El Gallo Freiburg in Freiburg im Breisgau

Unfortunately, I was disappointed with my visit to this restaurant. Even though we ordered fewer additional tortillas (3), we were still charged for them (7!). When we reported this to the waitress, all she said was that she couldn't change the bill, even though the error was obvious and it was admitted that the mistake had been made in the kitchen. This is not good customer service and leaves a bad impression. It's a shame because the food was otherwise okay. But because of the poor service I won't be coming back, not even in birthday groups like before.

The food was okay, except for the chicken which was tough. The service was very poor, because we wanted tap water to drink in addition to the beers, which cost €6 per liter. We ordered two bottles and we didn't even open one. We said that by not opening it, they should keep it and not charge us, and they wouldn't let us. We couldn't take it or return it because they were going to throw it away. They got pretty nasty about it. It's a shame that they charge so much for tap water.

Pretty good mixed cocktails and really great food

The service, the food and the ambience of this quaint little restaurant surprised us completely positively. From the outside it is local, rather unassuming, but still has a cozy outdoor area. The service was phenomenal, the cocktails were delicious and the food was very good. The price-performance ratio is good. We'll come back the next time we visit Freiburg.

Very good place to go with friends, it had vegan and gluten free options. For me vegan burrito was delicious, also had the scrambled beans! The only bad thing is that the cocktails are very weak, but like all of Europe.

Had overly salted lamb chops and green beans side dish. It was like the kitchen forgot that salt was alrdy added & they added again. They replaced my order but then the meat was poor quality (lots of fats and bones). Barely much meat. Oh the green beans were still overly salty. Manager lacks customer service skills and completely unapologetic. However the waitress serving us was very helpful and spoke good English. So yeah, stay away from the lamb chops.

Stumbled upon this restaurant as it was next to the hotel, it was late and we were hungry. We ordered a mole verde and lamb chops. Cocktails was good. Waitress serving us was also friendly and spoke English. The mole verde was good. Portion and also taste. However, my lamb chops & side dish of greens beans was overly salty. Made a complaint to the waitress and the dish was replaced. The new lamb chops though was better seasoned but meat quality was poor. I probably carved out max of 100gms of meat in total from my 4 chops. Rest was just fat and bones. The green beans side dish, was the same overly salty. I asked for the manager and he didn't speak English so the waitress translated my issue. He was very unapologetic and he said he tasted the food I sent back earlier, it was fine. Doesn't matter to him the lump of fat and bones on my plate nor the untouched green beans.Someone please give him manager of the year award! So come here at your own risk!

We had a nice meal. It is ideal if you want fast. When the wait staff had nothing to do, they were probably assigned to walk back and forth to see what needed to be done. We sat on the aisle and 2 people were lugging around the whole time, very uncomfortable. I walk with crutches, when I left and grabbed my crutches tightly, the man who had served us bumped into me from behind. There was no apology yet.

A good Tex-Mex restaurant. Food was prepared very quickly and tasted good. If you're expecting pure, authentic Mexican, you've come to the wrong place. It's a classic Tex-Mex place. Price performance is good and the k COCKTAILS were delicious.

Very tasty food. Nice staff. Good prices - large selection and portions

Very expensive. Owner there all the time and stresses his employees like they were robots. When you sit in the front and you see this, you just think “how can they endure that”! Cocktails are great and very cheap. Location is very nice.

Hello dear people, on my way back from Spain, I was in Freiburg as always and stayed overnight in the city hotel. From there it's just a few minutes' walk to the Mexicana "El Gallo". There is no direct comparison to this Mexican cuisine, but my meal was very well prepared, creamy chicken with salad and basmati rice. Very tasty and recommended. Everything was clean and tidy inside and out and the service was extremely friendly! Thanks for that! Attached are a few pictures, because I/we would love to come back!

mit großem Abstand war es wirklich das schlechteste Essen, das ich je in meinem Leben gegessen habe!!! Weder zu Hause noch in einem anderen Restaurant habe ich so minderwertiges, nicht schmackhaftes Essen bekommen!!! Das Dümmste daran ist, dass ich für dieses ziemlich schlechte Experiment 40 Euro zahlen musste, während ich für die Hälfte dieses Betrags ein sehr angenehmes Erlebnis in einem netten Restaurant wie dem Rose hätte haben können. Es tut mir so leid für das Geld und die Zeit, die ich dort verbracht habe, denn ich habe mir sowieso hinterher zu Hause ein paar Eier gemacht, da ich dort nicht essen konnte!!!!

