El Portal Restaurant

Mahanoy City, PA · Restaurant

Rating
3.7/5
★★★★☆ 3.7
Reviews
17
Rank in Mahanoy City
#11
of 14 restaurants
City Percentile
23%
rating percentile
Address
El Portal Restaurant, 1139 E Mahanoy St, Mahanoy City, PA 17948
Phone
(570) 773-3174
Website
www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559023719133&mibextid=LQQJ4d
Status
Closed · Opens 11 AM

El Portal Restaurant is a restaurant located in Mahanoy City, PA. It is one of 14 restaurants listed in Mahanoy City. Its 3.7-star rating is slightly below the Mahanoy City city average of 4.2 stars. It ranks #11 of 14 restaurants in Mahanoy City. There are 6 photos associated with this location.

Hours

Friday11 AM–10 PM

Customer Reviews

★★★★☆ 4.0 Jennifer Romero · Sep 2025

Ok so as someone who is very critical of her Mexican food, I can say for sure this will be my new go to spot for mexican food. Juices were made fresh to order. My margarita was delicious and strong. Food was very fresh. (See pics below for food). Wait time was a little bit longer than usual but we were enjoying our drink and chips while we were waiting. Food was worth the wait. Pizza was ok, again this is a Mexican restaurant not an Italian one so pizza isn't on my priority of critic for this review. However my kids did enjoy it and finished all of their LG pizza. Definitely worth it. Stop for birria tacos, stay for the drinks. Prices were also very decent both food and drink.

★★★★★ 5.0 Alicia Vanblargan · Jun 2025

Definitely worth it! We were passing through the area I almost didn't stop it looks like a small corner bar from outside. As soon as we stepped inside we were greeted warmly. We sat at the bar and ordered beer and tacos. I got Al Pastor and my husband ordered Birrea. Food came out quickly the Al Pastor was really good and my husband said the Birrea is the best he has had. The beer was cold! Everyone was friendly and I was very comfortable, I would stop again. The prices are also very good.

★☆☆☆☆ 1.0 Jennifer · Oct 2025

It used to be a really good place. They should’ve never changed the menu items that were there prior. They should’ve stuck with the original pizza and everything else. I see it really went downhill since it was sold. Sad because we used to eat there almost every single day and my family and now we never go there. You should’ve all just left the food the way it was I mean, yeah add in your Latin Mexican food is great, but you really should’ve kept the original food the same this is why your star and reviews are so low probably I don’t know but good luck and God bless. I think you should go back and contact Bernie again and get his recipes again.

★★★★★ 5.0 Waylon Martin · Oct 2025

First time trying it and it exceeded my expectations 10x. Excellent Mexican food and the owner was extremely pleasant and carried a great conversation. Would definitely recommend

★★☆☆☆ 2.0 linsy · Jul 2025

Debated on 1 or 2 stars, ended up going with 2 just because the girl up front is friendly. As for food, it was bad. I got chicken fingers and fries and the chicken fingers were soggy and floppy, but they also tasted more like fish than chicken. Like maybe they deep fried the chicken fingers after deep frying fish. Was probably one of the worst things I’ve tasted, unfortunately. I only got from here one other time and it’s just not worth spending money for the food you receive. Seriously running out of places to get food from in this town.

Accessibility & Amenities

✓ Wheelchair Accessible Parking Lot

Services

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