El Paraiso Mexican Restaurant in Illinois

"My wife and I really enjoy this restaurant. The servers are friendly and the food is fantastic! The food is delicious and served very quickly! It’s our go to for genuine Mexican food."

"I've been to this restaurant several times now, and they have never failed to please. They're loaded fries are huge, their taco salad is also very large with a lot of meat in it, and their burritos are humongous. So far I've had barbacoa and al pastor, and it's been the most delicious meat I have tasted in a long time. There's not much waiting in the drive-thru, even when there's several cars in front of you. I highly suggest going here and getting pretty much anything off of the menu. Everything is delicious. I have included pictures of tonight's meal. This is the burrito meal with fries and a soda, I can't wait to dig in!"

"(Re-Worked this review for the ground up for the full experience) I’ve gone and eaten here for the past year and so, and it usually never disappoints my expectations. The dine-in experience is excellent. The waiters are nice, didn’t wait that much to get a table (especially during busy hours), food always comes correctly, available Salsa, pepper, salt & ketchup. Lovely atmosphere and food. It takes around 5-15 minutes for food depending on the place’s busy or not. Would recommend the dine in experience, 5/5. Drive thru on the other hand is pretty consistent with orders. There is bound for mistakes to happen while ordering at the drive thru (unless if you order take out). Food comes out surprisingly quickly, but there is a chance for your food to come incorrectly like I said previously. I would like to point out that the line is long every time I passed here, so you will have to wait, but it’s worth waiting for. Overall, this place outweighs the good from the bad on a large scale. Dine is experience is always amazing. Drive thru is pretty good, but with some minor mistakes. Definitely coming here at El Paraiso. Dine-in: 5/5 Drive through: 4.75/5 Total stars: 4.85/5"

"EL PARAISO THE LOVE OF MY LIFE open super late but employee always silly & nice no matter what time of day/nice and food always hits. Ingredients/vegetables always feel fresh and high quality and their horchatas go crazy. I moved about an hour away and have literally drove in the middle of the night many times just to come here and nothing else bcus how gas it is. Maybe i just got that hometown pride but always hits different. Just beware that drive thru line gets loooong especially from like 12am-3am."

"This place seems to be the meeting hub for the locals in the area. The long drive through proves everyone is willing to wait for the great quality of food delivered. Have been here a couple times and can understand when you’ve tried the first couple bites!"

"Always tasty food. Some times when you drive by you can smell the meat cooking and it smells amazing! Steak burrito, chicken floutas, torta, even their cheese fries are all good. Also really enjoy their horchata!"

"This location is one of my favorites. Food is delicious. There was an instance where we ordered chicken tenders for my son and got what looked like a sliced milanesa... This location (McLean) serves the best burritos, the one on Summit, unfortunately was soaking their tortillas in oil and that ruined that experience for me."

"Some people after a hard day of work wind down at a bar, I come here. It's open late, the food quality and service are always 10/10. It's a very welcoming vibe and the staff always take good care of me. Have and Will continue to recommend, well done."