El Patio Mexican Restaurant

A Neighborhood Gem

Average Rating

100

Group of six of us had dinner here on a sunday night about 6:30. Max Wellman was in the front room tinkling the piano keys, crooning old standards which is a sunday night regular thing that's lovely about this place. We had an excellent server who kept the salsa coming (without us even asking, if you can believe that) because...

Posted by Food4thought2014 on October 05, 2014. Brought to you by tripadvisor.

Patio was fun but too many bugs

Average Rating

80

Sat on patio but it was very buggy! They may need to spray or something. Food was pretty good-chicken was a little too done.

Posted by Pamela K on September 30, 2014. Brought to you by tripadvisor.

Average Rating

40

I like the location and the overall feel of the place, especially the "el patio". But that is about it. The owners and chef at this Mexican restaurant need to really head back to culinary school (or Guadalajara - your choice!) and learn how to cook Mexican food; just the basics would be fine with me. The super-salty …

Posted by Dave M. from Yelp on September 17, 2014. Brought to you by binglocal.

Average Rating

20

Definitely will never be visiting this place again. We knew it would be downhill when our waitress told someone that they serve nothing spicy (it's supposed to be a Mexican restaurant). Our waitress was basically unavailable. She forgot about our requests. She brought the wrong dish and forgot our side. …

Posted by TandM S. from Yelp on September 17, 2014. Brought to you by binglocal.

Average Rating

100

Oh come on, this place deserves a far higher rating than 3 stars. A) It's an institution, having originally opened in the 40s, and has been in its current location since the 50s.B) The patio is beautifully striking and like no other. The walls are lined so densely with potted and hanging flowers that you can barely …

Posted by Laura B. from Yelp on September 17, 2014. Brought to you by binglocal.

El Patio Mexican Restaurant can be found at 37th St 611. The following is offered: Restaurants. The entry is present with us since Sep 8, 2010 and was last updated on Nov 14, 2013. In Des Moines there are 107 other Restaurants. An overview can be found here.

Posted on June 30, 2015. Brought to you by opendius.