El Zarape Mexican Restaurant

Update: We’ve eaten here many times over the last couple of years and they’ve been consistently good. Great experience at dinner tonight - very tasty Mexican food in a low key environment. We’ve been trying several Mexican restaurants in the area looking for basic, tasty food. I’m happy to report we may have found our place. The food had real spice, the serving sizes were excellent and the service was decent - all good stuff.

Exceded expectations. The food was tasty. They have chicken tamales on the menu which was unexpected and so delicious. Usually tamales are pork so my husband ordered the chicken tamales and raved about it. They had music the night we visited. A nice touch on a Friday night especially since it started just before 6pm. This place has parking which beats all the Canton Road establishments. We parked at City Hall to play it safe, We will definitely return to try other dishes.

The best place to eat and have a fun with my family. It has a friendly service, they take care of everything. And i recommended if you want to taste the real Mexican food.

Salty 🧂My lasting takeaway is the food had a heavy handed salt taste. Each of the three items I tasted all had the same over salty taste. The service was great. No complaints there. Everyone had a friendly demeanor. I like that in any place. Probably the best food feature was the chips and salsa. The salsa was fresh with a nice smoke quality. I try Mexican restaurants all over the city and really love the authentic cuisines that originate in the various regions in the country. Each has its own flavors. The problem with my experience at El Zarape had everything to do with the food being too salty. That something that kills a food experience.

The BEST damn beef soft tacos in the world! My favorite Mexican Restaurant i've been coming here for 20 years and will always stop by if in the area. Amazing tacos, with excellent seasoned beef combined with an excellent cheese blend and shredded lettuce. The salsa and cheese dip are always very complimentary.