El Tikal Mexican Restaurant & Bar - Wilkes-Barre (PA)

1 /5 Leilanni Rodriguez: Absolutely disgusting!!!! My friend and I came in after the gym and everything seemed fine at first—our appetizer was decent. But right after our entrées came out, we saw a massive cockroach. That was it. We left all the food on the table and walked out. This is a serious health concern and totally unacceptable. I will not be returning PERIOD.

2 /5 PAL’S PATH: Coming in from out of town, we were told this was a great place. We were seated promptly but the server came over about 10-15 min later apologizing. We ordered 2 margaritas … took forever to get. Flowers put in drink 1/2 dead. No small dishes to eat nachos and dip in. Made a mess on table. Not good. Food was ok. Very hot in temperature which was good. Took forever to get the check. No personality or professionalism there. My husband said service one of the worst ever. We were very disappointed.

5 /5 Wumpkins Nolan “Shoobtastic”: Very nice establishment. I loved the tacos and my rice. The person who dined with me loved the lunch taco salad. Atmosphere is very nice. Great service. If I could give six stars I would!

5 /5 Matt Ide: Skipped breakfast so I was halfway looking for a brunchy option when I stumbled into El Tikal. With a quality lunch special section, plus your everyday Mexican favorites and a great variety of meat, seafood and veggie dishes, I had a hard time deciding. Im usually a combo order kind of guy, but I had to throw together my own little lunch variety pack, add Santa Fe (breakfast) burrito. Plantains always hit for me, but these were extra caramelized and gooey so I had to portion them out between the beginning and end of the meal. The mole sauce on the chili relleno was smokey and not as spicy, but really well-balanced. The tamale with red sauce seemed less flavorful than the other dishes, but Im no tamale expert and Ive been hanging out with a lot of Italians recently. The Santa Fe burrito was out of this world: the eggs, nice and crumbly with tons of seasoning and flavor, the cheese-covered chorizo oozing into each bite. I need this again, and Im sure theres so many other incredible things on the menu to explore, but this is truly a hearty and unique item worth coming back for.