El Gallo - Mexican Restaurant

Best Mexican restaurant in West Virginia, and I’ve tried many. Chips were fresh + hot and the salsa was the BEST I have ever had anywhere. *Highly* recommend the California Burrito (cheese lovers) or the new Jumbo Burrito (sweet + spicy) —phenomenal. These guys season their meat and veggies—they don’t skimp. *Incredible* flavor. Amazing service, food was out in <5 minutes (how did something SO delicious + hot come out SO fast?!), we were asked multiple times if we wanted more drinks or chips (which we declined because of the MASSIVE burritos), clean restaurant; all around PERFECTION. My husband: “Can we give them 10 stars??” Update: Today we returned exactly a year from our last visit, but now not having my taste from lasting effects of c*vd. (Still recovering taste 7 months later) I was afraid to come because I didn’t want my memories affected by my new weird sense of taste....some things don’t taste pleasant anymore. But y’all. It was still the exact same incredible experience — their flavoring is TRULY a winner. It was even busier than when we last came and it was still as fast. Amazing! Still our favorite salsa too, after a year of trying others.

Everyone at this place was super friendly. The margarita was pretty good, but not the best ever. Monster size is huge, but perfect to share. We got the special platter, with a chile relleno, chalupa, enchilada, taco, and tamale with rice and beans. The salsa is delicious and the chips are good also. I am not usually a big fan of refried beans, but these were just super tasty and I would have eaten more if there had been more on the plate. Definitely a great find in the middle of west virginia, very easy to find off the interstate.