el azteco

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1016 W Saginaw St
Lansing, MI

42.740972, -84.565991

Phone: 517-485-4589
Fax: 517-485-2420

Hours:
Sun 12pm - 10pm
Mon 11am - 10pm
Tue-Wed 11am - 11pm
Thu-Sat 11am - 11:30pm
Cuisine: Mexican
Table service: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Takeout: Yes

Description: el azteco

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First reviewed by pocurran

anonymous
Jul 23, 2009
Extra yummy
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5.0

The topoppo salad is to die for

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Crysta
Jun 22, 2009
Awesome Real Food! Unique Menu!
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5.0

Both locations are really good. This is a regular hang out for my friends and I. We eat here at least every other week. My favorites are the Chips, Salsa & Cheese Dip, Topopo Salad, & Blue Corn Enchiladas (Spicey!, not the red sauce). Sangria is fantastic!

If you keep in mind that this is a family style restaurant and not a fancy ****, you will have a blast!

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Sevco1
Oct 31, 2008
Hot dining Hot service Hot salsa
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5.0

I have been to El Azteco probably 2000+ times in the last 30 years. I have never had bad food there. The blue corn enchiladas are to die for. If they have been sitting out a while this can be quite literally to die for. The risks are great the rewards are greater. The road to culinary nirvana is narrow and fraught with danger. The bean burritos are plain until covered in hot salsa. They then become a feast that could be proudly served to Henry David Thoreau. The hot salsa flows like a river through the exquisite entrees. The topopo salad looks like a culinary volcano. The service can be crushing. Like the soup Nazi in Seinfeld, the waiters / waitresses dispatch culinary greatness with casual distain for pathetic emotions of the diners. An incredible found wooden object with an inserted phallus on the eastern wall at the East Lansing store says it all. This restaurant is a unique incredibly culinary experience that you will never find elsewhere. Viva L. S. Taco.

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maude313
Dec 18, 2007
Our favorite Mexican Restaurant!
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5.0

El Azteco has been a generational favorite of my family. I remember going there with my dad when I was 7 or 8 years old -- 20 years later my husband and I eat there at least a couple of times a month. The food is great and it's served up fast and hot. I always get the Enchiladas de Joquoque (mild), while my husband sticks with the Enchildas de Queso. The cheese dip is great, the nachos are filling and the Topopo salad is so huge and yummy, it's just nuts. I bring out-of-towners to El Az (the local abbreviation) and recommend it to everyone I know.

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pocurran
Sep 17, 2006
A legend in East Lansing
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3.0

My husband and I have been going to El Azteco in East Lansing for 20 years (or more). Part of the ambience (when they used to be down in a cellar) was the oddity of the students/young adults that worked there. They were all unique from hairstyles to tattos to unique clothing choices. The food was great though. Now they are located in an above ground location with an upper deck and appear much more main stream. The food is not as good as it used to be but it's still a fun dining experience. The Topopo salad is a mountain. I usually ask for light lettuce as I enjoy more goodies on my salads than to be drowned in lettuce. Their nachos are cheesy and gooey. My husband loves the Chicken Suizas. Their cheese dip appetizer (don't recall what it's called) is very good and unique. I have noticed in the last few years that the food seems to be more milder in flavor but maybe I'm just getting old and my taste-buds are wearing out. Their Sangria and Margaritas will kick your butt so if you are driving, be careful. All in all we still consider this one of our favorite places in the East Lansing area. We really enjoy the upper deck on a summer night.

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anonymous
Aug 29, 2006
Good food - Bad service
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3.0

I love this place to eat. The service is awful but it makes up with great southwestern cuisine.
Try the Topopo salad - it's a real treat.

My favorite item are the burrito's. Green sauce please!!!

Visit the west side location not the east side location for better service. I hope!!!

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