El Mex- Kal in Milliken

Food is pricey for what you get. I think the Taco trucks around town serve better food for a more reasonable price. Margarita was all mix and not quality mix. I know prices have gone up everywhere, but I think they have gone up a lot more here than other Mexican restaurants.

It costs 20 dollars for a carne asada fries

Grabbed some lunch avocado tostada was good chips and salsa were good

Dont eat here they give so little for 35 dollars a plate I was recommended this place and it was so horrible wont be coming back and i know they dont want my business by me writing this but trust me I wont be coming back

Those are my ex neighbors and we get spoiled there! Great place!

Always good food and great service!!

I haven t had any bad experience with the food. However their prices are too expensive. Cheaper to eat at home.

The food is amazing! This place is a lot like its sister restaurant in Estes Park.

Good food. Always good service. Pretty quick even with a lot of people.

Pretty nice place, good atmosphere, the only problem was that I wasnt finished with my food and the waitress took my plate away

What a joke , didn t even get to try the food , walked in and nobody around and not even one customer and dirty tables we just left . I walked into the kitchen to find nobody around

I had always wondered how this place stayed in business. It never looked busy driving by. But I was pleasantly surprised when I randomly decided to stop in. Their green chili was quite good

Ive lived here for 15 years and finally decided to stop in, I liked the serving sizes and the food wasnt bland like the local surrounding Mexican food restaurants. Ill be back with friends and family next time.

This was an unexpected delight. The food was delicious, well prepared and the plate presentation was esthetically pleasing. The wait staff were efficient and pleasant. Totally a 5 star rating for food and service

They charge you to go price instead of the stayed price on the menu. What shouldve cost my family and I about 50 bucks according to the menu cost us 65.

This place never disappoints! I love their food!!

Food isnt bad but you Dont get your moneys worth.

Got in seated quickly, took order quickly, then waited 25 minutes for food to come out. Brought my six-year-old cheeseburger and fries out ,only there was no cheeseburger on it ,just bun lettuce tomato. ( charged us $12.47 for kids cheeseburger meal and $13.51 for a kids virgin Pina Colada) Food was ok, not worth an $85.00 lunch for my husband, myself and my six-year-old.

Really good I enjoyed the alcohol beverages

The food was grate and service was Acseptional I would come again

Came here with a large group - the service was great - the food was delicious!

The food was very delicious. We were a large family group celebrating my Brothers B-Day. The service was amazing. Thank you all for making it all so great!!

Tried this place tonight to see if we could find a local Mexican restaurant that could fill the cravings for Mexican night! The food wasnt bad per se, it just also wasnt good. It was $80 for a family of 4 with 2 drinks and a bowl of queso for an appetizer. I dont mind spending $20/person if its great food, it just wasnt. The queso was the consistency of milk, the guac was delicious though! The drinks were good (a daiquiri and a Marg), though the shredded beef didnt have any flavor to it at all. I will say as a parent, I really appreciated the amount of kids meal options there were, its just that the food was bland and over priced. Kid-friendliness: Good kids menu choices, lots to choose from. So if youre looking for a drink while your kids get a bite this is good place for it.

We have been going here for 5 years, we went last night with our two kids and my wife and I and daughter all got food poisoning. And their prices have gone up a lot. Unfortunately we wont be going there anymore.

We go here often and it s usually good and decent priced.. this time the new girl completely gets my order wrong. Gives me street tacos instead of what I ordered then when it comes to the table doesn t even come with my sides of rice and beans that s included.. then get charged over 8$ for a side of guacamole and sour cream awful experience this time

Good food, would like more vegan options. However of youre vegan and go here, get the vegetarian fajitas without cheese and sour cream. Delicious!

The staff was nice, food was decent, the bill was ridiculous! I could fill my truck for less. Think we ll go to Greeley or Loveland. Sad with the limited places we have to eat in Milliken.

I normally don t like to complain but I have tried this place a couple times and it was okay are food normally comes out a little on the colder side then I and my husband would like. We ordered takeout for tonight and not even 15 minutes after eating are food I and my husband both feel sick. I don t think we will be going back. We have tried giving the place chances and this was finally the final call on it. Hopefully in the future the food will get better. I will say though the lady was really nice at the front desk.

