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El Patron Family Restaurant

822 Mammoth Cave Road, Cave City, KY 42127
(270) 773-2278
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Ranked #6 of 8 restaurants in Cave City
2.5 of 5 stars 12 Reviews
Cuisines: Mexican
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cincinnati, ohio
Senior Reviewer
6 reviews 6 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
10 helpful votes 10 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 31 March 2012

Great menu with both Mexican and American choices, even duck! We arrived mid day to find the place almost empty. The food options were all so tempting, we had a hard time deciding what to eat! Prices were very reasonable. Service was great! The food was GREAT and well prepared. We even had dessert of fried bananas and ice cream.... More

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Stillwater, Minnesota, United States
2 reviews
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 March 2012

First off, who would go to a Mexican place and order a BURGER!!! IDIOTOS! This place has a family from Chicago who are giving this hole in the wall wonderful food. like guacamole handmade;crafted margaritas..granted they have smoking and nonsmoking as is the case in the South, also Kareoke, but hey, that's not the food! We go out of our... More

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Kentucky
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17 reviews 17 reviews
Reviews in 12 cities Reviews in 12 cities
7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 February 2012

I'm surprised this restaurant wasn't crowded-probably because of the Cracker Barrell down the road. The food was very good for breakfast and dinner. Affordable too. More

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Zionsville, Indiana
1 review
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 October 2011

We found the food, drinks, and service at El Patron to be very good. We ate the Mexican food, not pizza or burgers, so cannot comment on the quality of those. For dinner we started with guacamole and margaritas-all were freshly prepared (no sweet and sour mix-yay) and quite good. My husband's flank steak, my enchiladas, and my son's tacos... More

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Indiana
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16 reviews 16 reviews
Reviews in 11 cities Reviews in 11 cities
8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 October 2011

We arrived into Cave City for a quick weekend trip with the family, looking for a place to have a nice sit down dinner, we decided to try this place. When we arrived, we were not used to restuarants having a smoking and non smoking section, but is the case in Cave City, luckily there were not many people there... More

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Dayton, Ohio
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5 reviews 5 reviews
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 October 2011

I wish I read the reviews first. I was served cold rice. There was no flavor to the fajitas. I paid way to much. More

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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 September 2011

This restaurant is awful. My burger tasted like a frozen pattie thrown on a skillet. It was so greasy it became uneatable once it soaked thru the bun. Table was sticky and wife and I were afraid of getting food posioning. Avoid! More

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Tampa, Florida
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8 reviews 8 reviews
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3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 August 2011
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We had a waitress who had no idea what was going on. She took orders from half our party and then became distracted by another table's request and wandered off without taking the rest of our orders. She came back about 10 minutes later to tell us that 3 out of the 9 orders we placed could not be filled... More

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Seymour, Indiana
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7 reviews 7 reviews
Reviews in 5 cities Reviews in 5 cities
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 July 2011
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A friend and I stopped there after pulling in off of I-65 on July 17th. We both ordered tacos with beans and rice. The 3 tacos on each plate consisted of what looked like like two small grease soaked squished biscuits with a small amount of ground beef, lettuce and cheese on the top. No cream cheese or other kind... More

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Cincinnati, Ohio
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13 reviews 13 reviews
Reviews in 4 cities Reviews in 4 cities
7 helpful votes 7 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 July 2011
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We went to el patron restaurant during the 4th of july weekend for lunch. They serve mexican food, but they also have american food and breakfast. We try to find different places to eat besides the chain restaurants so we decided to go in. They had a BBQ smoker outside which smelled wonderful. When we were ready to order my... More

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