El Camino

We went in just before 9pm, and there were only 1 – 2 other groups in there. When we sat down it too a few minutes to be helped. They took our drink orders, but yet still had not brought menus to our table. After ordering our food, they place was still empty, yet it took 30+ minutes for our did to arrive. When the food finally got there my enchilada had beef instead of the chicken I had ordered. While delivering the food the waitress took my glass of water to refill it and didn’t return it for over 10 minutes. The food was ok, but the service wasn’t very good.

I was impressed with this place! I ordered a margarita, which was smooth and tasty — no cheap tequila here. My enchiladas verdes were flavorful with just the right amount of heat. I will definitely come back!

Stop the horse. This is authentic mexican. We’ll take me to Taco Bell. SLOW service for lunch. Fair food flavored with chili powder, cumin, onion. No authentic taste or sauces/​cheeses. A good alternative to the Bell if you have time to wait 35 mins for lunch with 5 others in the restaurant. Quality doesn’t need to suffer because for the only authentic mexican in town.

Great for a small town Mexican restaurant. The chicken nachos are my favorite anywhere. I grew up here but live in Chicago now. My sister in law is Mexican so I’m used to authentic & I still enjoy visiting this restaurant. The décor is dated appearing almost unclean but it’s worn rather than dirty. A pleasant stop & decent prices per portion.

Every table around us was piled with old dishes needing to be bussed. Service was extremely slow. Will not return

This Mexican restaurant is small but mighty. Don’t let the exterior fool you because the owners and staff are wonderful, originally from Guadalajara MX, and the food is fantastic. I really enjoyed the fajitas and margaritas.

OK, so I was more than a little dubious about El Camino Real given the one review from 12/2012…BUT, I’ve got to tell you that this place is AWESOME!!!
I live in Chicago, which has GOOD Mexican everywhere & plenty of GREAT Mexican restaurants… so I was honestly not expecting a lot from Three Rivers, Michigan Mexican food.
I was very, very pleasantly surprised — service was great (owner’s daughter :-) and the owner (Oscar) is from Cicero, IL & grew-​up in Mexico for a period of time. WOW, great food! Ask for their specialties. and (if you like spicy) ask for the spicy salsa (i.e. NOT the salsa that comes out with the chips), which absolutely rocks… and be ready for a great meal.

This place is legit! I am out here from Chicago and we are up here hanging out with some friends on Corey lake. So when we got hungry we decided to come into town to see what’s what. So my friend tells me his father and law likes this place and I snickered a little with a smart a– comment. So we decided to go in and check it out.
So I will start with the service. The girl who served us was on point. Great personality and very personable. She was very attentive to all of our needs. She got everything we asked for and came back just the right amount of times to make us comfortable.
So then the food. Outstanding! I eat Mexican food at least twice a week and I very rarely find a place I like.
Now understand one thing. I own 2 restaurants in Chicago and I am very critical of everything. This is the 1^st time I have ever written a review and probably never would have but I was so impressed that I had too.
Now here we are on our last night here and I was craving Mexican again. Choice was easy for my friend and I so we
brought our friends father in law, wives and 8 children. So when we got there the lights were off and they were closed. You know how when your craving something and you can’t have it? I was pissed!
So there we were in the parking lot and who is sitting in the window but the owner.
So after saying he was sorry they were closed through the window and then he waved me over to the door. So here’s where we found this place to be even more impressive. He said come on in and make your selves at home. The owners daughter served us and his son prepared our food. We chatted it up for a minute or two with the owner which was great. So since they were already cooking for us they decided to stay open for everyone else who came to the door. Since they were cooking they kept cooking.
So this is a true family restaurant and I will be back every time I come back to Corey Lake.
Thanks Oscar for keeping it real.

I live around here but am from Chicago. I think the food is quite good. I was pleasantly surprised and get take out from here often. Inexpensive, nice staff.

I don’t have any specifics, I just didn’t really like the place. The food was «okay» the wait staff was friendly. I probably will give it one more try, but not anytime soon.

Awesome food and great people!