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El Torito - El Torito - Riverside Plaza, Riverside, CA

El Torito - Riverside Plaza

4.4
4.4
321 Reviews
$30 and under
Mexican
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The authority in great Mexican food for more than 65 years. Offering a memorable experience to make each guest feel like family.

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2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 3 times today

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Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Cuisines
    Mexican
  • Hours of operation
    Brunch: Sunday: 9:00am - 2:00pm; Lunch: Monday - Saturday: 11:00am - 3:00pm; Dinner: Monday - Thursday: 3:00pm - 10:00pm, Friday & Saturday: 3:00pm - 11:00pm, Sunday: 2:00pm - 10:00pm
  • Phone number
    (951) 684-6816
  • Website
    https://www.eltorito.com/
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Catering
    Bring the flavor of El Torito to your office or off-site event! We can accommodate groups from 10 to 10,000 and everything in between!
  • Private party facilities
    Show your friends, family, and co-workers how to throw a real party with El Torito. Book one of our rooms, patios, or semi-private dining areas for your next celebration, event, or meeting.
  • Location
    3639 Riverside Plaza Dr., Ste 526, Riverside, CA 92506
  • Neighborhood
    Riverside
  • Parking details
    Public Lot
  • Additional
    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Delivery, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine

What 321 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.4
4.4 based on recent ratings
  • 4.2Food
  • 4.4Service
  • 4.4Ambience
  • 4.1Value

Noise • Moderate

Loved For

  • Inland Empire

    Kid-friendly

  • Inland Empire

    Good for groups

  • Inland Empire

    Great for outdoor dining

  • Inland Empire

    Mexican

321 Reviews

  1. OpenTable Diner

    Baja California

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined 5 days ago

    overall3food3service2ambience4
    Over all it was good, but they are adding a SURCHARGE to the bill. Surcharges we’re for the pandemic and to help companies and restaurants with the cost of the employees healthcare and cost. They are still passing on the charge to us the customer when the pandemic is over. I won’t be returning unless invited, there are more options for Mexican out there.

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  2. Greekgal54

    Orange County

    189 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    189 reviews

    Dined on September 8, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Excellent Service and Dining Experience! Thank you

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  3. Greekgal54

    Orange County

    189 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    189 reviews

    Dined on August 26, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Brought my eleven year old granddaughter for late Lunch. She loves coming here!

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  4. COLAKA

    Richmond

    41 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    41 reviews

    Dined on August 26, 2023

    overall5food4service5ambience5
    Great place with good food and drink. Try the Sunday brunch as it is just amazing.

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  5. Authenticprais

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on August 20, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We went to El Torito for a Date night. My wife had the steak fajitas and I had the carne asada. Both were excellent! The service was great and we even enjoyed a Mud Pie for dessert (free from the app).

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  6. Elizabeth

    Orange County

    6 reviews

    5.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on August 20, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Service & food was exceptional! Very happy with this location! Music was not too loud.

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  7. Alisha

    Orange County

    3 reviews

    3.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on August 13, 2023

    overall3food3service2ambience4
    Food is just okay , service took a while. Sat and waited a while before the server took our drink order. Not bad but not great either.

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  8. COQUI

    Los Angeles

    19 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    19 reviews

    Dined on July 25, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Always enjoy the atmosphere and service at El Torito. The food was excellent.

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  9. COQUI

    Los Angeles

    19 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    19 reviews

    Dined on July 19, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great food and service. Always enjoyable. Will return.

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  10. Susiegrx11

    Los Angeles

    8 reviews

    5.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on July 16, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Festive Atmosphere, great selection of hot and cold food. Our server kept the Mimosas coming and Churro pancakes. Our family really enjoyed it

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  11. JenniferB

    Los Angeles

    13 reviews

    4.0

    13 reviews

    Dined on July 4, 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience4
    Our server was pretty patient with us. We had to move because the table was not big enough. It was a very busy lunchtime, and things arrived slowly. We’ve had better service there, but I don’t think it was the servers fault. Food was OK. I always love their Caesar salad. 

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  12. RobertP

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on July 1, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We always have a great time at El Torito. We love going for their Champagne Saturday Breakfasts and their Sunday Champagne Brunches. Food is always great and employees are always friendly and great to us. This was the first time we used the OpenTable App and it work out perfectly. I wanted to make sure we were able to get in before going to the movies. We were able to walk right in and get our table in the bar area and planned.

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  13. OpenTable Diner

    San Diego

    2 reviews

    3.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on June 10, 2023

    overall3food3service5ambience5
    good time and good drinks. Food was okay. Not busy at all which was a plus.

