First time for us to go here, the atmosphere was great. The young ladies behind the bar were really nice and helpful, when we ordered our food. I ordered nachos with just a little bit of jalapenos but they layered them chips beans jalapenos steak and cheese. I wasn't able to eat them because they were too hot, I know next time just to leave off the jalapenos all together. My husband ordered burritos loco and he loved his.
Would I return? Yes, and this is my second visit from out of town with family.Okay - Let me start with affording ☆☆☆ by saying that for my taste, "Once you have eaten at one Mexican restaurant. You have eaten at them all".Many will disagree, but my pallet enjoys spice, heat, & unique flavors that are the flavor of the house!The food is not bad, but it is definitely not unique, in my opinion, to most other Mex-food establishments.My review offers four stars instead of three because the interior is clean and orderly.We have been promptly seated and served each time. Meal *presentation has been very clean and appetizing; the portions are very sizeable ( I read reviews for this location cricizing the portion sizes - not the case for the last two visits, four people, spanned 4 months apart).The chips are thick corn tortillas with a nice CRUNCH - not the paper thin greasy ones.The salsa is fairly thick with texture, bland for my taste. However, San Marcos offers a courtesy cheese dip that is nice! And hardly ANY place offers THIS for free! Nice touch!Service was timely and polite.My dish: Los Arcos with beef.
Nice place. Entertaining. Met by someone at the front who wanted to sit me at the bar as I'm alone. Then handed me off to another. Got seated, at the bar. No cutlery no menu. Not a good start. Yes they were busy I get that.I'm a Native Texan so TexMex is a thing for us so it must be spicy and seasoned well.Sat down an received the standard salsa, queso, and chips. Tasteless chopped tomatoes with no seasoning to speak of. Any jarred would be better.Straight watered down canned cheddar sauce. NOT queso. Nasty.Ordered the ground beef chili relleno. Tasted good. Not seasoned very well. Very mild. I think over stuffed too. The ground meat was tasteless. The poblano pepper was good but not cleaned out as there were seeds and not charred to remove the skin as they should be. Corners cut everywhere.The refried beans were great. So was the rice. Nice and flavorful which is a step beyond as most cop out on these. Kinda throwaway. Nope they were great!Blue Moon beer to top it off. Nice and cold in a frosted mug.These opinions are my own and do not represent those of my employer or any other entity.
Love it! Good restaurant, delicious food and drinks. There is a large selection of food menu items.
We were staying at a nearby hotel, so this was convenient. They had a sign on the door indicating longer wait times due to staffing. It did take awhile to get our food but since we were aware it wasn’t an issue. Service was good. The place was busy. Food was just okay - I got a combo meal with a Chile relleno, a flauta and a tamale. I didn’t realize when asked what meat I wanted that they also put that in the Chile relleno. I was expecting the traditional cheese-filled. The beans didn’t have a great taste to them. My husband liked the tacos he got but asked for them in flour tortillas instead of corn tortillas and they just brought a container of flour tortillas to the table but still made his tacos on corn tortillas. One of my kids got the kid’s nachos. All it was was tortilla chips with a little shredded cheese melted on them. My other son liked his kid’s enchilada. Overall I wasn’t impressed which I didn’t expect from the reviews and how busy the place was. Maybe we’re just spoiled by our favorite place back home.
I really wish I would have read the reviews before ordering. I ordered the quesadilla meal. Can’t mess that up right? Wrong. Absolutely disgusting. I wish I took a picture of the quesadillas The picture I added is the rice and beans. ? horrible. The quesadillas looked more like two soft chicken tacos with a few tiny pieces of chicken in one and the other had literally one small piece of chicken. The chips included were stale. What a waste of $16. I could have went to Taco Bell and had a better meal for a fraction of the cost. Mexican food is my favorite and this is the worst I’ve ever had.
it's basically the only place I go is that particular one I get fantastic service food is great drinks are fine and the prices are not outrageous
Always great food and service!
Good margaritas and solid food. Worth the visit if you’re looking for a bite to eat.
In what Mexican restaurant will you ever see a portion this small. I have never ordered fajitas and recieved this little for just under 11 bucks. There is maybe 2 fajitas worth of meat and veg.After eating some, the food was as unimpressive as the portion. I don't know who is cooking today, but the meat and veg might as well have been steamed. Compare my photo to ones others have posted. You actually see char marks and properly cooked fajita meat and veg. This was limp, with no sear. No flavor. The chicken was chewy. Genuinely the worst food experience I have had in the metro.The taco trucks around town will give you more portion, more flavor, and cooked to order for under 8 bucks. It seems like this was cooked in bulk and kept warm on a steam table until an order comes in.Don't bother coming here. I won't again.