Very tasty, super fast service and super nice service. September 13, 2024 at noon.

Simply ask to take the nachos with you and pick them up in 5 minutes, snack at the Stadtgarten with a few cocktails

It was ok, but nothing more. Salad poorly dressed, beans tasted like they came straight from the can. So for over 20 euros it's unfortunately not worth the price. Something like cafeteria food. The service was quick and friendly.

Food was okay but the golden days of this restaurant are over and it has become pricey but doesn't match former quality of food and service.

The El Gallo is a great place in Freiburg to drink 1 or 2 beers and 1 Coca Cola in a nice atmosphere. The staff is very nice and accommodating. I can only recommend it and the Schlossberg train station is opposite and takes you to the Kanoneplatz a view (panorama) of the beautiful old town and the Black Forest, Vosges, Rhine plain and the entire Breisgau.

It has now become quite expensive. Nothing is under 20 euros anymore. The cocktails during happy hour have always been quite thin. Today we wanted to eat with two people at one of the tables in the almost empty outdoor area. We were then driven away by the staff with the comment “these tables are for at least 3 people”. We've always enjoyed being there, but apparently we've gotten too good at it in the meantime.

Delicious Texmex cuisine. Cheap cocktails, great service. Gladly again.

It's okay 😊👍 . We ate there twice. Cocktails are good

We received a very friendly welcome as a family, even late in the evening. We drank cocktails and had some crackers. Everything tasted very good and the service was attentive and friendly!

Great restaurant, delicious food, great service...

Excellent Mexican and also Spanish cuisine, generous and tasty portions.

Gorgeous little place with great variety of food and drinks, would recommend Mexican plate a bit of everything and lemonade was refreshing and tasty

Excellent, good food for the first time, I recommend it for anyone who would like to eat Mexican food

It was our first time here and what can I say: we were thrilled! Everything is great. Food was delicious and the service was very nice!

Excellent food here with my family. After attempting my broken German, waitress smiled and asked in perfect English “would we like the English menus”. Such great service just wish my German was not so rubbish 😀. Highly recommend this restaurant

Not friendly service, the waiter didn't even look us in the eye, not even say hello. Disappointment on a Saturday evening but probably a bad time because the food was quite good.

We have been to this restaurant twice now. The first time was fine. The second time we were very disappointed. The homemade lemonade costs 5 euros and 0.5 liters. Sounds great, but unfortunately it's just water with syrup. But nicely prepared. But 5 euros is simply too much for that. The starters were borderline. The Patatas Bravas were almost black and the dip didn't go well with them at all. The main courses were so-so. There was bacon on the burger, which didn't taste good. And the other dish had far too much salad, even though the description didn't say anything about a salad. In general, I find that a lot of finished products are used. Maybe keep the menu smaller and surprise and convince with one or two homemade things. The waiting time was too long. The service staff apologized for this. Generally the service staff was friendly.

There seems to be happy hour for cocktails all day long - it's nice for that. Otherwise, unfortunately not like it was during student times. The dishes cost at least €20, the salad simply had a ready-made sauce on top (at least that's how it seemed). Unfortunately, it doesn't taste like food in Mexico. Charging €6-8 for a bottle of water is quite sporty. It's a shame, the price-performance ratio is simply not right...

First of all, the positive: the food is tasty and the outdoor area offers plenty of seating. The negative: the dishes are actually prepared simply (came after 3 minutes) and now cost over 20 euros across the board. El Gallo used to be more of a student shop, but today the prices have noticeably increased.

