better..i will never eat there again..i do not recommend it to anybody.
El Torito Mexican Restaurant is located at 3113 W Olive Ave, Burbank, CA. This location is in the McNeil neighborhood. This business specializes in Mexican Restaurants and has 3 review(s) with a star rating of 4.0.
Founded in 1960, Acapulco offers California-style Mexican food. Acapulco is a part of Real Mex Restaurants, which is one of the largest full-service, casual dining Mexican restaurant chains in the United States. With more than 200 restaurants operating in over 10 U.S. states, Real Mex Restaurants has annual sales of more than $500 million. Acapulco s menu includes a variety of dishes, such as...
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