El Toro

This place is my jam. The margaritas are excellent, especially their Cadillac margaritas, which require some "skill" when consuming more than a couple. The food is tasty, if fairly standard U.S.-ified Mexican cuisine. The fajita quesadillas (with steak) are one of my favorites. The atmosphere of their new N Bechtle location is outstanding, and if you haven't been near that El Toro location since their move, I highly recommend stopping by and taking in the scenery. El Toro is easily one of my favorite restaurants in the Dayton/Springfield area, and this particular location's decor sets it apart from other locations. 1/13/22 update - They're still doing a great job. I've been ordering more takeout and everything is accurate and travels well. The carry-out cocktails are also a huge benefit. Still recommend El Toro over any other Mexican restaurant in the area. My 7-year-old got food poisoning at Cinco de Mayo, which I originally found to be a decent contender to El Toro, but I'm not going back there anymore. It's just another reason to keep going to The Bull.

We have been here many times, & always have had a great experience, but not today. My food was very good, but my wife did not get what she ordered. Our waitress didn't write down our order, then came back to question me as to what I'd ordered. She was very slow to check on us. We had to wait a long time to get a to- go box, refills, & then the check. We could see her beside the bar just talking while we waited.

Service was great, food was great, HOWEVER, I paid $13.95 for the carnitas, couldn’t finish, got a take-home box. I got to the car and realized I had left box at our table. My daughter went back in to get it and it was gone. I understand a quick turnaround time, but usually the box is set aside in case the patron returns. Less than 5 minutes had passed, no one was helpful or seemed concerned. Very disappointed!

Great! Really cool atmosphere and decor. Modern and clean. The menu was easily understood and they had good lunch specials. The bar was super cool and made out of some sort of glazed sparkling blue material. They had under lights illuminating their bottles that changed colors periodically, very clever. The service was quick and efficient. And the food was probably the best Mexican food I’ve ever had in Springfield. I had the monster burrito with shrimp steak and chicken and it was only 13.75. That’s a great value. They could have charged 18 or 20 for it for the quality of the meal and the service and atmosphere alone easily.

I grew up in Springfield and one of the saddest things about moving was leaving El Toro. My family ate here almost religiously for years—at least once or twice a week. The food is fantastic. I normally order the burrito fajitas texanas. It’s huge and delicious. I haven’t gotten much here that wasn’t really good. Maybe the tacos can be a little lack luster, but that’s about it. So many of the staff members are wonderful. They have the best salsa and queso around.