We ate very well, huge choice and super abundant dishes. We loved it, we recommend it.

No. 46 on the menu was a delight and plentiful. Price-performance ratio is absolutely right. We'll be back, despite a lot of traffic in front of the door. So there is something to look at. 😉

Were there as a group of 9. Different dishes all hot and brought at the same time. Impressive in taste. Homemade guacamole, aioli and salsa. Very nice and courteous service. Overall, a very, very good Mexican restaurant and definitely worth a visit!

First tip, show your student card when ordering and you'll get 10% off your meal The menu leaves nothing to be desired and it tastes great! The same goes for the cocktails a huge selection and, above all, everything possible For example, the Moscow Mule is available in a brass cup (unlike the one next door in the Enchilada, sometimes better mixed) also special things like a drink with brown tequila or the “Mojito El Gallo” (mojito with sparkling wine) Most dishes come with salad and rice as a side dish More grateful than the classic like "schnitzel with fries" or roast with spaetzle without anything fresh Clear recommendation! We had, among other things, Mole rojo (chicken in a sauce with chocolate and peanuts) Veracruz-style walleye Tacos El Gallo and Tacos de carne con chorizo Nachos de vegetarianos with mushrooms Plus you don't have to wait long for your food

Very nice Mexican restaurant. The menu is balanced. The dishes (except for the burgers) are delicious and the portions are generous. Unfortunately there are only a few vegetarian and vegan options. The drinks are highly recommended (cocktails well mixed). The prices are moderate. The staff is attentive, helpful and friendly. It's usually very crowded, so it's best to reserve in advance. The atmosphere is appealing, as is the ambience. Unfortunately, if you sit outside you will be disturbed by people passing by.

A Mexican restaurant with good food and drinks at reasonable prices.

Goed eten lekker en snel, lekkere cocktails, ondanks dat de ober een fout maakte met de rekening kwam hij er zelf achter, we moesten teveel betalen. Na het pinnen wilde we zelf naar de rekening kijken maar voordat we dit konden vragen corrigeerde hij al de rekening. Goed gedaan cocktails voor 6 euro. En leuke plek

Delicious, delicious, delicious.🤩

Food is okay, but far away from authentic mexican food.

Super Service. The people are incredibly friendly and helpful. Unusual for Germany.

Delicious food, good cocktails, sometimes you "forget" something. But all in all, highly recommended

Incredibly high prices for this quality of food. You eat outside right on the street, but it's okay. Inside is nice. The price-performance ratio used to be good. But for the prices the food is just not worth it, we were very disappointed and won't be going there again.

Super tasty and very fast and friendly service.

We had reserved for 6 people. It was then not possible to push the table together, even though there would have been enough space. I have never experienced something like that. But being alone indoors with the best tea was not an option for us. So we changed the restaurant. It's a shame because the restaurant was recommended to us.

Great food, nice service. Recommended

Awesome Mexican food with loads of menus options and delicious dishes. Cocktails menus has a huge selection too.

Super nice service Cool location Very good food, the portions are ok too Price-performance ratio quite ok

El gallo is a very good restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating. There is a large selection of Mexican dishes at top prices. A large selection of cocktails are also available at reasonable prices. From our side there is a clear recommendation!

Average Mexican food, nicely prepared, at horrendous prices. The best thing was the dressing on the side salad. Service is just the minimum. Ambience okay, but nothing special.

The food was delicious. We ordered El gallo tacos. On the one hand, they tasted good and looked good. The dish looked good, but it looked like a taco that was drenched in cheese. As usual, I will go to him again. I liked it We asked about meat and were told it is halal.

Good, varied Mexican cuisine. Well prepared food and attentive service. Big portions.

An absolute overpriced failure! The soupa azteca (fiery tomato soup) tasted okay but was far too small for the price of ten euros! The absolute disappointment was the Quesadilla de pollo for an incredible €21.50 Any wheat tortilla from the supermarket tastes better than this tasteless cardboard box with very little filling and a little salad. The service was quite nice, otherwise I will definitely not visit this restaurant again!

