El Chapulin Restaurant
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El Chapulin Restaurant
The Grasshopper offers authentic Mexican food and a great atmosphere that customers throughout southeast Michigan have come to love!. The Grasshopper - El Chapulin, Inc. restaurant was opened in 1971 by Jesse and Cleo Rosales. It has been owned and operated by the Rosales family since. The Restaurant offers authentic Mexican food and a great atmosphere that customers throughout southeast Michigan have come to love!
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A crispy corn tortilla served open face with Guacamole and topped with garden fresh lettuce and tomatoes. A warm rolled flour tortilla served with your choice of gravied beef or pork, chicken or re-fried beans. Served plain or topped with our special meat, cheese or green sauce. A soup of beef tripe and hominy in golden, seasoned broth served with your choice of corn or flour tortillas.
Reviews (19)
Homer M.
Homer M.
Jan 08, 2022
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Went there to eat and had to look around to find parking since rear lot was full. Got to hostess stand in back and told 20 to 30 minute wait and said they would text us. 45 minutes later we get a text. Walk all the way around the building to rear hostess stand and see hostess. She tells us we gave your table away we only wait 5 minutes. We were 6 minutes after got text. My wife explains this and hostess instead of working with us rudely gets out her phone to argue with my wife about how long it has been. Mind you we have been regular customers here for years. Hostess continues to tell wife she
Daniel G.
Daniel G.
Oct 20, 2021
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Their food kind of reminds me of school lunches in middle school.. They use canned chicken. Not worth going out for
Amy S.
Amy S.
Sep 01, 2021
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Food is mediocre. Lacks flavor and very fatty. Customer service lacks as well; I found the manager to be rude. The dish I ordered was gross; and they wouldn't even give me a refund. Wouldn't recommend this restaurant.
Pierce S.
Pierce S.
Aug 04, 2021
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Been coming here for awhile. Food has always been pretty good! Service is in the gutter. Never have waited so long for drinks.
Seth A.
Seth A.
Jun 26, 2021
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Got food from the food truck today... food was cold, chips were stale, service was absolutely horrendous. such a disgrace to the actual restaurant. smh my head
W. E.
W. E.
Feb 22, 2021
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First time back in a long time. Food great as always. Service excellent, sat at the bar,no wait for a table. Server very attentive despite being busy.
Rich J.
Rich J.
Sep 05, 2020
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Great food and service! Always go above and beyond for there customers! We picked up take out. The chicken fajitas where outstanding! My wife had the enchiladas cheese sauce rice and beans! My kids had the burrito plate with one taco and rice and beans! Thank you Steve for everything!
Claudia C.
Claudia C.
Apr 29, 2020
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I ordered food they said 15 minutes it took almost double 15 minutes they for got about us the food is cold and they have ridiculous prices for such small tacos and burritos
Renee S.
Renee S.
Feb 08, 2020
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I was not impressed! Fajitas should be served on a sizzling skillet and your peppers should be cooked! The cheese I am pretty sure was melted velveeta. I would not say this was authentic.
Karen S.
Karen S.
Dec 21, 2019
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Went here on a recommendation from a friend. Snotty server. Chips and queso are anything but authentic. Waited close to an hour for food after snagging a staff other then our server to find out about the delay. When our food finally came out server expressed how bad she felt for the kitchen. Staff that they got so far behind. Never checked back on us. Food was hot, but mediocre at best. What a disappointment. Won't be back.
Jenna P.
Jenna P.
Dec 07, 2019
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My margarita was excellent. Food was decent, not the best, not the worst. Won't go out of my way to go but if that's what's chosen I'm totally down.
Lauren M.
Lauren M.
Jul 11, 2019
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The queso was literally nacho cheese that you get at a gas station. Quesadilla had no flavor and had the same nacho cheese. The margaritas were weak and used daiquiri mix for a half and half. Service was super slow.
Katie M.
Katie M.
Jun 21, 2019
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It was just weird. I love Mexican food and the advertised "authentic" is so far from the truth. The chips came out of bag and are not freshly fried. The "queso" tastes like it was spooned out of Mac and cheese. Original margarita was decent. Service was good. Other than that, I couldn't order past that.
Scott D.
Scott D.
May 05, 2019
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1 hour and still no food they say they are busy so I guess get rid of 1/2 the tables if you can't handle it
Erika G.
Erika G.
Mar 11, 2019
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Favorite Mexican place in town! My husband and I are weekly visitors and are never disappointed. Highly recommend!
Chris D.
Chris D.
Nov 10, 2018
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Not so good, I mean seriously, how do you screw up nachos?? So bad, I couldn't eat them, not the same place I remember growing up, need to step it up, tons more competition.
James F.
James F.
Nov 09, 2018
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There tamales are so good. Fast service and great food. Parking isn't the best though
Matthew P.
Matthew P.
Jun 03, 2017
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The Grasshopper has been a family-owned restaurant for two generations, run by some of the kindest people you'll ever meet.

My girlfriend and I had just run out of gas on the side of a country road in Indiana (non-existent gas station on Google Maps...) when a family in a pickup pulled over and asked if we needed help. Without a moment's hesitation, Steve Rosales and his wife and kids deviated from their plan to visit their daughter and drove several miles down the road and back to fill up a gas can for us. In total they went an hour out of their way to bail us out of a tricky situation
Nic W.
Nic W.
Aug 07, 2016
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This place is very well know to the locals. Good reputation for their chips and cheese. I limit myself here strictly due to the service. No matter what time of day I'm am there I have a hard time getting my pop refilled. Today we arrived around 20:30. Not to busy. The place is clean and is divided into a bar side and a restaurant side but is connected. The hostess is in the back of the bar side where there is extra parking. After we saw the hostess she had us seat ourselves. We sat for approx 6 min. Before our waitress showed up. She promptly took our drink orders but quickly forgot what