Uh, no. The food is pretty much mediocre institutional old-school Mexican, and there are lots of better places around to find that. (El Cholo comes to mind.) What El Coyote has to offer is cheap, strong margaritas. That's why it's popular.
Trivia note: El Coyote is where Sharon Tate and her friends had dinner before going home to be murdered by the Manson tribe.
El Coyote has FOOD???? ;) The maggies are yummy.....
I last ate at El Coyote in 2006 and found their food to be quite good, although it is, indeed, old-school Mexican. However, the food at El Tepeyac or Ciro's in Boyle Heights is better.
The El Cholo in La Habra, with which I am most familiar, serves good cousine, although it is somewhat bland, perhaps so as to conform to the tastes of the gabachos from the surrounding community that comprise most of its customers. I've been eating there occasionally since shortly after it opened in 1966.
Another Los Angeles Mexican eatery that I remember as having good food is Lucy's El Adobe, where Governor Moonbeam used to hang out. When I went there, Democratic Party fliers were available in the lobby. I asked if this restaurant was related to the El Adobe in San Juan Capistrano--President Nixon's favorite Mexican eatery--and the lady at the cash register rather curtly told me, "no."