Menu for El Rey Azteca in Bloomington, IN

Quality of food very good. Enjoyed fresh vegetables and excellent beans.

My kids (adult-ish aged) love it but me it's so so.

Not blown away but it was good food and decent service at a reasonable price.

I personally never heard of a Mexican restaurant having a buffet, but decided to check it out with my wife when I saw the... ?Buffet? sign when driving by the ?El Rey Azteca? on 3rd street last week. Best spur of the moment choice I made that week. Igrew up with homemade Mexican food, and usually judge any Mexican restaurant based on their beans and rice. All restaurantsI?ve gone to in Bloomington have usually had decent food, but they always seem to have the beans tasting either watered down, orcanned. I can?t really blame most places for their beans not being up to standard, as making food in volume can cause people totake shortcuts, like using canned beans (My family would use canned beans when they didn?t have time to make the normal way soI?m familiar with the flavor). This restaurant however truly surprised me as the first thing I noticed is that their beanstasted homemade. Their rice also tasted great, a bit strong in flavor, but really good. Their main dish options, whether pork,beef, or vegetable, were also pretty good. Almost as good as my mom?s cooking. :P So this is just my first impression. Theyare not a perfect buffet, as their desert option was basically regular donuts and jello, but I honestly didn?t care as I was toofull from the other options that all tasted really good. I?m looking forward to trying their regular fare when I have a chanceon a weeknight/date night sometime soon . Their buffet is available on the weekdays from 11 to 2pm. Read more

Fantastic food and great staff. I thoroughly enjoyed my sopa. I'm definitely going back for the lunch buffet.