El Vallarta Sports Bar & Grill

Well... a bit on the pricey side. And food is just okay. Not exceptional which is sad. Location vacant since covid closed Granite City. I like the concept but just misses the mark, slightly.

Had the sushi. Good portions. Juat so-so, no ginger or Wasabi. And nothing special. Margarita, had the cucumber and that was amazing! Get on the rocks as frozen comes premixed. The price..
Gasping !!!

Dessert, had the churros with ice cream. Super smash! Cheesecake... skip it. No flan available. Sad.

And the home chips and salsa... tuna mix delicious!!! But the green salsa was good just a bit beyond spicy. And we like spicy food. Fresh jalapeño with seeds is a regular staple.

So, check it out, but watch what you order.

We stopped in on a whim looking to try something new in the area. Was surprised to still see some of the old Granite City stuff here and there on the grounds. Other than a few minor changes, it still looks almost exactly as if did when Granite City was in there. They have a huge menu that consists of numerous pages of both drinks and food. However, the high prices scared us off when comparing them to similar mexican style restaurants. We did like the free chips with salsa which were served with a cold whitefish dip. Also, our margaritas were quite yummy, but never seemed to get cold. We liked our short stay, but can't imagine we'll be back considering how many other places in Rockford offer similar food for better pricing.

Very good seafood restaurant. I recommend it for special family occasions or celebrations. Also to have a good time after work or to distract yourself. I had a bad experience one time when I went to eat, a hair came out on my shrimp and in the end they charged me for it! Something you shouldn't be like that or maybe a discount would have been nice! Worst very good place. Also music, many people do not like Mariachi and charge a lot of money per song.

Large menu, everything has some sort of shrimp in it. Not your average Mexican restaurant. My wife and I were going for regular small street tacos but were talked into the taco dinner n man was it AWESOME. Steak tacos dinner came with 3 huge tacos rice n beans. Steak meat was great like chopped real steak. Everything was large portions and we both highly recommend it definitely a go to from now on!