Steakhaus El Chico in Mainz

In my opinion, El Chico is simply the best steakhouse in all of Mainz. I've been here so many times over the last few years and have never been disappointed. The prices are more than justified and we would be happy to come back. The rump steak skewer is always a 12/10.

Delicious food, super fast, despite a large group

A good restaurant, it tasted good and the service tried very hard.

Delicious food, excellent service, overall wonderful experience. Really liked how welcoming the staff were.

The food and wine are first class! Unfortunately you can't sit there for very long as you usually only get a table reserved for 2 hours

An excellent little restaurant. The food and drinks were really good, plus the attentive, friendly family. Only recommended!

“El Chico Steakhouse is highly recommended! The steaks were grilled to perfection and of excellent quality - a must for meat lovers. I would particularly like to mention the waitress Ana, who made our evening unforgettable. She was incredibly attentive, friendly and passionate about giving us the best recommendations. Ana was always there without being intrusive and served everything with a smile. Thanks to her we felt completely comfortable. Thank you for the great evening – we’ll definitely be back!”

We ate very well here and received excellent service, hence a full 100 points!👌🏻

I invited the family there because it had been recommended to me many times. Was a good decision. We all had rump steak. We all enjoyed it very much. All of our wishes regarding the degree of doneness were met. The side dishes were also delicious. We sat outside and had reservations. A reservation makes sense, especially in the dark season, because it's manageable inside. The location is quiet and central. We had a very nice lady serving us and a gentleman who was a bit reserved, but maybe he was just having a bad day, that can happen.

Best steak in Mainz. Nice service and great ambience.

Absolutely best steak in Mainz. Always exactly to the point and perfectly fitting side dishes. The service is always friendly and in the summer you can sit outside very nicely.

The atmosphere is very nice. You can have a very romantic dinner. There is even a hanger at the entrance to hang coats. Reservations required. The waiters are very attentive. Steaks are very delicious. In October 2024, steak for 2 people costs 70 euros on average. The sauces of the Yogurt Salads are excellent.

This was one of the best fillet steaks I have had, cooked perfect and great flavour. 500kg it was spot on! Highly recommend and hope to return, great service & food!

The best steakhouse of Mainz! Perfect for romantic dinner)

Cozy place for a steak dinner with your loved ones. Can definitely also recommend the Carpaccio which was wonderfully prepared. The lady attending to us was also lovely!

I can't work out why there was a grumpy review about El Chico restaurant. We just had the finest Filet steak I've ever experienced and we have very good beef in Australia and many excellent steak restaurants A wonderful meal which couldn't be improved Malbec by the glass also good quality wine

I can't work out why there was a grumpy review about El Chico restaurant. We just had the finest Filet steak I've ever experienced and we have very good beef in Australia and many excellent steak restaurants A wonderful meal which couldn't be improved Malbec by the glass also good quality wine

Rushed and Disappointing Experience at El Chico We arrived at El Chico at around 9:00 PM, expecting a relaxed dinner as their stated closing time on Google was 11:00 PM. The restaurant was almost empty, and we ordered a substantial meal, including a large entrecôte, lamb fillet, a carafe of wine, and a large bottle of water. However, at around 9:39 PM, while we were still enjoying our meal, the staff informed us that the restaurant would be closing in 15 minutes. This was incredibly frustrating as we were enjoying our wine and food at that point. It felt like we were being rushed out without any concern for our dining experience. In fact, the waiter came to take our plates just minutes later, forcing us to finish everything quickly and leave. If we had been informed about the early closing when we arrived, we would never have ordered such a large meal. To pay €98 for a rushed and uncomfortable dining experience is simply unacceptable. While unforeseen issues may arise, the lack of communication and care for the customer was very disappointing. Not cool at all!

Very, very great ambience.....Although not very quiet there.....but the food is a real pleasure.....gladly again....the staff (we were there for the first time) were very, very welcoming ...attentive and totally friendly....Thanks to the staff and kitchen...it's worth making a reservation!!!!

Sehr freundlicher Service, schon bei der Tischreservierung. Wohlfühlatmosphäre und excellenter Service beim Essen. Steaks waren auf den Punkt. Ein wunderbarer Abend

The best steakhouse in Mainz!! A dream for every steak lover!! Service, quality, ambience is terrific!! My special is the carpaccio!! Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeety!! WE will definitely come back 🍀👏☝️

5star for the food and -1000stars for the Menu. This is not how a Menu should Look like in an almost expensive restaurant. At least using the SMS system in the Phone and making a screenshot and using it as Menu would look better and readable as what is in front of the customers called menu

Very good meat, always good quality

If you are passing through Mainz, you should not miss this restaurant. Redirected to this establishment by a lady from the city. This was not normal. What a delicious meal we had here. Really worth the full 5 stars!!