Very tasty, great service, great food and atmosphere.

Super tasty 😋 eaten. Service very friendly

Great place, great food, great service.

Wir waren vor Jahren Gast in diesem Restaurant - und damals sehr zufrieden. Beim jetzigen Besuch muss ich leider sagen: mit 'mexikanisch' (oder TexMex) hatten die Vegi-Fajitas nichts zu tun! Fade; mit einer 'ital. Gewürzmischung' gewürzt - ne, da kommt keine Freude auf. Die Taco-Chips zur Vorspeise (12.50 EUR!) waren zwar eine RIESENportion, aber die Sauce war wohl aus einem Glas. Die Bedienung war nett-, hatte aber wohl ihren ersten Tag. Keine Ahnung von Service - nicht ihr Fehler; aber sie hätte richtig angelernt werden sollen. Das eine Gedeck ohne zu Fragen abräumen während die andere Partie noch am Essen ist (!) geht nicht. Preislich recht teuer - somit: Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis schlecht. Nicht so schnell wieder. Schade!

Great shop 😎 Food very tasty Service quick and very friendly We would love to come back 👌👍🏻🙋‍♂️🤘

Best cocktails at very good prices. Food fresh and very tasty. Service very nice and attentive.

The food was way too expensive. Everything seemed prepared and warmed up. I used to love coming here but was very disappointed yesterday!!

Large selection of food. My food tasted good, the portion was sufficient. The cocktails are very good. The only thing that didn't suit my taste was the somewhat unfriendly, rude manner of the first waiter. However, the young man who served later was quite the opposite.

Das schlechteste Restaurant in Freiburg, völlig unflexibel und unfreundlich. Nie wieder! Wenn man einen Tisch verschiebt gibts Ärger, es war alles leer... Trotzdem kein Verständnis. Wir sind dann gegenuber zum nächsten Mexikaner, der hat uns alle Wünsche erfüllt!

The worst restaurant in Freiburg, completely inflexible and unfriendly. Pushing tables on the terrace is strictly prohibited. Never again! Opposite is the next Mexican!

Super nice bar-restaurant with Spanish cuisine and a large cocktail menu.

We were there during happy hours and only drank cocktails, but they were tasty and decent. The menu also looked good, next time I'll try the food. The service was informal and relaxed, very pleasant.

Very good food and excellent service.

Very nice restaurant with super nice staff. The cocktails taste very good and are spectacular for €6

Very nice restaurant, the staff was super friendly and we didn't have to wait long for our food. Price performance okay.

Great selection of food and drinks. The food tasted great and the portion was great too. We recommend...

This time we sat outside. Food is always great here. Inside it's okay too, more like an inn with a Mexican flair. Employees always very friendly

Locally does not consistently identify allergens. There was a burrito on a mixing plate, which had allergens identified as a dedicated dish and could not be recognized as such in the mixing plate. Burrito with vegetables consisted almost entirely of eggplant. Burrito with ground beef was dry. Unfortunately lettuce crunched (not washed well enough). Service quick but neutral. The food looks very tasty. Unfortunately, the price-performance ratio is not right for the quality. Almost all dishes over €20.

Price/performance not appropriate. The salad was served on the piping hot main course plate. This was then warm. In addition, the salad was poorly washed and crunched. The chimichanga almost exclusively contained thick, large pieces of eggplant. Well I don't know... Most of the dishes cost over €20. Also the Chimichanga. It definitely wasn't worth it.

Unappetizing plate, lots of salad, chicken wings were cold, the restaurant is really not recommended

Unfortunately the food is not worth the money. It's not inedible, but it's also very far from good. The service is quick, but not very personal (things are brought, put down and taken away without a word). The terrace has cheap but new plastic chairs and the same "Mexican rap" is playing on a loop outside.

Nice, centrally located restaurant, the food was great, the quantity was just enough. Service was also very nice and accommodating. Had the best espresso macchiato there

20€ for a burger that you simply top with frozen patties from Aldi. A burger couldn't have tasted worse. The “Plato Mexicano” was also a disappointment… has nothing to do with Mexican food 👎🏼 The only positive thing was the friendliness of the service.

