El Matador Cafe&Cantina

I ordered 2 Burrito Grande’s, one without olives, and the first bite I took was an olive! Needless to say, I had to dig through my burrito and pick olives out. And to top it off the container was marked “no olives”! For the price I had to pay I should have gotten my order right. And they are not as big as they used to be!!!

I got the Tuna Salad. Was dry, nauseated after 1 bite. Threw up after 2nd bite

The food is delicious here it's just got a special taste like nothing else and very reasonably priced..... we try to stop every time we're in the area!! Nothing fancy but really good!!

An extensive menu and consistently good food. They only had one server, but she hustled and we never had to wait too long for service. They have a salsa station with 2 or 3 kinds of salsa that is included in some meals, or it can be purchased separately; all the chips you can eat with delicious salsa. Atmosphere is pleasant, but low- key. Locally owned. I recommend El Matador without hesitation.

Order nachos an came with no meat as it was told have taco meat on them so called up an told them about issue an the so called owner said bring it an they would Meat on them then he will charge for the meat that should have Ben on in the first place so ya next time be careful when ordering from really low class when U argue over the phone will think twice about ordering from this place again so I will find out the employee as well was running his mouth after food was brought back in days we called him a liar an such so one word best tell employee to shut his mouth or don’t say stuff loud enough for customers to here cause I will deal with next time

Awesome food. Great people to work with. We ordered got our high school softball team. They loved it! Try the Rosi sauce.

Nachos were good. Rice was a little spicy for my preference. Enchiladas were different than what I've had other places, not bad but not sure if I'd order again.

El Matador is a place I have eaten at many times years ago when I lived in Columbus. It is absolutely NOT authentic Mexican food, so don't expect that. I like to call it Mexican food for White people. But anyways, since it's not authentic, they do kind of have their own flavor profile going on in their offerings. One that many locals swear by. My favorite item on the menu is the Chimichanga meal which comes with beans and rice on the side. This thing is massive and you'll for sure get stuffed. Hadn't been to Columbus for over 9 years, happened to be there this last weekend and it happened to be my 50th birthday, so for my birthday, I just had to have my favorite dish from El Matador. Tasted exactly the way I remembered them from over 9 years ago. Delish!! Then, to top it off, they even brought me out a free Fried Ice Cream that I shared with the wife and kids (I'm diabetic). Don't know when I'll ever be returning to Columbus, if at all, but if I do, I'll most certainly be looking up El Matador for my Chimichanga fix.

Okay I order steak fajitas and I’m totally disappointed first who puts guacamole and lettuce on fajitas? Where did they get the rice from the beans really nasty not going to order that ever again 🥺 …

I've worked here and have been eating here since I was a kid, now grown and this place has been disappointing the past couple times we've ate here. Whether you dine in and the kids are yelling profanity, being obnoxious back in the kitchen to the meat not even tasting like meat anymore. All you can taste is the scoops of Textured Vegetable Protein you add into the ground beef :( We will only be returning for the rosada dip and fried ice cream unfortunately.