Compadres

Very good food. Decent service. Affordable. The food comes fast and portions are large. Salsa is excellent. Rice and beans were a bit bland. Will return

Consider Compadres for your next lunch or dinner. The consistently diver quality food in a fast and friendly manner.

Delicious salsa, guacamole and chips — everything tasted fresh. I had the enchiladas mexicanas — beef, chicken and cheese, each with a different sauce — perfect for when you want to try different favors. I loved it. Frozen margarita was good too. Service was quick, very friendly staff. I recommend when in the area!

What is it with you Clevelanders drowning everything in this processed queso sauce?! You wouldn’t know Mexican food if it came in dancing La Cucaracha with a Mariachi band in tow and threw salsa on you?
This place is a spinoff of Taco Bell as a sit-​down restaurant.
I grew up in Southern California and spent the majority of my days eating Mexican food… real food cooked by real Mexicans. Nowhere in that state is queso a thing. I have also eaten Mexican food in New Mexico– also cooked by Mexicans. No sign of queso there either. And the ground beef! Neither state uses ground beef in their tacos unless you are at Taco Bell, by which, SURPRISE! Its not real Mexican food. Somewhere, someone’s abuela is saying 25 Hail Mary’s 40 Our Father’s and rolling over in her grave. Trust me.
We came to Compadres a couple weeks ago for dinner because it was slammed busy and the numerous good reviews. Boy was that a mistake. My hubby ordered enchiladas and I ordered tacos. everything was ground beef and drowned in queso. It was like a heart attack on a plate. I actually felt my arteries crying out for help or an angioplasty. The service was also terrible.
Never again. I will have my dad ship me some spices and I will have to make my own Mexican food from now on. A taco is carne asada, onions, cilantro and chile on a soft corn tortilla. None of this hard shell Taco Bell stuff.
I realize that this is probably a regional thing… the processed cheese sauce and lack of flavor. We are VERY far from the border. If I were to open a Mexican restaurant in Cleveland, it would fail miserably because people would die of flavor overload at the tables.
My tip to you all, travel. Experience real foods. Don’t be afraid to experiment with flavors. Don’t expect that this is actually Mexican food, because its not.

I have never had a bad meal here. The staff is always very friendly and welcoming. The environment is also very welcoming.
The food, I feel, is authentic. It is always fresh and the presentation is always authentic. I usually get the enchilada dinner which has 6 enchiladas: 2 beef, 2 cheese, and 2 chicken. They cover the enchiladas are covered in sauce to look like the Mexican flag. They use red sauce on one side, white cheese sauce in the middle, and green verde sauce on the other to look like the flag. My dad always gets the ceviche and says it’s the best he’s ever had. They also have drink specials Monday through Saturday. They also have Taco Tuesday!
Definitely check this place out if you want authentic Mexican food.

I have been going to Compadres for the past 4 or 5 years. Fortunately, they are about ten minutes from my work, so I am able to go there often for lunch.
The food is very tasty. I have not been to Mexico so i won’t pretend that I can attest to whether or not it is «authentic Mexican.» But I can speak authoritatively as a fat guy with experience eating at many Mexican restaurants when I say that Compadres is the best Mexican place in Lake County.
I have taken many co-​workers here for lunch and meet my wife and kids here from time to time as well. My four year old, who won’t eat anything voluntarily, sits right down and tears up five tacos on Taco Tuesday.
My favorite dish is chori-​pollo. This is a grilled chicken breast smothered in chorizo sausage and melted queso fresco, served with an amazingly fluffy rice, refried beans and tortillas. The servers are so attentive that they normally know my order before I sit down. Very friendly staff.
The only knock I have on them is the chips and salsa can be inconsistent. Sometimes the chips are totes awesome, sometimes they taste like the fryer oil needs changed. The salsa seems to be varying degrees of spiciness (all good!) depending on the day.
Highly recommend this place. Muy delicioso.

The food was amazing and the service was excellent!!! We found it on Unilocal and it was everything it was advertised as! 5 STARS!!!

