El Portal

Went to this Mexican restaurant at the advisement of the Peppertree hotel staff. I was not disappointed. The chips and salsa were fresh with the cabbage salsa and a spicy red salsa to choose from; plus chips were crispy! Had the Chicken Mole Enchiladas and they were fantastic! A whole lot of food for about $ 12. I want to come back and try the carne asada with shrimp and mushrooms. It looks delicious and there is a very nice smell to the place and an authentic traditional look. I will be back!

This place is amazing! The margins are strong and the food is very good. This is the best Mexican restaurant I have eaten at in a long while! Good stuff!

Great food with good sized portions. Service is fast and friendly. Chips and salsa are on your table before you have time to remove your coat. Best Mexican food in Omak.

We are from San Diego and very picky about Mexican food. This place is a real find. Close to the hotels in town. Chips and guacamole are delicious and they offer a wide variety of margaritas. You could pick anything on the menu and not go wrong. The carne asada burrito is amazing. Wish we had this restaurant at home!

Their selection is great a little bit of everything. The service is fast and great. I don’t think in the 15 times I’ve been here my drink has ever been empty. The waiters are super friendly and attentive. I usually get the carne asada burrito, the meat is super soft and flavor full. My absolute favorite part is the chile asado (you have to wake for it) so spicy and delicious. The seafood here is good too. And the fajitas are out of this world.

Best Mexican restaurant in okanogan county friendly service, fast, and the food is delicious.

Seeing as the only sure thing in dining out in this area is a Mexican restaurant, you can definitely do better than El Portal. It’s not terrible by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s nothing special either. Which is funny considering they have practically the exact same menu as Rancho Chico right down the road. The food is a solid middle of the road quality. The salsa tastes like tomato paste thinned out and the cabbage salsa is dry and overly pickled tasting. The chips were stale on my visit. I wasn’t worried about getting sick, but I’m definitely not in a hurry to go back. With Rancho Chico right down the road and some pretty good taco trucks in the area why bother.

The service we received was amazing. The waiter brought water with chips and salsa to the table before we had our menus open. The salsa they brought to the table was the tastiest I’ve ever had. We ordered our meals and were shocked at the amount of food on our plates. Neither me or my wife were able to finish our respective meals. We both love Mexican food but this was by far the best we’ve ever had. And we were so happy with the value you get for the money. They should charge more for such great food.

Favorite mexican resturant in Omak. Great food and excellent service. Food comes out quickly and taste great.

Service very fast. Had chips and drinks as soon as we sat down. Had chicken nachos as an appetizer. Chicken was a bit bland. Entrees also arrived soon after. The shredded beef was also kinda bland. However the rice was excellent! Whatever spice is on the rice should have been on the meat too. Have to say that we’re use to Tex-​Mex brand of Mexican food so our taste buds may be able to appreciate the flavor as much. The meal was filling and would recommend this place if you’re really hungry and want as much food as your money can buy.
We didn’t try to margaritas but they looked good when the waiter was passing by to another table.

I don’t know how this place has any good reviews. If you like bland, watered down food this is the place to go. The beans were so thin I needed a spoon. The rice was just a tiny portion and full of grease. They don’t even have to go boxes. It’s food, I didn’t die or get sick but it’s just not good. Save your money and go buy a can of beans and box of rice at the Safeway next door. It will taste much better and save you a few bucks. The staff was perfectly nice and you got a small dessert after dinner. I wouldn’t recommend it or come back though.

Just stop reading reviews. Walk inside, sit down and eat some of the best Mexican food In the Northwest. The service can’t be beat! I’ll be leaving a $ 10 tip on this huge $ 9.00 dinner! Taco, enchilada and tamale. If you don’t eat here for dinner you should just slam your head in the car door. I was in town for a week and three out of the seven nights I ate here and they killed it every time!

Okay, I’m no ‘expert’ on Mexican cuisine, but I do spend a week every year with my cousin who lives in Puerto Vallarta. We’ve taken the ‘Vallarta Eats’ walking tour (that EVERYONE who visits PV should do), sampling all of the best street vendors and restaurants in Old Town. Having said that, I think I have a pretty good idea of what is authentic, and not just another «#17 with beans and rice «. Visiting my best friend in Omak (long time resident), I asked him if there was a good Mexican place in town so he brought me to El Portal. This actually occured a year ago, but just to make sure it wasn’t a ‘fluke’ we went there again just last week on another one of my visits; home run! It was just as good as last time! As usual, the meal starts out with beverages and their home-​made chips… salsa that’s pretty close to ‘medium-​hot’ on the heat scale, and some pickled cabbage, so far so good! My buddy ordered the ground beef burritos (with rice and beans of course) and was very pleased with his meal (ate so damn fast he almost exploded). I’m a huge fan of mole’ sauce so I ordered the pork burritos with mole’ sauce… WOW. Not too spicy… not too runny… just right! The only thing I found different about the meal is the pork was more like small bits of a pork loin (?) roast, and not the traditional pork shoulder roast. I almost sent the meal back because I thought they’d given me chicken instead of pork… glad I didn’t make a fool out of myself, cuz it was sure good. This is not a ‘gourmet’ Mexican restaurant, just a place to get a tasty meal that doesn’t taste like the rest of the ‘Americanized’ restaurants one usually encounters. This place will definitely be on my food agenda every time I visit Omak.