One of our favorite Tex-Mex places. Always lively here. They will not let your chips run out. Waiters take their work seriously. Always great service.
Geist Polter
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June 08, 2026
I cant say that we'll be going back so I dont know if this is a one time thing for them. We came here after seeing this place has the most amount of reviews and mostly positive. So. Ill say the bad and leave the good till after so yall aren't left with a sour taste. The bad: idk if it was just today but the whole restaurant STANK like there was a sewer surrounding them. This is a huge deal when youre going to eat somewhere. You want customers to come in and smell delicious food. And this may not be a normal thing for them (the sewer smell) so im not trying to be harsh on em as this is likely not be something they can control. We were walked to our table and I noticed water on the floor behind a table. Im pretty sure thats a hazard that can get the restaurant sued. If I see something as a simple as a spill not cleaned how clean is the kitchen? The smell of the restaurant made me second guess our drinks too. Normally when I eat out I drink up a storm but I went about halfway with my drink. I couldn't trust it. This next part will sound bad but the lady helping us had some pretty bad bo. She set the chips down and I immediately got a bad whiff. Im not gonna go deeper as idk how her day is going shes likely worked hard all day and doesnt deserve ANY reprimand. Anyways that's it for the negatives. The good, this place looks awesome on the inside. Its genuinely a cool looking restaurant I wish we had been sat on the other side instead of where we were but its definitely cool, the staff was super attentive. Normally you have waiters like at JC that will come once every 30 minutes but they were around a good amount and refilled our drinks without us having to ask. I can appreciate their hard work and attentiveness. The manager (im assuming) was smiles the whole time and friendly. The food was presented extremely well, the taste was good. I might consider going back if im in the area and the smell is resolved. Im only doing low stars because the smell is so important when youre trying to eat. It kills your appetite if it doesnt smell good.
Genevieve Martinez
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July 20, 2025
First visited recently and really enjoyed it. The service is excellent and the food was fresh and tasty. I had the Pollo Cancun which is a grilled chicken breast with shrimp, crawfish and a cream sauce. It was super delicious. The tortillas are all handmade and the corn ones were really good. Overall, this was a very good experience and I will definitely return.
Ruby Moseley
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June 25, 2026
The restaurant smelled like they didn't use clean mop water . Went there for a retirement dinner. Was glad we ate on patio because the smell was strong . I feel like the 80.00 we spent wasn't worth the quality of food or cleanliness. It was this location I know where I went
Alexandra
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June 03, 2023
Upon entering I didn't see a sign stating whether or not to wait or seat ourselves. We stood next to a podium awkwardly for 5 minutes while several servers talked at the bar. Eventually someone came to seat us and they made a joke about needing a reservation which I felt was unnecessary since workers were standing around looking at us and not asking if we needed help. Overall the food was delicious and our server was nice but he also seemed very distracted like the others.
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One of our favorite Tex-Mex places. Always lively here. They will not let your chips run out. Waiters take their work seriously. Always great service.
I cant say that we'll be going back so I dont know if this is a one time thing for them. We came here after seeing this place has the most amount of reviews and mostly positive. So. Ill say the bad and leave the good till after so yall aren't left with a sour taste. The bad: idk if it was just today but the whole restaurant STANK like there was a sewer surrounding them. This is a huge deal when youre going to eat somewhere. You want customers to come in and smell delicious food. And this may not be a normal thing for them (the sewer smell) so im not trying to be harsh on em as this is likely not be something they can control. We were walked to our table and I noticed water on the floor behind a table. Im pretty sure thats a hazard that can get the restaurant sued. If I see something as a simple as a spill not cleaned how clean is the kitchen? The smell of the restaurant made me second guess our drinks too. Normally when I eat out I drink up a storm but I went about halfway with my drink. I couldn't trust it. This next part will sound bad but the lady helping us had some pretty bad bo. She set the chips down and I immediately got a bad whiff. Im not gonna go deeper as idk how her day is going shes likely worked hard all day and doesnt deserve ANY reprimand. Anyways that's it for the negatives. The good, this place looks awesome on the inside. Its genuinely a cool looking restaurant I wish we had been sat on the other side instead of where we were but its definitely cool, the staff was super attentive. Normally you have waiters like at JC that will come once every 30 minutes but they were around a good amount and refilled our drinks without us having to ask. I can appreciate their hard work and attentiveness. The manager (im assuming) was smiles the whole time and friendly. The food was presented extremely well, the taste was good. I might consider going back if im in the area and the smell is resolved. Im only doing low stars because the smell is so important when youre trying to eat. It kills your appetite if it doesnt smell good.
First visited recently and really enjoyed it. The service is excellent and the food was fresh and tasty. I had the Pollo Cancun which is a grilled chicken breast with shrimp, crawfish and a cream sauce. It was super delicious. The tortillas are all handmade and the corn ones were really good. Overall, this was a very good experience and I will definitely return.
The restaurant smelled like they didn't use clean mop water . Went there for a retirement dinner. Was glad we ate on patio because the smell was strong . I feel like the 80.00 we spent wasn't worth the quality of food or cleanliness. It was this location I know where I went
Upon entering I didn't see a sign stating whether or not to wait or seat ourselves. We stood next to a podium awkwardly for 5 minutes while several servers talked at the bar. Eventually someone came to seat us and they made a joke about needing a reservation which I felt was unnecessary since workers were standing around looking at us and not asking if we needed help. Overall the food was delicious and our server was nice but he also seemed very distracted like the others.