
El Charro Café Downtown
Mexican · Tucson · $$$
4.3(7,188)

Mexican · Tucson, AZ · $$$
Established in 1922, El Charro Café of Tucson, Arizona is The Nation's Oldest Mexican Restaurant in continuous operation by the same family. Featuring traditional Northern Mexico-Sonoran style and innovative Tucson-style Mexican Food, El Charro Café is truly as Gourmet Magazine wrote: "A Taste Explosion".
“Amazing food and Douglas the bartender made some delicious margaritas without sucking us into the highest price. Margarita. The food was delicious, the margarita was delicious, and the price was great! Also, they allow tips for their chefs! Love this place for that reason… Everybody is amazing and the environment is also amazing”
“Great place, authentic Mexican place, we were groupnof guys who did the midday brunch. I had the carne asade with sunny side eggs and it was delicious and amazing. You have access to their dessert buffet with the brunch menu. Overall great authentic Mexican food, quick service, nice staff. Highly recommend.”
“El Charro is one of my all time favorites. I hadn’t been for a while but we decided to pop in this past Wednesday evening. Weather was perfect so we sat at the bar on the patio and had beer and a little tequila. Since we were not super hungry, we ordered take out. I have my favorites from El Charro and haven’t strayed much from these. However, on this visit, we spied a couple next to us on eating an amazing looking cheese crisp and had to try it. We ordered the following: chicken elegante cheese crisp, chicken taquitos and a bean and cheese burrito enchilada style with red chile. Everything was perfect!! It was my first time having a cheese crisp from EC and I am so glad we tried it. The other two dishes are recurring items for us. Taquitos are crisp and the chicken is full of flavor; the burrito was perfect for my lunch the next day (I am a huge fan of their refritos) and the calabacitas will always be one of my favorites. New also for us is their salsa verde, loved it and brought a pint home. Extra kudos to the el charro restaurants for their to go packaging. Eco friendly, always packed appropriately in terms of temperature needs, etc. Fantastic service from the bar staff; I wish I had written down names. Apologies for the partial pictures, we opened the food and had to dig in 🌮🌯🫔❤️”
“Popular spot for lunch with a large outdoor dining area. Mia was attentive and provided great service. The east-facing outdoor deck offers great views of the mountains just to the north and is shaded in the afternoons. The only downside was that the food was a bit bland, especially for a town that prides itself on Mexican food. The chicken torta with pina and avocado was lacking flavor. The Carne Seca crisp was a better choice and had plenty of meat. The complementary salsas that came with the chips was good to add flavor to the torta.”
“This was a nice place to eat, the service was great as we had about 45 people for dinner. The menu choices were limited but the food we had was good and fresh. The portion sizes were very nice and we had a really good time. Would definitely come back to try the actual menu. The team here was friendly and attentive especially to such a large group. Well done”
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