El Gato Essex 4 Park Street, Essex Junction, VT 05452

"We were seated and right off we were served with homemade chips and salsa. Both so good! Our waitress was wonderful. She gave us suggestions and her choices were excellent. Amazing tacos!"

"Had the fish tacos, crispy style, and they were great. Lovely and fun restaurant set up with great decor for the theme. Service was very fast and they have an interesting array of margaritas from house to very expensive and everything in between. Chips and salsa that come for the table are also delicious."

"Truly exceptional service. I even met the bar manager. Everyone there went above and beyond for us and our little 4 year old. Wish we lived around here so we could be regulars! Edit to say, you guys should consider changing your rice recipe. If you added some more flavor with the rice the food would be even better!"

"Great little Mexican restaurant in Essex Junction. Large menu with a variety of traditional Mexican dishes as well as many taco option including beef tongue, barbacoa, carne asada, etc. The chimichanga was huge and was good flavor. The Tuesday night taco special has $4 tacos which is great if you like variety... The fried fish tacos (pescado tacos) were fantastic - perfectly crispy fish which went well with the slaw and other toppings. The chicken tacos are a little too sloppy with running juices all over (tortilla should have been doubled up), but the barbacoa tacos had great deep slow roasted beef flavor. Their draft beer selection is not huge. I enjoyed their Mexican lager and they also have Fiddlehead on tap, but the $8 price for a pint is a little high compared to all other restaurants in area. Overall a great Mexican restaurant for the Burlington area as not many options."