Taco spot in Jeongja-dong for a date: no-spill 4-meat fajitas, Elato

Taco date in Jeongja-dong: Elato's signature fajitas for two

If you're looking for a taco spot in Jeongja, try Elato Bundang, where you get a Mexican feel and can build your own bites from lots of different fillings!

If you like tacos or Mexican food in general, this place is worth a look. What we ordered this time was the signature fajitas for two. Seeing the food laid out so temptingly, with all those sauces, I was totally ready to dive into Mexican food!

Where is Elato Bundang, and where can you park?

Elato Bundang (엘라토 분당) is a Mexican restaurant at 15 Naejeong-ro 129beon-gil, Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea, on the 1st floor. It's behind the Yunmilwon pig's trotters restaurant and the Sui Academy building, so keep that in mind when you go looking for it.

It works for a family meal, a date or a get-together with friends, and I also noticed you can bring kids.

• Address: 15 Naejeong-ro 129beon-gil, Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi, 1st floor
• Parking: 4 spaces in the restaurant's own lot
• Extra parking: Jeongja-dong public parking lot, about a 5-minute walk
• Takeout and delivery available

The restaurant's own parking isn't very roomy, so if you're driving, plan around the parking situation. The Jeongja-dong public parking lot is about a 5-minute walk away, and there's no separate parking support.

Inside Elato Bundang: the atmosphere

Step inside Elato Bundang and you get that exotic vibe typical of a Mexican restaurant. It's a good place to go when you want to get away from your usual Korean food or familiar eating-out menus and eat somewhere a bit different.

The mood suits Mexican food well, so it works as a date spot, and it would also be great for going with friends and sharing lots of different dishes.

Great food matters, but the atmosphere of the space matters more than you'd think, right? If you want to feel like you've popped over to Mexico for a bit while eating tacos and fajitas, put Elato, the Jeongja taco spot, on your list.

Elato Bundang menu and prices

At Elato Bundang you can have not just tacos but fajitas, all kinds of Mexican dishes and drinks too. The signature fajitas for two are ₩39,000.

• Fajitas for two ₩39,000
• Enchilada ₩23,500
• Guacamole nachos ₩13,500
• Seaweed salmon bowl ₩16,500
• Mexican bowl ₩14,500
• Taquitos ₩13,500
• Quesadilla ₩14,500
• Burrito ₩14,500
• Tacos (2 pcs) ₩11,500
• Corn ribs (6 pcs) ₩11,500
• Super nachos ₩13,500
• Beef chili wedge potatoes ₩11,500
• Seasoned cheese sticks ₩8,500
• Birria ramen ₩8,500

Some people only think of tacos when they hear "Mexican restaurant," but at Elato you can enjoy all sorts of Mexican dishes, plus drinks and alcohol.

Even the Mexican drinks are covered!

There's also a place to wash your hands before eating, which is perfect for eating burritos and fajitas by hand.

There's a receipt review event too (birria ramen provided), and there's a guide on how to enjoy fajitas, so take a look.

While waiting, I sipped a cold cider (Korean lemon-lime soda) and chilled out.

What comes with Elato's signature fajitas for two?

Elato Bundang's signature fajitas for two (₩39,000) come with generous cheese on top of piping-hot cooked meat, plus several sauces, side ingredients and tortillas. This signature fajitas for two is exactly what we ordered!

Doesn't it look really good? There's plenty of cheese on the hot fajitas, and next to them are various sauces and side ingredients. Tortillas come too, so you can combine everything to your own taste.

You pick the fillings you like and wrap them in a tortilla, so eating is half the fun. If you love cilantro, pile it on, and add a spicy sauce or whichever sauce suits you to make your own combo.

Cilantro, vegan and kid-friendly options at Elato

Elato doesn't put cilantro in by default and serves it on request, and you can also choose vegetarian dishes and vegan options. For child guests, they can leave out the jalapeños and make the dish less spicy on request, so keep that in mind when you visit. (With the fajitas, the jalapeños come separately.)

If you want to enjoy lots of ingredients at once, go for the signature fajitas; if you'd rather pick Mexican dishes to your taste, check out the other taco dishes too!

Lime to your liking~

Beef, shrimp, pork and chicken, and the portion is generous, which I really love. My husband said it's good too! 👍

Sauces and sides served with the fajitas

Elato's fajitas came with olives, jalapeños and what looked like tomato salsa, along with several kinds of sauces and vegetables. The sauces and sides served with the fajitas caught my eye too.

You put the fillings you want on a tortilla, add sauce and wrap it into a bite-sized roll, so it's fun to eat, right? Rather than eating the same combo every time, I think it'd be nice to adjust the amount of sauce or switch up the sides and make your own combination.

If the menu lineup matters to you when you're searching for a taco spot in Jeongja, keep an eye on a combine-it-yourself fajita menu like Elato's.

How do you wrap fajitas without spilling the filling?

To eat fajitas without spilling, fold the bottom of the tortilla up once, then bring both sides inward and roll it up. It wouldn't look great to be dripping everywhere on a date, right? So here's how I eat them without spilling.

When you get greedy with the meat and sauce, sometimes the filling comes tumbling out the bottom as you eat. And on a date especially, it makes you self-conscious. 😂

In that case, fold the bottom of the tortilla up once, then bring both sides inward and roll it up.

• 1. Put the meat, shrimp, cheese and the sauces you want in the middle of the tortilla.
• 2. Fold the bottom edge up to block the way out for the filling.
• 3. Bring both sides inward, then roll it up and you're done!

Wrapped like this, less of the filling falls out the bottom, so it's much easier to eat all the way to the end.

Of course, if you stuff in too much it can squeeze out the sides, so not overfilling matters too.

Elato's soft, moist tortillas make wrapping easy

The tortillas at Elato Bundang were soft and moist, which made them great for wrapping, and you can get refills if you order as many as there are people. With fajitas, the tortilla matters more than you'd think.

If a tortilla is too stiff or tears easily, it's a pain to wrap the filling, right? The tortillas I had at Elato were soft and moist, so they were easy to load up and roll.

Put in meat, shrimp, cheese, sauce and cilantro however you like, roll it up and eat it in one bite, done! It isn't one fixed combo, and you can vary the fillings a little each time, so everyone gets the fun of making it their own way. That's why you keep eating, and each bite tastes a little new.

Looking for a taco spot in Jeongja-dong?

What we ordered this time was Elato Bundang's signature fajitas for two! It's Mexican food where you combine tortillas, various sauces and side ingredients, so it was a dish everyone can enjoy to their own taste. If you're searching for a taco spot in Jeongja, look at dishes like fajitas, where you enjoy many ingredients together, and not just tacos. Whether for a date, a get-together with friends or a meal out with kids, that was Elato Bundang, a place worth keeping in mind.