The Landen is a nice little steak house. Delicious food. Very nice employees. But you get the costs here. But you have to expect that at a steak house. This is a good restaurant for a nice dinner.

We sat outside and the staff made a real effort right from the start! We had fillet and fries/herb bread and a bottle of red wine. The food was delicious, I can recommend it if you really feel like meat.

Simply a really great restaurant! Everything is perfect here, the service and food are excellent. We'll definitely be back.

Great alternative to german, Italian, Döner fair that i usually eat in mainz. The quality of the meat is definitely noticeable. Sides and wine were very good as well. Steak temp is a little different there and trends to the rarer side, so med rare was rare+. They re-fired it to our liking and the staff was extremely gracious and friendly.

Tastiest steak in a long time. Top service. Pleasant. To do!!!

As a guest in Mainz, I was looking for a place to eat well and found it at El Chico. Very tasty food. The steak was cooked to perfection as ordered and the staff was very friendly. I didn't have a reservation and was traveling alone.

Great steakhouse can only be recommended!

overall good, but maybe a little overrated.

Yesterday, June 27th, 2024, around 7 p.m. I wanted to eat something with my girlfriend at the El Chico steakhouse. We saw a free table that wasn't reserved and sat down there. It was also the only table without a sign. All other free tables had a sign indicating that the table had been reserved. We waited for the waiter (light-colored guy, young-looking with a beard.) Next to us at the table were 2 young women who were talking about how it's a shame that they didn't make a reservation because they saw that there was no space there was more. When the waiter came out, he saw us at the table and the 2 young women who were standing next to us spoke to the waiter. The waiter asked them if they had reserved a table. One woman said no and asked whether they had to wait or whether this could be sorted out somehow. The waiter then told us that we didn't make a reservation in a rude tone. Sent us away and the 2 women were allowed to sit at the table. Again. The table was not reserved. And the two women didn't have a reservation either. But the waiter apparently wanted to please the young ladies. I mean... if there were 5 people and we were only 2 people, I can at least say that it's ok because of sales. (Although that wouldn't be fair either). This is absolutely an outrage.  The waiter thinks we didn't understand why he sent us away. But we were aware of it, we just didn't want to argue in front of a full shop and disturb other guests. I hope the manager of the restaurant reads the review and responds to it too. Because what my girlfriend and I experienced was outrageous

Very good steaks and nice service.

On a quiet alley, steak was good and portion is good too.

Definitely tasty, but in my opinion the service and sophistication could still improve a bit given the price.

We ordered cutlets here. The meat was prepared as requested. I recommend the pepper sauce with this. Not cheap but worth every cent.

Very nice restaurant with great food, top service. Price-performance ratio is right

Very tasty, tender meat. The fries were a good side dish. The service was very friendly and we didn't have to wait long for the food.

So it was a really successful date at El Chico, super nice service and then the incredibly tender fillet steak. You just have to melt

Highly recommended for steak lovers. We had a very tasty meal and would love to come back. The staff was extremely friendly and attentive.

Highly recommended, super tasty 😃

Waren zum Geburtstag wieder einmal da gewesen. Und was soll man sagen, Steaks ausgezeichnet. Servus freundlich und zuvorkommend. Hatte für innen reserviert, haben dann wegen dem schöner Wetter draußen Platz genommen. War kein Problem gewesen. Egal, welsches Fleisch man wählt die Qualität ist hervorragend. Auf den Punkt und sehr lecker. Daher nur zu empfehlen. Tisch vorher reservieren, da abends immer was los ist. Gerade mit größeren Gruppen.

Excellent steakhouse. Friendly and professional service. Place is small and cozy. The steak was top notch!

Really good steak, one of the best if not the best in Mainz. The service was a bit bad-tempered and irritable but it wasn't that bad, it was the food that counted. The ambience was also quite nice, full house, including a few aloof snots. Always my pleasure.

It was another wonderful evening at El Chico. Perfect culinary delights and the extremely attentive service made our visit perfect!

Courteous and friendly. Very good food

Excellent food. Loved the salad w the orange mustard dressing, and lamb fillets with steakhouse fries.

Great atmosphere, even outside. Very good cuisine and quick service. Gladly again.

Very tasty, not too expensive and very nice

I arrived very late, there was only one guest left, the kitchen was already being cleaned up. I still got a really tasty steak. The staff is also very warm and attentive. Thank you!!!

Have been here 3 times now, each time very good, perfect steak, highly recommended

Delicious steaks Pleasant atmosphere.

They know how to prepare meat here! Gladly again!

Very nice staff. Very tasty food

I don't know of a better place in Mainz, but always book in advance otherwise it will be tight. Greetings Martin

Delicious food in a cozy, sometimes loud, atmosphere. The small card is very nice.

Very authentic restaurant with good cuisine and great service. I had a beef fillet with baked potato - just perfect.