We just love the food and we have had really great service! Marco is our favorite!

I have no choice but to give this place just one star. My family stopped in here after a karate practice at the karate place next door. I will have to say that the server which prompt courteous polite and very apologetic. He didn’t warn her that there were some weird stuff going on in the kitchen. They bring chips and salsa, but the salsa is pretty bland and could stand to use a little spice. I had a beer and we ordered our food. The kids ordered off the kids menu, and I ordered the burrito special which was a chicken burrito and a beef burrito. It was pretty pricey at 10 99 but I figure the burritos would be massive. I was sorely mistaken because it looks like they were made with 8-​inch tortillas. At the 25 minute mark for waiting for food I ask the server what was going on he apologized again and said that the kitchen is really backed up all the place did not look that full. When the food came out the place too hot for the food was cold and I mean cold to the touch. The cheese was not even melted. Sadly, we sent the food back and told the waiter no thank you and he apologized profusely and comped the bill. Feeling shining star of this place would have to be the waiter, I don’t know why there are so many 5 star reviews but from my time here he clearly is a place I will not go back to.

Living in Painesville we’re lucky to have our choice of good Mexican restaurants. Our favorite is Compadres. Although I have to agree with other reviews that the margaritas aren’t the best. But that’s where the negatives end. Service good, selection good, food very good. We are always getting coupons in the mail too, which is nice. I usually get our order to go and it is always hot and ready when they say it will be. I usually get the molcajete which is basically every ingredient they have well seasoned in a volcanic bowl. Last night I got the Puerto Vallarta burrito which was like a miniature version of it. My wife got the Pollo con Espinaca, which she liked. We also got the queso and chips and they give you plenty of salsa too. We’ll be back, for sure. If you read my previous review of Moe’s, Compadres is everything Moe’s isn’t. But if you want to throw your money away and go to Moe’s you obviously have so sense of decency or taste, jk.

Great place. The food is always good and reasonably priced. I take clients there all the time and they love it. My kids really love it!

The food I got here was cold and below average. The ground beef didn’t even look like meat. I would not suggest this place to anyone whenever someone suggests going there I tell them no. I never plan to eat here again unless it’s the only thing open and I’m dying of hunger!

Best Mexican food around. Always fast bringing the order out and delish! Staff are accommodating and friendly.

I’ve eaten here several times and always had pretty good service. I like the food (it’s good, not great, but a solid good,) and the chips and salsa is pretty good.
I’ve tried several of the dishes and while they weren’t super-​flavorful, I did find them to be enjoyable and tasty.
I drag my buddy and his wife here at least once every couple months because we all dig the food.
Gotta agree about the drinks not being all that great. The margarita I had was mediocre, at best.
And no horchata?

One of my favorite Mexican restaurants, salsa is fantastic and the chorizo is just spicy enough. I go as much as possible.

I wanted to give five stars because the food is amazing. However, I elected on 4 stars because the margaritas aren’t very good at all. They had a $ 4.99 special and it tasted like lime-​flavored syrup. But enough about the margarita. Let’s talk about the food.
I’ve been here several times and tried a few items, but my new favorite dish is the molcajete. I’m not sure if I spelled that right, but you know what I’m talking about. Shrimp, chorizo, chicken, and steak are blended with peppers, tomatoes and onions and served in this giant vessel. It kind of reminds me of fajitas but much tastier. The best part is that there’s enough food to enjoy for lunch the next day!

Seriously the worst Mexican restaurant I’ve ever been to. Salsa was bland. My chili Rollenos were terrible — the pepper was hard not cooked enough. Service was poor. Husband felt the same way. Never again!

My husband loves the wet burrito and the bake nachos where huge. Plus the staff are on top of their service.

Only ok. Nothing to write home about. I tasted one if my girlfriends tacos and it was tasteless greasy beef in a taco shell. Difficult to choke down.

Not impressed. The beef wasn’t seasoned. I doubt I will return here. I’ve had better down the street from here.