I assume cooks don t wear hair nets

Queso birria is bomb

Try the Pollo Loco. Delicious! We started coming to this restaurant because service at the Old Johnstown Mexican restaurant was so bad but to our surprise the food here was better, the atmosphere was better, we can actually have conversations without music blaring from every corner making it impossible to hear anyone, They play sports and fights on the tv, full bar and a really friendly staff! So glad we made the switch!

My family & I came here recently & it was terrible! It was a little pricier than the website implied which wouldve been fine if the service wasnt lacking as much as it was (we are a familyof 3, no apps, no cocktails = over $100). We got there around 4pm w/ no wait to be seated bc it was slow, then it took 30mins to get our order taken & almost another 30mins to get our food (I think there was 2 other tables). My husbands food came out first & it was cold & my daughter & I had to wait another 10mins for our food... when we mentioned his food being cold they gave us attitude!! I know this town doesnt have the most options, but thought it was worth warning others about saving their $$ unless you like microwaved meals & terrible service.

Love the Pulled Pork in this restaurant.

Great menu choices. Friendly staff. Vegetarian options: Several choices for vegetarians. Food : 5/5 |

Extremely nice staff, great service and amazing food! Check this out if you re looking for a great Mexican restaurant in Estes Park.

Great food and service. Vegetarian options: They do offer several vegetarian options. Food : 5/5 |

Great customer service, great tasting food.

The food was really good. However, we were given 3 small fajitas, needed 3 more to finish our dinner. We were charged extra for more fajitas, charged extra for more chips, small margaritas. Good food, but extra charges that other restaurants dont charge were a turnoff.

Great restaurant, friendly staff.. Vegetarian options: Nice vegetarian options. Food : 5/5 |

Little hidden gem in milliken. Never disappoints

Food was great- felt a little over priced but it was really good. The salsa was fantastic Food : 5/5

Ok mexican restaurant. Good but not great.

I ordered sopapillas to go for a party. They were so tiny about 2-3 bites per one and very over priced. Almost $40 for 5 orders and good amount of them were so over cooked they were almost burnt. It was very disappointing especially for a party.

We go here a lot cause the food is delicious. We went last night and waited for about 10 min to put in a drink order and another 15 to put our food order in and only 1 other table. But we got our food fast and it was still the bomb!

Awesome food but slow service.

Wonderful people great food!!

Excellent food!

Great small town Mexican food restaurant! Staff are always friendly and nice. Food is great and the margaritas are delicious!

Wanted to love this place since it is very close to the house we are buying but no Bueno :(

Excellent, Excellent, Excellent Every Time

Great food, friendly service, and clean!

Food was delicious and margaritas were amazing!!!

This is a small private owned family business. We enjoy coming hear. This is not very very traditional Mexican. Hubby and I like it hear. Just keep trying a dish new.

Best Mexican restaurant in Milliken Colorado Recommended! Recomendado!

Fantastic food

Every time weve visited El Mex-Kal weve had a positive experience with good food, except for this last Monday the 14th. Waited over 25 minutes for a table when the restaurant was not full. Once we sat down, it took another 10 minutes for our chips and salsa to arrive and for us to order drinks. Sat at the table while the two young servers helplessly attempted their jobs. Remained at the table for another 20 minutes without drinks and decided we didnt want to spend our night in frustration so we got up and left. While leaving, I heard another couple complaining about the service. The young man wasnt rude with the little interaction we had with him, but especially on a busier night, like Valentines night, maybe staffing more-experienced servers would be a wise decision vs. losing out on business and having people leave before getting a chance to order food. I hope if we visit again that the service is not as poor as it was on Monday.

Good Mexican food and vegan dishes to enjoy with a great family atmosphere!

All the food was great.

Food was average. Service okay.

Very nice place to eat at. Tastey, fast service , Meneudo was top notch . Yum,yum. Crispy Rellenos great also.

Drinks and chips good time.thanks people.