Rump steak completely pulled through with tendons. Fat edge all around. Hard to cut through. Inedible. Koch offered an alternative, but I lost my appetite. The whole thing is not recommended. I won't visit this lolal again and won't recommend it either.

The rump steak was served half raw, even after the "rescue attempt" the piece of meat did not come to the table medium rare (as ordered). That's probably why the waitress asked me, half-jokingly, whether she should bring me a candle. Rarely laughed so much and never gave it a second time.

El Chico is our favorite steak restaurant in Mainz, a real institution. Reservations are recommended as the dining room really doesn't have many tables. This means it is always “cosy” and sometimes has a decent volume level. The service is always top, the ladies bustle around, but still take their time, ask questions, explain - A1! The meat is beyond any doubt, in the last 15 years we have NEVER had a single bad piece here, always perfectly prepared.

Wonderful steaks made from great meat.

The lamb fillets are pure madness. The beef fillet is always perfectly cooked. The service is always top.

Very tasty food. Small but nice card.

Ottima carne a ottimo prezzo. Sono stato con mia moglie dopo aver visto le foto e le recensioni. Abbiamo preso dei piatti unici. Io filetto da 300 gr con patata in salsa yogurt e mia moglie una bistecca. Carne di alta qualità cucinata in modo magistrale. Ottimo rapporto qualità/prezzo. Da tornarci!

Wir waren gestern zu zweit, zum ersten Mal und ohne Reservierung dort und sind rundum begeistert! Sehr angenehme Atmosphäre, sehr sympathisches Personal. Ja , natürlich war auch die Hauptsache, das Essen 1A !!!! Bis zum nächsten Mal, vielen Dank 😉

Sehr gutes Essen, Fleisch hochwertige Qualität. Auf den Punkt gebraten. Nett angerichtet. Service zuvorkommend. Preislich nicht günstig, aber dem Produkten/Qualität entsprechend. Ohne Reservierung schwierig einen Tisch zu erhalten

Steakhaus El Chico NEVER disappoints!! Excellent every single time. Again, highly recommended.

Nicht nur das Essen ist sehr lecker! Netter und flexibler Service. Hatten nicht reserviert. Danke an Ana!

I’ll just keep it simple. If you want a good steak come here. period.

Gutes Essen, nette Bedienung. Vielen Dank!

Essen und Service top Die Gestaltung der Speisekarte ist etwas gewöhnungsbedürftig als einziger "Kritikpunkt"

Sehr gutes Essen ,kann man nur empfehlen.

Sehr lecker und toller Service !

Hervorragendes Dinnieren ! Wirklich alles tadellos zubereitet. Und trotz vollem Lokal kam ständig jemand und hat gefragt, ob auch wirklich alles recht ist ! So muss Genießen sein . Ein erstklassiger Geburtstag! Dankeschön

Wir waren dort spontan essen. Wenn ich könnte, würde ich sechs Sterne geben. Kann mich zu allem nur positiv äußern. Habe für übermorgen nochmal einen Tisch bestellt. Definitiv das Beste, was ich seit langem gegessen hab. Freu mich schon. 😋

What can I say . Going here over 20 years . Steaks are to die for . Great selection of wines especially red . Thank you

Η μοσχαρίσια μπριζόλα ήταν εξαιρετική

Bestes Filetsteak forever, superzart und auf den Punkt gebraten !!!

Ein kleines gemütliches Restaurant, mit tollem Ambiente. Die Qualität der Speisen sind spitze, genau das richtige für Liebhaber guter Aargentinischen Steaks, dass Personal ist immer sehr Freundlich.

Sehr schönes Lokal. Der Service war sehr freundlich und schnell. Der Wein, die Steaks, die Salate und die Beilagen waren allesamt hervorragend.

Just ate there this evening. I ordered the 300g Filet cooked to medium as recommended by our server when I described how I wanted it. It was cooked as a true medium rare is in the United States - a thick stripe of red through the center. This piece of meat was the size of a baseball and tasted amazing. In my 61 years of life, I will say that this was in the top 2% of all steaks I’ve ever had. My wife, who likes the occasional steak, who, over the last 25 years I have coached down from hard medium well (ruined) steaks to medium-medium rare steaks ordered a 200g filet cooked medium well upon the servers advice. She described it as unbelievable and it was cooked to a perfect juicy pink. The salad that comes with the steak is offered with a yogurt or other type of dressing… I don’t eat dressing so I chose neither and they brought out a vial of olive oil and another of balsamic vinegar in case I wanted something different. I didn’t but my wife wished she could have had that. We ordered a baked potato to share… it was cooked just right. Each meal also came with two slices of garlic toast. The service was exceptional and the price was incredibly low. I had tap water to drink, my wife had sparkling water and a glass of wine - the tab was 78 Euros I believe. This photo is of my 300g steak. Magnificent experience.