Large selection of dishes and each one is tastier than the next with excellent quality. Top-notch cuisine, great cocktails and great hospitality from the entire team. Fabulous price-performance ratio. **""5 stars PLUS!**** As usual, both the drinks and the dishes are super tasty.

Wir haben das El Gallo am Anfang sehr gemocht, aber dies hat sehr abgenommen. Gegessen haben wir auch schon hier, es ist nichts besonderes mehr, weil das meiste Essen einfach nur lieblos an den Tisch gebracht wird. Deshalb finden wir den Service mittlerweile sehr fragwürdig und schlecht. Als wir uns hingesetzt haben, wurden uns wie jedem Tisch eine handvoll Nachos hingestellt, dannach wurden wir gefragt ob wir etwas essen möchten oder nicht. Als wir VERNEINT haben, wurde es wieder entfernt und dass hat nichts mit Hygiene nach CORONA und Anstand zu tun. Macht man dass nun generell? Die Cocktails haben auch aufgeschlagen, was man verstehen könnte, wenn auch die Qualität noch stimmen würde.

Great food, nice and friendly service. Highly recommended 👍💪

Food was really tasty, but nachos with guacamole for 15.50...doubt it! Prices need to be fundamentally revised.

Beautiful and very good restaurant. Very good and excellent tasting dishes. Staff very friendly and competent.

Very good Mexican Spanish food with very good portions

We had dinner here a while ago, service was good and so was the food. We got large portions for reasonable prices.

Always happy to eat delicious food

Good food, friendly service staff👍

Nice, centrally located Mexican restaurant, also with outdoor seating. Great food, attentive service, even though there was no reservation, we still had the opportunity to eat in peace. Happy hour for cocktails. Tip: it's best to make a reservation.

Food is okay and the drinks are really cheap and quite good. Unfortunately, when we asked about tap water we got a no, and when we paid we realized that a 75cl bottle cost 8 euros. In addition, we had to pay 1 euro for an extra mini tortilla. 8 euros for water is really a bit too much. I can understand that the cheapest drinks then increase the prices of food and Andrews but it's still really intense. For drinks and stuff it's not bad at all but for food and other things it's just too expensive for the quality. After two visits yesterday I would go somewhere else for Mexican food.

On a sunny day, you could have food in the outside terrace. Good service. Enchiladas are decent.

Delicious. a bit expensive Fast service Loud in the evening, crowded but cozy/quaint

Nice, cozy mexican place in Freiburg. The food was great, i ordered salmon with mixed veggies. Happy Hour is the the best! 😅

Very tasty food, nice service... usually quite full and therefore a bit noisy.

Great place! Food was great! Drinks were okay or maybe I simply didn’t order the best one!

Food ok but not overwhelming - if it weren't for the plastic residue (from a sticker on the vegetables?). I kindly pointed this out to the waiter, he took the parts with him and sent them to his colleague, who simply collected the money without comment and without any form of apology. It's a shame, but if you don't even think it's necessary to apologize for plastic in your food, we just won't come anymore.

Super tasty, rich, prompt service, prices are reasonable - highly recommended!

Reservierung war völlig umsonst, wir mussten trotzdem eine halbe Stunde warten mit allen anderen Gästen welche nciht reserviert hatten. Es war zu laut zum unterhalten und man hat lange auf die Essenskarten sowie das Essen warten müssen. Kellner waren so sehr gestresst…

The meal was okay. Charging 8 euros for a 0.75l bottle of Dürrheimer mineral water borders on usury. 1200% gross markup is very excessive.

A cozy restaurant with great cuisine. We had three dishes for lunch and tapas once, everything was very tasty. At the beginning there was a small appetizer on the house. The cocktails also taste very good and it's happy hour all the time. Definitely worth a visit.

Great location and great cocktails

Very tasty, was here for the first time in January 2024. The food is perfect, very nicely decorated and tasted great.