El Rey

Every time I come to town I need my El Rey fix. My favorite is the quesadilla fajita with shrimp. I like the frozen margaritas. This is a family favorite Restaurant. Friendly service. Family owned. Great value. Food is fresh. I never make it as far as dessert so I cannot give advice.

Went here after a day at the lake. 5 of us. Chips and Salsa were brought promptly, and were good. Warm chips. Service was good, drinks kept full. Our food was average Mexican. I had taco and enchiladas. Others had tacos, quesadillas, and enchiladas. Quesadilla was really good. Pretty good overall

Ground beef is too salty. Tastes like they cook it with salt instead of seasoning. Yuck. Not coming back. Done.

Good food but the service makes it unbearable to go. Very ungrateful and just want you in and out so they can get their money. They have (maybe not anymore haven’t been there in a long time) that read «servers work for tips». My brother, who is a server and good tipper, went there and didn’t leave a tip because he said the service was so bad he wasn’t going to leave one and they chased him out and asked for their tip. When the new mexican restaurant opened «Camino Real» I swore off Elrey.

My gf and I come here frequently. We always get the shrimp soup, and something else. It’s always great we love this place.

We chose to come here to wait out a storm before heading back.
The service was ridiculous. There were 2 entrances so we didn’t know what side to wait at. We finally sat down. Seats were uncomfortable. It took the servers a while to get our water. My husband had to track down the waiter to order our food. The menu was very confusing. Too much on their menu… They even bad spinach dip and some pineapple grilled chicken entre at a Mexican restaurant? The salsa was pretty spicy, but good. Chips and quesa dip was good. Then we had to track them down again to see when our food would be served. There was not many people in the restaurant so I don’t know why it was taking so long. The food was actually pretty good, but I was so turned off by the service.

Slow service and poor quality Mexican. It is really hard to mess up mass produced food like this. Also made my husband ill. Never again.

We enjoy eating at El Rey regularly. Its a good place for Mexican, especially considering that its in such a small town. Good service, fresh salsa, and the food is yummy.

Rather awful. Not much of a choice anywhere in Clinton so you may have to choose this one but maybe a pizza would be better.

The food isn’t amazing, but it’s okay. Really the service frustrates me sometimes — just isn’t consistent. Sometimes I feel like I’m ruining someone’s day by showing up — other times it’s fine. I only go if friends pick it out.

Let’s start with a quick low down on Clinton–
This is the town I was raised in, and lived for most of my life. Currently sitting at 7k+ residents, Clinton is far from a major city, which allows me some leeway on the traditional rating system.
Now that we are on the same page, El Rey’s is currently the only restaurant in town that specialized in Mexican food. They have several beers on draft (XX dark-​bud, bud light and miller light) and make a pretty decent margarita. The food can be a bit… greasy, under/​over salted, generally bad tasting, or vomit/​diarrhea inducing, but once you get a feel for the menu you learn what and what not to order. Whatever you do, don’t touch the tortillas at the bottom of that Alambre, seriously, you’ll regret in a couple hours.
Overall, really not a bad little place to eat, good for birthdays and to meet friends at for a burrito, and they appreciate regulars.

The food here is excellent and the service very pleasant. I would have given 5 starts, but the tortilla chips are just OK.