Das Essen war unterschiedlich. Wir hatten den Rumpsteakspieß mit Pommes und ein Rumpsteak mit Maiskolben, jeweils mit dem Vorspeisensalat. Der Vorspeisensalat mit einem Orangen-Senf Dressing war uninspiriert wie ein Salat in den frühen 90ern. Das Dressing war zu süß und auch recht ungekürzt. Die Hauptspeisen wurden medium bestellt (nachdem Hinweis, dass Medium Rare bei ihnen bedeutet, dass das Fleisch da roh ist), erhalten haben wir ein Rumpsteak mit Gargrad zwischen Medium und Medium-Rare. Der Spieß dagegen war komplett Roh. Geschmacklich waren trotzdem die Fleischgerichte lecker, hätten minimal mehr mit Salz und Pfeffer gewürzt sein können. Der gegrillte Maiskolben war lecker, ich hätte mir nur etwas Butter und Salz/Pfeffer auf dem kolben gewünscht. Was aus meiner Sicht wirklich nicht sein darf, sind die Toiletten. In den Pissoirs steht das gelbe Wasser/Urin-Gemisch, so dass man beim spülen Angst haben muss, dass es überläuft.

Der Steak war ein Traum, leider hat mir die Folienkartoffel überhaupt nicht geschmeckt, Sie war wahrscheinlich zu lange gekocht, ich weiß echt nicht. Es gab 2 Soßen zu Auswahl, leider schmeckten mir beide nicht, ehrlich gesagt schmeckten beide gleich. Die Dessert waren sehr lecker. Die Kellnerin war richtig nett , die Atmosphäre war sehr schön. Leider hatten wir am dem Tag das Pech ,das neben uns eine Familie saß mit Baby, das die ganze Zeit geweint hat. Ich persönlich würde mit so einem kleinen Baby nicht in diesem Restaurant hingehen. Im ganzen, werden wir bestimmt das Restaurant nochmals besuchen.

Sehr gutes Steak-House mit super Essen. Die Karte ist übersichtlich, hier erkennt man aber auch direkt die Spezialisierung . Die Steaks werden perfekt auf den Punkt gegart wie bestellt geliefert. Die Fleischqualität ist sehr gut. Das Personal ist sehr freundlich und nett. Ganz klar, wer Steaks mag, wird dieses Lokal lieben. Es ist zu empfehlen einen Platz zu reservieren.

Wir haben mit Freunden zu Abend gegessen. Das Essen war außerordentlich gut. Das Fleisch auf den Punkt. Die Beilagen genial. Die Getränke genauso gut ausgewählt wie das Fleisch. Einen Stern habe ich abgezogen wegen den Preisen. Trotzdem vorbehaltlos zu empfehlen.

Das beste Stück Fleisch was ich je gegessen habe. Butterzart. Der Service ist sehr sehr aufmerksam und freundlich. Preislich natürlich gehoben aber das bezahlt man gerne für diese Qualität. Ich komme auf jeden Fall wieder.

Tolles Steakhouse, super nette Bedienung und köstliches Essen! Alles tip-top 👍😃

Zu erst ich schreibe fast nie eine Rezension. Anna und Mario sind Abstand die 2 Sympathischsten Kellner, die ich jemals kennengelernt habe. Danke dass ich bei euch essen durfte. Das Essen war außerordentlich gut. Das Steak ok Point. Sehr zart und rosa. Definitiv wenn ich nach Mainz gehe ist das meine erste Anlaufstelle. Danke Mario Danke Anna für diesen Abend. Ihr seid die geilsten.

Out of the way, cozy shop, with great food! English speaking staff who were willing to let me practice my German. ;). No kids menu, but a welcoming environment all the same.

Mit Abstand das beste Steakhaus / Restaurant in Mainz. Grandioses Essen, top Service! Anna & Mario sind ein Traum! 🫶 Bin super happy mit dem Abend. Freue mich auf’s nächste Mal! 10/10 Punkte

Превъзходна кухня , карпачото е номер едно ! Sehr gut !

Good place for steaks and wine. Always a safe go-to place in a pinch.

Lovely cosy steak house, good steak and beer. Very family cosy place!

Leckere steaks genau auf den Punkt

Essen hat sehr gut geschmeckt, Service war super. Wir kommen wieder.

Sehr geil das Fleisch, wie gewünscht suf den Punkt.Wir waren sehr zufrieden. Leider nicht so viel Sitzplätze also reservieren.

Sehr lecker wie immer, sehr freundliches Service!

Ruhig, gemütlich, perfektes Essen, perfekter Service

Immer wieder gut. Das beste Steak in Mainz, das beste Carpaccio in Mainz und ein leckerer Malbec. Super!