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  14. JeanetteZ

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 31, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great staff and excellent food! Lunch is the preferred time to dine, quieter and very enjoyable!

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  15. Enjoyable

    1 review

    4.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 24, 2023

    overall4food3service4ambience4
    We visited this location in celebration of our granddaughter's middle school graduation. We were seated quickly and our waiter was very attentive. some of the food was a little overcooked but no one complained. We will definitely be going again.

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  16. CidL

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 14, 2023

    overall2food2service1ambience1
    If you want to wait an hour for food, if you want it so loud you can't hear yourself think, and if you never want to see your waiter, then by all means dine at this El Torito. It was a terrible Mother's Day experience. Seriously, there is no need to have music blaring so loudly that you throat hurts when you leave from yelling!

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  17. Marko

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 14, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    We Had a Good experience for dinner. Food was as expected, very tasty and the servers were attentive.

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  18. OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 5, 2023

    overall1food5service4ambience4
    Cinco de Mayo. We reserved for outdoor seating and where told when we arrived that they could not place us outside. It was first come first serve outside. Very disappointing.

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  19. GeorgeT

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 1, 2023

    overall1food1service1ambience2
    Food was awful. Waited 30 minutes after getting our food for plates and napkins.

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  20. MitchC

    Los Angeles

    112 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    112 reviews

    Dined on April 22, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Lorenzo our waiter was great as usual! Great food and service!

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  21. Majwood

    Orange County

    8 reviews

    4.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on April 14, 2023

    overall4food4service4ambience3
    El Torito is a popular place and very convenient for us. The food is alway of very good quality and the restaurant is kept clean and presentable. Service is typically very good and sometimes very excellent depending upon the server. The noise level is high in the bar area so if you want to have conversations I would suggest the regular dining areas. Overall the quality has always been very good.

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  22. DarrellC

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    2.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 9, 2023

    overall2food2service3ambience1
    It was extremely noisy and for the price of $40.00 per person the selection of food was poor. What they did have was good.

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  23. OpenTable Diner

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 2, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    My experience was great from the beginning with the drinks to the appetizer to the entrees all the way through to an excellent dessert. The service was spectacular.

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  24. MitchC

    Los Angeles

    112 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    112 reviews

    Dined on March 31, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Manager Jose C was great and the food and service was great as well!

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  25. KatR

    Las Vegas

    16 reviews

    4.0

    16 reviews

    Dined on March 27, 2023

    overall4food4service5ambience4
    Love coming here, food was delicious and service excellent. Got table side guacamole, but was a little to much lime used.

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  26. OpenTable Diner

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    1.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 26, 2023

    overall1food1service1ambience1
    Laura Our waitress so rude to us. Food was cold . I had a group of 10 and was so disappointed

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  27. COQUI

    Los Angeles

    19 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    19 reviews

    Dined on March 23, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great service.

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  28. Phyllis

    Los Angeles

    17 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    17 reviews

    Dined on March 23, 2023

    overall5food4service5ambience5
    Love our server Vicente! So attentive and courteous.

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  29. OpenTable Diner

    San Diego

    6 reviews

    3.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on March 5, 2023

    overall3food3service4ambience4
    I’ve been here numerous times and this is the only time I fell ill. Food wasn’t as fresh as usual. Got a shrimp taco and the shrimp was like rubber. Not sure what made me sick but I was on the toilet for 2 days. My sister and husband were fine but they didn’t consume the same things as I did. Will not be returning to this location.

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  30. JamesM

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 21, 2023

    overall3food1service3ambience2
    Carne asada and pollo tacos were so bland and plain , margarita flight was warm no ice in it and extremely strong …staff seemed bored and miserable

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  31. AlbertA

    Los Angeles

    4 reviews

    4.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on February 15, 2023

    overall4food4service3ambience5
    Great quality food, service was good for valentines days, however we had multiple parties i referred that did not get the full valentines menu when visit. Great ambiance and choice of music and music level not being to loud. Overall great experience.

