El Zarape Mexican Grill - Fort Smith

The food was delicious and not over priced, our waiter was extremely nice and attentive. I would highly recommend this restaurant!

I have to start this review with the salsa. They have a nice tomato based salsa that is served with the chips. Ask for the hot stuff. It is probably the best flavored hot restaurant salsa I have ever had. I cannot figure out exactly what was in it, I am guessing habanero with garlic and some other spices that gave it a wonderful flavor. It was hot, but not just hot, it had a complexity of flavor. As you ate it with the chips, the endorphins kicked in and you had trouble stopping! They have a great lunch menu and very reasonable prices. I had the lunch beef fajitas (with 2 chili toreados) and my wife had beef burrito. The fajitas are not served in the hot skillet you expect. However, it comes with caramelized onions, Spanish rice, barracho beans or refried beans and guacamole salad. The barracho beans had a great bacon/smoky flavor. I normally skip the tortillas, but I tried their flour tortillas. They had been very lightly brushed with oil and then warmed on a flat top grill or in a pan. Excellent! Very reasonable prices on their lunch menu and the service was great. If you are looking for other Mexican restaurants in the area, check out my reviews in my collection Jalapeno Highway on Yelp. I 've probably been there.

This is the best Mexican restaurant in town. The food is fresh and delicious. When you go there, hopefully you have Teresa for your waitress she was the best.

Great find as we were on a cross country trip. Seafoof fajita was outstanding.

Add another favorite to the list. The borracho beans great! Some of the best I’ve had. The one cup serving came with the lunch fajitas. I must say I was expecting the lunch portion to be small, but it would have been plenty for two. Why spend the extra money for extra food when you could be adding on a margarita instead. And what fun! The rice came in a pyramid shape. It’s the little things that make the experience. The made from scratch tortillas and guacamole were good. The grilled onions were amazing though. Really good seasoning. The best thing about the lunch fajitas is that they separate the onions from the chicken. I usually eat veggie fajitas and my wife eats chicken fajitas. This makes sorting out a bit easier. We had another fantastic waiter. Still lovin’ this some El Zarape. Year ago: Carlos and our waitress did and excellent job yesterday. Carlos’ was personable with us and the children, and our waitress was friendly as well. Chips were good. House salsa was okay. I prefer grilled salsa, but this was still good. Not too watery, sticks great to the chips. Ask for the hot salsa though. It’s green and has tomatillos in it for a little bit different flavor. If it’s too hot for you, just mix the two salsas together. The chicken fajitas for 2 was huge. It could have fed all four of us with leftovers to take home. If you have two mega hungry people though, this will do the trick. It comes with two full plates of rice, beans, guacamole, pico, and lettuce in addition to a shared plate of chicken fajitas. The tortillas were good, appearing to be made in house. The kids orders were large as well. No one’s going hungry at El Zarape. The cheese sauce on the kids bean burrito was really good, but it was the waffle fries with spices that were amazing. The extra touch was sending us away with another bag of chips and tub of salsa. It was all good, but my favorites were the guacamole and waffle fries. Nice interior decor, patio, and clean bathrooms. This is now our favorite Mexican restaurant in Fort Smith. Thank you El Zarape, Carlos, and waitress for a great experience.