El Portal Mexican Grill - Lake Isabella, California

Leslie L.

I wanted to leave a good review until the food made me extremely sick. Ate a little at the restaurant and took the rest home because I immediately got a stomach ache. Didn't think it was from the food at first. Ate my leftovers an hour later after my stomach got better. While I was eating leftovers, I got sick again. Stomach ache came back and started vomiting. I had the steak picado, the meat was tender and it tasted great but definitely made me sick. The service was also quick and wonderful.

Patrick P.

Small very friendly Mexican restaurant with lots of different dishes on their menu. Also serving vegetarian versions of enchiladas, fajitas, burritos and quesadillas.

Fajita veggies looked cute in the little pan. Were a bit overcooked and overly soft if you ask me, and most of it lost their color so I wasn’t overly excited about it.

Nice and local vibe here.

molly M.

Was gonna eat there for the first time, but the waitress was so rude ! I have a 3 year autistic child I had to leave before i could order food because she was mean and so empathetic to my situation!!!
But also I guess I didn’t miss much on the food because days later I found myself at the emergency room around the corner with the flue and there was to separate people in there with food poisoning from el portal food
Just saying…

R F.

We were visiting from Palm Springs for a couple of days and stopped by this restaurant. The food was delicious. I ordered a combo of pork tamales and chili rellano, and the tamales was one of the best I’ve had in my life!

John H.

Very good Mexican food. The portions are very large so I always end up taking some home with me. Adriana the waitress, AKA Shorty is a sweetheart. I had the shrimp rancheros, they were very good.
I’ve been by several times since, the flautas are very good. Burritos are huge.

Marian M.

True 5 star, food, staff, vibe, prices. Don't miss this gem!

Frank P. I.

This was a very nice and quaint Mexican food restaurant in the Lake Isabella area, really easy to get to, not to crowded but definitely full, and with delicious enchiladas and an amazing Shrimp Fajita, and a pretty good guacamole makes this place a definite visit 8/10

El_Pito S.

Update: Shreded Beef is possibly the way to go. Also, the red sauce used seems to be a similar one used around all the resturants. Only thing is there's here is very salty. So I was very happy that I got it on the side. The Shredded Beef Chimichanga isn't bad.

So came here after I couldn't stand the other Mexican restaurant in Lake Isabella, La Bikina. Came here, smelled about right for a Mexican joint.. Staff was great, the lady taking our order got flooded with more customers as soon as we ordered (yes, its my fault😢). She served us chips and salsa after we sat to wait. Sweet little spot and the beers were cold.
Got home to eat, looked good from what I could see.. I ordered the Colorado burrito that what I thought was going to be a different style of cubed beef. It was more like asada and was very over seasoned 😥.. I still ate it. Had enough salt intake for the rest of the year. Ill definitely give this place another try.

My wife ordered the Grande Burrito. Let me tell you, it was GRANDE for sure! It was the size of the entire takeout dish. Hers was shredded beef and wasn't really salty. The sauce on both burritos was pretty good.