Super nice family, everyone was so friendly! We loved being there...food was good and we thank you for the hospitality

Great food, friendly staff, clean and fun

Always great food and service is great

All the food was very tasty.

Wonderful!! Had a DELICIOUS vegi burro!! Vegetarian options: Veggie burro. More, but do not remember. Loved the burro so much, I didnt try the other options.

Excellent food and service.

Holy Clove death Kal. Clove shouldnt be the main ingredient in every dish.

very delicious!

Food tasted good but hardly any meat in my tacos and 6 dollars for a side of beans and rice that was pretty much a half a side of each. Not worth what I paid for in my opinion.

I ordered Birria tacos. They are goat tacos drenched in their delicious red sauce. I love Birria tacos and these came out perfect.

Tasty, affordable, authentic food Parking: Large parking lot in front of restaurant Wheelchair accessibility: Accessible entrance and seating

Great food!

Delicious!

The food is very delicious

Good food! They have the best of both worlds, authentic Mexican food (tacos, tortas, mole, etc) and also choices of more tex-mex like smothered burritos...clean place and friendly staff, you have to try it.

As always the food was very good but we noticed a somewhat miss in the service. Our server made up for it by acknowledging the issue before we had to say anything. He brought us some desert with apologies.

Food wasnt bad, extremely over priced was charged 19$ for 2 baskets if chips and salsa. Service was not very good, but with where everything is I understand service can be difficult to organize on Friday nights....but end of the day 2 adult meals, 1 kids meal with waters to drink running 90.00 is ridiculous

The boycott is over! We are becoming regulars. SO YUMMY!

Great service, super friendly, guacamole was really good. However there was not a lot of flavor in my main dish.

I enjoy the food. Friendly and comfortable.

Staff was friendly, price was high, food was not bad, but it definitely wasnt worth what I spent.

Food was delicious, our waitress was awesome, great service and very friendly!

Fantastic food at a great price Love it

Delicious authentic food, good service, and very clean. I had sopes not as much meat as I would like so make sure to ask they give you a fair share of meat of your choice

Great restaurant, always good food and friendly service.

Great food! Nice atmosphere!

Pollo loco is the best dish I have ever had

The food is very tasty

Excellent good food and service

Waited over 20 minutes to pick up a bowl of soup, when I arrived to pick it up they told me 10-15 minutes they would have it ready. Its a freaking bowl of soup and they werent even busy, just pour it in a freaking container and send it out. Response to Mex-Kal No the lady told me it wasnt ready and it would be maybe 10-15 minutes. If you call that busy you should close your doors you arent cut out for this business.

I Absolutely love this place!! Excellent service and amazing food. Id recommend it to anyone in the area looking for authentic home-style Mexican food

So amazing!!! Will definitely return! Everywhere service

The food here is okay if you like that bland tex mex style. We ordered an appetizer that came out after we were almost done eating our entrees. When the appetizer came out it was burnt and sinply disgusting. The waitress gave us a bad attitude after that.

Love this place workers are nice and kind

Phenomenal Mexican food!!! Had just returned from Cancún and was happy to eat at El Mex - Kal, which was far superior in quality to any of the Mexican food in Cancún. Highly recommend the pork carnitas, cheese dip, and soft relleno!

Excellent food and a great wait staff

Sorry guys but this just wasnt good. Deceptive pricing as well. 1) Ordered guac with our chips. Got about 2 oz served in a 1.5 inch diameter bowl for $3.95. Crazy 2) Got burritos, they asked if we wanted rice and beans, didnt say it would be $3 more. Made the dish $13.95 and not worth that at all. 3) Burritos dipped in Queso. It was actually nacho cheese. Not the same. 4) Our waiter took our glasses to refill and fingered them inside the glass. 5) Our menus were sticky and so was the table. This was our third try at a restaurant this day (others no inside dining due to covid) so we decided to try it anyway. 6) Pretty much got ignored by our waiter even though we were one of two tables there. 7) $80 bill and we could have done better at taco bell.

