El Portal Restaurant

28 reviews

El Portal celebrating 15 years in Pasadena

(626) 389-8561

695 E Green St
Pasadena, CA 91101 34.14451 -118.136128

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Neighborhood: South Pasadena

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El Portal Restaurant

Last updated 9.05.09

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The Owner

El Portal Restaurant

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El Portal, along with its sister venues proudly celebrates 15 years of service to you and guests. At the Coffee Tree try our flavored special brewed coffee, great desserts and ice cream. Visit Yahaira's Cafe for the best breakfast in town, or for a light promptly served lunch or dinner. Join us at El Portal Restaurant for an evening of fun, premium tequila, mariachi music and palatable dishes from the Yucatan area. Courtyard or inside dining in a hacienda like ambience available. El Portal caters parties of any size at your home, office or El Portal. The Maya room seats a maximum of 70 people,…

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In Short – Natural light and exposed-brick walls dotted with vibrant paintings create a cozy, unpretentious atmosphere. Complement the potent Cadillac margaritas with the indulgent appetizer platter--an assortment of chicken and pork taquitos and flautas, quesadillas and nachos. Rich achiote-based sauces and marinades break from the chili heat of most Mexican menus. Soft flour tortillas accompany marinated pork cochinita pibil, and enchiladas de Jaiba are stuffed with crab and enveloped in cream sauce.

User Reviews (28)

07/07/09

Amazing Tacos and quesadillas!

by Sociable at Citysearch

The Pork Quesadillas are the best in the world and try there beef or fish tacos amazingly great! Excellent taquilla selection fun environment on the weekends!

Pros: Great Eviroment, Service & Food

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10/03/08

A good restaurant gone bad

by flytba at Citysearch

Very dissapointed in the new owners. The "old" restaurant had good food a very good drinks. The new owners changed the menu, increased the prices, fired the cooks and bartenders and now have a very low class, low quality restaurant. Food is not very good and the drinks are even worse, cheap alcohol and not very much of it. The worst fruit maragita I have ever had - I had to put in 6 packets of sugar in it just to make it drinkable. We really felt sorry for our waiter - he continually was apologizing for the food drinks, chips & salsa, etc. He even told us that it is not the restaurant it used to be.

Pros: Still a pretty place
Cons: Very poor quality food & drinks

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08/01/07

Good Food, Reasonable Prices

by michmill813 at Citysearch

Another nice restaurant in Pasadena. I ordered the Chile Verde burrito, asked for extra cheese, and was very happy with the results. The waitstaff was attentive and kept our drinks and chips filled. Lunch was served quickly, and the portions were exactly what i expected for the price. A reasonable choice for lunch, and definitely one I will try again soon.

Pros: Food, Ambience
Cons: Location is tricky to find

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The Details on El Portal Restaurant

Parking:

Two-hour parking is available in the main lot, with validation. In the Green Street lot across the road, there's additional free, unlimited parking, Thursday through Sunday evenings.

The Extras:

Just in front of the main restaurant is Yahaira's Cafe, offering a menu of tortas, salads, soups, quesadillas and other light Mexican breakfast and lunch fare.