El Tipico

Food is delicious. As far as I have experienced, best Mexican food in Knoxville. Notice "La Abuela" cooking for a context clue. I had zero issues with service and found them very friendly. Patrons with issues might brush up on some basic Spanish and consider speaking English slightly slower as it helps the staff serve you better. Enjoy!

If there was a way for me to give this place a 0 star I would. The food is 5/5, the service by the owner/manager 0/5. Today was my second time going to this place, the first time I didn't have cash to tip the waitress and there's no other way to tip them unless it's in cash. I went to the bank and took out $20 just beforehand so I would have cash to tip the waitress. My bill came up to be more than $20 so I payed with my card. I asked the waitress if I could get change for the $20 and was told that it wouldn't be possible because they don't have change for a $20. I decided to buy a hot sauce that ended up being $16 and some change. The owner/manager rung me up and told me he only had $15 to give me back in change, I clearly could see he had more than enough change in the register. He was giving me one $5 bill and ten $1 bills. I noticed he had another $5 bill in the cash register and asked him trade me five of the $1 bills and he refused to do so. He claimed that if he gave it to me then he would of ran out of change. I decided to not argue, I took the change I was given and gave the waitress a nice tip. I really liked the food here, unfortunately, I will no longer go to this place because of the bad service. I really hope nobody experiences the level of rudeness and ignorance that I experienced today.