Great food and great service. We are glad that we found this tucked away restaurant. We will be back when we are up this way again

Had to sit ourselves after standing at the front podium and having the employees walk by us many times. Had to get up once seated to get our own menus. Waited 11 minutes to be greeted for drink orders. When it was finally convenient for the staff, we were able to order our dinner. During the 32 minutes we waited before the first meal came to the table, we had to flag down the wait staff to get drink refills as not once were we ever asked if we were good. We ordered five meals, two came out, then minutes later two more came out and then finally the last one showed up, which was completely wrong from what was ordered. We sent it back and asked for them not to remake as we were not waiting another half hour. Customer service was horrible here, you would think for a place that is gaining more and more people, maybe they would care about their service to have repeat customers. WILL NOT BE BACK!

They messed up our order! We got the wrong thing and only two of the three items. Chips and salsa was small instead of large. They dont make soppapeas so they substituted chalupa! Really! Could have been burritos or something close to what we ordered!

Wonderful mom and pop family owned business.

After hiking for the day, we wanted Mexican for dinner and we found this gem. The chips and salsa were pretty good. I personally lived the mild, but my family liked the hotter salsa. The guac was delicious and one of the highlights of the meal. Very fresh and tasty. Good portion too. The staff was so friendly, very attentive and the restaurant was clean. The food was delicious. We ordered 4 different meals. I had the shredded chicken chimichanga with the chili sauce on the side, our youngest had the shrimp fajitas (she doesnt usually like Mexican, but is now asking me to make this at home). The shrimp was very fresh, great size too. Our oldest daughter had the taco salad and she ate everything but the shell (she doesnt usually eat the shell, so that wasnt because it wasnt good). My husband ordered the enchiladas and a taco and said they were okay. We definitely had a nice meal and would visit here again.

Use to come here all the time until I moved out of town. Came back to see it was under new ownership, with a new menu to boot. But unfortunately my time away has not been well for the wait. The food and service have both taken a dive, while the price has increased by quite a bit. This one is no longer on my recommend list, and I will not be back anytime soon.

Fantastic food and excellent sercice!! We will be back soon The owners and their son are very friendly and make you feel at home!

Service was slow Food bland

Best frivolous Ive had at a Mexican restaurant. Good food and decent prices.

Food was fantastic and the service was prompt and effeciant

Very good authentic food , Service was a little slow,but friendly.

A bit pricey, but food was delicious and the service was prompt and friendly. Thank you!

This place is nasty and the service is poor. The lettuce taste like they pulled it out of a dirty refrigerator. The oversized waitress stays in the back talking while everyone has to wait for her. I do not recommend this mast place at all. I became very ill from eating here

Excellent food, their service is great!

Great food. Even better service. We love this place.

Deceptive pricing. Queso burrito listed for 9.99 but when asked if I wanted beans and lettuce it jumped to 14.99. 5 bucks extra and wasnt told nor was it on the menu nor was it fixed. We wont be back.

The food is good and service is always great but mixed drinks need some work. Save your money on that portion.

Was very disappointing. Both the meal but especially the kids meal. Brought things differently then I ordered and told me that was the way it was. A taco is not a Taquito which is important for a 2 yr old when it comes to holding his food.

Never never never again,I called ahead before I picked up my order and verified that each chili cheese fries contained only cheese and green chili and would feed 2. I got a med fry at most with 3tbs gr chilie and 1/4c liquid white cheese. They fed 2 kids a snack. It was $28!!! $9 each and awful. This is what you get when you trust what they say on the phone. $9 for a TINY side, I almost ordered a full meal for 4people, as well omg Id be broke AND hungry. And I tipped

We have tried it twice and was disappointed both times. Will not be returning but glad some of the locals like it. I would definitely travel for better Mexican food.

Best Mexican In Milliken! Hands down!

Great, ample servings! Wonderful, fast service. Fun, delightful atmosphere!

Good food fast friendly service

Great food and atmosphere! Staff is very friendly and prices are quite reasonable. Definitely recommend.

Great food and friendly stuff!!

Delicious!

Not bad for Milliken, CO

, Excellent!

