Review El Alamo Mexican Grill And Bar - Wheeling

Mexcal Mexican grill is located in a strip mall right off of Wolf Road. The dining area is pretty spacious, with slot machines to win tonight’s dinner (I’m kidding) and seating area on the other side. Seating area consisted of tables and chairs (no booths) and a bar area with overhanging tv. There’s a jukebox near the end, where the hallway to the bathrooms are. The semi-open kitchen divides the two parts. The server and staff were nice and friendly. We got some chips and salsa as we waited for our food. The chips were room temperature and needed salt. The green salsa was good, while the red one was rather hot. If you like spicy, go for the red. I ordered the taco dinner, which consists of 3 tacos of your choice, and rice and refried beans. I went with the fish, shrimp, and carne asada. I wanted the lengua, but they didn’t have any available when I was there. Tacos consists of two corn tortillas, semi warm, and all tacos was protein, onion, cilantro, and tomato. No taco set each other apart besides the protein itself. Nothing really impressive about the tacos. Seasoning was somewhat bland. The shrimp taco had its shrimp cut up in pieces, and for the fish taco, it was grilled. These are not complaints, but observations. I personally like my steak cooked to a slight crisp, and my fish taco battered. Overall, food was ok. BATHROOM REVIEW: located at the end of the dining area, the bathrooms consisted of single-person bathrooms. There’s a designated womens, and a woman/men bathroom. The woman/men bathroom looked to be newly remodeled. Inside it had a toilet, sink, and changing table, and everything was nice and clean. Sit or squat? Sit!

The service was good and the waiter was friendly. Their large Michelada was worth it! The surf-n-turf taco dinner is phenomenal! Great sauce and very delicious. The Mescal taco dinner is worth a try too. The restaurant is spacious enough for a casual lunch and it's Covid-19 friendly too.

Ordered a torta de milanesa got shredded chicken instead. I was willing to over look the mistake but the chicken tasted old and cheese had an expired taste. Just threw it out...

Ordered lunch to go. Fajitas were burnt and very spicy. The rice was tasteless. In most places fresh lettuce, sour cream & a bit of guac is included with fajitas, but here you have to pay extra. The portion size is good, but the taste doesn't worth the money.

My first experience here was great! If you’re looking for a good place that serves chips and salsa before your meal this is the place. We had the taco dinner and fish tacos both dishes were amazing. Steak tacos were juicy not dry with fresh ingredients (cilantro and onions). If you’re into tilapia tacos they were very flavorful served with pico de gallo on top grilled not fried. The waitress was very nice but not very attentive even so the staff was really friendly.

Just ordered my steak tacos to go from here due to it being close to my job and they were super good and authentic. Yummy soft tortillas with greasy meat just how it should be because at the end of the day, its a MEXICAN restaurant. I cant wait to dine in here. Only bad thing, the green salsa wasn't spicy enough!! Mexcal don't be afraid to make your salsa spicy.

Food was pretty good for a reasonable price. Would come back

Loved this place and their food... until I went to pick up an order and watched the cook prepping food with no gloves in sight. Wiping the cutting board off with his hand an continuing to prepare food without missing a beat. Then when I told the guy at the register why I was canceling the order he didn't even bat an eye and gave me attitude. Dude it's covid times and if your that careless with your prep? Yeah, NOPE! Never going back. Good luck to you if you eat there.