Los Arcos Mexican Grill Woodridge

My family went here on Father's day. It wasn't busy for a late lunch that Sunday. I almost missed the front door as the entire front is decorated with one way window films so inside you can see outside while outside you see the decorations side. It's not a large place but has a long bar and several tables as well as a bench along the East wall with tables and chairs. Our waitress was nice and informative and took care of our needs. The food is decent although a bit pricey for the area, although perhaps I think that about most places now. I had the steak Torta sandwich, my son had the enchiladas and my wife had the whole chicken which she shared with my younger son. The wife and I had coke, my son a can of Dr pepper and my youngest had the lemonade. This came out to be just over $70 and with a tip over $80. The complimentary chips and salsa were good but the boys made short work of them and any extra would cost. My torta was good although a little lacking in the meat. My son must have enjoyed the enchiladas because there was nothing left. The chicken was good as well as we had extra to bring home so I tried it later. I wish we had some of the salsa/sauce they had put out to go with the chicken we bought home. The rice was fine and the refried beans were also good and I like how they are served in a shell/bowl that makes it easy to eat. My plate was pretty much clean when I was done. Also be aware that the coupons have conditions like "online order only" so if you are planning to use one, read the fine print.

idk how their chef is still putting so much salt in the meat after all these other people complained. I ordered pickup, the rice and beans were okay a little salty but not terrible, but i could barely eat my tacos bc the meat was so salty, it literally tasted like when i've spilled salt into the food by accident, it was the only flavor coming through. As a latina it was like they added more salt instead of cumin or oregano as if they forgot they existed or grabbed the wrong shaker, dunno. trying to give someone a heart attack lol. I paid like $50 for our order, and i could barely finish it (only even tried bc i hate wasting food) but it was actually so overwhelming. My husband's food was just as salty. I only even tried this place bc my usual place (Taqueria Ranchito) down the road was closed today. won't be changing that anytime soon then.

Food: good & tasty. Service: garbage. Ordered medium steak. Was close to well done. Ate 2 bites. Waitress asked how everything was, I told her the truth. She was apologetic. Insisted bringing steak back. When she brought steak back out, they had just put my steak back on grill and made it burnt. I then explained again medium, not well. Insisted on making it right. Brand new steak brought out but my date was already done with her dinner. Then it was missing some of the garnishments. Think she would have brought out fresh rice or beans since the originals had been sitting for over 30 minutes and cold? Nope. Then after all that even charged us extra for extra tortillas. It was a blessing food was good.