Great staff delicious food! Cant wait to go back!

Great food, friendly service, and a clean restaurant. How the hell did I wait 33.5 years before trying steak ranchero?! Life. Changed.

Love this place! Very authentic, Been going here for over 10yrs now

I have ALWAYS LOVED this restaurant!! Last night however I ordered a combination meal and chicken ceaser salad, extra rice. And I asked for NO TOMATOES because I am HIGHLY allergic to them. So I couldnt eat hardly ANY of my food. So I called them today to see if I could get my order without tomatoes and they basically told me that it was my fault for trying to eat my food that had tomatoes on it and if it had tomatoes on it I would have seen it and I wouldnt have tried to eat it!! I asked for NO TOMATOES and they put tomatoes ALL OVER IT!!! HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!!

The best authentic in Colorado.

NOT AUTHENTIC!!! HORRIBLE FOOD. OVERPRICED, DIDNT HAVE ANY MEAT BUT SHREDDED BEEF AND NO FORKS..HAD TO USE SPOONS TO EAT. NEVER AGAIN!

All the food was very delicious and everyone was very friendly.

Flavor was good. Customer service was good.

Food is good and reasonably priced.

Excellent place good food

Best Mexican food i have had!!!!

If you havent tried them yet you are missing out!! New owners and a new HUGE menu. Everything is so good.

Good food, Good service.

Food tastes okay but very greasy. Customer service could be better. It s pricey for the quality. Probably won t come back.

The food was delicious, and the service was excellent!

Very good service

Food was fantastic, service was great, would recommend it. We had chicken fajitas and the sauce had a great taste.

Good food, great atmosphere and the drinks where delicious. (Try the crazy kool aid)

I wish I could make Chile rellenos this good at home

We came in like 20 minutes before they closed, but they were totally cool about it. That was pretty nice. The Salsa seemed home made and was spicy and flavorful. I got a Chimichanga w/ Carne Asada and it was pretty good. Some pepper in the steak and a solid amount of filling overall. I also tried the Chile Relleno and it was good, my wife liked it so much she raved about it the next day lol.

ok not great. slow service and food was plain

We enjoyed the food and the service tremendously. The flavors were delicious, servings very generous and we can hardly wait to go back again!

Good food

Great food. Great prices. Quick service. Pulled chicken is the best...

Fast service, over priced, small portions, taste ok. Probably will not come back. Also they don t have mexican tacos, or carnitas, pastor, etc only ground beef or shredded chicken.

Great family run business. Always excellent service and tasty food!

The food is good.

This place is always on my list. Its locally owned which I support. Good food and friendly staff.

This place is ok if you dont have any other options. Everything is quite bland & tastes like it came straight out of a can or a frozen dinner.

A little hot because their a/c was broke. The food was good.

Delicious!

Good food and portions for a good price. The waitress was nice and friendly

Margarita was water down. Ordered fajitas with chicken shrimp and beef it came in a soy tomato sauce. Was unable to eat it. Tasted terrible. Will never eat there again

Got 2 orders of Chili Colorado to go, it came w/ a side of rice, beans, & warm tortillas, w/ a total of a little over $17. Now normally anything saucy or having liquid to- go should, in my opinion both as a customer & having worked in kitchens for years, be put into a seperate container w/ a tight- fitting lid so in the event it is tipped on its way, doesnt make a mess all over. Not the case at El mex-kal. As I was in a hurry, I didnt check the bag very well & got two orders of tortillas, & 2 of the divided clam- shell boxes each with rice & (tiny amount of) beans, & the chili in the largest reservoir. What chili left that didnt end up in the bottom of the bag was very delicious though & I would return for it again, but i would dine- in next time.

Customer service sucks. Nothing really special about the food. Wont be coming back.

The chicken tortilla soup and the chips and salsa were delicious. The service was not very friendly though.

Hair in salsa, loud music, and not prepared servers

Super Mex!

The food didnt seem authentic, I ordered a chicken taco and it was in a hard shell with lettuce shredded cheese and bland chicken. Nothing to it. The salsa is good. Customer service could improve.