El Toro

This place is now called el rodeo Azteca, and it’s awful. Our server had 2 tables, including us. He brought our friends Pepsi out when he figured out he forgot it, at the end of our meal. He brought my meal out wrong, the other table that came in after us was served and gone before our food even got to the table, and all we had was bean burritos and chicken nachos? We never got a refill on our salsa, just on chips. When he IDed me for my drink, he didn’t know how to read my drivers license and had to go to the back and ask. The front of the store states the birthday customers need to have and I’m almost 25, so there should have been no issue. My margarita was virgin strawberry and I ordered a regular, with alcohol, raspberry. Food was fine. One of my friends got charged .33 cents? For her entire meal. I won’t go back and I don’t recommend anyone else to go either unless you appreciate crap confusing service.

Good food. Fast service. Nicely decorated. If you are a soccer fan: they play the primera division.

A typical hole in the wall type place. Menu is rather large with plenty to choose from. Food is average. Burritos are best thing on menu. The wait staff is friendly and helpful. Overall decent place to dine.

Good little restaurant! We stopped while traveling, and in a bit of a hurry. The service was really quick, and the food was good! They have a very extensive menu, and have a number of fish and seafood dishes, which many Mexican restaurants don’t have. I had the tilapia Mexicana, and it was very nice. My husband had the fajita quesadilla and said it was one of the best he’s ever had. Chips before the meal were thin and crisp, with just the right amount if salt. Salsa was good, too. Wish we’d had time for margaritas, so I could evaluate those, too. I guess that gives us a reason to go back again! If in the area, I’d recommend giving El Toro a try!

El Toro is OK. But as I state in all my reviews for Mexican food, I grew up in California so I am a severe Mexican food snob and probably do not grade places outside of CA without bias.
first of all, I tried there Enchiladas, which was a mistake since oiut of 5 of them 3 were different kinds of beef. Pot Roast, steak, and ground beef. non are what I would call good. The chicken one was OK and t he pork one matched the chicken.
On the plus side my spouses burrito was decent but not the best that it could be.
The chips were store bought and the salsa seemed pretty mediocre.
The one thing I view that El Toro really did right was there re-​fried beans, them were delicious.
the staff was fast and friendly as well which that alone is one reason I will go back. I just wish they has a variety of authentic tacos. But i guess you don’t have to really try to hard in a state that doesn’t know good Mexican food.

Sometimes they are understaffed at this location, but they are generally pretty fast. Very TexMex and not spicy at all, but cheap and consistent. Plus, their news brand of chips are crisper than the old ones.

I expected more. OK Mexican food — part of a local area chain. Atmosphere is only ok — needs a few screens or décor to break up the big square room feeling. Food is ok, but nothing real special. Another Mexican Restaurant (1 mile South of Town near Parmida) is about the same level. I cannot believe both will stay in business too long. But for Monticello, good to have some variety. Wait staff is prompt and friendly.

This place is one of several restaurants owned and operated by the Fuentes family in the East Central Illinois area. Good food, excellent service, fast authentic Mexican food at a reasonable price. Its slightly tailored to American tastes and expectations, lots more cheese and sauce than one would find south of the border, but the waitstaff are almost all native Mexican, the chips and salsa are free and the food is served hot and fast, but you are definitely not in Taco Bell. For a town like Monticello, this is a welcome addition to the Courthouse Square.