Came into town to celebrate Thanksgiving with the family and went to Little 5 Points on Friday. My boyfriend and I love Mexican food and we try to find a new place every chance we get. This place is incredible! From the moment we sat down til the time we said our goodbyes to the staff. Ani, our server was wonderful and the plate presentation was beautiful! The shrimp tacos are hands down the best I have ever had! And I feel bad saying that since I feel like I've thrown my favorite Mexican restaurant under the bus. Lol. We don't get up to Georgia too often but this will definitely be on our must stops every time we come back to town!
I celebrated my bday party � this last Sunday the 28th along with a big group of friends everything was amazing. I had never celebrated my bday party that way!. The Manager Xavier was very attentive he welcomed me and my guest very gently and he was VERY helpful to make up my table and kept checking on us, so was the staff and servers including the bartender the teamwork was very noticeable in the house. Food got to the table right none of my guests had to wait too long for anything all went perfect! � Great time, great drinks, great staff... I am Very Happy � with the experience I had!. Try their Ceviche and Tacos Jaliscos they are amazing!. I totally recommend this place for celebrations and for a dinning experience.
Freaking awesome!
Atlanta native & city foodie here.
Sit back, relax & enjoy yourself with awesome food 👍 drinks 🍹 friends, family and new friends! El Bandido is one of the best Mexican grills I've ever been to! Hands down.
The food is great, the quacamole is amazing, the people and service are outstanding! Highly recommend. One of the best Mexican spots in Atlanta. Hands down.
By far the best Mexican I’ve had in a very long time! We were made to feel very welcome and the service was outstanding! From the moment we walked in the door to after walking out the door, perfection! The entire staff went above and beyond! I will definitely make that 90 mile drive to dine here again!!
I live nearby and have been here no less than 20 times. The food and service are always great. Big portions of food that the other Mexican restaurants can't even come close to. Don't order a numbered plate at those places, go here!
As a west Texan native who transferred from Ft. Bliss (El Paso, TX) to Ft. Benning (Columbus, GA), and was going through taco withdrawal, El Bandido saved my soul. The environment had me reminiscent of home, and quenching the Carne Asada thirst I've had for some time. The staff were brotherly, the menu perfect, and the drinks phenomenal. Each chance I get to spend in this enormous city, I'll certainly be stopping in for a taste of home in El Bandido.
Great food, great drinks and most importantly great customer service! I love this place! They were very patient with us as we closed the place down unaware of the closing time! Thank you �
Great Mex Tex food, the lobster enchiladas are one the best things I ever tasted. Our server was very warm, friendly and attentive
The margaritas here are great excellent wonderful I had the time of my life last night I would recommend anyone go here to have a good time the servers or wonderful they're consistent and they're sweet the service here is grade A
I love this place! They never let me down! Their customer service is excellent and the food is always delicious! Definitely one of my go-to restuarants!
Went because the reviews were better! Def worthy!!! Friendly staff, parking was free while we ate than 5 dollars till 5pm
Food amazing!
Best Mexican Food and Margaritas I've had in Atlanta so far� The atmosphere was great and the parking was free���� The price for the quality and Quantity of the food was excellent.
Fantastic salsa. Super friendly staff. Worked with us on great vegetarian options. Absolutely love this place.
The service was excellent, even with all the Halloween Parade festivities going on. The Ceviche was the best I've had in years.
I was waiting for a show and got hungry so tried this place out. Highly suggest the .99¢ tacos! They are amazing! Also my friends said the margaritas were great!
Ok so hear me out. Nachos grande 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. Chicken taco was on the dry side (add hot sauce and it’s good) but the tortillas chips are good and the nachos are freaking amazing. Also there is cheese although it didn’t say it. Also it can literally feed 2 people and have you will still have leftovers.I’ll come back for nachos hands down.
Not sure if it’s under new management or they’ve changed things up because of all the terrible reviews, but I enjoyed my meal. The hostess was nice quickly (it was completely empty except people at the bar.) free chips and salsa is always a good thing for Mexican restaurants.
I must say the menu is huge and the format is kind of strange but we got a fajita to share and some tacos and it wasn’t bad. It’s not an amazing top tier Mexican restaurant but it’s decent for the price. We also got the Mexican corn and it was by far the best thing we had. Our waiter was nice and attentive, constantly checking in and giving us refill.
It’s a good place to eat with family especially if you’re from out of town and unsure where to go. This whole plaza is made up of restaurants but many are bars or lean towards adults, so this was a good quiet place for dinner after walking around and shopping.
Great atmosphere, Great food. Yall go get you some.
Chill Saturday. I think the bartender was new. But he was super sweet. I tried the kiwi margarita and it was very refreshing. I had a shrimp and chicken taco with corn tortillas. Very yummy. But the chicken tortilla soup took the cake. The chicken was so tender and dish altogether, was very flavorful. Nice restaurant overall.
The food was soooooo good! We came pretty late so it wasn't super crowded. I ordered a steak chimichanga and my friend ordered the fajitas with shrimp, chicken and steak. My chimi was fried to perfection and covered with cheese sauce. The rice was perfectly seasoned and cooked. A lot of Mexican restaurants don't have good rice, but this rice was delicious. My friend's fajitas came out sizzling and she was thoroughly happy! The food was all very hot when it arrived to the table and it came out quick. Our only complaint was that the steak was really really chewy and kinda fatty. I'd definitely recommend the chicken instead of the steak. No doubt here. I also ordered the peach margarita on the rocks and it was DELICIOUS! I am completely satisfied and will definitely be back again.
The food was well portioned and authentically tasty. Our waitress was very helpful and recommended a delicious drink. We would definitely recommend this restaurant to friends and family.
I ordered a burrito with shrimp, which was HUGE AND AMAZING!! Avocados were fresh and shrimps were big and fresh! The burrito wasn’t soggy! They also have good salsa! I loved their mango margarita! They’re open late so I really appreciated that I could have somewhere to go and sit with quality food! Great customer service as well!!
This old skool mexi place was so suss from outside but we were starving. Turns out incredible food and unbelievable horchata and the nicest waitress, so knowledgeable about the menu and had great suggestions. We sat outside because inside it reads of dirty rags and garbage. There was no music either so maybe there was no manager on duty. We def will go back because of the food and service.
Low key eatery with free parking for diners
I typically will have a Frozen Margarita with lunch
There is also outside seating and a small bar area
The tortilla chips are light, fresh and crispy. White Queso is delicious.I didn't care for the salsa. It tasted a little over roasted. Server was friendly. The dogs on the patio can get to be a bit much when they're not well trained.
This is always been my favorite Mexican restaurant in downtown convenient area fun to walk around afterwards and they have absolutely delicious margaritas with a good selection of flavors a friendly and fun staff as well as the best refried beans I've ever had even though I don't even like refried beans
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