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  32. OpenTable Diner

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on February 15, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    It was very nice and decorated nice

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  33. MitchC

    Los Angeles

    112 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    112 reviews

    Dined on February 10, 2023

    overall3food5service1ambience5
    The service was terrible! We didn’t see a waiter for 15 minutes after we were seated! I had to ask the manager for our drinks! It wasn’t even busy there! Then it took forever to get our food! I had to ask the hostess to find my waiter again. And honestly , he never came back to check on our drinks, I had to flag down another waiter! Then at the end there was a kid’s dessert we waited on and it took forever! I used to go every week to this El Torito for years! I took off a month waiting for the Manager Jose to respond to my reply of his to make my meal right, and I never heard back! I usually request Lorenzo because he’s the best! He can be extremely busy, but he still delivers first class service! This time we had Vicente! I’ve had him several times over the years and try to avoid him because of poor service and that’s still the case! A month ago I ordered the Veggie Fajitas and sent it back 3 times because it was still raw, the veggies were still hard! By the time I received my food, all the others in my group finished their food! So they had to wait and watch me eat! Jose responded by saying he’d make it right the next time, just let him know before I come! I let him know twice, and never heard a response! When Andy was there, he took care of me! Not sure about this place anymore!

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  34. Greekgal54

    Orange County

    189 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    189 reviews

    Dined on February 1, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Always great Food & Service... Thank you!

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  35. Dubby

    Orange County

    8 reviews

    4.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on January 20, 2023

    overall4food4service5ambience3
    We were seated right away and our server (Juan) was terrific. He was very attentive throughout the night. Drinks/chips/salsa were all delivered quickly and checked on frequently. The side Caesar salad was yummy, and the flautas appetizer & their dipping sauces were good. Albondigas soup wasn't very good, just didn't taste quite right. The shrimp tacos were delicious, although the rice & beans that came with it were both barely warm. Portions were nice sized, big enough to share.

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  36. MitchC

    Los Angeles

    112 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    112 reviews

    Dined on January 14, 2023

    overall5food3service5ambience5
    I never ever get a response when something didn’t turn out right! I really hope that the Manager reaches out this time! They only reach out when everything is great! Again a problem with the Veggie Fajitas! They came on a sizzling plate, but all the vegetables were completely raw and hard! I showed the waiter Lorenzo, who is fantastic! He sent it back! After 10 minutes he brought the plate back! Again it was not cooked! I had Lorenzo send it back again and another 15 minutes the plate returned, and this time everything was cooked great! The problem was, everyone that was with me had already finished all their meals! So they had to sit there another 40-40 minutes and watch me eat! Not cool from a customer that has been supporting El Torito every week for years!

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  37. AllisonG

    Los Angeles

    3 reviews

    1.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on January 8, 2023

    overall1food4service1ambience3
    I did not appreciate that my reservation caused us to sit in the bar. That was not the experience I was hoping for, if it were, I would have walked in to sit at the bar, not made a reservation. This also caused the service to take a long time.

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  38. GaryD

    Los Angeles

    15 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    15 reviews

    Dined on January 2, 2023

    overall4food4service5ambience5
    Good food and great service!

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  39. KarenS

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on December 26, 2022

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Wonderful relaxing Dinner with my daughters on Christmas Day!

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  40. PaulaA

    Los Angeles

    6 reviews

    2.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on December 24, 2022

    overall2food3service3ambience3
    We have been going to this restaurant for years. This year was extremely disappointing. Our party of 7 had to pay a 20% event gratuity and a 20% tip on all the bills. The manager was unclear as to why these fees were generated yet did not adjust it and couldn’t explain. A total disappointment. We always tip high but this way felt sneaky.

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FAQs

You can order delivery directly from El Torito - Riverside Plaza using the Order Online button. El Torito - Riverside Plaza also offers delivery in partnership with Uber Eats. El Torito - Riverside Plaza also offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (951) 684-6816.

El Torito - Riverside Plaza is rated 4.4 stars by 321 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a reservation

2 people
7:00 PM
Booked 3 times today

Order delivery or takeout

Google Map for El Torito - Riverside Plaza

3639 Riverside Plaza Dr., Ste 526, Riverside, CA 92506

Additional information

  • Neighborhood
    Riverside
  • Hours of operation
    Brunch: Sunday: 9:00am - 2:00pm; Lunch: Monday - Saturday: 11:00am - 3:00pm; Dinner: Monday - Thursday: 3:00pm - 10:00pm, Friday & Saturday: 3:00pm - 11:00pm, Sunday: 2:00pm - 10:00pm
  • Cuisines
    Mexican
  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Dress code
    Casual Dress
  • Parking details
    Public Lot
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Additional
    Banquet, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Cocktails, Delivery, Full Bar, Happy Hour, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine
  • Website
    https://www.eltorito.com/
  • Phone number
    (951) 684-6816
  • Catering
    Bring the flavor of El Torito to your office or off-site event! We can accommodate groups from 10 to 10,000 and everything in between!
  • Private party facilities
    Show your friends, family, and co-workers how to throw a real party with El Torito. Book one of our rooms, patios, or semi-private dining areas for your next celebration, event, or meeting.
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