I love this place! The food and the margaritas are really good. I always get the vegetarian #5 for myself, it's just too delicious to stray away from but my husband will mix it up and order different things and it's always very tasty. The food always comes out super fast, even when they're busy but it's definitely fresh and tastes great. We went to El Meson the other night and ordered take out, the guy told me it would be 5 minutes. 5 minutes??? I thought he meant 15 but it really did come out in right around 5 minutes. Crazy! How do they do it? In terms of other similar restaurants in the area (Mariachi Cocos/Locos, El Rincon, Azteca, etc.) the menu, food, and prices are all about the same but I think El Meson's food just tastes a little bit better than all the rest.